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check the brakes. most old folk ride the hell outta them....... That takes me back. My mom's brother had an early 50's Chev pickup. He never drove over 35 mph and had well over 200k on it. Dad rode with him from ID to CA in it one time...35 mph clear across NV if you can imagine. Wagon trains were faster. Anyway, when he died, Mom's other brother got it. He noticed right away that the brakes weren't working right. They were still the originals. They were long past being worn out. The shoe metal was down to paper thin and the drums were ready to break.
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β β George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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What I did with my hunting truck yesterday: I put a 12 yr old behind the wheel out on our camp road. He didn't care for it, much. Northern Dave kids and cars threads always put a smile on my face.
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tires n wheels. still unsure of my choice of wheels, but they are growing on me.
Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.
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I like the wheels.
low on bling, that's good. Be the anti-bling.
Something clever here.
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Thanks, Dave. I don't like bling either. here's my Suburban. I have a bunch of time and money sunk into it but I went with flat black steel smoothies.
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I drove it through a car wash since the first week of whitetail season is over.
Toad: that is one fine Suburban.
24HCF in its entirety, is solely responsible for why my children do not have college funds, my mortgage isn't paid-off and why I will never retire early enough to enjoy the remainder of my life.
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Thanks, StudDuck! this one is a little rough up close, but solid.
'91 was the last of the solid axle Suburbans, and the first year of the 4L80e trans. this one is a diesel (6.2 L) and has one ton axles (Dana 60/14 bolt full floater) with Detroit Lockers and 4.10s, and disc brakes.
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That should get ya there and back.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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yea, just not very fast...LOL.
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Thanks, StudDuck! this one is a little rough up close, but solid.
'91 was the last of the solid axle Suburbans, and the first year of the 4L80e trans. this one is a diesel (6.2 L) and has one ton axles (Dana 60/14 bolt full floater) with Detroit Lockers and 4.10s, and disc brakes. You're lucky you have the heavier 4L80e instead of the earlier 700R4, aka 4L60e. That thing was a piece of junk. I had it in 3 different vehicles and all 3 failed at under 120k.
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β β George Orwell
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Helped my kid get his first truck yesterday. 2001 Silverado std cab short bed 4X4. He's in kid heaven as it's been lowered, has headers and glass packs, shaved tailgate, rollpan and tanneau. Hopefully he can keep this truck right side up.
It'll give him a chance the learn the basics of vehicle maintenance and I'm sure they'll be a few odds and ends to work on. And some other idiot spent a wad of money on the after market mods he would have blown his money on.
Not much of a hunting truck, but it'll get him around.
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kid heaven as it's been lowered, has headers and glass packs, shaved tailgate, rollpan and tanneau. Si. Bueno. Hasta la Vista, baby.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Dave, uber.
We have an old grain truck with a very similar grill.
And I mean that in a good way, sorta.....grin
I'm trying to decide how far I'm going with the axles. It's got a Dana 60 with a locker in back and a Dana 44 closed knuckle up front with a broken knuckle on one side. If I replace the front axle I could just as well upgrade to crossover steer D60, open knuckle. Or do I look at military axles? Lol Lets face it dave.... You're going to put in the military axles.
Camp is where you make it.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Not a Ford guy, but I really like the looks of that truck.
34-36" skinnies with a 4 inch lift would make that thing rock.
Clyde Have you seen it?! It already rocks!
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Thanks, StudDuck! this one is a little rough up close, but solid.
'91 was the last of the solid axle Suburbans, and the first year of the 4L80e trans. this one is a diesel (6.2 L) and has one ton axles (Dana 60/14 bolt full floater) with Detroit Lockers and 4.10s, and disc brakes. You're lucky you have the heavier 4L80e instead of the earlier 700R4, aka 4L60e. That thing was a piece of junk. I had it in 3 different vehicles and all 3 failed at under 120k. yes, the 4L80e was part of the reason I bought this Suburban. but I had to have this transmission rebuilt. reverse and overdrive went out on the same day, and the trans shop said it was two different failures. 'first year' type of crap that was fixed with upgraded parts. overdrive was not working when I bought it, but I knew it was just a throttle position sensor, fairly cheap and easy to fix, while knocking $1500 off the asking price. I added a big cooler and spin-on filter in the cooling circuit too. I do kind of miss the lower first gear of the 700R4, though.
Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.
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kid heaven as it's been lowered, has headers and glass packs, shaved tailgate, rollpan and tanneau. Si. Bueno. Hasta la Vista, baby. At least it's not completely slammed, only lowered 2".
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In one 700R4 I had, a quarter sized piece of a flange broke off on the torque converter and was sucked through the tranny. It did a world of hurt inside. The shop said it wasn't an uncommon problem. They rebuilt it with a heavier TC.
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β β George Orwell
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Picked up the new-to-me pop up truck camper. Bought it from the neighbor who is the original owner. Got it for a good deal because it needs a little bit of work to the roof, which I'll try to do this winter. I wanted the bed length version so I could easily tow the horse trailer or boat. Just used ratchet straps for the short drive home until I decide which turnbuckes I want to buy.
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Just had a 2.25 inch leveling kit installed on the front end. Westin steps put on and Toyo Open Country AT's put on. Doesn't look much different, but did raise the truck where I wanted it... My gas mileage took a little hit by about 2 MPG though. Threw off my speedo by 3 MPH
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