I've had this truck for about a year now. Ups and downs like every 2nd gen but overall I am very happy with this truck. Prepare for picture overload. Quick run down. A buddy posted this truck for sale on fb the day before the transmission decided to die in my grand prix (shocker). I bought this as to be a dd/tow rig when needed. The truck is originally from Texas and moved around a bit. I did find the owner on fb that brought the truck up to Indiana/Michigan and he provided some history on it. The box was trashed from day one. The owner I bought it from did not own up to rolling the truck onto it's side which cause bed damage and some door push in at the bottom. Nothing too crazy on the cab, door or fend. Box took the most of it. The engine, transmission and tcase are of unknown origin as Kurt (guy who brought it up to the north) sold it as a roller. It is a 180hp engine, 47re and DHD tcase. No clue how they found the correct drivetrain to stick back in it but they did. Lucky me. From day one this truck was weak. Even for a stock 12v. Ended up being the injection pump yayyyyyy. I got lucky and found a 180hp pump that had been gone through. Runs pretty well now. I will be going through the transmission to support my needs and have most of the parts already. Replacement/fixed stuff I have gone through; front brakes, ball joints, axle joints, track back, steering linkage, steering box, transfer case, front main seal, gauge wiring, dtt voltage box removal & wiring repair, thermostat, a/c line, water pump, stainless flex lines, led lights through out, projector retrofits, double din stereo, recovered head liner, 5% tint, two sets of wheels & tires and I think that is it. I am getting ready to do an axle swap to get better brakes as the single piston calipers are a JOKE. Now for the pictures and I'll try to get them in order.

@Me78569I know this is off topic, but how come you’re without a truck?

sold the 2nd gen waiting on the 4th gen

28 minutes ago, Me78569 said:

155 is low low stall isn't it?    What that choice?

 

What or why lol? Small compounds is why.

1 hour ago, Me78569 said:

sold the 2nd gen waiting on the 4th gen

Mmm I’m jealous! 

1 hour ago, Me78569 said:

155 is low low stall isn't it?    What that choice?

 

From Goerend, I think they state it's 2-400rpm below stock stall.

12 hours ago, Marcus2000monster said:

Mmm I’m jealous! 

You could loan him your truck till the new one comes in. Maybe he’d even give you a ride in the new truck 

On 3/19/2018 at 6:45 AM, jlbayes said:

built auto in the 12v.

BILT.

So bilt with BILLIT.

Wellllllllll. So my oil leak that I thought was the timing case appears to have been a compromised head gasket. It reared its ugly head last night. Pumped oil into the cooling system. Sooooo.....head gasket time and some studs.

That sucks but a good thing too

It needed to last at least the summer. Little bugger.

head gasket seems like a 1 day job for you man, nbd!

If everything shows up it should be lol.

Parts store Fel-Pro ftw.

5 hours ago, jlbayes said:

If everything shows up it should be lol.

 

Head gasket for me would be like a month long endeavor 

5 minutes ago, notlimah said:

 

Head gasket for me would be like a month long endeavor 

I hear you, took me couple of weekends, I'm too anal about everything plus it took most of week for shop to do their thing with the head. 

But what's wierd is when I helped my friend with his race motor, we threw that thing together over a weekend and didn't think twice, ran like a raped ape 

Yeaaaaa I just don’t have the tools or the extra help I’d need too. I’m a newb

Just do it, we got your back 

The only thing I do not have here is a way to lift the head. Or a hose to clean out the mess of oil/coolant milk shake.

 

On 3/23/2018 at 4:24 PM, trreed said:

Parts store Fel-Pro ftw.

 

Would have been here had I just done that.

Edited March 26, 20187 yr by jlbayes

Head gasket and studs are here. Fedex magically lost the cylinder head so I cancelled the order as I do not have time to wait for them to screw around. Pedestals will be machined today. Trucks getting towed back to the shop tomorrow. I'll have the gasket and the injectors done this weekend. Yayyyyy for cleaning the cooling system. Can't wait.