Doubletrouble

I am watching this thread until I understand where Blueox01 is coming from and going with it. No disrespect Blue, not sure what ya mean here buddy.

Yes he will. It seems to be the norm with these groups of protestors. I understand why they're upset, I don't blame them. I don't understand how rioting and looting promotes their cause. It's just stupid and it isn't all of them. The bad ones get it started and it just grows from there. Sad that Americans think the best way to get attention is to destroy America. It all sickens me and I will be keeping my distance from any of it.

Gotta love the factory dash!

I like the old school decal. Looks good on there.

That's the rout I'm taking. I'm gonna try to pick up a battery load tester in the next day or two and check the batteries. Now that the batteries are back up to, or should be up to full charge again I might try to hook up the breaker again to see if it still trips. It may have been a result of me leaving the key on overnight causing a severe draw to recharge once it was started. We shall see.

I have a few vehicles in my past is love to have back! I think we all probably do

Mine are disconnected at the moment. Wouldn't be the grids at this point.

I looked at the batteries, they're dated 2014. 6 years old so it's probably about that time. As for the PCM, I haven't done it yet but I want to put a dedicated fuse online for that as well. Only bad thing about buying a used truck that's 19 years old. Alot if catching up to do on maintenance and preventative measures to avoid other serious problems.

That's a good point, the batteries are getting old. The date sticker is still on them. I don't remember the year off hand though. Plus I've been wanting to get a battery load tester anyway. Nothing fancy but with all the tractors and other machinery around here it would be useful.

So today I had to go to my parents house to do some work for them, had the truck loaded with the tools and materials I needed, noticed that I left my keys in the ignition. No big deal, I've done it before but, this time I left the ignition on some how. Started the truck, cranked just fine and fired right up. Volt meter was down a bit, comparable to as if the grids were on ( they're unhooked at the moment). Figured the batteries would charge on my 25 minute drive. I made it 1 mile and "check gauges" lit up, voltage now at 8. Checked the 150amp breaker, it was tripped. Reset the breaker, tripped again. Went back to the house and removed said breaker for now. Running late had to go. I don't know if I should reinstall the breaker now or not. Also, why would the alternator put out so many amps to trip it? Aren't the alternators (I assume mine is a stock unit) rated for 140amp output? Thanks for any thoughts. Btw, the breaker I am referring to is one I installed after doing the WT ground mod.

I have to say I got really lucky on this one. It does have some rust but runs good with a fresh 305 v8, th400 trans and the famous 205 (I believe) cast iron transfer case. The trans need a new pump, she leaks real bad but I only gave $1200 for her so no complaints

From the pics you can't tell it's been touched up. Everything looks uniform down the sides. She's looking real nice. Good work!

Looking good!

GM has definitely lost their edge. To be honest the new GM trucks are ugly

Oh, you noticed that huh? Lol Here ya go @dave110

Cool, thanks for the link.

I'm going to need some of those to tow my RV. Are those OEM (guessing not by the price) what brand?

Looking great!! What pads did you buy? I'm by far no body work guy that why I'm asking.

Before After

You got it bullet! Lmao

As the title says, I received an unexpected package in the mail yesterday. A brand new set of headlights, complete plug and play with turn signal and new halogen bulbs installed. The wife though I went on a parts binge again so I was getting questions lol. I come to find out that a good friend of mine that had stopped over last weekend had noticed my terribly clouded and full of moisture headlights on my truck. He took it upon himself to order up a full set and have them shipped to me. They are basically stock replacements but I do greatly appreciate his generosity! Looking forward to getting them installed!

It was nice that he took the time to show you what to do. Some shops try to keep their trade secrets to themselves. If you have the time a little tutorial with pics would be nice. Share with us a "how to".

When he does, if it bothers him enough he can fix it. Lol

Thanks for the link IBMoblie. I'll add that to the list. Heater core is now bypassed. Just used one of the existing heater hoses to do it. I'll replace them both when I do the repair.

Wow, I had mine on my truck for 3 years with no trouble. Still worked when I sold it once I got my Dodge.