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Thanks. I can't wait to get the new suspension on it and see how it's going to sit and drive and flex so that way I can get the H-pipe installed on it.
Finally got to drive it with the new exhaust, distributor, carb, and tune up. Holy crap does it drive good now. Starts immediately, strong down low. Very responsive. Gotta tweak the choke as a couple of times you could feel it catch and hold the throttle but that's an easy fix.
Swapped the bump stops out today and started working on the body lift. What a CF. The rear body mounts weren't attached to the frame, the body mount directly under the pedals was missing the bushing and cup washer so it wasn't attached, one body mount up front had a regular washer and one had a cup washer. I'm glad I bought all new bushings with the body lift. Now I've gotta go find some cup washers and buy those.
The good news is is that the driver side is on, mostly. Gotta shove the back of the truck over about half an inch to get the rear bolts lined up. Truck looks a lot better dropped down 2" and the best news is that it went from 84.5" overall height to about 82". I need 81" to clear my garage door. So once the new springs and shackles go on to drop me to a 4" suspension instead of 6" I should be able to park this truck in the garage.
Swapping the 3" body lift out for a 1" lift and new bushings. Sounds simple. Done plenty of body lifts. Nope.
The retainer cups for the bushings are either missing or bastardized so I ordered all new ones.
One of the captured nuts broke free so I've gotta cut a hole in the body mount to try and get that fixed.
Rear body mounts were never actually secured to the frame and upon closer inspection, whenever the PO put the body lift on he swapped out the upper bushing but left the factory bushing in place. So now I get to drop the full gas tank tomorrow to swap those out and then try and get the rear of the truck realigned on it's mounts.
The bolt kit I got from ORD was either put together wrong or, more than likely, the truck is crooked so I've gotta go pick up different length bolts to make everything fit.
When I went to loosen the fan shroud it cracked all to hell so I gotta fix that now.
Yes I know it's wrenching and yes Iknow the pitfalls of working on old vehicles. Been doing this for nearly 20 years. But just once I want something to go right and be easy.
But just once I want something to go right and be easy.
when i snapped the timing chain in my z06 got the heads redone, got all the parts so a few friends and myself was putting it all back together, new timing chain was on put the steering rack back in when torquing down the LAST head bolt the block stripped out, so i know the feeling need to pull the engine for the fix, but decided since its coming out 416 is going in
Small amount of trimming required to get the bushing to fit. Thankfully I didn't have to drop the tank. Waiting for the glue to dry on the last washer//bushing combo and then hopefully get it slid in and drop the body and tighten bolts and call this project done.
Feb 21, 2020 | 10:01 AM
