My 2007 Silverado Build...again
Jul 2, 2012 | 04:22 PM
#565
12# so far. I still have the 4.56 gears in it so what ever power may be there is there and gone in no time. Feels really strong. The valve train is a little noisy but other than that, I'm very happy with it.
This is the first time I've ever built my truck 100% on my own at my own place. In the past its been at one of my buddies shops (mainly Tylers) and they've done the majority of the work for me. This time was 100% me. I bought my own engine stand, cherry picker(still had to borrow Tylers because the arm on mine was too short), torque wrench and whatever else I needed along the way. Before I could get started I had to haul 4 loads of JUNK from my barn to the dump. Once that was done, I got after it. A few months prior to me deciding to do this, a tree fell on the power line that supplies electricity to my barn and I just haven't got any one out there to put it back up yet... So, I bought a couple rechargeable LED drop lights and that was my lighting. There were a couple times I needed to use a sawzall and a dremel to make room for things so I had to get a generator to use those LOL
No air tools. Everything here was loosened and re tightened all with my own hands
No lift. If the truck had to be raised, I used a 30 year old hand me down jack that my dad gave me years ago. That also means that I was on my back and back up again HUNDREDS of times lol As you'll see from the picture I'm fixing to post, since I was on the ground a lot, I was constantly FILTHY. At times when I would finish for the evening, I would go in the house and look like a person from a different ethnic back ground lol The floor of the barn is concrete but since I live in BFE, its constantly covered with dirt. Thank god my girlfriend was there to keep my clothes and bathroom clean, without freaking out too much lol
It's been an experience, one I won't soon forget. Next time I decided to rebuild the truck, it will be at my buddy's shop with a lift, air tools, access to all the necessary tools and within a 5min trip to the parts store LOL
This is where the magic happened
This is the first time I've ever built my truck 100% on my own at my own place. In the past its been at one of my buddies shops (mainly Tylers) and they've done the majority of the work for me. This time was 100% me. I bought my own engine stand, cherry picker(still had to borrow Tylers because the arm on mine was too short), torque wrench and whatever else I needed along the way. Before I could get started I had to haul 4 loads of JUNK from my barn to the dump. Once that was done, I got after it. A few months prior to me deciding to do this, a tree fell on the power line that supplies electricity to my barn and I just haven't got any one out there to put it back up yet... So, I bought a couple rechargeable LED drop lights and that was my lighting. There were a couple times I needed to use a sawzall and a dremel to make room for things so I had to get a generator to use those LOL
No air tools. Everything here was loosened and re tightened all with my own hands
No lift. If the truck had to be raised, I used a 30 year old hand me down jack that my dad gave me years ago. That also means that I was on my back and back up again HUNDREDS of times lol As you'll see from the picture I'm fixing to post, since I was on the ground a lot, I was constantly FILTHY. At times when I would finish for the evening, I would go in the house and look like a person from a different ethnic back ground lol The floor of the barn is concrete but since I live in BFE, its constantly covered with dirt. Thank god my girlfriend was there to keep my clothes and bathroom clean, without freaking out too much lol
It's been an experience, one I won't soon forget. Next time I decided to rebuild the truck, it will be at my buddy's shop with a lift, air tools, access to all the necessary tools and within a 5min trip to the parts store LOL
This is where the magic happened
Jul 2, 2012 | 09:33 PM
#568
hahaha I've never had air tools so that wasn't a big deal to me. Whenever I use my buddy's shop I always start using hand tools and eventually he'll get tired of seeing me struggle and say hey why don't you use the air? Air definitely saves a lot of time in some places thats for sure
Jul 2, 2012 | 09:56 PM
#570
I started to take off my trialer hitch at my house with hand tools and got half way thorugh the first bolt and figured I would get to it later in the day. Ended up at Rogers and they dropped it in 2 seconds for me with air tools.
I have the air tools just need an air compressor now LOL
I have the air tools just need an air compressor now LOL