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    The Camp 4x4 Bus - 1973 Suburban 8.1 Swap & Build

    I've been wondering too
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    Project “Polar Bear”: 1989 V2500 Suburban

    Meow I agree, but its one of those bird in hand is worth more than 2 in the bush kind of things plus they are a pretty cool old artifact. Even though they were rated pretty low this winch has never let me down when it was on the K10, which I can’t say for the Smitybilt 10K on the rear bumper...
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    Project “Polar Bear”: 1989 V2500 Suburban

    Ran out of room in the last post When I pulled it out from under the bench where its been hibernating for the past few years It wasn’t pretty inside but wasn’t bad either. As far as I know, this lid has never been off since it was new. While filthy, it didn’t show an ounce of wear on...
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    Project “Polar Bear”: 1989 V2500 Suburban

    It looks like it has been about 5 years since I’ve updated anything on the ole Polar Bear Suburban so today is as good as any for an update as there are a few things worthy of posting. For starters, the ole bear has had a pretty nasty driveline vibration for many years that I whittled at for...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Ya, me neither! I’ve always been more of a Toyota guy than Nissan but I’m also too cheap to pay the Toyota tax to get into an older Hilux like I had in college. I’ve been watching rice burner trucks for a while on CL and Marketplace and followed an old Mitsubishi Mightly Maxx 4x4 around as it...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    While Juan the Nissan was in the surgery center, Bill and I ran out to the ranch to retrieve Wong. When I got to Bill’s house to pick him and his trailer up he already had it hooked up to the big red Waggy so we ended up taking his instead, which turned out to be a good thing because right after...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Hehe, that’s no lie! I didn’t let grass grow under my feet on Juan though and wheeled it in the shop a couple days later. Once it got into the shop I gave it a once over and came up with a long spreadsheet of parts it obviously needed like door handles, window regulators, replacements for the...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    On to more of the story of recent history and the lead in to my latest project(s) A friend brought over his L29/4L80E Suburban with transmission shifting issues. The biggest issue is it uses a NP208 transfercase with a speedo cable where as the 4L80E needs a VSS signal. He had a Dakota Digital...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Yes...I do it all myself. The 465 was a known good trans but it was a leaker. I just had to rip it down to reseal. The inside looked practically new so there was no need to pull the mainshaft out or anything. Same with the 4500
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    The only problem is I am a hoarder and don’t get rid of much very often ? . The only thing up for grabs is the 9.5” rear axle with 4:10s. Its on CL and Marketplace now
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    A few pages back (and a couple years ago), I mentioned that I was building a K5 Blazer as well. Well, that is still in the works although progression has been slow due to other distractions like the K10 wanting A LOT of attention the past couple years. The idea of this K5 was intended to be the...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Thanks Todd! Yeah, that bracket was spot welded to the fender. All but 2 of the original spot welds got replaced with 3/8 flange bolts. There was plenty of room to reach in there to add the reinforcement plate and install the prevailing torque nuts on the back side. Of course, when I was done...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Back to the saga of the last 2 years...........So, the last two days of Desert Trip 21 got quite annoying as things just started to go wrong one by one. Thursday morning while leaving the cow pasture I noticed the A/C wasn’t working. No blower motor operation, no A/C compressor….nada.…..kaput...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Thanks! Its fun to share and also helps me remember trips years later when I read them again down the road. Oh, ya! Bill lucked in to that red waggy! He found it on Autotrader last March during the Rona lockdown and 2 days later split town with his 2017 Tacoma to Sioux Falls, SD to make the...
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    Larry's 1978 K10

    Yeah, total drag you couldn't make it. I'm totally ready to get out again! We woke up and decided upon checking out Chicken Corners for our final night so we headed back towards the Visitors Center and back down the Shafer Trail then out towards Moab on Potash Rd. It was time to head to Moab...
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