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So this got completely out of hand since the last time I posted lol Pulled the balancer off. A squarebody shock stud works great for the last little bit that the puller can't do by itself Bottom of the bores still looked good too Pulled the cam out and this is where it started to go off...

Cylinder walls look great though, no scuffing, nice cross hatch still and no ridge Heads are exactly as I expected underneath. Nothing a little lapping compound, wire wheel and roloc disc work won't fix

Got it on the stand and cleaned it up with some degreaser and the hose outside Heads are nice and clean up top Cam does have a little spalling going on, but nothing really unexpected for 185k

This thing is grimy as hell, every gasket is leaking and the old guy taking it down dirt roads all the time didn't help Rear main was the main culprit though I think the oil pressure sender may be as well. I'll redo it's thread tape when everything goes back together

Didn't do the bodylift first, that was gonna be too involved. Got the last few ancillary things unhooked/bungee'd and got the bellhousing bolts out with the hoist hooked up. The dowels were frozen so I fought that a bit to get it separated I was wailing on it, prying on it and COULD NOT get...

I forgot to mention, this is just for a reseal. The engine runs great, is literally silent (not even any piston slap or lifter tick) and has fantastic oil pressure. But the whole thing is nasty and it drips a little oil when parked. Figured I'd do this now while the front diff is out of the way...

I like #1 and 3 pretty much equally with #4 being a close third. If you could find a set cheaply enough, could always have them powdered. I think maybe a darker charcoal might look pretty good on your truck

Ran out of steam at about 7:30 and called it quits. At this point, I need to yank the fans out, move the PS and AC brackets, undo the wiring that goes under the front of the oil pan and get the bellhousing bolts out and trans supported. I was brainstorming with some buddies and might go ahead...

Pulled most of the accessory drive off. I think I'm just gonna bungee the PS bracket/pump out of the way and same thing with the AC compressor/bracket Popped the intake off in prep for the lift plate Did discover my lift plate is only for a GenIV, so I had to make a cut. Dropped the Gen3...

While I had the liners out, I cleaned the back of the fenders where they meet the door jamb where crap always collects And this was the dirt that JUST came out of the bottom of the driver's flare Remember the brittle harness I mentioned? I popped the main harnesses out of their...

So as I pulled into the shop Sunday, I rolled past 498mi on the near rearend setup. So what did I decide to do? Start yanking the motor out 😆 I've been planning this for a long time anyway, this 5.3 leaks from every orifice First thing's first, put the hood in service mode. Didn't know this...

Got almost 350mi on it now, still silent. I'm still driving it easy till I hit the 500mi mark and do a fluid change but 4.56s and 32s is alot of fun lol

I actually really like those wheels on certain trucks, I like them alot on yours B. And I'm with you, I HATE those esky wheels lol.

Saturday night after C10s After Dark thanks to Shifting Focus Photo

Bought a Series 2 USG 56" 2 years ago and sold my old Sunnex to a buddy of mine cuz I was out of room and they don't make that one anymore or any other versions of it. Then picked up a 15" side cabinet on sale, then a locker on closeout before the Series 3 lockers came out and just picked up...

Threw the driveshaft, axle shafts in, filled it with fluid and drove it at lunch today. Put 10 miles on it and it's SILENT!! Success!! So now I have to tackle the front diff. I've converted it to 2WD for now by taking the CV's apart and throwing the stub shafts back in the wheel bearings and...

So a month went by of fighting these gears off and on. Ran god knows how many setups I ran and I actually assembled and drove the truck on 2 more setups that were also noisy as hell. After talking with several other people, we came to the conclusion it was the cheap ass USA Standard gearset I...

Hard to beat that!

We've got 'em in stock, both sides inner and outer lol

The blue truck being the daily through all this nasty weather since the red truck is still down while I figure out where I went wrong on the gear install