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Very cool! Casey

Nice build! I love the old Chevy trucks. Casey

Side pipes are cool, when mounted on the right period of truck. Like my old '81 Chevy: Smoking due to the 6.2L diesel they were attached to: Man, I miss that truck.... Casey

Probably Indian Point. I will actually be camping there this weekend. It's just south of Silver Dollar City. Thanks, Casey

Where exactly is this? I'm pretty close to Table Rock, and in fact will be there next weekend. Thanks, Casey

Getting closer! Almost ready to mount. I was able to dig up some 1.75" HREW tubing to add a couple of more support legs. Casey

Sweet! I love budget builds. Nice job. Casey

Project Complete! Project complete! I started with a complete tear down of the front end: I borrowed my dad's hydraulic press to press the bushings and lower ball joints out of the control arms, and then press the new parts in. This ended up taking the most amount of time during...

Fed Ex delivered some goodies to my house: The above includes: Upper and lower control arm bushings Upper and lower ball joints Inner and outer tie rods Pitman arm Idler arm Idler arm bracket New adjusting sleeves I'll take a couple of days off work next week to get everything swapped over...

Nice find!! I love the old body style GM's. Makes me really miss my '81 Chevy C20, even though it was just 2 wheel drive. Casey

Thanks! Those pictures just show the sliders up their for mock-up. I will weld the end caps on and fully paint them before installing the sliders permanently. Yes, it's a 95 Tahoe. First year that GM decided to stop calling them Blazers and officially call them the 2 door Tahoe. I wish they...

Making progress: I've almost finished the first one. Need to make some end caps for the tubes, and build some gussets to where they'll attach to the frame. Then I need to finish stripping them of rust so I can paint, and then weld them on! Casey

Thanks for all the ideas! They look great! I hope to take this pile of steel: and turn it into body armor pretty soon. That's 2 x 4 tubing, 3/16th thick. I already had it laying around. Casey

Okay, it's time to start ordering some parts and get some repairs done on the front end. I know for sure that one lower ball joint is worn and loose, and another has a torn boot. Everything else looks fairly normal. However, since I'll have it partially torn down, it makes sense to replace...

I'm really pleased with the Kenda Klever M/T's I installed on my Tahoe. Excellent tire, excellent value. Solid construction, and excellent tread life so far. Here's a write-up I did on my tires: http://overlandguild.org/index.php?topic=129.0 Casey

Double Ditto! I've now got 275K miles on my 6.5L. Very trouble free, other than the stupid electronic Injection Pump. Even that hasn't been much of an issue. I've owned quite a few 6.2L's and 6.5Ls. Very reliable engines. They just aren't as powerful as the Cummins and Powerstrokes, but...

Good looking rig! Of course, I'm pretty partial to the old Chevy IDI diesels!! :D Casey

As others have said, it's probably the GP relay. Ford relays are known for going bad. Even though they "click", they won't allow power to pass through to the glow plug circuit. Another way to tell if your glow plugs are working... turn your headlights on, then turn the ignition on. Lights...

I'm getting ready to build some rock sliders for my Tahoe. I'd like to see what others have done. Some have made them out of round tube, some out of square stock, some out of a combination of the two. Let's see what ya'll have made! Thanks, Casey

All this talk of old trucks is making me really miss my old '81 C20 that I had converted to a hopped-up 6.2L turbo diesel: I owned that truck for 14 years, and just sold it a few years ago. :( Makes me want to hunt it back down.... Casey