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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

Nice! My first truck was a 1970 C-10 that I bought for $250 plus a trade of my 10 speed bike when I was 15! 250 straight six with 4 on the floor. I learned a lot on that truck...... Casey

Just be glad you didn't get a 4 cylinder! My poor little Jeep can't even make it up a mild grade without downshifting and losing power. However, I can load that same Jeep onto a trailer, hitch it to the back of my Tahoe, and go up the same grade in overdrive while gaining speed! Casey

Very nice! LOVE the two doors! :D Casey

Yeah, I was kind of figuring on having to replace the steering components while I was at it. I appreciate the help, fellas. Casey

Looks like it's time for ball joints on my Tahoe. As far as I can tell, these might be original equipment joints! I bought the Tahoe with 174K miles on the clock, and it was a one-owner vehicle before that and had an easy life. I've put an additional 100K miles on her, and haven't had to...

Why oh why did you sell that nice 2 door to get a Jeep? :D I've got both: a 95 2 door and a 97 Wrangler. I'm thinking of selling the Wrangler and use those funds to spruce up the 2 door. I find myself leaving the Jeep at home more and more. It just can't compare to the power, comfort, and...

Hey Brian! We actually met at Crawl 4 Christ at SMORR a couple of years ago. I am registered on ucora, but I keep forgetting to check in there! :( Casey