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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Back to the DT21 story… We lucked out and Canyonlands did have a campsite open that evening so we headed on down Shaffer and onto the WRT. This was my 3rd or 4th trip on the WRT but it never gets old Just before we left the visitors center I received a call from Bill back home in Pueblo...

I figured people would be curious and offer their unsolicited opinions of how they would have done it differently given how the Portal has worked in the past ?. I know my approach wasn’t what some people would have done, especially metal fabricators, as many believe adding tons of heat and miles...

Yes, load Range E. For a truck this heavy anything less than load range E would be spooky. The DirtyTracs actually belong on my Polar Bear Suburban but since it spends most of its time sitting I threw them on the K10 for a while to wear them down as the Fierce Attitudes on the K10 were getting...

Given all went well with the shake down run we carried on with our usual plans of our annual Desert Trip. There were 6 total trucks confirmed to go (4 from CO and 2 from CA) but as the departure date grew closer people were dropping like flies for various legit reasons. Come departure day only 3...

Reassembly......... The camper jack skates won’t clear the rear tires so that’s why the tires came off when pulling and installing the camper. I often get asked where the ARB twin compressor is mounted. Well, here tis! Its mounted on the lower wall outside of the camper where it gets fresh...