84 K20 6.2 Diesel

[zoomad75]

All right! Back on the road! Bet that feels good. Happy for you.

 

[pappawheely]

If you keep it from rusting, that truck will last forever. One thing that I learned is if you use rounded corners when you cut out the rust, the metal will not sink as much when you weld it. Sharp corners tend to move a lot more when you heat them.

 

[nitro_rat]

If you keep it from rusting, that truck will last forever. One thing that I learned is if you use rounded corners when you cut out the rust, the metal will not sink as much when you weld it. Sharp corners tend to move a lot more when you heat them.

That’s true but it’s so much easier to cut straight lines! This truck has only been painted once but they skimmed the whole thing with bondo, even where it’s straight. I’m just cutting out rust, welding in patches, and fairing it in with filler. It’s never going to be a show rig…

 

[NatersXJ6]

I’m hitting somewhere between a nostalgic love for my various square body Chevy vehicles and severe PTSD looking at all the work you did.

 

[nitro_rat]

Well the victory was short lived. The original TV cable was frayed through and hanging on by a thread so I replaced it when the transmission was rebuilt. Shortly thereafter it went to leaking profusely to the point where it wasn’t even driveable.

I don’t know where the first replacement cable came from but apparently it’s a difficult part to source. Nothing that I was able to get locally had the correct ends and the gasser equivalent was much too long and just didn’t work correctly.

I finally got the correct cable and installed it this morning. Drives great but now none of the dash gauges work!

I also had to rewire my manual glow plug button as that gave out as well.

I picked up a ‘94 Dodge RCSB 4x4 to daily, the AC is nice…

 

[nitro_rat]

Well, it's been a while. I ended up selling the Suburban about a year ago. It was just sitting around, I didn't really enjoy driving it anymore. I thought I might would miss it more than I do but I really don't. We had a good run. It went to South Texas, probably to be converted to a "high steer" hunting rig.