IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
Tech Area => General Auto Tech => Topic started by: nocooler on January 19 2024, 01:41:53 PM
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Last night my friend Travis and I embarked on a 6 hour round trip to go get this 05 GMC Sierra z71. It's extremely clean, and was owned by another friend but has high miles 234K. It has a blown trans and will need a few things, but overall I felt like I stole this truck.
Should be a good replacement for the regular cab.
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That will be very handy!
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5ft box?
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Yeah it’s got the 5’8” box on it.
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Been busy
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So the outer rocker skins have some rust and somehow the floor has a hole in it.
I'll be patching the floor - don't know about the rockers yet.
Found a local guy who'll build my trans for a reasonable price - hopefully in a couple of weeks it'll be back together
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Picked up the trans yesterday.
Pulled the oil pan and valve covers today. I'm extremely pleased with how everything looks inside, the cylinders still have visible crosshatch.
This engine is an odd ball - it was late enough 05 build that it's still a 24x crank but has the Gen 4 rods in it. I'll take it :cheers:
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The one kick in the nuts so far is, the pitman arm won’t come off the steering box.
The pitman arm has to be removed to drop the front diff - I had to pull the steering box.
I broke 2 pitman arm pullers and my big 2 jaw puller doesn’t seem to want to budge it.
I’m thinking a relief cut in the pitman arm might help, here hasn’t done much. It’s moved maybe 1/4”
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Cross hatching looks brand new. Does not look like it was run much lately...I say that because it is a bit rustier inside that I would have guessed.
Have you tried putting some heat to the arm around the shaft and then hitting the puller with an impact?
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It's been setting for about a month so far.
Yeah Steve - that's how I broke the two pullers.
I cut a relief it and split it with a chisel - then it pulled off nicely....
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Nice work!
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I'm sure it will look good once your done. Can't wait to see the finished product! :cheers:
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Brake lines would be done if some dumbass didn't kink one of the lines.....
Guess I wait until the new one shows up., at least it was only a $40 mistake
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I tried to put one on backwards a few years back. I did not notice that the thread sizes were different from front and rear. I put it on the way that it seemed to fit best. Then I realized neither end would screw in. It fit pretty well with a few bend corrections.
Then it got a few more bend corrections when I pulled it off and and re-bent it to best fit the other way around. Not one of my better days but it still works.
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So here is everything I'm doing:
Driver's side ball joints - I did the passenger last year for my neighbor, he wussed out and didn't want to do the drivers.
Inner/outer tie rods
Pitman arm/idler arm
Sway bar endlinks/frame bushings
New brake lines/hoses. I went with the nickel/copper lines for the hard lines. The rear line and passenger front hardline were about done.
New fuel lines - broke when I removed them
New power steering pressure line
All new coolant hoses
New Radiator/Transcooler - lines were just replaced so I flushed them generously each way with brake clean, then air. When I fire it, I'll leave the return line off and run a few quarts through the system.
Rebuilt trans with new converter. A shift kit, some hard parts, and some other hydraulic tweaks - should make a nice unit.
Engine wise - valve springs, valve seals, timing chain, and cam thrust plate have been replaced, oil pump inspected and shimmed.
I'm re-sealing the entire engine, minus head gaskets. I was able to get 3 of the 4 broken exhaust bolts out with heat/rounded nut extractors, so I lifted the engine to get access to drill/re-tap the 4th hole. The passenger side exhaust manifold was replaced due to the flange studs breaking off.
new engine, trans mounts
I've got 2 new key fobs I need to program for it, a door handle to install, and a floor pan to patch.
Might hack the exhaust up - but down the road
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I need some rest after reading that! Gonna run like a new truck!
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Forgot - I purchased a radiator with the factory oil cooler and added the lines. Less than $100 for a factory style oil cooler - yes please
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It's time for an update!
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I'll get some pictures up soon.
Got it all back together and took it for a test drive on Sunday. Runs and drives very nicely. I've got some oxygen sensor codes to look at but, other than that shes good.
I'm patching the driver's floor pan at the moment - it had a sheet of floppy tin screwed down with 3 screws, I can do better. don't know if I'm gonna try to weld it or just rivet it in place. I know it should be welded, but it'll take 10x longer lol.
Factory radio only had the tweeters in the doors hooked up, found out it had all Rockford Fosgate replacement speakers in it. Someone burnt out the front channel on the factory radio so I stuck a head unit it, and going to hook up a backup camera. I've been telling the wife I might just order a sub for it.....but I'm done bleeding money atm.
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Need some beads in it to make it stiffer.
they have some darned strong panel adhesive out these days that does a really good job. You could put some of that around the seams and then a few rivets to hold it nice and flat. Some undercoat on the bottom side and some insulation on top.
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New door handle
New Head unit - it was on clearance for $75 - looks like walmart was liquidating stock on Boss audio. Not normally a brand I'd go for - but it had the features I wanted and it was nearly $150 off the retail price.
The floor - looks much better. I ended up spot-welding it. Seam sealer is drying right now, I sealed both sides. Still need to hit the bottom with some rattle can.
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It looks really nice!
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Looks good! You must have a lot of time on your hands. I like to use a rust converter on metal with rust to get that magnetite layer on it which then prevents further rusting. :cheers:
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Probably should have hit it with rust converter/encapsulator - I spray bombed it all while I was in there.
Tried some $60 ebay fender flares, and learned why the bushwacker flares are $400. Nothing was correct on the mold. Had to fight to get a return....
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Derek was on Tony DeAngelo's show getting a Fairlane GT running that he had bought. He kept spraying rusty drums and such black. He said he was making it "new" again.
He's got some nifty tricks.
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1st place in age group
2nd place in cub/boy scout boys
3rd place overall
1st attempt and we only had 2 cars faster than us. One was a 15 year old boy scout and the other was made by one of the scout leaders. I only cut the shape, advised on weight placement and installed the axle wheels.
We had the only car that had a nut-sert in it, and a 5/16" bolt holding on washers for weight
Honestly, if we would have polished the axles I think we would have had it.
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Great job! You all did really well! :icon_fU: :icon_fU:
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The lad is happy- all that matters. "we" polished ours and used graphite lube and max weight to great success...
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Lots has happened around here.
Yesterday I sold the 04 Silverado 1500 Reg Cab short box - got what I paid for it 2 years ago.
Picked up another 05 GMC sierra 1500 crew cab short box - cheap. Drove it on the trailer. Frame is cracked. It's an SLT with leather, and is pretty damn clean. Going to horde some parts, sell some, and scrap the rest.
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Buying the truck was an adventure. I put a battery in it and it lit right off, we let it run for 30 seconds and moved it out into the driveway to look at it better. I kept smelling fuel but thought it was just running rich, as it's sat for a while. About a minute into it idling my brother told me to kill it. Nylon fuel line not routed properly, spraying fuel onto the drivers exhaust manifold. :icon_fU:
Needless to say we stood back and informed the owner that he might want to get fire extinguisher.
It turned out to be an non issue but he had paid a shop $300 to fix this fuel line and it could have cost him his garage/house/truck/life
Quick negotiation and we loaded it up.
I have repaired the fuel line so I can run the truck and test stuff before I disassemble.
This video shows the nice repair job: https://youtu.be/_ryb_pqMqTc
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The world never ceases to amaze me. Takes all kinds, I guess
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That year of GMC is easily stolen. Ask me how I know.
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No longer sitting in your drive?
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I remember Brad!
Steve - he had a 05 2500? that he towed his enclosed trailer and Grand National in. It's the one they plucked from in front of his house.
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Oh, yeah....I remember that. He must have thought he lived in Houston
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What I didn't tell you guys is my truck has an anti-theft device - the dumb ass working on it!
Somehow I forgot to tighten the lugs and lost a wheel. I can laugh about it now - only thing that got hurt was my pride, and a fender/door/wheel bearing.
Currently it has a spray painted fender on it and the door is messed up.
So steal at your own risk :rofl: :rofl:
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Simple reminder - double and triple check shit. Especially if you smoke large quantities of weed and are constantly interrupted lol