@@rockquestoff-road2839 Damn did you end up selling it? I picked up mine 2 years ago on 9" lift with 37s. These trucks are beautiful. Thinking of trading it for a similar build Excursion but it feels like damned if I do & damned if I don't.
Love the truck man, I have a 71 gmc 4 speed that that I’m building. It’s stripped now and I’m putting parts on as they arrive. JB twin stick is here any day for the t case. Look into those, you can control axles individually and pivot a big rig like ours by going front wheel drive and use park brake. Anyway….thanks for posting.
If I had that 'Burban I'd hold onto it forever too! 🤩🥰🤩🥰 I'm keeping my dad's 1980s Chevy Van forever, we've got to many good memories racked up on the (go)od(times-)o(-)meter ..., it's going nowhere! ♥️♥️♥️
Love your rig. Had a new 79 K5 blazer back then with a 400 SB, custom headers, Edelbrock 2101 and 625 carter. 10” lift with 40” Cepek monster mudders. 4.56 gears and had to weld the axle housings to the center diff because I spun the diff completely loose on the 12 bolt. Sure miss the Cepek stores!
Hahah man that sounds like an awesome blazer. I miss the old Dick Cepeks, Ground Hawgs, classic swampers that all the original guys used to run on their rigs. 400 sb is such a solid engine. I would never change mine for anything else. Only thing I would do now is probably a FiTech throttle body kit to replace the Holley carb and that’s it. Man I relate to the twisting axle tubes. So easy to twist stuff up in the rear end from breaking and bending center pins in the leaf springs to peeling the front of the back fenders when axle wrap pulled the old 37s up into the fender lol. So many good memories and lessons learned in this truck. I love it so much. Wish I could drive it more to keep it from slowly decaying. It takes so much maintenance to keep them running these days.
Those 7th generation Suburbans are rare nowadays. They were built from 73 - 91 & same with the 2nd generation K5 Blazers & Jimmys & 3rd generation C/K series pickups, except the regular cab pickups were discontinued in 87 but just on the half ton & three quarter ton models. Then later in 89, the one ton regular cab pickups were discontinued.
I’ve got a 86 suburban with 50,000 miles with the 7.4 L 454! Never been winter driven, florida truck (I live in Ontario so it’s a big deal). Been in my family since 2004
I know!! I had a sweet custom crawler front bumper with a winch for a while but I really liked the classic look better overall so I went back stock. Thanks for the kind words man!!
Sweet truck! I had an 82 Burban on a 4" and one tons but only running 35's. Not locked but Tru Trac front and Detroit rear made it dam near a snowmobile. Loved that thing.
I need to learn how to do the fenders. I want 40s but no more than 6 inch lift. I'd also like to keep the factory lip on the fenders after widening. I love this stance and size. It's perfect.
Thank you so much. Had a metal worker acquaintance that cut a v notch behind the lip and then pulled the lip back and re welded it. Looks factory but reshaped to make room. Really blessed man
I bought a half ton 88 suburban from my neighbors and I'm wanting to do a lift cause they just left it as is but currently I have 35s on stock ride height with little trimming to front fenders and nothing done in the rear. Love the thing and have plans of a lift and bigger tired for crawling and such.
They are so capable! And you have a 88 so it has a stronger front frame section than mine...mine is a 4 inch all spring lift and a 1 inch body....you could easily just run a 4 inch with 37s and it will go a lot do aces with at least a Detroit locker in the rear
Nice truck. Makes me more motivated to get going on my 89 Burban, I've already got a Dana 70 HD in the rear and have a fully rebuilt kingpin Dana 60 up front
Spool in the rear would eat up tires om the street and suck in the rain around corners. Detroit or air locker works well. Sometimes spool in the front makes it hard to steer, I prefer Detroit locker. Now the rub, What magician built you a 700r4 that would hold up. I have never seen one hold up on a adventure buggy that went off road in the rocks. They will hold with low to mid power on the street but off road I would be fearful of not getting home due to trans failure. Really like the truck and will build one for myself pretty soon with 4bt or 6bt cummins and nv4500 and a fire truck 3 to 1 np205. yes they made 3 to 1 np205 for brush fire trucks. Most were in 1.5 and 2 ton so you have to change the yokes. They also make a dana 70 front axle though pretty rare and bottom of the diff is lower to the ground. I think a super 60 from a 2005 and up high pinion will hold fine. I love my old fords but after owning a recovery service for years I think the 14 bolt gm is a touch stronger then the sterling rear axle. The gears seem to be anyway. The best poor boy rig I have ever seen is a stock xj on one tons. Strong axles and not enough power to break anything. Who ever wins with the most toys wins.
That is so cool that they made a 3:1 np205 that is one thing I did not know...was familiar with the 70 front...Cummins is a great setup for a Sub...love mine...the spool makes it nigh impossible to steer when under load...needs the crossover steering and hydro assist next step...agreed on the rear Detroit but with 40s I have found it’s too much stress on the components to daily it...broke 3 leaf spring center pins in a row due to the wrapping of the axle...the 40s dont scratch or chirp on the street they have too much grip so it will wrap the spring...need a full ARB in the rear...the 700R4 was built in 2001 by a family friend with his out tranny business...special servos, clutches, torque convertor beefed with that nice 3.06 frost gear and the overdrive so I can run the 5.38s without it screaming at me 😉...having an auto has really saved me on several climbs that I have to be really technical on the rocks to fit the body through and if I had a stick I probably would have a few more dents than I have now haha...I have around 400 crank horsepower into it I’m guessing and it’s been a real champ the last 20 years...heavy truck but it’s really fun! Next step would be a Off Road Design doubler with my np203 and a Np205 to get the reduction I need to crawl without leaning on the torque convertor so hard 👆🏻
Good idea to keep one hub unlocked mostly. If you get it in a bind and it is getting traction it will snap somthing, usually a front u joint. Nice set up tho. The 14 bolt is bullet proof and 400 small blocks are almost all gone.think dirt track guys snatched them all up.
What do you do about transmission mount /crossmember going from 350 turbo to 700r4? actually i want to go from 350 turbo to 4l60e from my understanding same mount? idk. There is almost nothing about going with a tahoe vortec with 4l60 into a blazer
Ahhhh i believe it still used the stock crossmember that was there with the original 350 trans…the crossmember bolts to the transfer case if I remember right?? I’ll have to get under there and double check it’s been too long…the bushings look like a capital letter C…the sit on metal “saddles”…I have a NP203 case…4L60 is just a 700r4 with electronics so it should work the same I would think.
hey got a question for you hoping you can help me out i have a 1990 k5 blazer with just a 3" body lift on it and 35x12 15" tires on it ..what i want to no is do u have to change your steering arm when you just do a 3" body lift ...i really appreciate your feed back thanks
No need to change the steering arm for a 3 inch body lift! Body lift changes nothing on the suspension or steering geometry...only thing with a body lift is sometimes you have to lengthen the steering shaft from the steering wheel to the steering box
hey i have a brand new telesconing steering shaft and new rag joint ..the reason i ask that is because i have a lot of play in my steering and i have put 2 rebuild gear boxes on there and still have the same problem i have everything under there brand new im thinking maybe i gotten two bad gear boxes it looks like its coming from the gear box.i have had my brlaer for along time and drove it out of town and did not use to have this play
Ah yep if you have someone sit in the blazer and yank the steering back and forth you can lay under the front and see where the movement is...I would get a AGR SB2 box that’s what I have and it’s been amazing for 15 years with 37s and 40s...if the box ends up being fine then I would look at sway bar bushings and making sure they are TIGHT at the leaf spring mounting plates because they are kind of the track bar for the front end...then if you still are having play in the front end it’s time for ball joints on the front axle...with big tires ball joints wear faster...ball joints will cause random steering wander and looseness...hopefully it’s just some bad boxes you have gotten...(we went through 3 steering pumps from autozone before going with AGR) and you might ask look at PSC steeeirng boxes if you cannot get a hold of AGR...calling off road design would also give you excellent info if you like talking to people as well and they could sell you what you need and track down your issues
Yes the PSC or AGR boxes are built better and different than the stock boxes you get at autozone etc. they will work better with the bigger tires and won’t overheat and wear out prematurely
omg love this rig!!....I own a 89 gmc 4x4 1/2 ton burb (barn door type lol) its my daily driver...I like the color and wheels on urs tho....keep up the vids :)
Green is my favorite color I don't care what shade puke green dark green neon green but this truck should be any color but this color in my opinion my dad had a Chery red one I remember having to use both my thumbs to press the door handle in to open.....
Haha yes the two handed door latches are a never ending memory lol…man red looks really nice…also white and some blues look good. I can’t help it I like the green and no one else has it either. I got a Mojito Color JL Rubicon to match a couple years ago 😆
Is there any chance that you may know how far back the fenders in front were reshaped? If you don't remember, perhaps you could compare measurements with the truck in the background. Please and thank you. I would appreciate it. Is that Kawasaki green? I always liked that color.
Yes Kawasaki! Has a richer tone that does wash out like lime ;)! Love it too! Our metal worker acquaintance cut a right triangle right behind the fender lip from the top of the back of the fender down to the bottom of the rear portion of the fender… About 3 inches at the bottom so he could just fold it back at an angle and hammer it smooth and then body filler and paint
Makes me wish that I had not sold my 86 K30 4spd 4.10 and 454 pickup. I think I said that before on your channel. We ATV off-road in the Black Hills. I hope to get my Cherokee lifted soon. If you got time check out my stock XJ I bought, my old CJ7 and my 86 K30 I used to have. My daughter has my CJ7 that was hers back now.
I’m trying to find a 89 90 suburban but damn they’re hard to find. Not that many left out there. An if you do find one it’s just rusted out. I’ve only found 3 good ones. Better off getting a c10 or k5 blazer. Better on gas prolly too. But I just been wanting a 90 suburb for a long time.
Man they are really hard to find these days. Suburbans are much more rare it seems! Good luck on your search! I’m thinking of selling this one…tough decision
If you have stock fenders and dont want to cut them a little bit you can fit a 35/12.5 or a 315/75/16 etc. if you take a sledge and beat down the back lip on the fender and cut/grind a bit of the front corner of the fender you can run 37s easily...if it was me I would get 37s and then only cut/bend or grind the minimum to fit them...
Hahaha you mean gallons per mile? My rough guess would be 8-9 mpg. Thankfully it had a 40 gallon tank which would last me a couple weeks on my 20 mile round trip commute 👊🏻
No they are extended and also the transmission is a built 700R4. The ujoints are stock 1310 or 1330 if I remember right…the ujoints at the axle are 1 ton 1350s
Well detroit was in back for better street manners since it unlocks when you are coasting...spool was just to save money on a front locker :) not best but effective!
Well I have no tachometer so I don’t know...I just ran a rpm calculator for you assuming my specs. 5.38 gears...39.7 inch tires....0.73 overdrive gear at 65 is 2161 RPM...if you do not have overdrive it will put you at 2960! Hope this helps man!
Love them on the street! Lots of power and takes a load off the transmission with all that tire! No problem man glad to help! Sorry I missed your follow up...TH-cam doesn’t send me reply notifications lol
No there were never 1 ton suburbans only 3/4 tons and those starting earlier than 77. I have swapped K30 (Dana 60 kingpin front and 14Bolt FF rear) axles onto this half ton 77.
Yeah I have it clear coated right now for a patina look...I do like it semi gloss black too...I need to blast the underside off and repaint the whole underneath sometime
Just the factory front length springs 4 inch lift skyjacker softride from back in the day....4 inch full springs with the factory tension shackle rear...has crazy flex and does not bind so why mess with a good thing :)
Yep! But years ago I was building it pretty hardcore and it was locked front and rear and I went a lot of places a suburban should never go lol...now that I want to just do casual offroading its really a pain!
@@rockquestoff-road2839 I'll bet that turning radius and the tires really suffer. If you've got a regular 10-bolt front, there's a direct Torsen drop in for it. If you're looking for one for the rear look into the cable-actuated OX Locker; it's so much better and more reliable than other air/electric/electronic/bla. offerings, plus they have a "get me home" key where you can always lock no matter what. OX Locker at 17:50 - m.th-cam.com/video/x40WGUtdaLI/w-d-xo.html
I would to nowadays man...it was around $2300ish I believe...the transmission was built in 1999 so the 4L80s were not the dime a dozen swap they are now for sure 😆
Well it was completely restored 15 years ago so its cost well over 35K spread out over many years....the dana 60 and 14 bolt FF swap and upgrades with lift, driveshafts, tires, gears and lockers would set you back roughly $6500ish if you did all the labor yourself like we did...
It has 1 ton skyjacker 4 inch springs all around our way… Truly makes it a one ton…and actually one ton springs without the proper axles and full floating rear bearings etc will not make your truck 1 ton either…got to have it all…. 1 ton brakes, 1 ton axles, 1 ton steering, 1 ton bearings etc.
I really enjoy these non-Jeep videos for overland building. I am currently working on a '99 GMC Yukon SLE 4wd, and have finished the mechanical rebuilds and mostly completed the exterior build as well. I am starting on the interior now. th-cam.com/video/wC6Dv6tBao0/w-d-xo.html
@@rockquestoff-road2839 Yeah, I just wish the mechanics didn't love it so much, lol.I have to take it in tomorrow to replace both left and right inner and outer tie rods with new heavy duty ones.
Well nice truck....please take many pictures of this beautiful truck.... Paint is Godawful but that's okay... You'll not have worry though... It'll be totaled within 7 months after you give it to him....seriously man ..I'm not trashing your boy... I'm sure he's a fine young man..... Look at the statistics.... They MOSTLY ALL ....wreak.... They just can't help it.... I know this from personal practice... However I've heard that its true... Both my kids wreaked as did 99.9% of their friends.. Remember its REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TEXT AND DRIVE
Texting is a big issue among adults and kids I agree...I never wrecked in my early years, neither did my brother or wife actually either but I will love my kids the same either way...everyone has an accident or 2 in their life it’s just a truck ;)
@@rockquestoff-road2839 Again friend that's the perfect attitude to have.... It is just a truck I agree... It's a very big safe truck to.... Honestly man, not a hater... 67 year old lover who's had kids.......They did ALWAYS wear their seatbelts though.. As I'm sure yours do too...✌❤
Absolutely! Man I agree seatbelts are not even thought about in our family for decades!! Kids are so fun and I am so glad my parents have loved me through all my mistakes too lol
Don't ever sell it you would regret in a heartbeat if you did. I have an 85 K5 and I sold it to my brother for pretty much nothing and told him let me know whe he sold it and he sold it from underneath me
Name the price, i want this truck!
@@rockquestoff-road2839 Damn did you end up selling it? I picked up mine 2 years ago on 9" lift with 37s. These trucks are beautiful. Thinking of trading it for a similar build Excursion but it feels like damned if I do & damned if I don't.
@@Defund_HOA. Have not sold it yet....it is a really hard decision man :)
I want 150k
@@rockquestoff-road2839 don’t do it!!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This pleases the Chevy gods. 👏👏👏
The utilitarian nature of the square bodies is something that will never go away. These were great trucks.
Truly classics...love this truck so simple
I have the 1994 3/4 454 suburban, i cant enough of the suburban life
It’s so fun!!!!!
Dude you have a rare one
Love the truck man, I have a 71 gmc 4 speed that that I’m building. It’s stripped now and I’m putting parts on as they arrive. JB twin stick is here any day for the t case. Look into those, you can control axles individually and pivot a big rig like ours by going front wheel drive and use park brake. Anyway….thanks for posting.
As soon as I heard, I'm giving it to my son..........had to hit the like button.
Hahah absolutely 👌🏻
If I had that 'Burban I'd hold onto it forever too! 🤩🥰🤩🥰
I'm keeping my dad's 1980s Chevy Van forever, we've got to many good memories racked up on the (go)od(times-)o(-)meter ..., it's going nowhere! ♥️♥️♥️
AMEN YES!
Labor of love. Absolutely beautiful rig!
Thank you man! So many good memories with this truck!
I've got a 84' K10 Suburban with a 6.2L diesel. I love em!
awesome!!!!!!!
If a game show ever goes retro, this SUV should be used.
Haha 👍🏻
Love your rig. Had a new 79 K5 blazer back then with a 400 SB, custom headers, Edelbrock 2101 and 625 carter. 10” lift with 40” Cepek monster mudders. 4.56 gears and had to weld the axle housings to the center diff because I spun the diff completely loose on the 12 bolt.
Sure miss the Cepek stores!
Hahah man that sounds like an awesome blazer. I miss the old Dick Cepeks, Ground Hawgs, classic swampers that all the original guys used to run on their rigs. 400 sb is such a solid engine. I would never change mine for anything else. Only thing I would do now is probably a FiTech throttle body kit to replace the Holley carb and that’s it. Man I relate to the twisting axle tubes. So easy to twist stuff up in the rear end from breaking and bending center pins in the leaf springs to peeling the front of the back fenders when axle wrap pulled the old 37s up into the fender lol. So many good memories and lessons learned in this truck. I love it so much. Wish I could drive it more to keep it from slowly decaying. It takes so much maintenance to keep them running these days.
Runs on pure American freedom
MERICA!!!
Those 7th generation Suburbans are rare nowadays. They were built from 73 - 91 & same with the 2nd generation K5 Blazers & Jimmys & 3rd generation C/K series pickups, except the regular cab pickups were discontinued in 87 but just on the half ton & three quarter ton models. Then later in 89, the one ton regular cab pickups were discontinued.
I’ve got a 86 suburban with 50,000 miles with the 7.4 L 454! Never been winter driven, florida truck (I live in Ontario so it’s a big deal). Been in my family since 2004
Love it!!
seriously nice and fancy
Thanks man!
Damn!!! Heavy chevy! Nice truck, I'd add a rack and winch front and rear with big steel bumpers, but looks great with stock bumpers!
I know!! I had a sweet custom crawler front bumper with a winch for a while but I really liked the classic look better overall so I went back stock. Thanks for the kind words man!!
Sweet truck! I had an 82 Burban on a 4" and one tons but only running 35's. Not locked but Tru Trac front and Detroit rear made it dam near a snowmobile. Loved that thing.
Dude awesome!!! Suburban are so much fun and getting rare these days!
Nice truck
Thank you man!
Cool truck and a nicely technical review! I see you also have another Suburban and Ford's version of a 1 ton 'burb in the back, nice!
thanks so much man!
Man first the xj and now i found this. Plus you have another burb, an excursion, and wrangler in the garage. Lets be neighbors lol
Hahah LETS!
I need to learn how to do the fenders. I want 40s but no more than 6 inch lift. I'd also like to keep the factory lip on the fenders after widening. I love this stance and size. It's perfect.
Thank you so much. Had a metal worker acquaintance that cut a v notch behind the lip and then pulled the lip back and re welded it. Looks factory but reshaped to make room. Really blessed man
@@rockquestoff-road2839 looks great. I have many pics of your rigged saved for my build.
I bought a half ton 88 suburban from my neighbors and I'm wanting to do a lift cause they just left it as is but currently I have 35s on stock ride height with little trimming to front fenders and nothing done in the rear. Love the thing and have plans of a lift and bigger tired for crawling and such.
They are so capable! And you have a 88 so it has a stronger front frame section than mine...mine is a 4 inch all spring lift and a 1 inch body....you could easily just run a 4 inch with 37s and it will go a lot do aces with at least a Detroit locker in the rear
Nice truck. Makes me more motivated to get going on my 89 Burban, I've already got a Dana 70 HD in the rear and have a fully rebuilt kingpin Dana 60 up front
The 70HD is so unusual and BEEFY! Sounds awesome man!
Thanks I now know how to do my 74
Glad you found it helpful man!!
Beautiful burb keep on doing your thing.
Thank you man!
Spool in the rear would eat up tires om the street and suck in the rain around corners. Detroit or air locker works well. Sometimes spool in the front makes it hard to steer, I prefer Detroit locker. Now the rub, What magician built you a 700r4 that would hold up. I have never seen one hold up on a adventure buggy that went off road in the rocks. They will hold with low to mid power on the street but off road I would be fearful of not getting home due to trans failure.
Really like the truck and will build one for myself pretty soon with 4bt or 6bt cummins and nv4500 and a fire truck 3 to 1 np205. yes they made 3 to 1 np205 for brush fire trucks. Most were in 1.5 and 2 ton so you have to change the yokes. They also make a dana 70 front axle though pretty rare and bottom of the diff is lower to the ground. I think a super 60 from a 2005 and up high pinion will hold fine. I love my old fords but after owning a recovery service for years I think the 14 bolt gm is a touch stronger then the sterling rear axle. The gears seem to be anyway. The best poor boy rig I have ever seen is a stock xj on one tons. Strong axles and not enough power to break anything. Who ever wins with the most toys wins.
That is so cool that they made a 3:1 np205 that is one thing I did not know...was familiar with the 70 front...Cummins is a great setup for a Sub...love mine...the spool makes it nigh impossible to steer when under load...needs the crossover steering and hydro assist next step...agreed on the rear Detroit but with 40s I have found it’s too much stress on the components to daily it...broke 3 leaf spring center pins in a row due to the wrapping of the axle...the 40s dont scratch or chirp on the street they have too much grip so it will wrap the spring...need a full ARB in the rear...the 700R4 was built in 2001 by a family friend with his out tranny business...special servos, clutches, torque convertor beefed with that nice 3.06 frost gear and the overdrive so I can run the 5.38s without it screaming at me 😉...having an auto has really saved me on several climbs that I have to be really technical on the rocks to fit the body through and if I had a stick I probably would have a few more dents than I have now haha...I have around 400 crank horsepower into it I’m guessing and it’s been a real champ the last 20 years...heavy truck but it’s really fun! Next step would be a Off Road Design doubler with my np203 and a Np205 to get the reduction I need to crawl without leaning on the torque convertor so hard 👆🏻
nice video
Thanks man!
Thats an awesome rig. New to the channel. Love these videos
Thank you man! Really glad you enjoy our stuff :)
Sweet ride.
Thanks!
Thats a sweet suburban
Thanks man!
@@rockquestoff-road2839 no problem man
Love the truck. I'm currently looking at buying a 77 suburban. Lightly modified 4" on 35".
Awesome!
Good idea to keep one hub unlocked mostly. If you get it in a bind and it is getting traction it will snap somthing, usually a front u joint. Nice set up tho. The 14 bolt is bullet proof and 400 small blocks are almost all gone.think dirt track guys snatched them all up.
Thank you! Agreed on the 400
What do you do about transmission mount /crossmember going from 350 turbo to 700r4? actually i want to go from 350 turbo to 4l60e from my understanding same mount? idk. There is almost nothing about going with a tahoe vortec with 4l60 into a blazer
Ahhhh i believe it still used the stock crossmember that was there with the original 350 trans…the crossmember bolts to the transfer case if I remember right?? I’ll have to get under there and double check it’s been too long…the bushings look like a capital letter C…the sit on metal “saddles”…I have a NP203 case…4L60 is just a 700r4 with electronics so it should work the same I would think.
Cool love them square body chevys
Yes!!
hey got a question for you hoping you can help me out i have a 1990 k5 blazer with just a 3" body lift on it and 35x12 15" tires on it ..what i want to no is do u have to change your steering arm when you just do a 3" body lift ...i really appreciate your feed back thanks
No need to change the steering arm for a 3 inch body lift! Body lift changes nothing on the suspension or steering geometry...only thing with a body lift is sometimes you have to lengthen the steering shaft from the steering wheel to the steering box
hey i have a brand new telesconing steering shaft and new rag joint ..the reason i ask that is because i have a lot of play in my steering and i have put 2 rebuild gear boxes on there and still have the same problem i have everything under there brand new im thinking maybe i gotten two bad gear boxes it looks like its coming from the gear box.i have had my brlaer for along time and drove it out of town and did not use to have this play
Ah yep if you have someone sit in the blazer and yank the steering back and forth you can lay under the front and see where the movement is...I would get a AGR SB2 box that’s what I have and it’s been amazing for 15 years with 37s and 40s...if the box ends up being fine then I would look at sway bar bushings and making sure they are TIGHT at the leaf spring mounting plates because they are kind of the track bar for the front end...then if you still are having play in the front end it’s time for ball joints on the front axle...with big tires ball joints wear faster...ball joints will cause random steering wander and looseness...hopefully it’s just some bad boxes you have gotten...(we went through 3 steering pumps from autozone before going with AGR) and you might ask look at PSC steeeirng boxes if you cannot get a hold of AGR...calling off road design would also give you excellent info if you like talking to people as well and they could sell you what you need and track down your issues
is that box stronger and build better than the other gear boxes
Yes the PSC or AGR boxes are built better and different than the stock boxes you get at autozone etc. they will work better with the bigger tires and won’t overheat and wear out prematurely
omg love this rig!!....I own a 89 gmc 4x4 1/2 ton burb (barn door type lol) its my daily driver...I like the color and wheels on urs tho....keep up the vids :)
Too cool man!!! Thanks so much! will do!
Hey sir you might not remember me but i reached out to you years ago do you still have this truck
Green is my favorite color I don't care what shade puke green dark green neon green but this truck should be any color but this color in my opinion my dad had a Chery red one I remember having to use both my thumbs to press the door handle in to open.....
Haha yes the two handed door latches are a never ending memory lol…man red looks really nice…also white and some blues look good. I can’t help it I like the green and no one else has it either. I got a Mojito Color JL Rubicon to match a couple years ago 😆
Is there any chance that you may know how far back the fenders in front were reshaped? If you don't remember, perhaps you could compare measurements with the truck in the background. Please and thank you. I would appreciate it.
Is that Kawasaki green? I always liked that color.
Yes Kawasaki! Has a richer tone that does wash out like lime ;)! Love it too! Our metal worker acquaintance cut a right triangle right behind the fender lip from the top of the back of the fender down to the bottom of the rear portion of the fender… About 3 inches at the bottom so he could just fold it back at an angle and hammer it smooth and then body filler and paint
@@rockquestoff-road2839
Perfect. Thank you.
Makes me wish that I had not sold my 86 K30 4spd 4.10 and 454 pickup. I think I said that before on your channel. We ATV off-road in the Black Hills. I hope to get my Cherokee lifted soon. If you got time check out my stock XJ I bought, my old CJ7 and my 86 K30 I used to have. My daughter has my CJ7 that was hers back now.
Awesome! Checked out your channel! Cool stuff! Clean CJ man! wow a granny gear K30 with a 454 would be amazing
I’m trying to find a 89 90 suburban but damn they’re hard to find. Not that many left out there. An if you do find one it’s just rusted out. I’ve only found 3 good ones. Better off getting a c10 or k5 blazer. Better on gas prolly too. But I just been wanting a 90 suburb for a long time.
Man they are really hard to find these days. Suburbans are much more rare it seems! Good luck on your search! I’m thinking of selling this one…tough decision
I have a 87 on a 3" body and 3" suspension lift, what'd be the largest tire I can put under mine?
If you have stock fenders and dont want to cut them a little bit you can fit a 35/12.5 or a 315/75/16 etc. if you take a sledge and beat down the back lip on the fender and cut/grind a bit of the front corner of the fender you can run 37s easily...if it was me I would get 37s and then only cut/bend or grind the minimum to fit them...
How many miles per gallon?
Hahaha you mean gallons per mile? My rough guess would be 8-9 mpg. Thankfully it had a 40 gallon tank which would last me a couple weeks on my 20 mile round trip commute 👊🏻
You were able to run stock driveshafts from TH350?
No they are extended and also the transmission is a built 700R4. The ujoints are stock 1310 or 1330 if I remember right…the ujoints at the axle are 1 ton 1350s
I am looking for a 73 miltery one is for sale 4x4 first car ever had bought his is coming out very good hope to find one any we're
I hope you find one man! They are getting very rare!
Why have a spool in the front and a Detroit in the rear. Wouldn’t vice versa be better?
Well detroit was in back for better street manners since it unlocks when you are coasting...spool was just to save money on a front locker :) not best but effective!
Check out Barnes 4WD's high clearance diff cover for your 14 bolt. I'm planning on that one as it's a less complex shave process.
Great idea! Thanks man!!
At 65 mph what is your rpm? I'm thinking about changing gears to 5.38's
Well I have no tachometer so I don’t know...I just ran a rpm calculator for you assuming my specs. 5.38 gears...39.7 inch tires....0.73 overdrive gear at 65 is 2161 RPM...if you do not have overdrive it will put you at 2960! Hope this helps man!
@@rockquestoff-road2839 no overdrive...that's what I came up with too 3 thousand rpms...how do you like them on the streets?
@@rockquestoff-road2839 thank you for all your input
Love them on the street! Lots of power and takes a load off the transmission with all that tire! No problem man glad to help! Sorry I missed your follow up...TH-cam doesn’t send me reply notifications lol
Nice Incredible Hulk surprise that 700r4 can hold the torque small block 400!
I know right! Built properly it is def my favorite tranny in these trucks
Was 77 the first year for the 1 ton suburban?
No there were never 1 ton suburbans only 3/4 tons and those starting earlier than 77. I have swapped K30 (Dana 60 kingpin front and 14Bolt FF rear) axles onto this half ton 77.
You should paint that diff
Yeah I have it clear coated right now for a patina look...I do like it semi gloss black too...I need to blast the underside off and repaint the whole underneath sometime
@@rockquestoff-road2839 cheers man
Did you do the 52 in spring swap for the front? or is that a factory 41in spring with a 4in lift? Did you just do a ORD 4in shackle flip in the rear?
Just the factory front length springs 4 inch lift skyjacker softride from back in the day....4 inch full springs with the factory tension shackle rear...has crazy flex and does not bind so why mess with a good thing :)
Spool in the front?!! ... I'd do a Torsen(-style diff) for a casual offroader.
Yep! But years ago I was building it pretty hardcore and it was locked front and rear and I went a lot of places a suburban should never go lol...now that I want to just do casual offroading its really a pain!
@@rockquestoff-road2839 I'll bet that turning radius and the tires really suffer. If you've got a regular 10-bolt front, there's a direct Torsen drop in for it. If you're looking for one for the rear look into the cable-actuated OX Locker; it's so much better and more reliable than other air/electric/electronic/bla. offerings, plus they have a "get me home" key where you can always lock no matter what. OX Locker at 17:50 - m.th-cam.com/video/x40WGUtdaLI/w-d-xo.html
wonder how much $$ was dropped in that 700 gearbox. ild go manual shift 4l80 all day
I would to nowadays man...it was around $2300ish I believe...the transmission was built in 1999 so the 4L80s were not the dime a dozen swap they are now for sure 😆
The Green Monster she be...yar...
love this comment ;)
Rockquest Off-Road
glad i came across your vids.
keep em coming!
always cool checking out other peoples kids toys!
Thank you man!
Total cost?
Well it was completely restored 15 years ago so its cost well over 35K spread out over many years....the dana 60 and 14 bolt FF swap and upgrades with lift, driveshafts, tires, gears and lockers would set you back roughly $6500ish if you did all the labor yourself like we did...
Do you work on other people trucks
Sometimes!
Can I send you a pick of my truck
Sure thing!
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Zomg is that a Porsche in the garage?!?!
maybe :)
Niiice...but the color😲🙈😲🙈😲
Hahah to each their own!
I KNEW THIS WAS WOULD BE GREAT WHEN I SAW "ZER0" DISLIKES!
Thank you man!
Dana 60 and 14 bolt does not it a 1 ton. Springs make 1/2, 3/4, and 1 ton.
It has 1 ton skyjacker 4 inch springs all around our way… Truly makes it a one ton…and actually one ton springs without the proper axles and full floating rear bearings etc will not make your truck 1 ton either…got to have it all…. 1 ton brakes, 1 ton axles, 1 ton steering, 1 ton bearings etc.
I really enjoy these non-Jeep videos for overland building. I am currently working on a '99 GMC Yukon SLE 4wd, and have finished the mechanical rebuilds and mostly completed the exterior build as well. I am starting on the interior now. th-cam.com/video/wC6Dv6tBao0/w-d-xo.html
SO COOL! Love it!
@@rockquestoff-road2839 Yeah, I just wish the mechanics didn't love it so much, lol.I have to take it in tomorrow to replace both left and right inner and outer tie rods with new heavy duty ones.
Well nice truck....please take many pictures of this beautiful truck....
Paint is Godawful but that's okay...
You'll not have worry though...
It'll be totaled within 7 months after you give it to him....seriously man ..I'm not trashing your boy...
I'm sure he's a fine young man.....
Look at the statistics....
They MOSTLY ALL ....wreak....
They just can't help it....
I know this from personal practice...
However I've heard that its true... Both my kids wreaked as did 99.9% of their friends..
Remember its REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TEXT AND DRIVE
Texting is a big issue among adults and kids I agree...I never wrecked in my early years, neither did my brother or wife actually either but I will love my kids the same either way...everyone has an accident or 2 in their life it’s just a truck ;)
@@rockquestoff-road2839 Again friend that's the perfect attitude to have....
It is just a truck I agree...
It's a very big safe truck to....
Honestly man, not a hater... 67 year old lover who's had kids.......They did ALWAYS wear their seatbelts though..
As I'm sure yours do too...✌❤
Absolutely! Man I agree seatbelts are not even thought about in our family for decades!! Kids are so fun and I am so glad my parents have loved me through all my mistakes too lol
@@rockquestoff-road2839 your a GREAT dad dude..👍👍👍
Thanks man! Appreciate it!
Don't ever sell it you would regret in a heartbeat if you did. I have an 85 K5 and I sold it to my brother for pretty much nothing and told him let me know whe he sold it and he sold it from underneath me