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M4wdFab

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escalade fun
« on: January 01, 2023, 04:26:37 PM »
black truck is a southern truck most its life.  had and underhood fire from bad radio wiring / sub power shorting.
anything plastic under hood or wiring toast.  looks like driver CV shaft, inner tie rod, sway bar link toast, brake hoses.
long block looks clean and good shape.  known good trans.  interior pretty much gutted and pooched. 


white truck is NY, runs and drives, complete interior 8/10shape, no 3rd or 4th in trans.  leaking fuel line, blown brake line. 


guy bought black truck to pull trans and a few other cosmetics to fix white truck, lost interest.


I think im going to concentrate on the black chassis, pull everything i need from J&J to make the engine run again as a chassis for a hot rod build.   hold off in tearing into the white truck, as it could be an easy flip or beater daily.  seems like 50$ in parts to fix 3/4 clutch pack / piston and doesnt look too bad on youtube. 
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2023, 04:20:38 PM »
black truck chasiss pulled from the shell today.  all of the fire badness pulled from engine bay.  junkyard list made.  its long. 


got the motor rolling over after some PB blaster it had a tight spot thats gone now. 
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2023, 04:56:32 PM »
lots of tire kickers past few days not a single parts sale yet. 


pulled just about everything from the black one, its ready to scrap minus seats, i dont think they are worth pulling but seems to be a popular item thats requested. 

still temped to flip the white one, i guess i need to re org and push it into the lift (leaks too much fuel to drive inside, but lot drives) and eval chassis weather its usable for a hot rod or not. 

i have been watching a few 4l60e videos, i think i can manage to change a 3-4 pistion and 3-4 clutch pack, its like the first thing that comes out afer you pull the pump (i have done twice already on 572).  i think i have a spare core i can practice on also actually already apart with pump gone. 
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2023, 07:27:42 PM »
rock auto order and amazon placed to fix the chassis front left burn issues. 


might try to salvage the passenger caliper, and grab a driver side from the yard when i get the harness/intake  i need. 
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2023, 03:04:03 PM »
one set of wheels sold.  3/8 investment recouped!
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2023, 09:52:19 PM »
both units paid for and 100$ ahead after another transaction tonight!

winning. 

black shell stripped and loaded for scrap early tomorrow AM. 
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2023, 10:54:51 PM »
almost got the burn victum ready to fire today.  need to go a few steps backwards, realized the converter bolts were pulled when i had it cranking over with the starter motor today for first time. 


tc bolts
plugs
wires
front O2s
flash PCM
trim stock harness for stand alone
fuel system
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2023, 05:06:39 PM »
Fired, runs great.  Pushed to storage till shell is sourced. 
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2023, 10:40:51 PM »
Gratifying!
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2023, 12:45:35 PM »
hopefully it holds water, oil, and power steering fluid when its run for more than a chassis start
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2023, 03:10:10 PM »
LS FTW
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Re: escalade fun
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2023, 08:38:42 PM »
driver upper control arm/upper ball joint/arm bushings
driver CV shaft
driver inner and outer tie rod
both front brake hoses
front sway bar bushings
front sway bar links
passenger shock bushing on lower a arm

picking up some more roller tires from JJ tuesday rolling though from buffalo. 
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