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2003 Silverado Stepside Nephew Wagon
M4wdFab:
sweet 600$ machine
Brake lines already replaced with coper
Fuel lines replaced with plastic lines
newer brakes look less than 1 year old
2019 date code good tires
abs light on
starts, moves, stops
rear shackles broken
muffler fallen off
needs driver side upper ball joint
ac tensioner locked / belt broken
rear bump stops gone
needs 3 rubber exhaust hangers / muffler
needs tail gate hinges
cap strut
rockers/corner covers
Today got it on lift, took a good look at it
cut out bad shackles / extracted bolts- ready to install
cut out seized draw bar
removed side steps
got a parts list
M4wdFab:
had to cut all 4 rear shackle bolts (both shackles broken)
leaf eye burried up in box pretty bad with out much axcess to get a good hammer / air hammer or suport to knock out bolt rust seized in bushing. was about to sit the torch on it but then id still have to get the bushing sleeve out, and then some how press in new bushings.
googled it for help lol, youtube showed this method. i was amazed it worked great! cut bolt off, use threads to pull out with stacking more and more washers as it draws out
M4wdFab:
had some time and a free lift today so
new rear shackles and hardware installed today
replaced bad upper ball joint on driver side
full grease job
started on new muffler install.
M4wdFab:
brought out of storage, should be getting plates soon.
broke down 4 tires, new stems, fresh balance
passenger front wheel speed sensor
fuel tank pressure sensor
rear bump stops
air filter
oil filter / oil change
first real drive tonight, seems to shift and good power.
sometimes it wants to die comming to a stop not sure what the deal is with fly by wire and nothing like dirty iac or whatever
no related codes
thinking maybe throw plugs at it and some fresh fuel?
M4wdFab:
got plates today. ran to walmart for fluids with it. def brought back high school memories stuffing parts/fluids into front of a regular cab haha
put fuel in it, then two of the dash gages pegged immediatly, awesome lol
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