Aleu - The Rebuild of a 1980 Pickup

You showing to the Fall camp n ride in this or what lol.

 

nahhhh I cant make that one lol. my wiring harness wont be done before then

 

Honestly Chris i bet by the first of the year you’ll have it all together. Promise me a ride in it man.

 

@Norilsk

 

Doood, I am already here hahaha

 

I try and try and try. This is what I get lol

 

if I keep up the pace and get the cab done within a week, i can start throwing everything else together! of course man, lol

 

bought my spindle stud kit for my axle parts, along with new 4 new locking hub stud kits and genuine locking dial bolts. these hubs are gonna finally be looking good and be complete with all the bolts, cone washers, and lock washers lol

 

Keep up the good work! Im reliving my youth through this build.

 

small update today, i finally took my spot blaster out and cleaned up some of the worst spots inside the cab. tomorrow i gotta get the garage cleaned up and reorganized and ill be taking the cab off to finish the cab up. gonna try to get it to bare metal by the end of the week!

 

Chris, how the heck do you move all this stuff around by yourself? Like the bed, removing the cab, etc. Do you have a friend or roommate help?

 

haha, my roommates help me out lol

 

weeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllll, my cab is finally off and I have plenty of room to tear apart the engine too haha. im at the point now where once this cab goes back on, everything should be relatively done and the truck should be read to get started.

@EatSleepTacos check it! all by myself haha. engine hoist ftw!

 

love this pic
Your getting it done man keep up progress

 

Holy shit Chris! That’s some great ingenuity!

 

Holy shit!

and here I am bragging about taking the cab off on my 93...

How hard/time intensive was it in general?

 

Good on ya but you already knew that!

 

haha thanks lol, gotta do something when there isnt anyone else at the house to help haha

it wasnt very hard lol, hardest part was tilting the cab to get the recovery strap underneath the cab. Once it was wrapped around 3 times i was able to get both ends secure in the hook on the hoist. Then I just hoisted it up and balanced it from the front and basically just shoved my hoist haha

thanks lol

 

Got my spindle stud kit in yesterday along with my new S8 active from insurance claim....fun deal with that...BUT I can now install the full float rear end and start putting everything in place and getting the truck out back together. Also...the current state of my living room area lol

 

Today before work was pretty productive. Haven't started the stripping of the cab yet...but, I did finally tear into the 3rz that's been sitting here for a while haha. Just need to pull the balance shaft, crank, and pistons out and it'll be down to the bare block. Once I get that done, I'll pull the valves out of the head and take the block to get the work done and cleaned up to be ready for reassembly!