How i did not think this was bangshifty. Inadvertantly quick. Surprised me.
This is great candidate for the 5k thread.
last updated april 2016
$2500 - truck february 2015
180 - tax, temp plate, title
638 - tires
200 - steel
100 - led tail
270 - hurst
24 - o2 sensor
90 - energy suspension
14 - front wheel sensors
109 - a/c compressor
40 - all the spring and pins and tool to fix doors
8 - special socket for nv3500 drain and refill
39 - blower motor
70 -hellwig
40 - all the other LED
90 billet oil filter
70 - front lamp replace
99 - bendix rear drums
109 - carter fuel complete
60 balkamp napa ubolts heavy duty
127 flowmaster 53058
262 ball joints
55 concentric spacers
64 LED front lamps
78 projector lenses
total = $5139
the priceless stuff is going tons over on the cross sills and steel with very good steel. full rolled front sill, etc etc (detailed list below)
kelly blue book has this one at $4359 in good shape.
I truly feel like I walked into 8000 with the beyond factory stuff.
free stainless was a hefty discount for the rockers.. and some leftover steel from another project. I may finish it off with a unique vented bumper from LMC. I might have 30 hours in it by now. I did all the work. Will add the little things I forgot above.
A save the 5 speed thread...and will attempt to keep it brief (hahaha).
bought with a car fax..it has normal servicing back to 2003. The last big one written is janury 29 2013. Miles trickled to much less than 10k a year since 2008. Now at 349k.
The dealer I bought it from, the guy was a worker of his own business, and very honest. The frame patches possible, etc..he spoke right up. Receiver hacked out of it, left a mess with notches. Trailer brake gadget still there, under dash, but with no work to do. Very smart move by whoever did that. Saved this truck. Easy sale. Drive it 120 miles home. He did some more work, not in car fax. Front cv (date stamp verified). Rear end work. Power steering pump complete swap somewhere recent..still had old burned ATF and grey bearing from a completely exploded pump (very violent ending for whoever witnessed it), evidenced when I cleaned lower engine bay. Engine is too quite to match 349 k. He also said something was done for that engine, did not need to know, I used my own ears and throttle foot..very quiet. This is my fourth 305. More than 100k miles myself driving them around.
the mods/repairs as of SEP 2015:
348k miles, it all works. from february to now..nearly complete already.
96-98 is the spider injection. 75mm throttle on this 5 liter. 230hp.. more like 250+, especially on the carter pump, an odd modern o2 sensor for the merge. quite noticably bigger and faster. No other mods. Even the muffler is factory.
this truck also triggers a false bad catalyst code due to how low each gear can lug.. no cure unless stay above 2100 in every gear. Two ends of the extremes, this one has a bit of both. Had to unhook the light, and unhooked the shift light as well. Lo and behold that created an even faster computer. This one has 4 less fuses than the automatics.
Only two errors that I had a serious complaint about. The engine hates offset length plug wires, the manual tranny revealed the oblong noise in the idle. This proved to me the injection is incredible.
The other one, may be attributed to a hefty transfer case/shaft: I could not drop the gas tank without dropping the big fat driveshaft..and cut a hole through the bed to get to fuel pump instead. Middle of winter. Stuck where it was parked. The tank design is something I remember all the way back to a friends 1984, so this was not all that surprising. The truck still has the regular sized rear end.
one of my first photos. Drove it home from southern maine, bitterly cold. I had driven a tin can so long, I almost wept at the thought of sitting up straight and the heater? that was on low to keep me warm at 10F outside. This photo also reveals the P rated tire squat.. heavy gmc.
a meticulous restore and upkeep...and then gm certified mechanic owned as a finale before me. Beautiful colors to me, black mist and ruby red interior. Power everything. A/c etc. Exactly factory everything..and no desire to change anything. 13 years of car fax went with the sale, very honest talk of possible frame patches needed. No regrets at all. The 1996 framing had some serious updates. The tail end is still the same old chores.
I love taking in the welding chores. I double value after reeling in 20 years in one day to twice the psi and ideas long running into play. I tend to leave "friends" opinions behind...instead of the truck. Growing up with trucking since the 70s, these pickups are almost like toys. Half ton is my favorite. All kinds of extras to add on. I write this thread for that reason. Leaving a truck with needs behind for a tin can with 10 more mpg is a plague that aches my brain. I lived it.
This one gets 24mpg in the summer. Highway onramps is simply phenomenal.
I have had nearly all the unique 305. The L30 is actually a 306..but who is measuring. The 1984 monte carlo SS with high output label was very powerful to me (I owned a genuine 1984 - all factory). This vortec which has the first of the LT series heads..blew my mind. I have many miles in 305 powered cars. ..and took a 3 on the tree pickup from 1978 for a spin or two as well.
This is great candidate for the 5k thread.
last updated april 2016
$2500 - truck february 2015
180 - tax, temp plate, title
638 - tires
200 - steel
100 - led tail
270 - hurst
24 - o2 sensor
90 - energy suspension
14 - front wheel sensors
109 - a/c compressor
40 - all the spring and pins and tool to fix doors
8 - special socket for nv3500 drain and refill
39 - blower motor
70 -hellwig
40 - all the other LED
90 billet oil filter
70 - front lamp replace
99 - bendix rear drums
109 - carter fuel complete
60 balkamp napa ubolts heavy duty
127 flowmaster 53058
262 ball joints
55 concentric spacers
64 LED front lamps
78 projector lenses
total = $5139
the priceless stuff is going tons over on the cross sills and steel with very good steel. full rolled front sill, etc etc (detailed list below)
kelly blue book has this one at $4359 in good shape.
I truly feel like I walked into 8000 with the beyond factory stuff.
free stainless was a hefty discount for the rockers.. and some leftover steel from another project. I may finish it off with a unique vented bumper from LMC. I might have 30 hours in it by now. I did all the work. Will add the little things I forgot above.
A save the 5 speed thread...and will attempt to keep it brief (hahaha).
bought with a car fax..it has normal servicing back to 2003. The last big one written is janury 29 2013. Miles trickled to much less than 10k a year since 2008. Now at 349k.
- brake cable replaced
- new gas tank
- slave cylinder
- valve cover
- intake gasket
- front brakes replaced
- inside door handle
The dealer I bought it from, the guy was a worker of his own business, and very honest. The frame patches possible, etc..he spoke right up. Receiver hacked out of it, left a mess with notches. Trailer brake gadget still there, under dash, but with no work to do. Very smart move by whoever did that. Saved this truck. Easy sale. Drive it 120 miles home. He did some more work, not in car fax. Front cv (date stamp verified). Rear end work. Power steering pump complete swap somewhere recent..still had old burned ATF and grey bearing from a completely exploded pump (very violent ending for whoever witnessed it), evidenced when I cleaned lower engine bay. Engine is too quite to match 349 k. He also said something was done for that engine, did not need to know, I used my own ears and throttle foot..very quiet. This is my fourth 305. More than 100k miles myself driving them around.
the mods/repairs as of SEP 2015:
- bendix rear drums BFPDR0541
- being sure they are the 22 pound
- all cross sills under bed
- front cross sill is full rectangle hot rolled 1/8th american (24 pounds!)
- laminated flat stock repair for all but the middle and front
- the middle is two angle iron forming a square..still sitting on sliding oem feet
- framing of the hole I cut in bed while removed for fuel pump, fender nuts
- approx 70 pounds static structure added here.
- the bed is thick rhino lined.. inspired me to give it some guts.
- genuine hurst (core) short throw shift kit complete
- all four bolts.. at least 20 foot pounds...not inch pounds.
- carter fuel pump full assembly
- I was sure to wrap the wires in the protective tube. Did not come with pump. Have some ready. I remember some violent outcomes, the fist electric pumps in the trucks...no direction on the extra sheathing tube for wires.
- 8.8mm custom accel equal length wires
- these do not exist of course, had to make them. I used the original ends at the disty side..looks like trick factory.
- 44 led lamps, one relay
- 2 headlamp casings (the modern crystal something - cheap quality, but oh well - they are bright)
- 2 complete prebuilt tail lamps LED
- this helps clean define brake switch, and that means relay for blinkers and ABS
- kills anode decay
- haynes manual (not very useful)
- pro products 10876 billet oil filter
- this was for the oil cooler double relief balancer - (excellent)
- genuine GM manual tranny fluid, updated part number.
- LMC truck 92-98 upper doors weather seal (this year truck shipped with a slight mistake - but worked all this time anyway)
- 1 door pin, all four bushings (driver side)
- 2 door springs
- 1 spring roller pin
- door jam weld (my bad, not the trucks problem)
- stainless steel rocker panels, fattened beyond bottom of door (gone over two layers of factory rocker)
- approx 12 pounds added here
- energy suspension
- sway bar end links
- transmission mount
- rad supports
- energy poly lower, factory upper, stainless steel sandwich for extreme maine thermals (cab changes length to frame)
- amazing find: an exact clock cycle of munched oversize rad support holes revealing 350k miles and the seasonal changes of frame steel and cab steel trying to stay together. Looked like it made its own clock with little groves 360 degrees of the holes. I stainless steel sandwiched to let it move its microns from 30 below to 120F traffic jam.
- lower and upper cab mount bushings
- 130mm new bolts for the very back mounts
- 120mm for the rest
- 12x1.75 for reference
- class 12 is hard as I could find.
- new a/c pump
- high side valve
- new accumulator
- frame poking and patching
- left rear shock mount welded
- patch in the same area.. before any real errors
- tail end refurbished.. somebody hacked a receiver out of it, left a mess with notches.
- refurbish tire hanger.. no more tire, this was for the frame only.
- approx 25 pounds static weight added here
- kumho road venture APT (KL51) LT265/75/16
- 55psi front
- 60+ rear
- 3415 pound sidewall at 80psi
- approx 80 pounds added here
- heater motor ball bearing
- the seasons alone rumbled the old sleeve motor to death, the ball bearing even gets through dramatic density changes of frame welding. Excellent stuff.
- hellwig 985 spring leaf helper
- Can set tension myself
- this truck shipped with 1425lb rear springs (very wimpy)
- max weight increase is 2000 (just shy of gm's smallest 3/4 ton)
- new ubolts - high strength, fine thread. 7/8ths nut instead of 3/4
- 14 pounds static weight here
- weight changes
- gained approx 190 pounds
- 80 of it is LT tires
- new gvwr is 6800 up from 6200
- rear max load 1900-2200
- tongue weight.. bumped up 100+ (easy) to 500.
- tow weight 7000 (pretty much the same as factory)
- curb weight 4750 (was 4575)
- this is a real 5000 with fluids
- gained approx 190 pounds
348k miles, it all works. from february to now..nearly complete already.
96-98 is the spider injection. 75mm throttle on this 5 liter. 230hp.. more like 250+, especially on the carter pump, an odd modern o2 sensor for the merge. quite noticably bigger and faster. No other mods. Even the muffler is factory.
this truck also triggers a false bad catalyst code due to how low each gear can lug.. no cure unless stay above 2100 in every gear. Two ends of the extremes, this one has a bit of both. Had to unhook the light, and unhooked the shift light as well. Lo and behold that created an even faster computer. This one has 4 less fuses than the automatics.
Only two errors that I had a serious complaint about. The engine hates offset length plug wires, the manual tranny revealed the oblong noise in the idle. This proved to me the injection is incredible.
The other one, may be attributed to a hefty transfer case/shaft: I could not drop the gas tank without dropping the big fat driveshaft..and cut a hole through the bed to get to fuel pump instead. Middle of winter. Stuck where it was parked. The tank design is something I remember all the way back to a friends 1984, so this was not all that surprising. The truck still has the regular sized rear end.
one of my first photos. Drove it home from southern maine, bitterly cold. I had driven a tin can so long, I almost wept at the thought of sitting up straight and the heater? that was on low to keep me warm at 10F outside. This photo also reveals the P rated tire squat.. heavy gmc.
a meticulous restore and upkeep...and then gm certified mechanic owned as a finale before me. Beautiful colors to me, black mist and ruby red interior. Power everything. A/c etc. Exactly factory everything..and no desire to change anything. 13 years of car fax went with the sale, very honest talk of possible frame patches needed. No regrets at all. The 1996 framing had some serious updates. The tail end is still the same old chores.
I love taking in the welding chores. I double value after reeling in 20 years in one day to twice the psi and ideas long running into play. I tend to leave "friends" opinions behind...instead of the truck. Growing up with trucking since the 70s, these pickups are almost like toys. Half ton is my favorite. All kinds of extras to add on. I write this thread for that reason. Leaving a truck with needs behind for a tin can with 10 more mpg is a plague that aches my brain. I lived it.
This one gets 24mpg in the summer. Highway onramps is simply phenomenal.
I have had nearly all the unique 305. The L30 is actually a 306..but who is measuring. The 1984 monte carlo SS with high output label was very powerful to me (I owned a genuine 1984 - all factory). This vortec which has the first of the LT series heads..blew my mind. I have many miles in 305 powered cars. ..and took a 3 on the tree pickup from 1978 for a spin or two as well.
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