Brooke's 87 V10

[Captain Swampy]

Lookin good capt. If you happen to notice a spare 350 small block getting kicked around your shop floor,,,send it my way.

I know where there is a (hopefully) rebuildable engine for $75

[Captain Swampy]

We took the exhaust off the suburban. It's a single 3" system. The left exhaust manifold had the bolts rusted into the manifold and had to be cut off. The bolts unscrewed by hand out of the head because I had anti seized them. Learned a lesson there, we anti seized the whole bolt (not just the threads) when we put the new manifold on.

[Captain Swampy]

It was pretty rusty where I took it apart after the muffler. I wrapped the joint with aluminum tape,  cut a piece of pipe in half, and clamped them over the joint with 2 clamps. I had to work a bit to get the clamps over it and start the nuts. It's still holding! LOL.

We got Brooke a set of the headers (the shorties Vile uses) for Christmas. We ordered a Magnaflow Tru-X muffler #12568. It has dual in and out with an X in the middle of the muffler. She has the money saved for installing the exhaust and is waiting for me to have time to help install her headers. 

[Captain Swampy]

We tried really hard to have it done by Brooke's 16th birthday. We missed by a month. Mom and I got her the BFG's for her birthday.

[Captain Swampy]

2 coats POR-15 and then we painted over that.

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We had most of the under side stuff done. The fuel tank is in, we finally set the box down.  The front clip is on and we're hooking up/ repairing wiring.

[Captain Swampy]

We tested the fuel pump, but it didn't work in the vehicle. The system powers the pump for a few seconds when the key is on and then when the engine is cranking or builds oil pressure as a back up. The plug in the picture is from the fuel pump relay. The orange wire supplies power from the fuse box. The red wire is for testing the pump. The pump worked when we applied power to it.

The orange end of the wire going to the junction on the firewall is a fusible link that supplies power to the fuse panel. It powers the orange wire that feeds the fuel pump relay. If you look close, the fusible link is melted. A new one fixed the problem.

[roundhouse]

Nice build !
Great to see today's teens interested in old cars

  TBI is a nice improvement over a carb

We did that a couple years ago but the old 350 is about to croak  and are thinking of doing a LS swap 

This is my sons pickup
He wanted a Stepside 4 speed
We got it for him when he was 16 as a reward for him learning a foreign language

We've swapped the old 4 speed for a NV3500 5 speed from a 2007 Silverado , 14 bolt and 8 lug Dana 44 rotors , added a 4" lift, TBI ,and swapped in a newer interior.




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[philo_beddoe]

Lookin good capt. , boy, you guys (and gal) dont look stressed at all. Not a care or worry in the world. Always smiling. , good job.

[Captain Swampy]

Nice build !
Great to see today's teens interested in old cars

  TBI is a nice improvement over a carb

We did that a couple years ago but the old 350 is about to croak  and are thinking of doing a LS swap 

This is my sons pickup
He wanted a Stepside 4 speed
We got it for him when he was 16 as a reward for him learning a foreign language

We've swapped the old 4 speed for a NV3500 5 speed from a 2007 Silverado , 14 bolt and 8 lug Dana 44 rotors , added a 4" lift, TBI ,and swapped in a newer interior.




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Thank you! Your son's pickup is really nice. I like the TBI along with the 700R4 and lock up converter. Check out tbichips.com for a lot of good practical info.

[Captain Swampy]

Lookin good capt. , boy, you guys (and gal) dont look stressed at all. Not a care or worry in the world. Always smiling. , good job.

Well.......got quite frustrated trying to get it on the road for her birthday. We kept getting the wrong parts and stuff just quit going well. We took a break and got it together a month late in August. Sometimes you just have to walk away for a while.   For the most part we had fun and enjoyed the build.

[Captain Swampy]

Mom helped quite a bit at the end to help get it on the road.

[philo_beddoe]

Quality family time!! Stick with it!!

[Captain Swampy]

One of the rear springs had a broken leaf. The original plan was to pull the same leaf out of both rear springs and use them. Brooke isn't going to haul much anyway. Once we pulled the pulled the packs apart the other side had a broken leaf also. We bought a set of BDS 4" springs.

[Captain Swampy]

The shackles were a pain in the butt. We used polyurethane bushings, in my opinion they don't come with enough grease, buy some extra from Energy Suspension. The rear springs ride nice, eventually we'll replace the front springs as they're really harsh.