Got My Truck Back!

[slammed79]

Here was the hole in the frame,  I took it into a shop and had that section of frame fixed.

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[bd]

That frame sure looks like it was repaired once before.  If the shop didn't do it as part of their repair this time, you should install a Steering Box Gusset Kit.  It's an easy install that should keep the frame from tin canning again.

[slammed79]

It was done when I first bought the truck in 09. At that time,  the rear mounting area had the cracks.  The weld shop I took the truck to removed the damaged areas,  including the previous repair and plated it.  The older kat that owns the place has done this repair a hundred times before.  Almost 8 months later,  no issues at all with it. 

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[slammed79]

Here's the "new" 465. I'm hopefully going to do a 5.3 swap later this year,  I'll decide on a final transmission then.

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[slammed79]

Friday was another good parts day.  My new wiring harness came in and had another great Craigslist score. 

The seat is a PD takeout from an 07-13 Tahoe.  This is the second row seat,  it's brand new,  and pretty comfy. I'm going to use 2 sets of stock bench brackets to mount the 60/40, pics will be coming for the install, but it'll be a while.  My dance card is pretty full for the next month.

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[slammed79]

I got a tip that an online audio store was having a buy one get one free sale on EFX battery terminals, I decided to get in on it.  These are sweet! They have a 1/0 hole,  a 4 gauge hole and two 8 gauge holes. I got both for $15 shipped.

They'll come in handy when I get around putting an amp and woofers in the truck.

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[slammed79]

A shot of the cable holes on the terminals.

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[bake74]

    Those clamps are going to work great for stereo equipment.

[slammed79]

Started tearing down the seats today.  Used a T 30 torx bit,  a 14, 15 and 19 mm sockets and an as yet unidentified torx,  I'm thinking T55-60. I need to load the 60 side of the seat up and go figure it out.  Also used a small pair of needle nose to loosen the clips holding the struts on.

While I'm at it,  I need to get a few more cutters for my roto-zip so I can cut out the welded brackets. 

I got really into the tear down,  and didn't take a lot of pics, but here is what I did take.

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[slammed79]

A few more.

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[Skyshadow]

Would love to see those seats installed. I'm trying to decide on seats for mine.

[slammed79]

I'm going to get some bench sliders and suburban seat mounts tomorrow afternoon.  And it looks like my camping trip next weekend might be off,  so the seats might be in sooner than expected

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[slammed79]

Swapped out the my 465 with the Craigslist 465 and still have the grinding noise in third gear. 

A slight recap:

Last year,  the truck picked up a grinding noise in third,  only when I'm easy on the pedal.  At first it was every once in a while,  then it became a constant thing.  I decided to dump the fluid in the transmission,  since I hadn't done it in the 3 and a half years I'd owned the truck.  I only got two quarts out of it.  I thought a bearing had burned up.  I limited the truck to in town cruising and pretty well just dealt with the noise.

Now that I swapped the trans, I still have the grinding noise. I'm not sure what else to look for.  I would think if it was a differential issue I'd hear it all the time,  not just in third.  The u joints were done 6 months before this came up,  and I keep them greased.  The clutch is 4 years old and still grabs near the top of the pedal cycle.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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[bake74]

     I am with you, to swap out a trans and have it do the same thing is staggering odds.  Not that is can not happen.  Did you check the shifter for the clutch to make sure it was not hitting or binding on something when you put it into third ?

[slammed79]

I didn't see or feel any bind when I put the clutch in. The trans shifts as smooth as a 465 can.  Someone on Facebook recommended adjusting the shifter, that it's over engaging third.  I've never heard of adjusting the shifter on a 465. I wonder if he was thinking I have a saginaw

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