1990 GMC Suburban ... Cummins Powered

[greguw]

Managed to find time on Saturday to get the front end all finished up , I sent the toe at 3/16 toe in and that should be in the ball park , may have to fine tune the steering wheel once I get her out for road trials .
Got all the door panels fully assembled last week so going to move on to the dash area and make a little pick list that will finalize with painting the chassis .
Hope to be on the road in a month or so .

[y5mgisi]

I cant wait to see that thing out in the sun!

[1985-GMC]

It looks mean!

[wakeup]

Subscribed! I just read an article in one of the diesel rags doing a cummins swap into one of these burbs, this is much better IMHO.

[greguw]

Thanks guys , had a little set back last night ... I had the entire steering column out at the start of the build but did not pay too much attention to it til now .
I was doing a removable steering wheel and pulled the wheel and it was just all bad , I was going to tare it down to the tilt and rebuild with parts I had . I had another tilt column that was like new so I tore out the one in the truck .
Sucks because I had installed a Borgenson steering shaft all loctite in place ... Some time you have to go back to move forward .

[Dieselwrencher]

Isn't that the truth! Good luck with it man!

[Dieselholic92]

Awesome build! Great attention to detail

[greguw]

I managed to get the truck moved up front of my building over the weekend for some road testing in my industrial park ... she runs good , had to put a waterpump on her , should have done that before the motor was installed ... less than a hour one belt and two bolts ...
She seems pretty happy , I do have to add a sway bar , it rides like a caddy but in the corners has a little more body roll than I would like .
I am looking at doing a reverse sway bar with shackles if I have the room , the shackle will allow the spring to have the same ride and for the spring to pivot back wards but still work as a sway bar for side to side movement .
Keep you posted , not many pic's today .

[y5mgisi]

Good job man!

[OYMC]

Originally Posted by greguw

Planning on dumping the engine , trans and transfer this weekend . This is some heavy parts ... I'll be using 2 forklifts and trans jack .
I'm actually going to position the powertrain in front of the truck and lift it straight up and push the truck into the powertrain then set the trans jack under and roll the truck in .

I'd take a photo of this on my wall over a dirty pinup any day! Quick, take this photo down so I will stop looking at it!

Great Build!

[gmech]

One hell of a Burb, somehow I lost track of your build and havent seen this in awhile. Top Notch work for sure.

[68Timber]

I hope we get to see some pics of it dirty by a campsite.

[Dieselwrencher]

It looks awesome! I'm glad some one is getting drive sessions in!

[greguw]

Hey Guys , Hope everyone had a great memorial day , I have been doing road testing for a week or two prior to this past weekend , found I did need some roll control .
I designed a air bag system as my sway bar and it worked just perfect to control the load in the cornering .
Basiclly got her on the road and run better than just about any truck I have built to date . hydro assist works flawless , my 3/16 toe in was perfect .
Still have some fine tuning to do but I took the truck home last saturday and just going to enjoy driving it for a while .
I will post a few more outdoor pics , hope my build was not to boring ...LOL

Sorry about the small pics but my camera took a crap and am using the phone til I get another .

[Dieselwrencher]

Awesome sway control! I bet it feels great to hop in it and go cruising finally! The build was not boring.

[greguw]

I still have to get some pic's of the truck on the road ... I got the camera working again but I can't believe the amount of crap I collected to build this truck ... I'm still cleaning up a month later .
This is a pile of the left over parts .