My new truck - 2001 2500HD
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I just picked up a 2001 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD 4x4 with the LQ4 6.0L V8 and backed by a 4L80E. It was an oil field truck, so it's a little beat
. It has a little over 101K on it, and until I actually bought it, it was running great. It just had about 5-grand worth of repairs done to it a couple months ago, but naturally it's running lke crap now (clogged injector I'm thinking). The bed is actually the third one it's had on it, and it's already been welded in a couple places (the tail lights are being held on by duct tape
). The driver's seat was missing all the foam on the bottom bolster, but we fixed it somewhat since I took the pictures. All in all the truck is giant piece of crap, but it's gonna make an awesome off-road beater
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http://community.webshots.com/user/squirrel_master-date
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It's not a bad truck if the price was right. If you can do some work on it yourself, you can save a small fortune in repair costs....shops are crazy with some of the rates they charge these days.....Ford wanted over $80 just to replace a damn fuel filter on my girlfriends little Escape
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I didn't spend the 5K on repairs, the company I bought it from did, and the 5K was just for parts, not including the labor. I just bought it on friday, and for the money I spent, it's well worth it (I've spent more on tires for my Trans Am than I spent to buy this truck
). And as far as having a shop work on it, no way. The only thing I've ever had a shop do was rebuild the transmission on the TA, simply because I didn't want to mess it up. If this truck ever sees a shop, it won't be while I own it
.
I'm thinking it needs some 35" TSL's, and some time spent in my friends garage fabricating some nasty bumpers (to knock over trees
). Any other ideas
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I'm thinking it needs some 35" TSL's, and some time spent in my friends garage fabricating some nasty bumpers (to knock over trees
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I bet you, if you have the whole truck detailed it will look 100% better than whats in the photos. Replace the bed, fix the passanger door, get rid of the duct tape and throw in bench seat(or repair it) that will be a bad *** rig to start with. I wish I could have found a deal like that.
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Let me know if they have another one for sale cheaper than a set of tires, I'd love to get another off roader!!! I just didn't want my daily driver to be one, that's why I went with the dually instead of a 4x4.
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Originally Posted by tylerdurden
I bet you, if you have the whole truck detailed it will look 100% better than whats in the photos. Replace the bed, fix the passanger door, get rid of the duct tape and throw in bench seat(or repair it) that will be a bad *** rig to start with. I wish I could have found a deal like that. ![Hail](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_hail.gif)
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Besides, everyone gets out of the way of a giant beat-up truck, since they figure what does the guy have to lose
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Modsquad - Everyone I've ever met wants me to find them deals on trucks
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No roots on a 4x4
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....just put a nice cam & headers on it
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& lift it
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, skid plate, rock sliders....bumpers
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...then trash it!
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I'm pretty sure I can fit some 35's on this thing with some minor triming to the front bumper (since it's shoved back a bit from whatever it hit
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Keep the ideas coming though. I know this isn't the truck section, but I could definately use some ideas for bumpers and skid plates and rocker guards and such, so if anyone has any old plans they've always wanted to try or something they saw somewhere that would work on this truck, I'd be most obliged
. You can even help with the construction if you want
. Thanks.
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Let me know when you start fabbing skid plates, I'll come over & drink beer & lend a pair of hands...plus I need to get back into weldind...been putting off getting a mig for a while now. Just keep wanting car parts instead. Now that I have my Duramax, I want to make front & rear bumpers & side steps for it. I'm debating on just buying some side steps for it though. Girlfriend needs em to get in, lol. Otherwise I'd probably skip them, but this thing won't get off the road much so it shouldn't be a problem.
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Originally Posted by Squirrelmaster
Keep the ideas coming though. I know this isn't the truck section, but I could definately use some ideas for bumpers and skid plates and rocker guards and such, so if anyone has any old plans they've always wanted to try or something they saw somewhere that would work on this truck, I'd be most obliged
. You can even help with the construction if you want
. Thanks.
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Anyone got a HD bumper laying around we can measure??
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Yeah, I'd like to make a nice, mean, STOUT front bumper that I could put a winch on and still be able to take out trees (or Hondas
) if needed. I used to have friend with a K5 Blazer that made himself one nasty bumper, used to hit trees all the time and never once had a problem (but he also filled it cement, so that may have helped a bit - don't plan to go that extreme). I would also like to make either a nice tubular rear bumper of something along those lines, maybe like a Ranch Hand one (though I know it won't be as nice - or will it
). The skid plates will more than likely wait a bit, I haven't even talked to my friend about using his stuff yet (he doesn't even know about the truck
), so I've got some time to look around and see what I like.
But yeah, I'd definately be interested to see what you come up with. I'd take off my bumper and take some measurements, but it's so warped and bent, I have a feeling it wouldn't help much
. Otherwise it sounds good, just let me know what I can do to help
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But yeah, I'd definately be interested to see what you come up with. I'd take off my bumper and take some measurements, but it's so warped and bent, I have a feeling it wouldn't help much
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I'll ask my buddy at work if he still has his stocker.
For the back bumper, I made one years ago, it wasn't pretty, but it was stout. It had a built in reviever, and was made of 6" pipe if I remember the size correctly. One half was an air tank you could fill & the other was a chain box (it was hinged). With as cheap as the automotive air compressors are getting for air ride stuff, you could pimp it out with a compressor & the bumper could be the tank
Would come in hand when in tow vehicle mode if you needed air tools at the track. Just not sure what the ratings are on those automotive compressors.
I'm sure we can make ours just as nice if not better because they will be the way we want them. You can always grind an ugly weld & make it pretty....
For the back bumper, I made one years ago, it wasn't pretty, but it was stout. It had a built in reviever, and was made of 6" pipe if I remember the size correctly. One half was an air tank you could fill & the other was a chain box (it was hinged). With as cheap as the automotive air compressors are getting for air ride stuff, you could pimp it out with a compressor & the bumper could be the tank
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I'm sure we can make ours just as nice if not better because they will be the way we want them. You can always grind an ugly weld & make it pretty....
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Originally Posted by Modsquad
I'll ask my buddy at work if he still has his stocker.
For the back bumper, I made one years ago, it wasn't pretty, but it was stout. It had a built in reviever, and was made of 6" pipe if I remember the size correctly. One half was an air tank you could fill & the other was a chain box (it was hinged). With as cheap as the automotive air compressors are getting for air ride stuff, you could pimp it out with a compressor & the bumper could be the tank
Would come in hand when in tow vehicle mode if you needed air tools at the track. Just not sure what the ratings are on those automotive compressors.
I'm sure we can make ours just as nice if not better because they will be the way we want them. You can always grind an ugly weld & make it pretty....
For the back bumper, I made one years ago, it wasn't pretty, but it was stout. It had a built in reviever, and was made of 6" pipe if I remember the size correctly. One half was an air tank you could fill & the other was a chain box (it was hinged). With as cheap as the automotive air compressors are getting for air ride stuff, you could pimp it out with a compressor & the bumper could be the tank
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I'm sure we can make ours just as nice if not better because they will be the way we want them. You can always grind an ugly weld & make it pretty....
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I'm not really concerned with the bumpers looking pretty (but I'm not against it either
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Just let me know if what I can do.
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Cool, as soon as I get some free time I'll:
a: measure my bumper mounts
b: find someone else's and measure it
c: go to a truck accesory place & measure one of their after market bumpers, lol.
Maybe I'll just tell them I'm taking a welding class & I had to pick a project & I picked a bumper....maybe it'll fly.
A built in mutl-voltage power outlet in the back would be cool...have 12v & 110v! I know on the Allisons, you could get them with a PTO...I would probably never use one....not sure what I'd use it for. Maybe to run some sort of hydraulic pump?
a: measure my bumper mounts
b: find someone else's and measure it
c: go to a truck accesory place & measure one of their after market bumpers, lol.
Maybe I'll just tell them I'm taking a welding class & I had to pick a project & I picked a bumper....maybe it'll fly.
A built in mutl-voltage power outlet in the back would be cool...have 12v & 110v! I know on the Allisons, you could get them with a PTO...I would probably never use one....not sure what I'd use it for. Maybe to run some sort of hydraulic pump?
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Originally Posted by Modsquad
A built in mutl-voltage power outlet in the back would be cool...have 12v & 110v! I know on the Allisons, you could get them with a PTO...I would probably never use one....not sure what I'd use it for. Maybe to run some sort of hydraulic pump?
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I'm hoping to get to working on my truck this weekend (basic tune-up), and I'll try to take some measurements of my truck for you (though I'm not exactly sure what measurements you need, but I'll try
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