I feel wrong doing this but... MY K1500!!!

[valleyvinyl84]

Let's get a little Chevy love!

My 1994 Chevrolet K1500, washed it (hosed it off) so I figured I'd take a few pics.

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The engine doesn't look it but it only has 184 miles on it, no I didn't forget any zeros.

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I have come to realize that if you are pulling out a Jeep and you have "Jeep Recovery Vehicle" on your tailgate the person in the Jeep will yell and flip you off.

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Meats.

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Remember Crazy Horse from Trucks!, yea I sent that thing flying out the first time I took it off-road, just like Stacy. :headbang:

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So I did that to fix the problem, I know it's not pretty.

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When all you tow is other vehicles out of the trails, thats all you need. It doubles as a boat anchor too, since it weighs 73 pounds.

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Okay... it may be clear but OH MY GOD is it STRONG! And convenient for looking at my diff fluid for no apparent reason. :icon_thumby:

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People say "Every scratch has a story", well I guess I can make "War and Peace" look like the "Little Engine That Could." It still shines enough so you can see the reflection of the toilet though.

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Amazingly, I have yet to break the IFS. It sure makes for smooth landings though.

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I gotta protect the transmission investment, with 3 coolers(counting the one in the radiator) it moved off of 105 once.

That's all I got, let me know what ya think. Oh yea, for those select few, keep the Chity Shevy comments to yourselves, I've probably already heard em all.

[KELLY88]

That's a pretty nice looking Chevy. And that is a HUGE rear bumper. Good pictures. Also where's you get the clear diff cover?

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks! I like to lovingly refer to that bumper as my "anti-tailgating device" just imagine headlights bouncing right off of that thing. I got the diff cover at work, Trans-Dapt makes them it's 1/4" Polycarbonate. I believe part # 8412 is for the 8.8.

[AgPete139]

That is the complete opposite of what I was expecting to see. I thought you were showing off a 1500 that you had just purchased from a rusting field somewhere.

It's a nice looking truck w/ respect. Impressed (I'd definitely rock it), and it's a head turner. Keep us posted when you DO break the IFS and decide to go to a better SAS. However, the visors are too much for me.

Have action shots?

[valleyvinyl84]

Okay, the rusting field thing... 2 years ago you'd be spot on.

Thank you and when I DO break the IFS I WILL post carnage pics. It's pretty much set in stone that it will break I just don't know when, and I can't wait. Hopefully it'll be like when Petersons cracked the whole housing in half.

I was gonna toss the RacerBack, but under it the paint looks like a forearm before you donate blood. So I decided to put it back on.

No, action shots yet. I only had it out once since the reconstruction and my camera was sittin in my room. Would of been great pics though, flat towing a Wrangler over some pretty sick rocks. :icon_rofl:

[irishblessing]

yeah that diff cover is pretty cool i wanted i clear cover for my manifolds on my imapala but i cant find them that engign only has 184 miles on it lol who had it before you or is it new

[valleyvinyl84]

It's new, well rebuilt a little better than stock.

[compleckz]

i like it!

[irishblessing]

yeah its a nice chevy

[crawlin91]

a little too much plastic for me, but I had a friend with the same truck and it took alot of abuse and had plenty of balls

[pickuptrucker]

are those polls sticking out the sides so your girlfriend wont run into stuff when she drives or are those for you? lol jk it looks nice. i like the tires and the diff cover alot

[JohnnyU]

You want an aluminum front skid plate? I just tripped over mine again today. :thefinger:

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks for the compliments!

a little too much plastic for me, but I had a friend with the same truck and it took alot of abuse and had plenty of balls

I dread the day I shatter one of those bedsides!

are those polls sticking out the sides so your girlfriend wont run into stuff when she drives or are those for you? lol jk it looks nice. i like the tires and the diff cover alot

Actually, I bought the truck with them, then I put blue LED's in them because I have a SEVERE addiction to blue lights. And judging by the dent in the front bumper... they don't help me. :icon_rofl:

You want an aluminum front skid plate? I just tripped over mine again today. :thefinger:

Is it one of those stock POS ones?

[JohnnyU]

Is it one of those stock POS ones?

If you mean the stock ones that are 1/4" thick, then yes.

[valleyvinyl84]

Yea I figured, I already have one on the truck. It's in pretty good shape, for my 2nd one.

[daniel3507]

damn. im not a chevy fan by any means but thats pretty sweet.

[koda6966]

If I ever had to own a full size, you can bet I'd get one of these.

[RedneckSTX]

I am normally not a chevy fan but i will say that that is a real nice chevy i really like the back bumper and clear diff. cover

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks guys!

Koda I'll keep you in mind if I get bored of it. :icon_thumby:

Everyone loves that bumper until they're behind me, at night, in traffic.

[JohnnyU]

What brand is that bumper? Looks kind of like mine but still nice and shiny. :thefinger:

[koda6966]

I wouldn't have anywhere near the money it would take for me to buy that.

:D

It is my favorite body style of the fullsizes.

[valleyvinyl84]

What brand is that bumper? Looks kind of like mine but still nice and shiny. :thefinger:

I believe it's a FEY, it was on the truck when I bought it. However, the lack of scratches on the top are wider like the FEY grip tape pads.

[bobbywalter]

if you have not busted that 10 bolt yet i dont think the ifs is in any danger.


it is anice looking rig too btw:icon_thumby:

[valleyvinyl84]

if you have not busted that 10 bolt yet i dont think the ifs is in any danger.


it is anice looking rig too btw:icon_thumby:

Thank you, but ummm........

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I did bust that 10 bolt, and I put another 10 bolt in (I know dumb move) because it was before I went nuts with the truck soo ummm yeah.... Hopefully both don't go at the same time, although it is unlikely that's my luck. :icon_rofl:

[bobbywalter]

well then......


start 60 shopping for the front after you get a 14 bolt in there....


you been warned!!!!

[valleyvinyl84]

:icon_rofl:

I planned on the swap but I'll run it til it breaks, I got a 60 "lined up" and I can get a 14 bolt a few miles away.

[BeaterMan]

thats a nice looking truck!!! i really like the 10 bolt diff cover, never in my life seen anything like that, looks unique.

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks man!

[Chance]

a little too much plastic for me

Same here but I do like your truck :icon_thumby: even if the axles are ticking time bombs :icon_rofl:

I wanna see an update on how much abuse that diff cover takes when ya get to wheelin it... I remember a while back hearing that they break easily but I've never seen it myself.

[valleyvinyl84]

Hey, watch it! They didn't break yet... well the front at least. :icon_rofl:

As for the diff cover it seems much stronger than a stamped steel one (granted polycarbonate has nothing on nodular iron or steel plate) but cold + rocks and stumps = worrying me a little. If there is carnage... no... WHEN there is carnage, pics will be taken and it will be posted. I see the cover outliving the diff though. And thanks. :icon_thumby:

[85_Ranger4x4]

If I ever had to own a full size, you can bet I'd get one of these.

I would have gotten one, but I was 5-10 years too late on the market to get one that hadden't almost been beat to death.

My dad got his '92 GMC 1500 in '94, I hope my F-150 will be as good of a truck when it gets to that age as that thing has.

[compleckz]

man, if you lived closer, i would have hit you up for recovery of my ranger about 10 times by now, lol..

[valleyvinyl84]

I would have gotten one, but I was 5-10 years too late on the market to get one that hadden't almost been beat to death.

I passed up on the truck a few years back and a buddy of mine bought it with a cracked windshield and wrinkled fenders (rough landing?). He fixed all of that then sold it, and I bought it and dove into fixing everything else. So mine was far from "nice" a few years ago. :icon_thumby:

man, if you lived closer, i would have hit you up for recovery of my ranger about 10 times by now, lol..

And I'd sell you those damn leafs. :icon_rofl:

Well, probably not because I wouldn't have my current job if I didn't live here.

[TheTopher]

I too am not a very big chevy fan, and when I saw the thread title I was expecting a spray painted piece of crap...then I saw the first couple pictures and my jaw hit the keyboard. Nice truck mate.

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks yo! I have to admit I see more POS Chevys and Jeeps around me than anything else, but when they're nice, they're NICE! :icon_thumby:

[Iron Ranger]

It seems to sag in between the cab and the box. Hopefully you don't have one of those frames where Chevy put a bunch of holes and notches in it for some reason.:icon_confused:

But, yeah, that's a perfect play truck. Common, easy to work on, LOTS of available upgrades, fun offroad. Nice :icon_thumby::icon_thumby::icon_thumby:

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks! And as for that sag, I forgot when I was sayin how messed up the truck was a few years back, the one rear body mount was rotted/blown through the cab. It's fixed but not perfect... as you can tell. :icon_thumby:

[Danger-Ranger96]

i like it! i had a 91 GMC Sierra Z-71, agreed about protecting the tranny, i blew 3 in mine (no coolers)

has your vacuum hubs ****ed up yet? i remember that was famous in my GMC, had the same floor shifter and everything, and most times it wouldnt go into 4wd lol

350 rebuilt?

im one to say i'm apart of the "anti-tail gating device" club too...check out the pintle on my 250, heh thing weighs close to 70 lbs!

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i had gotten rear ended once before when i had it in my 07 ranger, put a huge hole in some chicks bumper in a drive-thru. She was cursing and yelling saying i shouldnt have had it on there, when i moved forward to pull it out of her bumper, it just about took her whole bumper off lmao

[Iron Ranger]

Thanks! And as for that sag, I forgot when I was sayin how messed up the truck was a few years back, the one rear body mount was rotted/blown through the cab. It's fixed but not perfect... as you can tell. :icon_thumby:

I hate rust. Makes me wish the sheet metal was made of stainless steel. It weighs more, but it would last a lot longer.

[valleyvinyl84]

has your vacuum hubs ****ed up yet? i remember that was famous in my GMC, had the same floor shifter and everything, and most times it wouldnt go into 4wd lol

350 rebuilt?

im one to say i'm apart of the "anti-tail gating device" club too...check out the pintle on my 250, heh thing weighs close to 70 lbs!


Those "auto hubs" have yet to act up, I guess I'm lucky.

The 350 is rebuilt. Valley Auto Parts. :headbang:

I would call that more of a "Rear End Collision Entertainment Device" :icon_rofl:

I hate rust. Makes me wish the sheet metal was made of stainless steel. It weighs more, but it would last a lot longer.

Buy a Delorean! :icon_rofl:

Also thanks guys! :icon_thumby:

[97BlackBetty]

That is one of my favorite trucks. It is really the only Half-Ton truck that I like, just like yours is, regular cab, step side, heck I even like the racer back and visor. I used to work with a guy that had one identical except red. Very nice truck.

[Danger-Ranger96]

Those auto hubs have yet to act up, I guess I'm lucky.

The 350 is rebuilt. Valley Auto Parts. :headbang:

I would call that more of a "Rear End Collision Entertainment Device" :icon_rofl:



Buy a Delorean! :icon_rofl:

Also thanks guys! :icon_thumby:


yup lucky is right, unless they changed them from '91, that was a major pita.

any how, for a chevy i really like it!:headbang:

[PaleBlue90]

its a pertty truck

[JohnnyU]

There are no "auto" hubs, the half shaft is splined directly into the wheel hub, just the same as the Late model Dodge or Jeeps. There is a Thermo-electric actuator on the front axle (Similar to the Early Dodge/Jeep CAD) that engages the front axle. They are notorious for failing, but only on the S-10 platform were they vacuum controlled. Later models use an upgraded electric actuator.

[valleyvinyl84]

There are no "auto" hubs, the half shaft is splined directly into the wheel hub, just the same as the Late model Dodge or Jeeps. There is a Thermo-electric actuator on the front axle (Similar to the Early Dodge/Jeep CAD) that engages the front axle. They are notorious for failing, but only on the S-10 platform were they vacuum controlled. Later models use an upgraded electric actuator.

Hence why I said "auto hubs" (quotation marks), a few hours later I had a flash back to changing the driver side CV axle. :icon_thumby:

[85_Ranger4x4]

I passed up on the truck a few years back and a buddy of mine bought it with a cracked windshield and wrinkled fenders (rough landing?). He fixed all of that then sold it, and I bought it and dove into fixing everything else. So mine was far from "nice" a few years ago. :icon_thumby:

I already got a fixer upper, and I didn't really want another project truck, which is why I kind of avoided them... they usually don't get easy lives.

[jmsmith76]

good looking truck man! my former love was a 96 two-door Tahoe on 35's before i had to sell it

[valleyvinyl84]

Thanks man! :icon_thumby:

[MAranger]

Very nice. Reminds me of a buddys truck, an 88 stepside std cab just like your style. Cool trucks. You'd probably like my friends rig, 8" over stock on a 14FF and D60 locked front and rear, all on 38.5 boggers. Same kid has a 90 long box IFS and it has done well for him. I must admit I have a soft spot for really big chevys, especially with 3 speed w/ granny low! Man that truck came alive when he ditched his 5th turbo 350 for the stick.

Having said that, only little boys wear bow ties.

[valleyvinyl84]

Having said that, only little boys wear bow ties.

Well then, I guess I'm reminiscent of my childhood. :thefinger:

BTW thanks for saying the truck is nice. :icon_thumby:

[valleyvinyl84]

Keep us posted when you DO break the IFS

I BROKE IT!!!!!!!!!!

Huge mud bog with a MASSIVE rock at the end. Took out a crossmember too. :icon_thumby:

And now a few horrible cell phone pics.

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I feel so wrong that a Wrangler pulled me out.

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For now it's parked with the IFS bone dry. A full-time internship and a full-time job leave me with no time. Maybe a SAS is in it's near future.

[red93terror]

im betting its automatic isnt it? Man that is a nice nice bowtie. I would be a fan if you could find them with a manual more commonly

[koda6966]

For now it's parked with the IFS bone dry. A full-time internship and a full-time job leave me with no time. Maybe a SAS is in it's near future.

Did any of the Chevy K series of that time period come with a solid front axle stock?

I remember my 78 Chevy had a solid axle stock. But that's roughly 20 years older than yours.

[ranger_mclaren]

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I BROKE IT!!!!!!!!!!
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I feel so wrong that a Wrangler pulled me out.
For now it's parked with the IFS bone dry. A full-time internship and a full-time job leave me with no time. Maybe a SAS is in it's near future.

Irony at it best sorry man had too...
I have a ford running over a chevy emblem sticker on my ranger, and when I blew the engine my friend with his 318 powerd Dakota pulled me home and I told him at least it wasn't a chevy pulling me!

BTW I don't have the pics to prove it but I pulled my friends 2wd 1500 chevy out of a ditch with my old acura integra!!!! NOW that was Irony...

[valleyvinyl84]

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Irony at it best sorry man had too...
I have a ford running over a chevy emblem sticker on my ranger, and when I blew the engine my friend with his 318 powerd Dakota pulled me home and I told him at least it wasn't a chevy pulling me!

BTW I don't have the pics to prove it but I pulled my friends 2wd 1500 chevy out of a ditch with my old acura integra!!!! NOW that was Irony...

:icon_rofl: It's ok dude the kid in the jeep said if he got me out I hadda take "JEEP" off the decal, so after about 2 hours of tryin to get me out I took it off. Once I fix the truck I'll cut out another "JEEP" to put back on the decal. Stickers are cheap for me, trucks on the other hand..........

And did your buddy with the C1500 give up on life after ya pulled him out?

[ranger_mclaren]

No but belive it or not he actully traded it for A 4X4 RANGER which I later traded my 2wd ranger for, it's the 2.3 in my profile <------------which I no longer have. The 2.3 could take my abuse but I loved that truck and will miss very much.:sad:
He was on his way over to my house to do a tune up on his truck and the roads were icy, he called and said he slid of the road and needs pulled out. I said Ok what do u want me to do about it. (my ranger was half tore apart) So I said well my teg has tow hook undernieth so I guess i'll give it a try its all I got so i headed out hooked up after sever triies and lots of slipage I got it out:yahoo: (imagine the small suv from jurassic park triiing to pull up the big RV thats what my teg looked like)

[johnsislandranger]

looks good even if it is a chevy:icon_thumby: