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Ok, here are the pics of the motor mounting...

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And the new Trans mount. The CPP mount would not work as it places the engine at a bad angle

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Nice project. Keep the pics comin'!

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Cab off and chassis time...

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Here is a good shot of the motor and trans mounts

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And now time to clean up. There was tons of built up dirt and grime

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That looks like a blast.

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Lookin' good Tom
Love the color,are you keeping it or changing it?
T

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I thought about it, but decided to do one of the original colors. It is going to be dark green or dark aqua.

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Well, the truck looked decent, but rust has found the bottom of the cab.

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Cab on the home made dolly, looks like cab corners are also needed. So much for the rust free southern cal body. The cab is on the way to Cal Blast to be media blasted so the rust repair can begin.

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While the Cab is out to be blasted it's time to finish up the chassis.

Finish welding the motor mounts

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Getting the frame ready for KBS painting

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nice progress i wish mine was going this fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here are the KBS shots. For those that don't know what KBS is, it is like most other moisture cured urethane (por 15, rust bullet, etc). The nice thing about it is that it is somewhat UV stable and is available in satin.

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Looks nice!!
you keeping the slots?

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Wow that's a big transformation and it looks good! Keep up the good work :metal:

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I wasn’t going to, but they are growing on me and now I think I will. I have to figure out how I can better get them balanced as when the stick on weights are put in the inside, they rub on the caliper so I could not get a solid computer balance.

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I believe Ansen makes 17'' slots, FYI. Nice progress and I'm enjoying the pics. Its going to turn out very nice.

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As the other guys have said, it's looking good.

I'm curious to see how the cab looks when you get it back from the blaster.

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sweet great job!!

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Very nice work! Keep the pics coming!!

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Awesome build! I can't wait to see it done. I'm digging the slotted mags.

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I should have the post blaster pics tomorrow. RRC told me that he had Cal Blast do the lower portion of the cab first with a more aggressive material so he can do all the metal repair and once completed he will send it back to finish blasting with soda.

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Cool. I'll be looking for them.

Rust, Rust, and more Rust
 

Wow, this thing was rusty...

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Wow! I guess that is pretty rough for a CA body. Still looks better than mine. lol

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:agree:

So there is some rust in CA. Other than that nice progress.

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Well I have run into our first snag. The 08 5.3L engine looks like it is bad as it has a very tight spot in the rotation (with the plugs out) and it is not freeing up. The replacement setup is (hopefully) on the way and it is an 08 LY6 engine and 6l90 trans. It looks like it may be a score because the new one is a 6.0L and it should have the new HD 6 speed automatic, however; it may require some re-work due to the trans being different and possibly the motor mounts as the new engine came from an 08 Silverado HD. I also have to figure out who can do the programming for the new combo as the trans control module is located inside of the transmission pan and all the research I did was for the 5.3 combo. I'll let you know how it all turns out.