1988 chevy k1500 shorty rc

[88chevyshort]

well as of now i need to get a new line ran from the front to rear, i have all the solid lines and splicers but may need a new rear rubber line if i cant get the old hardline out of it which i don't think ill be able to so going to need that probably then bleed the brakes and drop it off at the exhaust shop to finally get my true duals =D

my brackets i need to fab for my brush guard are still in construction on hold =/ wish i hadn't got jipd an had the bar for the chevys but as i may have mentioned before it turned out to be for the 94-01 dodge rams.

[88chevyshort]

so i had all my brake lines in, had a few leak issues fixed them or so i thought and pushed the brakes again to find out it was leaking fluid on the 3/16th line for the front out of the aluminum block, took it out an put it back in twice and it still didn't fix so figure owell ill figure it out after i get my exhaust done. tightened the line back in and completely stripped out the block. luckily we brought my buddys old truck back to the house to start tearing it apart and scrap what isn't any good or useful. so i just unbolted the whole brake assembly of it and onto my truck. got a new 3/16th line just to make sure the other line wouldn't mess up the threads and also had to get a splicer for the 1/4line, for some reason the spot where the rear lone goes in had a larger thread diameter so that's all fixed. going to drop her off at the exhaust shop this Saturday an get my true duals finally done!!!! the all i have to do is license it wen i get my check on Monday! =D so excited to get her back on the road lol i never really drove it far yet

[88K2500]

Sweet. I can't get away with duals on my 88' here in California due to smog laws. The smog tech can visually fail the truck. My 86' Suburban came with true duals and no cats from the factory and it's really easy to tuck everything above the frame rails for wheelin'. The 86' sub is my trail rig and the 88' pick up is my street queen.

Post up a pic of the exhaust work when done. Good luck with your build.

[88chevyshort]

Originally Posted by 88K2500

Sweet. I can't get away with duals on my 88' here in California due to smog laws. The smog tech can visually fail the truck. My 86' Suburban came with true duals and no cats from the factory and it's really easy to tuck everything above the frame rails for wheelin'. The 86' sub is my trail rig and the 88' pick up is my street queen.

Post up a pic of the exhaust work when done. Good luck with your build.

that really sucks. i have heard alot bout smog laws out there. that's one reason why i will definitely not be moving to cali lol.
thats cool. im thinking about gettin a k2500 square body after im driving this daily or a k5 blazer.

thanks and will do. hopefully itll be done this monday and ill pick it up tuesday

[88chevyshort]

this is what she looked like before i loaded her up and off to the shop for my exhaust to be done.


ill get pics up of the exhaust later this week when i get her back. hopefully he does a really good job.

[88chevyshort]

so i stopped by the shop and he let me check out the truck as it was being finished up and it looks really good to me. ill be picking her up tomorrow and ill try getting pics asap

[88chevyshort]

so the exhaust is done. but motors running terrible. a bolt had broken off on the intake an its now causing a bad seal so need to take it out and put a new one in and if the motors still running rough probably going to have to adjust the timing also.

pics.

[scotts62]

Looks good, wait till you hit your shin on the tips

[Rimshot1911]

Is there a body lift on the bed? Seems like the lines don't line up from the front of the bed to the back of the cab?

[88chevyshort]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Looks good, wait till you hit your shin on the tips

yea they stick out a bit but not to far

[88chevyshort]

Originally Posted by Rimshot1911

Is there a body lift on the bed? Seems like the lines don't line up from the front of the bed to the back of the cab?

there is no body lift. im assuming the rear cab bushings are shot. the body lines not matching up bothers me alot ha

[Rimshot1911]

Originally Posted by 88chevyshort

there is no body lift. im assuming the rear cab bushings are shot. the body lines not matching up bothers me alot ha

Yeah, it would bother me too. Would it be hard to shim or even get new bushings for the cab? I've never done any sort of body lift or re-bushing to a vehicle (it would be cool to get pics and techniques on it if you did it ).

[88chevyshort]

Originally Posted by Rimshot1911

Yeah, it would bother me too. Would it be hard to shim or even get new bushings for the cab? I've never done any sort of body lift or re-bushing to a vehicle (it would be cool to get pics and techniques on it if you did it ).

it shouldn't be to hard. getting the bolts out its probably the worst part as they are probably rusted bad. you can buy bushing where ever like lmc. im considering getting a 3in. body lift so i probably wont fix it, ill just wait to put the body lift on.

[98lowtahoe]

That motor came out real nice good luck in the future looks good tho keep up the good work man

[88chevyshort]

Originally Posted by 98lowtahoe

That motor came out real nice good luck in the future looks good tho keep up the good work man

thanks. wish it would stay that way without me having to baby the truck ha.
im waiting on fixing a problem then license it n get a welder an possibly start putting in new panels.

[98lowtahoe]

Sounds real good keep it clean

[88chevyshort]

Originally Posted by 98lowtahoe

Sounds real good keep it clean

thanks im going to try

[88chevyshort]

havent been on here for awhile alot has delayed me even driving my truck till recently its gna be going in the shop. got my plates today. these are some more recent pics i have of her.

[88chevyshort]

im changing the interior to grey and black cant stand the marroon. started with the dasth trim that was maroon, found me a light gray passenger side door panel at a yard and im STILL LOOKING FOR A GREY DRIVERSIDE POWER DOOR PANEL i need it prtty bad i was sposed to get one off a kid on fullsizechevy but he screwed me out of 20 bucks and a few other people out of money too. so im still looking an still need one bad.

[mopar346]

Nice build. I am in the process of changing the rear in my son's 89 automatic to a 14 bolt and have a question about the driveshaft. If you could help I would be grateful. Did you do the swap or was it that way whenyou got it? Will the original from the 10 bolt work with an adapt-a-joint? Did you use a 3/4 ton shaft? Did the 3/4 yoke fit the tranny? If you did do the swap, could you measure your shaft for me center to center on the u-joints. Thanks, I am trying to have everything ready for a quick swap with no surprises.

What years will work on the door panel, we have soon decent yards around here and I can look next time I'm junking.

[88chevyshort]

hey sorry i never get on here anymore. i check fullsizechevy more often usually never this

i bought the truck with that axle.
i later found out why the axle was swapped, i can tell by the unatural lines in the driver side bed that the track must have been t-boned and must have broke the leaf springs and such, that and part of the frame had been bent and bent back.
i am pretty sure that it is the stock drive shaft as i just recently put new u-joints at both ends but i u-joints are pretty universal so that probably doesnt say anything about it being stock, sorry i can be of more help.