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1979 K30 rebuild
I finally tore down my old K30 to make it new again. I bought the truck 8 ish years ago and drove it steadily for probably three years and then it got demoted to fire wood duties a couple times per year and it got neglected when I bought a newer pickup. Its a trailering special model, 350/ th400/ np203. The plan going back together is a 383 with th400 and a np205. I bought a 205, unfortunately its a 10 spline one, so I got an adapter housing and 32 spline input shaft from offroad design. Also bought the correct output shaft for the transmission. So far I've stripped it down to the frame and sandblasted it and repainted. Stripped both axle housings down and sandblasted and painted them, rebuilt both axles with new bearings. Reused the 4.10 gears since they were in great condition. I've got the suspension and axle housings back on the truck with all new bushings. This week I'll start on the transmission and transfer case. This will be a long project no doubt with work and a 2 year old that take up most of the free time. haha. I'll try and get better at taking pictures when I do actually get some work done.
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