HG's Plow Truck, '78 GMC K35 Dually

[Low Elco]

Neat 'ol truck! Glad it's worked out for ya.

[hgs_notes]

After a couple days on the road I got back on it. New brake line, both new hoses on, new shocks and steering stabilizer. Brakes bled, oil in the diff. Time for a test drive! No issues there. I checked bearing temps after. Might need to bleed the brakes again but they work fine. Just not as hard a peddle as before, which was a bit stiff anyway.

I'm still doing a couple more things to spiff it up but the axle swap is DONE!: The front is about 2" taller than before. Actually a little higher than the back now. The ride is stiff but not noticably harder than before. It looks so much better now.

[hgs_notes]

Next step mechanically is to get the rear axle regeared. I bought another posi carrier and set of 4.10 gears.

For now though I don't need 4wd. Instead I did a couple cosmetic things. A friend gave me a drop hitch bumper. It was bent/twisted because some welds broke and the weight of the load twisted it. The welds were crap. Half inch plate that had a tiny little fillet welds. No penetration. When I dropped off the wheels for powder coating I asked them about the cost of doing the bumper and if they could straighten it. They wanted to give it a shot. Their welding wasn't great looking either but it was substantial anyway. It came out pretty decent. I've never seen one that wasn't chrome. This one was too before coating. But I love the look matching the wheels.

And the other thing was getting a little paint on the sides of the truck where the stripe was. I just went over it with the random orbital and rattle canned it. Just got the driver side done so far. The silver tailgate definitely needed to change. It had a little rust hole on the bottom left so I did a patch on it first. Then rattle canned it too. I'll do regular automotive paint once rust repair is done, whenever that happens. It needs rockers, maybe cab corners, some patches behind the rear wheel wells, and at least 1 cab support.

I'm really happy with how it's looking now though. Black and white is always in style.