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  1. Lu Blunt

    1979 k30 dually in Colorado

    Wolf creek pass is beautiful country but the pass is no joke. Elevation is 10,857ft, the pass is 41 miles long and the west side is 7% grade. I don’t mind keeping the truck, but it may be used as parts truck if the current projects are in need. Here’s the current line up of builds/projects...
  2. Lu Blunt

    79 k30 steering rebuild

    I grazed a dodge with my bumper... not even close to hitting the tires. Dented the fender alittle and broke the headlight bezel. I took the front clip apart to swap fenders n core supports and did not find anymore damage. The death wobble when braking has been a thing before that happened. After...
  3. Lu Blunt

    79 k30 steering rebuild

    Should I get the draglink and billet steer arm powder coated or just paint them? What about the new rotor... tape off the face and paint with high temp spray paint?
  4. Lu Blunt

    79 k30 steering rebuild

    Finally got the clutch fixed. Mean while the death wobble when braking slowly came back. I decided the front rotors were warping due to no rear brakes. I had the rear drums rebuilt and that made it stop alot better. I ordered new rotors and calipers, severe duty pads and braided brake lines from...
  5. Lu Blunt

    1979 k30 dually in Colorado

    I was hoping someone here would want this ol red dawg. Don’t really want to post it to facebook but I’m motivated to sell
  6. Lu Blunt

    1979 k30 dually in Colorado

    Trucks a dually K30 custom deluxe no ac no tilt, 454/sm464/np205 dana60/dana70. 4.56 or 4.88 gears. Lights, wipers, and both fuel tanks work. MSD spark, 6 good tires. Clean Colorado title. Truck was used to recover semi trucks on wolf creek pass going into pagosa springs co. Truck made the 200...
  7. Lu Blunt

    SM465 fluid - i used gear lube, maybe synthetic gear lube - what now

    I’ve had good experience with brad penn gl-4 80w-90 gear oil. Supposed to safe for brass bronze and copper synchros. looks like they changed the label but here’s the summit link https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bpo-77296
  8. Lu Blunt

    Harbor Freight recalls 454,000 jack stands

    Had these for like 5+ years. Been using them regularly in my gravel driveway. Had trucks sitting on these stands for days at time. Guess I was lucky. Never again will I trust a harbor freight jack stand. Can anyone recommend a quality jack stand?
  9. Lu Blunt

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    Thought this was cool...
  10. Lu Blunt

    79’ round eye to 80’ square eye

    Finished the radiator support swap and got a new old fender for the passenger side. Definitely need the radiator support and grille to bumper filler that came with the headlights you want. The bumper filler doesn’t have provisions to mount the parking lights because the bezel holds the parking...
  11. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    Got the truck back. Here’s a quick list of the parts I had replaced. Clutch, pressure plate, clutch fork, pivot ball, machined flywheel, front and rear seals on tcase. 6.5hr labor for the clutch and 2 hrs labor for the tcase. Total parts n labor was $1017. The truck drives great. No noise from...
  12. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    thats exactly what happened. I won’t make that mistake again. But what can I say, I needed the truck for work so I kept driving it knowing it was getting worse. Stopped by the mechanics after work yesterday. He had the write up for my truck with all the parts n labor listed. Total before tax n...
  13. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    Took 3 weeks to get an appointment at this shop. My truck sat for 2 weeks before he even looked at it. Quoted me $1000 out the door. I gave the go ahead to do the work. I expressed wanting to swap motors and he was supposed to get me the size of the stock clutch but I never heard back. I started...
  14. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    Talked to the mechanic today and he said the wrong style clutch was installed. Should have been a diaphragm clutch not a finger clutch. To fix the clutch and reseal transfer case will be $700 for parts/gear oil and about $300 in labor. Not horrible I guess. But I don’t want to setup a clutch for...
  15. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    My thinking has always been, you can buy a $15k used truck and have it paid off in 5 years but end up with a used truck that’s not long from a rebuild. Or buy a $1500 truck and put $15k into over 5 years and end up with a “like-new” truck. This old dually has always got the job done and made it...
  16. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    The mechanic who did the clutch work has since retired n closed shop. I had the truck in another shop oct 2019 to have the drums rebuilt. While it was in I asked about the clutch pedal vibration. they said it was ok and didn’t seem interested in looking at it. I continued to drive the truck till...
  17. Lu Blunt

    79’ round eye to 80’ square eye

    Thanks for the help. I’ve always preferred the look of the older style headlights n fenders. But this 80’ grill/support seems like the best of both worlds. the seller can’t meet untill Sunday. I’ll update this weekend.
  18. Lu Blunt

    79’ round eye to 80’ square eye

    Long story short I clipped a dodge with my 1979 k30 n ruined the headlight bezel n dented the fender. Fenders were already rusted so not a huge loss. Im having trouble finding a good round eye front clip. Came across a this 1980 grill/support n looks same as 79’ except it’s square headlights. I...
  19. Lu Blunt

    Wilwood d52 calipers on k30 dually

    I ended up having the rear drums rebuilt with new shoes n seals. Cost $400 which considering the disc conversion is $300 plus labor, I think it was the cheaper solution. The disc conversion requires spacers and lugnut4x4 offered some free of charge but I prefer not use spacers. Truck stops 100%...
  20. Lu Blunt

    Wilwood d52 calipers on k30 dually

    https://torqmotorsports.com/product/gm-dana-60-kingpin-big-brake-brackets-16-inch-wheel/ Not for drw hubs but I contacted them n hopefully they can make something work. If not I will use stock calipers. Thinking about going to disc brakes on the rear or swapping a newer axle with factory discs
  21. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    Not sure if the pressure plate was checked for vibrations. Also not sure about the pilot bushing. I will have the input shaft bearing retainer replaced when everything is apart. Hopefully have the truck in the shop this next week
  22. Lu Blunt

    Wilwood d52 calipers on k30 dually

    Had an issue with death wobble awhile back. Finally resolved with wheel bearings and resurfaced the rotors. Now 5k miles later the death wobble has returned and just like before only happens when braking. So I’m thinking maybe warped rotors again? gonna replace the rotors, calipers, pads n...
  23. Lu Blunt

    Vibration in clutch pedal

    No luck yet. Been driving the truck pretty regularly since the new clutch. Kept thinking the vibration was the clutch assembly or possibly the clutch arm return spring. Found a decent return spring to replace the broken one. Helped alittle. Found if I hold the clutch pedal like an inch or two...
  24. Lu Blunt

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/1995-gmc-sierra-diesel-dually/6602651094.html
  25. Lu Blunt

    Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

    Dodge guys want an arm n a leg for their rusted truck with a 12 valve in it. Don’t know if this burb is worth $5k but I’d definitely like to see it in person

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