schroederMP's build thread

[Stangshcky12]

I think it's harder to see with them up lol

 

[schroederMP]

I can see fine both ways...they help a lot back into a parking spot becuase the little mirrow shows my back tire lol

 

[schroederMP]

Got my steering box stablizer and 08.5+ steering linkage installed. Def handy to have an extra pair of hands to help you do this!

Parts


Old crap off



Steering box stab on...this thing is heavy duty!


New steering linkage and skyjacker stabalizer





Tomorrow my buddy is coming over and we are gonna tackel my tranny (no pun)

 

[Oefootball_70]

What are you doing to the tranny?

 

[schroederMP]

I'm having the 1-2-1 shifting problem under a light aceleration (common on my year) so I'm changing out the gov solenoid and pressure sending unit. This is supposed to fix it...

 

[WhiteExpress]

Looks like you're getting it fixed right up! Congrats!

 

[schroederMP]

Thanks man...I'm trying with my budget

 

[schroederMP]

Oh...and I have bad ball joints, noticed that when I was doing this lol

 

[HKkid]

What is the benefit to the 08.5+ steering linkage?

 

[schroederMP]

Its beefier...and it has a better design.

This says 09...but its tech 08.5 and up lol

 

[S2kiHemi]

Nice upgrade!

 

[schroederMP]

Thanks man

 

[schroederMP]

Got my tranny done today... install wasn't bad. LOVE how the transmission shifts now, def glad I did this. (changed the govenor solenoid and the pressure sensor)

Draining fluid


Pan off...what I have circled is the solenoids that I changed. I can already tell a difference in the shifting of my tranny


Here you can see the old one(left) vs the new one (right) Much bigger


Mess



Oh...and I changed the filter. When I was taking it off, a bolt from the valve body fell out. There was 4 more lose... I dunno wtf happen or why they did that. I made sure and snugged them all down

 

[bigbadram1500]

I got behind on this thread lol had to catch up.....truck looks awesome

 

[schroederMP]

Thanks! She has a long way to go!

 

[S2kiHemi]

Looks messy but i'm sure it was worth it!

 

[infernoredram]

Holy geez your truck is gorgeous.

I'm envy your sunroof! My last truck had one and I miss it terribly...

 

[schroederMP]

Looks messy but i'm sure it was worth it!

Yes...ATF-4 running down your arm sucks lol

Holy geez your truck is gorgeous.

I'm envy your sunroof! My last truck had one and I miss it terribly...

Thanks man...this is my frist truck I've ever had a sunroof in, I friggin love it!

 

[schroederMP]

Just spent 2 hours driving around my town find a shop that will align a QC 8ft bed truck...talk about a PITA.

And mods are gonna be coming in slower...need ball joints bad and those are gonna run me $700

 

[schroederMP]

Muffler I picked up cheap... no idea the brand, but gonna find out.