1988 GMC Sierra SLE 2500 - First project ever.

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Been extremely busy with work and having visitors from out of town for the last few weeks. I hate living in Vegas sometimes because everyone expects you to be a tour guide if they aren't from here. I do not know the good clubs. I do not know where to get $5 prime rib. I do not know the fun bars around the strip area. In fact, I never go to that part of town unless I have to for work. I also do not know how to count cards or know which bets to place at the sports book. Those casinos were not built by winners.

Anyway, since last time I posted, things got somewhat stagnant on this build. I got the seat re-uphostered for $350 at a local shop. This was less than it would have costed me to do it myself, so I am happy. I also cleaned and painted the seat riser. It looks much better now. There was about 25 years worth of sunflower seeds and spilled soda on the old one

Other than that, I replaced the battery because the old one would no longer hold a charge, painted the wheel wells, and replaced all four shocks with new Ranchos. These were pretty straightforward fixes. The hardest part of the whole job was putting the rubber boots onto the shocks. These made a HUGE difference in the way the truck drives. I don't feel like the truck is going to roll when taking turns, and there aren't any loud clunking noises when I hit bumps anymore. I also don't feel seasick when driving around.

TODO:
- finish cleaning the engine bay
- figure out what is leaking. Everything is so filthy its hard to tell.
- replace all the old rotten split loom and fix any electrical connections
- replace ball joints, tie rod ends, pitman arm, idler arm, etc. with non-rotten and servicable pieces.
- tires
- replace blown speakers
- check diffs + transfer case for functionality. I don't think the 4x4 has been used in over a decade.

Pictures will be uploaded as soon as I get some time at work.