Keeping squarebodies on the road is doing the Lord's work.

Great find! I'm in the NE, you ain't kidding about rust! I actually just saw a 91 K5 not too far from me, ad says new floor pans, and it supposedly runs and drives, just needs an exhaust. Doesn't look like a complete rust bucket, for 3K I'm very tempted.

I’ve still got the brand new in the box Banks turbo kit for when your buddy wants to go from xtra slow to just plain slow.

@MerricksGarage

11 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha. Truth.

Dang that suburbans stance looks good !

Awesome work and videos, im building a 5.9 six speed swap right now and thanks for the gold information 🤠!!

@MerricksGarage

9 ай бұрын

Right on!

I just bought my first squarebody truck about a week ago. 86 dually 4 speed 4x4. Sweet truck. Partially inpired by this channel for sure. Need to brag to someone about my shade tree mechanic skills. It died in my driveway as soon as i got it home. Replaced the starter with an OEM one and after that i had no power to the dash. Figured out the wires to the starter had gotten burned and when i replaced it i tore the final few strands of copper. I just got back inside from rewiring the entire starter system from the battery back and am happy to report that it is working!!! Keep them squares on the road!! They sure are easy to wrench on.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Heck yea man. It’s all pretty basic. It’s just usually covered with 30 years of mud and oil and fuel that it’s tough to tell what’s what!? Nice work though.

@DTMC00

10 ай бұрын

@MerricksGarage Thanks! Yeah! It's super easy as a first car to work on. You just kinda look at it and it's obvious what's wrong- there's not that many parts. It was running funny earlier this week so I got out the old flashlight and figured out one of the distributor wires popped off. Easy fix, good as new.

Hope you don't mind me saying don't use starter fluid that motor kicks back it will take out that blocked where the Two bolts the starter

Looks like a old x military truck

My 1984 M-1008 , love how wide , tall frame is , mine rust free , frames still shiny black you could polish it ,, and the shock brackets on inside of frame in stead of in on of frame like non military type ,, skid plate for gas tank etc

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Exactly. It’s the little things. And people think I’m crazy as I keep these old frames around. The one ton are massive.

if that truck has a CC dually axle (14 bolt as you mentioned) as opposed to the dana 70 that came in the pickups, its extremely easy to convert it to SRW. CC dually 14 bolts and SRW 14 bolts use the same housing with different hubs (and i believe different backing plate location). throw SRW hubs on that thing and a weld on disc brake conversion kit and youre done. you can even reuse the axle shafts that are already in it.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

thanks! Yea after researching and educating ourselves I think that’s exactly what we are gonna do.

@the_freest_bird

10 ай бұрын

@@MerricksGarage can't wait to see it 🤙 love the channel, been following since you built the frame for the Blazer in your home garage and it's an inspiration to see where you're at now. Good reminder that hard work pays off

Excellent find!

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Yes it was!

Squares are the only thing I build You're not wrong about the East Coast Humidity you can't find one in SC without rust unless it's been worked on or garage kept

It always amazes me what Chevy/Dodge KP 60s go for these days!! I remember when you could get em for $400 lol Hell I bought the Chevy KP 60 in my Jeep for just over 3k with ARB Reid's 300M RCVs High Steer all ready to go. Hell even the brake pads were still new lol. Now its easily a 5 or 6k Axle 🤯🤯

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Bro the good old days of gov planet m1008 for less than $500!!!!

$2000 front 60, 14 bolt $1000, $1000 xfer case, $2000 transmission?😳 I am clearly parting out in the wrong neck of the woods. Last time I purchased said items individually (last 2 years) it was $1000-60, $100-14bolt, $200-TH400, $200-np205.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Yea that’s dirt cheap. I sell for at least what I put in the video. Sometimes more

@joshuaatkins5197

10 ай бұрын

@@MerricksGarage Of course it depends on the deal you get of course. To bad gas is so expensive or it might be worth it to bring parts from my area to yours to sell. Some of my buddies make fun of me for having so many axles hanging around but I've forever told them 'the front 60 never goes down in price'. Been right for the last 20 years I've been doing this. Good investment and hard for somebody to just steal one at 500lbs lol.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

@joshuaatkins5197 if you are legit selling them for that much I’ll buy them from you and have them shipped

@joshuaatkins5197

10 ай бұрын

I hear you man. The prices I quoted was what I paid in my area. Not 'for sale' prices. Those numbers are a tiny bit higher of course, lol.

Thx for the shout out! Glad you didn’t die it’s hotter than the hinges on the gates of hell 😂

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Dude. I was literally trippin as to how hot it was. Like run to the shade! Holy ish!!

@SYLVESTERSCUSTOMS

10 ай бұрын

@@MerricksGarage yeah lol I need AC in my oven of a shop 🤣

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

@@SYLVESTERSCUSTOMS dude. Tell me you have ac in there!?!

@SYLVESTERSCUSTOMS

10 ай бұрын

@@MerricksGarage no AC or heat.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

@@SYLVESTERSCUSTOMS that’s crazy. My shop will get to about 110 - 115 during heat waves. Working and welding in that becomes survival. Ha ha. I know you deal with even more!

Good video sir. We would like to invite you to do a review video for our off road lighting. Is there anyway to contact you.

The grill is worth another 3-5 hundred.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

I know, that’s the crazy part. I sold a grill and front seats from a 74 for $900 the other day. I love that these parts keep getting passed around and used though.

@gentilejoshsaved1646

10 ай бұрын

@@MerricksGarage yes, the og parts are great.

@joshuaatkins5197

10 ай бұрын

Somebody stole my 73 grille😢 You cook on a grill, not a grille fyi

Rust free would be nice lol, i got a 1990 blazer a few years ago and I've been wanting to do engine mods and suspension work but all i can do is rust repair, im on my second floor in 6 years, granted i didn't do a very good job in the the first place, this time im doing it right, in terms of mods tho i do have 4.56 gears and an nv3500 swapped in so its very fun to drive once i get it back

and this is why I keep wondering if I should be buying a trailer that can transport a truck or put more money into my square. Hmm.

Never heard of anybody getting their hand stuck under their trailer tire you should slap somebody with that hand now😅

@MerricksGarage

11 ай бұрын

There’s a first for everything!!

Have you guys tried any pump mods to your 6 twos yet? I had an 84 I had a shop hop up and exhaust it was a definite dollarr value. She had a lot more spunk but would warm up on a long pull.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

No, although the diesel in double down surprise me. It pulls fairly hard (for an 8000lb truck). It just seems to be outmatched in the torque dept

What are you do about rust on the roof of your suburban? I have a 86 c20.

@MerricksGarage

11 ай бұрын

? I don’t have any rust really. It was bad but I got it blasted and primed about three years ago

The idea of coming to a stop to offer a hand to a guy in need, only to find that he's got his stuck under his trailer is really tickling me.

@MerricksGarage

10 ай бұрын

Oh dude. I was laughing so hard at myself and also absolutely blown away by my stupidity. Ha ha.

Lmao you could use some nail polish on that fingernail, you know a guy

Boy, the real catch is that beutiful women. She's worth her weight in Rhodium.

5,000 dollars.... that's a good one... 🤣

@MerricksGarage

11 ай бұрын

Too high or too low?

@jes8235

11 ай бұрын

Seems high... but for some reason, people are paying for crazy high prices? So maybe I am completely wrong and sound like an old guy talking about how they would buy Camaros and Chevelles for 500 bucks...... @@MerricksGarage

Man, you guys cut the poop words hard core and left all the "f" ones in. Not sure what that means.

@MerricksGarage

11 ай бұрын

It means I tried 🤷🏼‍♂️

Ur so gangsta 😂 lol