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I didn’t take it out of a vehicle, I got it from a salvage yard. The 6.2s come from Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac trucks and SUVs on the upper end of the option list. Talk to whomever you get your harness from before buying because some people can’t make AWD transfer cases work with the...

So for the drive shafts, I’m using the 2wd/4wd transfer case that came with the engine and 8 speed. I had driveshafts made and the guy really seemed to know what he was talking about and care about the project. I told him what I wanted and when I came back to pick it up it was all different...

I bought several elbows and three pieces of 2.5” and 3.5” pipe. I didn’t use a single inch of the straight sections of pipe

So I wanted to make the exhaust as quiet as possible so over the last year I called Borla six times. Their stuff seems to be best and every single time they said no matter who I talked to size matters. The bigger the quieter. No matter what their sound description says or their sound...

So for the fuel system I heard different things from different people but I didn’t want to take any chances with anything that wasn’t sufficient so I used Aeromotive Phantom 340 Apex 450 with regulator and filter. After it was all said and done the fuel system listed above plus the tank and...

The other gauges I had weren’t compatible with the motor so I returned them and got speedhut gauges. Before I took apart the dash I sat in the correct seat and traced where the steering wheel was on the dash so today I’m laying out the locations and drilling the holes. Getting ready to prep...

The geared hubs, wow, what a bucket of fun that was. I’ll try to remember all the things I hoped to pass along. There’s almost no information on the interweb about how to break them all down. I tried several methods to get the spindle bearings off and it boiled down to cut it off with a...

So I did a LOT of research to figure the best paint job I would like on this thing and what I came up with was satin finish on the body and outer metal parts like bumpers and cage and glossy black on the chassis and suspension parts. There's really no good way to use automotive paint to get...

The internals and bearings on the diffs were in great shape so I just painted them and replaced all the seals. I used stainless bolts for the covers. On YouTube they preach PVC tool for replacing seals and it does work for output side but that black input tool in the maintenance kit seems...

Some of the internals were damaged and not replaceable so I had to straighten them but they’re in good shape now!

It shouldn’t take 5,000 pages to be a service manual for a vehicle. The wasted space in these manuals with over complex numbers and descriptions is exactly what I would expect from our government. In a place where all it needs to say is 5/8”-11 bolt 4.5” long there’s a paragraph of nonsense.

So this is what the engine and transmission mounts look like. For times sake I chose to add onto the existing mounts instead of taking them off and starting from scratch. I’ll probably add some more gussets in there. Also, pro tip: if you’ve removed the body and you need to jack up your a...

I got the engine mounts fab’d up and installed using Hooker Blackheart Poly mounts and plates I made, worked really well. The motor and diff have the same 3 degree pinion angle. I set the body back down on it and everything cleared well. The drain plug is recessed above the frame and I’ll...

Got the body off!

Stayed tuned JRT, I’ll be looking for some suspension advice soon

So I looked for a set of corner scales to rent or borrow or buy but never could come up with any so I guess I’ll be springing this thing by guesswork and probably more than once. I started taking it apart last night. I got this light bar mount started. It’s really the last thing to...