putting a 2" body lit kit on the 82 k10 tomorrow.

will i have to do anything with the 208 linkage ?

or will it be fine as is ?

everything is bone stock still

ive only ever body lifted 203 trucks and on those nothing needs modified to body lift them


thanks

nope. just have to adjust the linkage underneith... so make sure you unhook that crap before you go lifting the body.

so i have to disconnect the linkage before lifting the cab up?

theres enough stock adjustment to be ok ?

i dont even know how many rods shift the 208's

never messed with them excpet i did remove a 208 from an 85 k5 we junked about 6 years ago

but ive forgotten the linkage since then



thanks

One rod. Its all good :)

dont forget the steering shaft pin, brake lines to booster(they should uncoil), gas filler tubes, and any electrical that may get stretched

dont forget the steering shaft pin, brake lines to booster(they should uncoil), gas filler tubes, and any electrical that may get stretched

yeah that too. when i did my k5 blazer. it came as just body and frame so didnt have to do anything to it. . its one bar and theres plenty there.

even if there wasnt you can just go to the hardware store and get some threaded rod and extend it

Check the trans shift linkage if its an auto too.


And I can't believe nobody said that body lifts=:rainbow:

body lifts are :rainbow:. there, someone said it. I saw the thread title and couldn't believe the OP got some good answers. Everyone must have been watching the care bears or some shit when they replied. also, fan shroud. there is my tech:flipoff2:

oh ok one rod

good deal

just lengthen it a bit ok


im not worried about the other stuff

i know all that from lifting trucks in the past

ive taken apart or put together bodies of more trucks than most ppl even have touched or driven..

maybe around 300 now since 1994.

but most all 1980 and and older years..

so..

heres a few pics pages:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v298/fast68/randyspastvehicles/
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/123522289_e0adf25133_m.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/123522288_cba302744b_m.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/123520491_9c447eeb4f_m.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/123520490_722140c579_m.jpg
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1827/10464626/21795154/359615413.jpg

i have hundreds of pic sof different vehicles ive had apart or cobbled together from other trucks, that ive never uploaded yet and need to some day,,, hmm,.,.

they are easy

i just lengthen the column rod a couple inches with the welder

and disconnect body frame grounds and remove the brake line clamp bolt on the driver frame rail
and remove lower shroud and modify it

no big deal at all, about 20 mins of misc. work other than pulling the 6 cab and rad support mounting bolts and its ready to lift.


just never lifted a 208 one

thats all..



got hung up on a crappy lift kit we finally got the other day

it was 150 bucks and it has no carriage bolts for the bed and papers with it are for dodge trucks.. fail..

so now gotta wait til freaking monday to deal with that....

so now the truck is still stock body height with the new 33" rubbers and wheels on it...

hmm

thanks!

body lifts are :rainbow:. there, someone said it. I saw the thread title and couldn't believe the OP got some good answers. Everyone must have been watching the care bears or some shit when they replied. also, fan shroud. there is my tech:flipoff2:

haha lmao lmao care bears FTW rofl

your non tech is way better than alot of ppls actual tech hahahaha =p

often

in other threads


=p

When I put a 3'' body lift on my old chev with a 208 I kept having issues with the case wanting to jump out of 4hi when I would take off fast..... but I also had a 454 and sm465. I think I would just twist it enough to pop it out. I never had that problem before I did the body lift. Yes I adjusted the linkage after the body lift, I think it was just the different angle of the dangle lol.

Oh btw, DON"T put a 208 behind a 454 with a stick if you plan on wheeling hard! Broke 3 cases in like 6 months!

I mounted my shift linkage to the side of the 465 so I hopefully won't have any problems.

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss116/ryan22re/208_shifter001.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss116/ryan22re/208_shifter006.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss116/ryan22re/208_shifter013.jpg