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Ok, Time to start a build thread on what is basically my first major build that I have actually owned.
I'm starting with a 2005 Chevy 2500 extended cab short bed. its powered by a LQ4/4l80E combo. 84k miles and no body rust (which is amazing since I live in WV.). it spent most of its life in Grand Junction CO. I picked the truck up from a coworker for $3,000 who was going through a custody battle and needed some extra cash. I was able to drive it home, but it had some electrical problems that he couldn't figure out.
After getting the truck home it was immediately clear that the electrical issues were serious. There were lots of dings and blinking lights plus a turn signal that was just always on and poor engine performance. I opened the fuse box immediately to look and found that mice had gotten under it and chewed up a ton of wires. I assume the previous owner knew this and that was part of the low price point. Anyway, a few new sections of wire and some heat shrink and every thing was functioning semi normal.
I got the truck licensed and let my dad drive it for nearly a year to work the bugs out while I gather parts and finish my current project, a stretched 1 ton JK for my buddy
I ended up having some more electrical system troubles. Most of them were typical chevy things like the ignition switch, headlight switch, blower motor resister and so on. I tinted the windows, threw on a set of tires and added some ebay chevy tow mirrors. That pretty much catches the truck up to where it sits currently as of 3/30/2018.
I'm starting with a 2005 Chevy 2500 extended cab short bed. its powered by a LQ4/4l80E combo. 84k miles and no body rust (which is amazing since I live in WV.). it spent most of its life in Grand Junction CO. I picked the truck up from a coworker for $3,000 who was going through a custody battle and needed some extra cash. I was able to drive it home, but it had some electrical problems that he couldn't figure out.




After getting the truck home it was immediately clear that the electrical issues were serious. There were lots of dings and blinking lights plus a turn signal that was just always on and poor engine performance. I opened the fuse box immediately to look and found that mice had gotten under it and chewed up a ton of wires. I assume the previous owner knew this and that was part of the low price point. Anyway, a few new sections of wire and some heat shrink and every thing was functioning semi normal.

I got the truck licensed and let my dad drive it for nearly a year to work the bugs out while I gather parts and finish my current project, a stretched 1 ton JK for my buddy


I ended up having some more electrical system troubles. Most of them were typical chevy things like the ignition switch, headlight switch, blower motor resister and so on. I tinted the windows, threw on a set of tires and added some ebay chevy tow mirrors. That pretty much catches the truck up to where it sits currently as of 3/30/2018.


