"here on this channel we like to buy garbage and then second guess our life choices" my life story right there...

Wayne, it's straight axle time brother.

"Uncle Wayyno Says No Bueno" has to be your next hoodie!!!!

You got the Costco size can'o worms!

I’ve had a mint 95 GMT 400 for bout 12 years now. I too just had to have it because it spent its life in Arizona and didn’t have a spec of rust on it. Well, I know some folks think that the GMT400 was the best years of Chevy trucks ever built. All I can say is that if they were the best I’m glad that I didn’t buy the worst. The front diff in mine was so shot when I got it that I came out way cheaper finding a whole assembly in a salvage yard than trying to repair it. They are weaker than popcorn farts. It would be much quicker for me to tell you what I haven’t had to fix than it would be to list what I have had to fix. I still think that the GMT400 are great looking trucks. I guess that’s why I still have mine.👍

I helped jimmy with the cracked flex plate a couple times.

Wayne'o when u open a can of worms by golly u go all in lmao

Suburban with a Detroit shoehorned in it, the gift that keeps on giving, it occurs to me that by the time you're happy with it it's gonna be f&$#ing sweet

Hot Damn, time to watch some junk get some upgrades

Ha Wayne . I have found out that if you put the ball pean against the spindle and strike it with a 5 lb . mall it will break the joint apart joint apart a little easier . Try it ....

At 42:02 I seen the old motorcycle helmet on the wall . I had one the same when I bought my first bike a new 1973 CD 175 Honda $650 Canadian when I was 16 .

soon as I heard "get the grinders in there and try to weld it up" I knew it was gonna be one of "them" kinda videos (and by that i mean the good kind😁)

Great job brother. The yolk was way too tight like you thought. Plus the other problem. Lol when you build a rig you can't just make it work. You have to think about about maintenance and shit like that. Your on our thought

Get rid of that garbage independent front suspension, that thing needs a straight axle 👍

Nice fix Wayno! You are a gumpyard genius! It's nice to see I'm not the only idiot on the planet sometimes. You could edit that out, but that's why I enjoy my Friday night beers with you 🍻

Wayne your "Gump you are a genius" abilities are on full display here! Nice work, the ol' dude that built this mess would be envious.....

Wayne, you're a glutton for punishment ! The first thing I would have done was delete the front wheel drive, as you mentioned "Servicability". That's always been my goal in my conversion, having worked in service jobs for 50 years. But thanks to your lift, you can accomplish things us peasants wiuld try to do laying on our back on the floor . Good Job !

Sas you will not be disappointed, at all

Seeing as how you said "I had to change my hoodie,I'm ruining them",I think a line of Ol2Stroker work shirts are a good idea;Steve Fezchaik of FSC Trucking here on KZfaq did just that he was getting tired of always ruining his FSC Trucking T-shirts & hoodies while working on Orwell,so he came out with a line of FSC Trucking work shirts.

good job on your reconstruction, that would be a awesome vehicle when you get the bugs out! probably good fuel milage also& massive torque!

Solid axle swap time

Hell yes!! I've got my Dentside out of storage, and have been driving it!! 2WD gasser, but it got me through fixing up my house, and hauled a lot of crap.

Making it better one piece at a time 👍 Yes

What a treat 😊

Wayne-O kudos to doing what someone should have done outta the box the remote oil filter Magna feet!! The rest of the re fab as well actually diminishes the sketchy factor 5 fold. Actually going to be pretty sweet ride just think actually not getting an oil bath everytime you get within a foot of the engine compartment!!!!

This content is awesome! Seeing you work on something different than a class 8 tractor has been entertaining and educational. I learned a bit about the front diff assembly and that is something I feel like is more relatable to many of us. Bring more of it!

Lock-tite 609 will hold the race in the case and you can get it apart if you ever want to.

It's gonna be JUNE, in like 2 weeks...HFS...I don't miss upstate NY weather. I can't remember very many times it snowed that late in the year growing up, even back before "global warming", even way up in Oswego, Watertown or in Ontario on the other side of the St. Lawrence river where my grandparents were from. You've definitely got some stones to stay up there. I am not sure how I feel about that truck...in some ways it's a peach and in other ways I'd be losing sleep...at least it's not expected to be a daily or anything, just a curiosity with a really cool engine. I'd probably feel stoked if it was a manual transmission, a 4L60E is one of the few transmissions that would sketch me out.

Thanks for sharing.

😂😂don't worry about the brake light not here for that! 😂😂😂😂😂 we're definitely brothers Wayne

Maybe cut out the center, a rivit a universal cowl on the hood and put thicker mounts under the engine for diff clearance...I should probably just watch the video first before I make suggestions 😂

as a gm tech, some points that may or may not be too late. the carrier races are supposed to be loose as they're adjusted by screw collars under the part they're sitting on to set carrier bearing preload and backlash. the right side stub axle doesn't knock/pop out of the extension housing like the shorter left side, its retained by a ring and comes off the chunk with the extension housing, and that round piece with the two ears, that is now concave due to having the axle stub and ring pulled though it this journey inside the diff was certainly started by someone changing the pinion seal, and they uggadugga'd the flange back on and fuckered the preload on the pinion bearings, the other mild carnage found around the shift fork was likely brought to you by 500k miles and others knocking the right side stub axle out to replace the seal, instead of unbolting the housing and servicing it on the bench, the thrust bearing drops down and gets beaten into submission on axle installation by whatever mongo that was "fixing" it if the servo for the fork on the front diff is not being powered it won't lock in the right side axle, the transfercase can shift but the diff dumps anything sent to it through the spider gears and just freewheels

Great fabrication.

Its Bluetooth mounted

Just watching u not being not able to see tryna get that bolt started made me want to quit my job 😂😂😂

I am just amazed every time you work on junk. I truly believe you can work on anything. I always look forward to seeing your next one. Love it Wayne.

Referencing your previous video, you gotta remember that the trans want's to see 5500 RPM at WOT upshift. The pump is also developing max (relieved) pressure at that point. 2100 RPM is a light throttle upshift. (Well, my 671 is set at 2100 RPM, anyway) It's blacktop dyno to get the right setting! Also, lock-up torque converters can have overrunning clutches in them, so there is no engine braking. At least, that's what they taught us back in 1989! As to your running doggy, my uncle relayed the story to me of a 671 (truck) he bought with no power. For whatever reason, the person who "rebuilt the head" removed the orifice from the fuel return and installed a regular brass fitting, thereby reducing the rail pressure to next to nothing.

you got your work cut out for you!

wayno if its junk its good junk you work on ha ha enjoying my beers watching thank you

Really never liked the 'crush collar' business .. a dishonest assembly trick in my book, SHIMS THANK YOU Most satisfying project you've corrected the gross ignorance factor in .. Love the factory adapters. ++

Guaranteed not to bust ,rust , collect dust , or walk uphill backward.

Go solid axle 🍻

I am taking apart a lot of doodely-doos as well!

Glad to see you 'cooking' the rough out of it ... if I were so capitalized? ... I like the mid 80s down F series, have seen YT Perkins 6-354 in later model F350s, HEAVY LUMP EATON makes interesting commercial truck drive-train upgrade options

Great video Wayne looked like that front diff was laking some fore thought. But you figured it out at least the front diff is mounted solid now. That 4x4 indicator might be a fuse or the actuator on the front diff? You'll figure it out looking forward to your next video stay safe Wayne.

I was at my buddy's shop in Burlington Wisconsin he's u and buddy s was there cool

I believe it's time to do the old straight axle swap. Lift, tires, leaf springs. Then it'll be un-IFS'd.

Solid axle swap that beast lol that fuel gauge is hilarious it doesn’t know if it wants to be full or empty and it’s prob the electronic coupler in the front axle acting up. The transfer case is mechanical so it more then likely going into 4wd hi and low but the front electronic coupler I bet is the prob. It’ll be 2wd in 4low with that coupler messed up.

Hey Wayne I know where there is a late 70s early 80s cabover KW it's supposed to have a Detroit in it but I don't know for sure I will go look and check it out and let you know

I did vortex swap in my 89 GMC pickup TBI clean truck put in shorty headers. To change number 8 spark plug have to remove starter.

Best fix for the part time 4wd os to get a caddy escalade passanger axle and tube and elimate that junk weak link lockout

Great video that truck junk motor good 12 hundred sold

Wayne peening and green loktite is exactly what ive done on almost every case and that's a better than favtory fix

New fear unlocked,now I must check my front diff when I get home from work

Take the 4wd electronic actuator out of the front diff and turn ignition to run and make sure yur actuator is driving out which it's a stepper motor like an idle air control amf if it isn't than check fpr voltage or ypu lop the end off and weld a long enough bolt on the end to permanantly engage the front diff

a mate of mine here in OZ has a Suburban pretty sure its just got the LS truck motor....he's a ex RAN stoker and would really like your DD powered nightmare!!

Missing the "Like a glove" Jim Carrey clip!

That's just like a standard Ford when you put a lift kit on it

Guessing with the "vintage" of the Turdburban it's a torsion bar suspension, wondering if a 6" lift kit would get you the clearance and better mounting for the front diff housing, if the truck is going to be something worth putting the time and money into, always enjoy the videos

what about a lift kit? im not well versed on gm independent suspension. possibly lift kit would give you the brackets to drop all the suspension down and out of the way ?

Maybe just hinge the case and use it for a porable toilet and turn the pinion to flush 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ford to the rescue of course

Whats the line behind were the old oil filter was mounted? Also when you was putting on the new painted oil filter housing , on the right side of the screen what is the loose bolt?

Wayno, Have you ever taken a pilot bearing out by packing grease into the end of the shaft and forcing the bearing out by pounding a wooden dowl into the grease with a hammer? I wonder if that wouldn't have worked here. There is less chance of collateral damage than the chisel. I also know that there is not substitute for skilled chisel work either.

Check it on the lift

The pinion bearings are probably

Could a suspension lift help? I know a lot of those obs lift move the diff down along with the crossmember etc.

They over torqued the crush sleeve

The 4wd engagement motor sucks. It’s a wax motor like a thermostat, so it has to heat up to shift into 4wd. You can unscrew it, throw in a chunk of steel 7/8” long (I think, research that number), then screw it back in. Unplug the power to it, and you will have the front end engaged all the time. I’m seeing no ill effects longevity wise, and you can shift into 4wd at any speed. And that needle bearing no longer has to do any work, so it won’t wear out again.

Wayneo, what was that hose on top of the remote oil filter adapter? PO goobered in some kind of drain hose with a fitting on it?

what is that oil line for tucked up behind the oil filter mount on the motor??

Straight axle time, aka Dana 60

Could your tran problem be a torquer converter need more stall

Some of your shifting problems might be that you're using a gasoline 700 r4 behind a low RPM diesel engine. It doesn't make enough RPMs to spin the pump up and get adequate pressure

Issues prob the center axle disconnect in the front diff.

Those carrier races float. They don't fit real tight. They have to be able to move to be able to set the backlash on those axles.

Is there a crush collar?

It was four wheel drive do they hurt to go bang with all that extra weight sitting on the front

Cant the inline detroits be mounted on their side if so and 4x4 is not needed mid mount it by cramming it from behind the first row like the pancake 671 setups on some busses

Whenever you finish imma need a mpg number

If you put Loctite, 603 on the race after half hour it won’t move to get the race out you will need heat @

U gotta put that on a shirt…..Wayno says No bueno 👎

This Suburban legitimately seems like a giant pile of crap. The Detroit / 700R4 combo is awful. My heart goes out to you for having to work on it.

👍🏻🍻

So maybe an unpopular opinion, but why not just omit the front diff entirely, it wasn't connected anyway, and, it'll take some weight out of the front end so the front suspension won't be hating life quite so much.

Did you not see the crack when you zoomed in to show the carrier race it was on the bottom right of the screen

I think its time for a straight axle kit or 2 wheel drive

What is the hose to nowhere behind the filter relocation plate?

Will the luft lift this and dump it in your dump truck to haul off?

Why not just have it on the lift to see if the front wheels are engaging? I suspected I was having issues with my f350 not doin the 4wd thing and put the truck on jack stands to prove me right or wrong (the hub lockouts were stuck in "free" inside)

the front end of that truck is going to kill tires

Wayne, I have just one question brother and why do always buy junk? Is the smell of Detroit Diesel 2-Stroke exhaust? I only ask because the money you spent on that awesome unit you could have built one yourself? Just asking, and there ain’t no right or wrong answer because either way you have something that is going get some content from them; but am just curious. Have a great day and a better tomorrow.

Straight axle swap

& yeah but @ least u keep it real @ 💯 absolutely all times & not a fake & fringing damm give away channel,,& never stop beign ,"" U"" !!!!

Definitely looks like whoever swapped that thing in was in over their heads. So...gonna pull that engine and reseal it? Or, just gonna leave the thing to undercoat itself?

Pull the diff and make it 2wd

Perhaps a bulb is burned out that indicates 4WD

I got a worm coming out of my neck and big worm put the brakes on me 😢

That is not junk!

First view lol