For Sale? Squarebody Suburban on one tons with a Cummins and 5spd!!

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[@TBGaels32]

The square body Chevy from 73-87 (91 in the suburban/K5) is my favorite body style. The OBS from 88-98 is a close 2nd. This build is pretty sweet.

[@williamcurl1752]

You should do a crew cab! Just thinking that would be really cool

[@MerricksGarage]

It’s high on my list

[@hilltopdrills933]

Dude this awesome what you are doing I always wanted to see a garage KZbin start producing bad ass trucks

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

i ll buy it

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

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[@MerricksGarage]

Great!

[@johnathanw.336]

Man! I just saw this vid and this makes me so happy!! Wanted to let you know, I JUST GOT MY BURB BUILD ON THE ROAD THIS PAST WEEKEND!!!

[@brokenwrench404]

You should shoehorn a massive custom fuel tank or fuel cell in there while the body is off. Would be great for long trips towing a trailer

[@MerricksGarage]

It’s got a 31 gallon tank from the factory! That’s 500 mile per tank!

[@headlesnorseman701]

You can fit a factory 40 gallon tank in there too. You really don’t need more range than that.

[@bradywilliams2666]

@@MerricksGarage Every Suburban I have had has had the 40 gallon tank.

[@skippersheffer9737]

I have a v 2500 suburban

[@tonyvickers8659]

I must say, even though with the sales pitch, this was one of your better videos! You seemed relaxed and right to the point. I'm glad to hear you are going to sell builds. Food for thought, maybe sell raffle tickets at $1 each or even $5.

[@TahoeJake]

Favorite build ever. Even as a huge blazer fan. Beast burb!

[@MerricksGarage]

You can be both! I love the crew cabs too!

[@jdkoons1234567890]

24.4k subscribers. Way to go James. I subscribed prior to 400. You’ve come a long way and I’m happy for your success. Unfortunately sold my K5 but I’m still watching, goes to show how well you put your videos together.

[@MerricksGarage]

Hey old timer! Glad to hear you are still enjoying the channel! Now go buy a Squarebody crew cab and put 40s on it

[@carlsandvik2893]

Looking good James! Video quality on this one was spot on too, very nice! I wish some other channels worked hard on getting consistent volume throughout their videos - a nice touch and quality. Seeing all this with the "blurb" is getting me motivated on the next big project for the K5.......

[@MerricksGarage]

are we LS swapping the Blazer finally?

[@carlsandvik2893]

@@MerricksGarage yup, collecting parts and will swap after the annual Colorado trip. 🤩🤩

[@headlesnorseman701]

Just a side note. Those rivets that hold the cross members loosen over time just like the bolts you mentioned, especially the one at the steering box location. I would cut those off. 3/8 hardware fits right in the left over holes 🤟🤟

[@MerricksGarage]

Good tip!

[@Shoptoolreviews]

Congrats brother. Keep the pedal down. 💪

[@AZ-Z71]

I love this channel. I've learned so much just from watching. Makes me confident for my future square body or trail rig builds. I appreciate you for putting in your time to make this content. Cheers to you Sir 👍🏽

[@slamcool]

That's actually a great idea! You get to keep doing something you love even after your project is over ☺️

[@MerricksGarage]

Definitely!

[@ABooneBuild]

Looks good and excited for your new endeavor. Just a thought. If you really want to strengthen your hitch receive, triangle it with some small pipe/tube, going from the back side of the receiver to the new square tube you welded in. Just an idea. Big fan of your channel. Cheers

[@MerricksGarage]

Yea, that’s not a bad idea. Been kicking around plating it but…

[@ABooneBuild]

@@MerricksGarage looking forward to seeing the progress

[@yawwsmontana7799]

build a lsx suburban i love suburban and squarebodies to much but in my country we have limit to built this trucks :(((

[@MerricksGarage]

what country. What limits do you have?

[@thebates7217]

Vintage air makes a great set up for the square bodies.

[@MerricksGarage]

yea, I have Vintage Air in the Blazer believe it or not. When it had doors it was great!

[@easyjerryl69]

I really like your suburban. I just bought myself a half ton with a 4 inch lift. Might up grade the axles and engine and transmission !

[@MerricksGarage]

Sounds great!

[@easyjerryl69]

@@MerricksGarage 1991 half ton suburban. forgot to add that info ! lol !

[@josemiguelgl]

For the A/C try the Denso A-17, that is the one that the Toyota FJ100 land cruiser uses for the double A/C and the built in refrigerator, works great and it’s cheap

[@MerricksGarage]

Thanks!!

[@blackbeard308]

DUDE HELL YA 💀💀💀💀💀 kick ass idea

[@alexward4569]

Awesome job! I love how you're thinking ahead, way ahead! Planning for reliability and longevity is always going to pay off. Love your work.

[@MerricksGarage]

Yes! Thank you!

[@jonbui1904]

Live the dream. I gave you a like .I know what you mean about waiting for parts. In my own experience about loose fasteners, yes torquing them and marking them helps. However its a never ending job. even though you have torqued fasteners. They seem to always loosen up things shift .After or before a wheeling trip its a good idea to retorque. your bolts and nuts.They may still be at there marks however that doesn`t mean they haven't settled and that you won`t have any play in lets say leaf springs bushings or spring hanger bushings.

[@90TBD]

Do you have any idea on what the burbs will cost?

[@MerricksGarage]

Well, parts alone are pushing north of $55k…

[@jtrapani23]

@@MerricksGarage Considering that a new 1 ton truck can cost over 100k, I would compare to that. Newer truck being less capable, not as cool, lost in a sea of other rigs just like it.

[@PROXIMO22]

looking good dude! i did something on my cummins swapped burb that made a huge difference. even though i have custom springs in the front along with all the ORD suspension goodness that could go along with them, i totally ignored the rear springs. so, the burb would hula or bellydance some on long highway corners... when i bought that front suspension from ORD, i also bought Tuff-Country arched springs for the rear but didn't install them till recently. they made all the difference. i had not realized how bad those springs were worn out!!! i'm guessing they were stock springs that i had used 5" lift blocks with when i installed the dana 80. the new springs are advertised as 4" but after setting in were about the same as the oldies with the big blocks! so much better! thanks ORD!!! MOBY PROJECT

[@MerricksGarage]

I have custom ORD springs coming for the rear. Pretty stoked to see how this big girl moves!

[@PROXIMO22]

@@MerricksGarage its going to be a different burb all around!

[@evloftis4143]

thats awesome wouldn't mind owning one of them my self

[@Geraldbux0401]

does the steering PSC come in RHD configurations?

[@affordabledcgenerators1607]

Probably want to stick with a Sanden style compressor if it works with the Cummins bracket. Condensor isn't ideal for R134a but it will work. I am using the original style on my Burb with the R134a and it works ok. I would probably go with an in dash modern kit and not try to use the factory stuff unless it is all in great shape. Not worth trying to source if the truck doesnt have it. I used some thin aluminum bar to mount two e fans in front of the condensor to get good airlfow while stopped so it doesn't reduce cooling in traffic. Something they never did on these trucks in the 80's. Pretty easy to do right off the sheetmetal behind the grille.

[@affordabledcgenerators1607]

Oh yeah, buy a cheapo hose crimper if you dont have one. Saves a lot of time and money making custom hoses.

[@MerricksGarage]

yea, thats a good idea. I will be making quite a bit of hose coming up here. the system on the burb was originally converted to R134a and worked great. Everything is there still so I am going to try and just use the stock compressor if I can make a bracket to run it!

[@affordabledcgenerators1607]

@@MerricksGarage Rear AC?

[@M_MDickson]

Would love one of these, definitely a dream build. Maybe one day I could afford one haha keep up all the great work love the channel and all the in depth build stuff 🤙

[@thruitallauto2538]

I’ll take it, the way it is I’ll put it together

[@SUPERCEEZE]

Do u work on customers rigs?

[@MerricksGarage]

Not exactly

[@davidmorgan3162]

Iam putting Dana s130 axles with 4:88 gears on my Suburban with a Ford 205 /203 gear box😁

[@rcknrby1]

LOL A bobbed subburban is a BLURB.

[@MerricksGarage]

No, that’s called a Stuburban.

[@robden6356]

How much for a burb like yours

[@oldschoolmoto]

looking good

[@rohibloodlust]

What if I bring you one that's already lifted

[@MerricksGarage]

Depends on what you want me to build you

[@rohibloodlust]

@@MerricksGarage just improve it

[@skippersheffer9737]

How much does it cost

[@auyocross72]

oh heck, your almost done boxing the frame now. Just go ahead & do it right * finish it.

[@MerricksGarage]

I have a crossmember going in that one space. It will be strong!

[@randybrechbiel9748]

I would work on your welds before building rigs for other people. That boxing plate on the driver side top weld in the middle isn't even holding anything, it just falls into the middle of the plate

[@joshpeterson7216]

I just found my hydroboost hydroclutch pedal assembly..

[@joshpeterson7216]

What pedal assembly are you going to use?

[@MerricksGarage]

I am planning on using a factory setup if I can ever get my hands on one!

[@joshpeterson7216]

@@MerricksGarage yea it took me 6 months to find one, and it was pricey...

[@willgilbert6900]

Have you thought of a price yet on the next one

[@rogerbean6442]

Awesome 🇺🇲😎

[@thrillbillyjp1]

Bro if ur going through all this . Then u need to powder coat . Steelit is only a temp coating. My frame has made it hardly the entire year just normal around town low miles

[@MerricksGarage]

yea, but the steel-it can be touched up pretty easy. And it is super durable in the majority of applications. If I had a trailer I would have most likely towed the trailer to get it powder coated, but... worked with what I had!

[@thrillbillyjp1]

Steelit does have a unique texture dried look don't it... I'm kinda hinting tworda the actual powder coating tool at harbor friegt its a gem of a tool and actually turns out comparable results. I'm in laguna hills and frequently in s.c. area. The store off eltoro has a bitchen kit for affordble rate fyi.. let's build my silverado up when ur looking for a project to record flip to complete SAS ... I'd most likely be down to pay for the shop time space I sucked up. Don't get my blandness confused with being naggy. Lol I'm simply a simple bastard country boy who has fab and offroad history from a shop I used to work at and help at type deal and have always built up dif projects etc. Itching to either whip up a set of extended and turned TTB dana 50 beams to float under me silverado.

[@thrillbillyjp1]

@@MerricksGarage or a dana 50 from f250

[@lanceroark6386]

Wuuuuuuuut?

[@seeker0ftruth32]

How much would you charge to do a 1-ton swap?

[@rite2beararms]

Do it yourself!

[@MerricksGarage]

yea, not really my thing, unless we are doing the entire truck. One ton swap is pretty simple