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Kevin McInchak's 93 XLT

I have a 1st Gen XLT w/ Auto tranny. It was nicknamed The Big Model by my neighbor and is not affectionately called the Black ***** by my Wife. I currently live in Mount Vernon, WA.

So far I have added:
  • Front solid d44 with 79 bronco coil buckets, F250 shock mounts, 5.5" Wild Horses Rock Crawler EB springs, and chrome molly axle shafts.
  • Front diff guard and custom steering links
  • Rear Spring Over Axle with Old Man Emu 2" lift springs and a couple leafs from a stock pack
  • 36x13.50 IROK's on 15X10 Eaton beadlocks with a 2.5" backspacing
  • 4.88 gears front and rear w/ ARB air lockers front and rear.
  • Rear TA support diff cover to protect 8.8 and ARB
  • Advance Adapters installed a 700-R4 and the kit is now available.
  • B&M truck megashifter (floor mount)
  • Additional stock type transmission cooler (2 total) with an external tranny filter from permacool
  • Atlas II transfer case w/ 3.8:1 gears and 1350 u-joints
  • Smittybuilt winch front bumber reinfoced with 2" square tubing and an added receiver hitch for a front tow point
  • Smittybuilt rear bumber modified w/ a reciever hitch and swing out tire/hi-lift carrier made with a trailer spindle as a hinge.
  • Full Internal roll cage built by myself and tdavis
  • KKM Sport Induction air filter
  • Borla catback exhaust modified to exit at side
  • Warn HS9500i winch
  • Rancho RS9000 rear shocks / RS9000X front shocks
  • ARB air pump provides on board air for tires and ARB air lockers.
  • Custom Rock Sliders built by arsoul
  • PIAA Superwhite replacement headlamp bulbs
  • PIAA 520 fog lights (1 pair)
  • KC 150 watt Daylighters (1 pair)
  • Extra reverse lights mounted to tire carrier
  • Rock lights above rear axle facing the rear and behind the front tires facing the front.
  • Dual battery system utilizing 2 Optima yellow tops and the ABS relay circuitry to control isoltion of the second battery.
  • Cobra 7 CB w/ 5.5' Firestick antenna mounted to rear bumper
  • AGR Rock Ram Hydraulic Assist Steering.

This is phase one.
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This is what happened.
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Here's the link to the full write up and pics of the roll Major Roll

Then came phase two, the rebuild
Out with the old :(
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In with the new ;)
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Of course I couldn't leave it like that :eek:
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It's been so long since I have had an Ex all the same color, and the choice was easy, match the tow vehicle :D
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id love to see the full version of your avatar pic:D

one of the nicest explorers ive seen on the site!
 






That Avitar was actually taken from a video. I hve it somewhere and will try to post it some time.
 






ok :D
 






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Woh that looks like its close to flipping right over...!
 






Man, I can almost hear the screams of terror if that was my truck...and my fiance riding shotgun.....**shudder** haha

later
cp :D
 






Where is the video?!
 






Sweet Rig! In process of building up my BAD Sport further myself, Rock Sliders are very nice, could you post the measurement/designss and such, I would like to copy them if you don't mind
 






Originally posted by Rick
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What was the pucker factor on that one?
 

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About the same as this one

But for this one I was more experienced and better able to cope with it.
 

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I would love to see the rear view of that picture. It does look like your gonna flip straight over the front.
 






It felt like it too, but as soon as the rear stopped going up, I was able to turn the front wheel out of the wall and continue down.
 






So what was the pucker factor?
 






Well, I had to replace the driver seat after the first one. The second one I was able to salvage the seat.
 






Im just going to say that your a freakin maniac.
 






Looks awesome! Keep up the great work. You might want to update it though now that you have your "new" truck ;)
 






Everything is still the same. The only difference is that now the body and frame are a 91. I just call it a 1st gen now since there really isn't anything mechanically or electrically left that is 91.
 






Just updated my registry page.
 



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Diff Whack Daddy said:
Well, I have decided against the revolver type shackles and instead I amgoing to use Pivoting Spring Perches. They bolt on between the leaf springs and axle and as the axle articulates, it relieves some of the twisting force applied to the leaf pack. I'll let you know how they work.

I've seen those before and thought they looked like a good idea. I'm just wondering what company you're going through and if you have a link.

Awesome build by the way, great work!
 






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