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Mudd***** Project #1: Scrap the TTB
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Now that is a beauty!!!!
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more pics from this morning.
wildhorses4x4 5.5 EB coils inserted for mock up. Temporary until coilovers are installed.
IT'S ALIVE!!!
More at http://demon4x4.org/Rigs/Randall/swap/
wildhorses4x4 5.5 EB coils inserted for mock up. Temporary until coilovers are installed.
IT'S ALIVE!!!
More at http://demon4x4.org/Rigs/Randall/swap/
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I'm glad you got it on the trailer. I should have stayed to help you. I came all the way back here for a 20 minute meeting that I didn't need to be at. I could have stayed and let you drool over the 250 some more 
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Damn Randall, It looks great I Am very happy to see it out of the garage. I wish I could have been there to help you with this.
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that would have been nice if you guys were there. 
As it was I didn't get the truck on the trailer in time to get it to Texas Auto Gear 
oh well, I'll take it up on Monday. I thought I had a brain storm this morning, so I put on the steering linkage from the dana 35, thinking it would allow me to steer it onto the truck, but of course steering with no track bar just pushes the body around, the wheels go nowhere. I was also left wishing for a winch by the end of the day. It took a while to get it up on the trailer using a length of chain and a hi-lift. 
anyone want to go with me to take the truck up to TAG on Monday?
As it was I didn't get the truck on the trailer in time to get it to Texas Auto Gear oh well, I'll take it up on Monday. I thought I had a brain storm this morning, so I put on the steering linkage from the dana 35, thinking it would allow me to steer it onto the truck, but of course steering with no track bar just pushes the body around, the wheels go nowhere. I was also left wishing for a winch by the end of the day. It took a while to get it up on the trailer using a length of chain and a hi-lift. anyone want to go with me to take the truck up to TAG on Monday?Randall
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I hooked up the axle end of the cable, just need to find a place in cab to mount it. IT was a pain in the ass to remove/install the diff cover with the tie rod and drag link installed, mostly because of the shift fork attached to the diff cover. Changed the oil in the Ex during my lunchbreak from Lowe's (sick, I know). I still need to figure out the brake leak, and add some gear oil to the front, and of course the alignment. I need to exchange the shocks because the ones that I got were too long.
I still need to make a bumper as well, and trim the front fenders, which rub when turning, nevermind when its flexed out! If I could do it over again, I would probably have moved the axle forward about two inches.
Here are some pics, in which you can see the trackbar mount and the central brake line. Part of that trackbar mount is made from a James Duff drop bracket for an EB. Instead of te coilover mounts I scrapped the stock coil buckets and added Early Bronco buckets and F250 shock mounts. I had to scrap the coilovers because the ones I got were way too long. I would have needed hood scoops and had to relocate a bunch of stuff in the engine compartment, which I wasn't really willing to do at this point. I plan on exchanging the coilovers either for some shorter ones for a future install, or for a set of Avalanche's beadlocks. Hopefully they will do an exchange.
More at http://demon4x4.org/Rigs/Randall/swap/
I still need to make a bumper as well, and trim the front fenders, which rub when turning, nevermind when its flexed out! If I could do it over again, I would probably have moved the axle forward about two inches.
Here are some pics, in which you can see the trackbar mount and the central brake line. Part of that trackbar mount is made from a James Duff drop bracket for an EB. Instead of te coilover mounts I scrapped the stock coil buckets and added Early Bronco buckets and F250 shock mounts. I had to scrap the coilovers because the ones I got were way too long. I would have needed hood scoops and had to relocate a bunch of stuff in the engine compartment, which I wasn't really willing to do at this point. I plan on exchanging the coilovers either for some shorter ones for a future install, or for a set of Avalanche's beadlocks. Hopefully they will do an exchange.
More at http://demon4x4.org/Rigs/Randall/swap/
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