Yomie....3/4 ton build up and install

[Yomie]

Edit: When you puttin the blocks in? or you just haven't trimmed the u-botls yet?

lol, haven't trimmed the u-bolts yet

 

[Yomie]

Well...

Section 525

I started on bypassing the ABS unit today, didn't get too far, no parts store around carried a selection of fittings to convert from metric to standard soo I cut the metric line that goes from the MC's to the pump, i kept the metric fittings on the MC side and installed some 3/16" fittings on the other side (stock line is 3/16") and flared them

So now my lines are standard sized, i ran straight from the MC to the rear section where i have already setup my 14B with 3/16" fittings all the way around, for the front i put in a 3/16" t-fitting (you won't have to do this section) and got a pre-made 12" long line, bent it up and hooked it up to the drivers side frame rail, tomorrow i will figure out how i want the pass side line to run and measure and buy a premade section for it. If you can rememer from my first sas thread, i used Rubicon Express Jeep brake lines for the front (Same as JEFE) which are 3/16" so i hok straight up there.

No more ABS pump in line and i have already removed my ABS light bulb from the dash.

The reason i couldn't wait to remove the pump and bypassed it now was because when i removed the 8.8 to install the 14B, for some reason while the brake line was removed it completely drained the MC of brake fluid in like 10 minutes, which in-turn meant air in my Pump, i could not get the air out and i wasn't going to pay someone to bleed the pump, so out it came.

Today while i had all the lines removed the master clinder held the fluid and nothing drained out.....dunno whats going on, only time will tell if my MC is going bad when all the fluid drained out

 

[Yomie]

 

[Lefy]

i love the build man
what gears you gonna run 5.13s?

 

[034x4]

Thats one thing I need to do. Go in there and rip out all the abs ****. It looks like kudzu behind my drivers fender.

 

[034x4]

Bump for a dead thread with no progress, yet said vehicle will be wheeled this weekend.

 

[Yomie]

Got everythting buttoned up, there are a few things i need to re-do now that i have wheeled it.

1. Brakes work flawlessly, but i still want to put in a proportioning valve to fine tune the rear brakes.

2. 8" slip front drive shaft is not enough, i will have to get a new front shaft with 12" of slip to prevent it from coming apart.

3. With the 14B in the rear, when i flex it out, the rear driveshaft is coming into contact with the gas tank skid plate, i'm going to have to clearance out the skid plate a little bit.

4. Still not enough sheetmetal removal for tire clearance

5. not enough t-case gearing for slow crawling in the rocks, gotta figure out what to do with the fuel tank to squeeze in a 1350/54 doubler.

other than that everything else is holding up, D44 4340 shafts and bobby long joints are holding up

And of course, me having some fun wheelin the sammy

 

[Yomie]

Jey, if you go through this album, these are pics of Sat at Gardendale. Obstacles: Staircase, Rock Garden 4, Rockgarden 3, Rockgarden 2, Rockgarden 1
http://www.wheelingpics.com/thumbnails.php?album=390

I should be getting pics up from Sun shortly


Carnage on D-Shaft, but got it back together, had to try not to out flex the Drivers side to keep it together

 

[Yomie]

i love the build man
what gears you gonna run 5.13s?

Yes 5.13's

 

[Dannyboy]

Looks great. Is this truck really as clean as it looks in pictures or do you have plenty of body damage that the camera doesn't quite catch? For as hardcore as some of these pics are the body on this thing looks great

 

[Yomie]

Yes it really is as clean as the pictures make it out to be. There are a few ripples in the sheetmetal along the rockers, but not bad. It seems that everytime i rub the body on something it is always in a spot where the sheetmetal is reinforced by a body seam or something else so i have been lucky. The Pass side quarter glass has been busted for 2 years, i just covered it in Black duct tape

Thanks for the compliments

 

[Yomie]

These pics were taken this week

On the scales, weighed in at 4527lbs

 

[FROADER]

4. Still not enough sheetmetal removal for tire clearance

A good thing about the 2dr. You can cut way more than us with the 4dr.

Looking good dude!

 

[Dannyboy]

Trimming the rear is easier for you sport guys too.

A good thing about the 2dr. You can cut way more than us with the 4dr.

Okay Sam

 

[IZwack]

hehe!

Awesome terrain Yomie -- your shackles du jour will be in the mail this week. Its almost all done, I ran out of shielding gas yesterday.

 

[Yomie]

hehe!

Awesome terrain Yomie -- your shackles du jour will be in the mail this week. Its almost all done, I ran out of shielding gas yesterday.

Thats cool, thanks man

 

[FROADER]

right now

 

[034x4]

Your d-shaft should be fine if you just extend it. It had way too much spline showing at ride height when I glanced at it before I left on sunday.

Stuff the drivers side and i bet you'll still have at least 1.5-2 inches of spline showing.

 

[Yomie]

Your d-shaft should be fine if you just extend it. It had way too much spline showing at ride height when I glanced at it before I left on sunday.

Stuff the drivers side and i bet you'll still have at least 1.5-2 inches of spline showing.

+1 i'll check it out

 

[91ROKKRAWLER]

subscribing... love the 3/4 swap