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Post by Slacker on Jan 14, 2008 16:29:05 GMT -8
well a little progress to post ..
parts truck is now in pieces . long box frame has been sold , so it's time to "strip er' down " ... got the engine out , and cab hacked to pieces ..
I'll post up some pics tomorrow .
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jjd78
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Post by jjd78 on Jan 14, 2008 17:11:35 GMT -8
ok dude if i were closer i'd be there most nights just getting yours done.... lol.... mostly hoping i'd get mine done too... lol then back to my life and the lack of a garage... hahaha
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Post by Slacker on Jan 14, 2008 17:19:35 GMT -8
cool ... and you'd be welcome ..
slave labor is hard to come by ... but I'd buy the beer ;D
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Post by Slacker on Jan 15, 2008 16:24:07 GMT -8
so box had been removed previously , and I had cut a hole in the back of the cab for the "long box Trekker" I built ... Now that that project is all done (for me anyway) It was time to get to work on my project . I sold the long box frame .. and I need alot of the pieces for my trekker .. so time to strip it . lots of work yesterday , cut the roof off , and rockers , and cab corners .. I'm going to make some replacements so i wanted to keep them . got the engine bay mostly stripped , and engine out . and here is where I started this morning .. and finally the cab off .. frame stripped .. and diffs ready to build . and finally my front clip .
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Post by Slacker on Jan 16, 2008 7:50:34 GMT -8
yeah ... ;D there in the first aid kit . happily , no ingeries on that round .
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Post by Slacker on Jan 26, 2008 20:57:47 GMT -8
so got the POR-15 in Yesterday .. but have been way busy .. so not much progress . I'm still .. WAY .. "stuck" on an engine just dont know what to do ? so I today figured , I will proceed with the frame protection .. get the diffs done and attached .. and then at least I will have a "rolling chassis " and be able to "kick" it out side .. maybe by then i will have an Idea on the engine I want .
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Post by msrwerks on Jan 27, 2008 7:26:48 GMT -8
that is something that i am still learning myself. start from the bottom and go up. everything eventually reveals itself. it is hard sometimes because i like to try to have everything all planned out too maybe you can copy that supra install your customer is doing? arnt you doing that on your 2WD "work" truck as well? seems like it would be easy to just make 2 sets of everything that you make for the 2WD conversion?
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Post by Slacker on Jan 27, 2008 16:36:12 GMT -8
nawww the 7Mgte is out of the question .. I only have a "mock up" block left , and would cost WAYYY to much to get it into the Trekker .. (I have ~ 10G into the one in the 2WD) i'm lookin' more for fuel economy .. I have been looking at a diesel swap .. but to be honest , by the time I do the swap .. finantially , it aint worth the fuel savings . 3.4L , is very Tempting .. but up here , best price I have , including tranny and Transfer and everything I need , is 3G ... + then 3G for a supercharger .. (can do that later) .. but i'm not sold on the fuel economy yet . just dont know . ?
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Post by Slacker on Jan 28, 2008 17:40:42 GMT -8
so I set up the front diff on jack stands today ... hahaha .. thats all I got! well so hopefully , with some time , I can get it rebuilt .
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Post by b4runner on Jan 28, 2008 18:57:35 GMT -8
I messed with trying to slide the front axle around today and get it spring centering pins lined up...what a pain..ran out of time..Jack stands are your friend ;D
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Post by Slacker on Jan 29, 2008 17:43:10 GMT -8
yep ... I like jack stands .
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Post by Slacker on Jan 29, 2008 17:55:20 GMT -8
so a little more today ... got the hubs , calipers , .. basically down to the axles .. there ready to come out . sorry , no pics , cuz I didnt want to dirty up my camera.
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Post by Slacker on Jan 30, 2008 17:34:00 GMT -8
so lots of cleaning ... .. I hate this part ! I'll post some pics tomorrow , as I didnt have my Camera today . I was thinking of powder coating them .. but I think I'll just por-15 them .
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Post by Slacker on Jan 31, 2008 16:46:43 GMT -8
man !! I hate this cleaning stuff ... but almost done . this is before .. and you all know how the knuckles , and everything is .. coated!!! so knuckles , shields and mostly everything else are clean ... hopefully tomorrow .. I will get some "black" on them
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Post by Slacker on Feb 2, 2008 15:46:41 GMT -8
lots of work .. but got the front finished today . hopefully , tomorrow .. BLACK .
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