Link817's build

[Phil88]

Well, we got the front bar welded between the frame rails, cut the ifs out, grinded one side of the frame rails smooth, put on the rear leaf springs, and swapped the oil pain in. Currently the truck is sitting on the ground really; all the weight on the new springs to make measurements as the springs look w/ weight on them.

Plz be patient for pics, Christian forgot his camera cable. There will be LOTs of HUGE pics to look through in the post.

[KMrunner]

Good job fellas. Looking forward to the pics! Let me know if you don't get finished today. I may swing by tomorrow if you guys are still working on it.

[Mossyrocks]

the phone pics look great from what I can tell

[link817]

Day 2:
Well, we got the leaf spring set up all measured and centered. The truck is sitting on all 4 again. The front end seems to be 3 inch taller than the rear and i'm not crazy about cracking open new alcans and taking leafs out. Welded in the front brace in completely. Most of my collection of parts are designed for this build, but we have finally found a snag. I ordered a steering shaft from all pro, it has borgeson ends to it. Well the shaft coming out of the steering wheel has a square key to it, the part I ordered doesn't. This set back kinda knocked the wind out of today. Tomorrow plans are to get the steering all put together, finish welding up the leafsping setup, put the bumper back on.

Will the project get done tomorrow??????????????????

Plz anyone who can and wants to come by it would be great, if only to catch up on old times.

[tlh89]

Ill try to ride down tomorrow if I wake up at a decent time..sounds like good progres§

[*Darcy*]

yall still working today? colin tried to call christian but his phone went right to voicemail....

[GOT COPE?]

we're gonna come try to find ya'll if it isnt too late. got some directions but no one is answering their phone, so we dont know if we're coming out too late.

[mad_african]

we're gonna come try to find ya'll if it isnt too late. got some directions but no one is answering their phone, so we dont know if we're coming out too late.I'd say you're a little too late - but ya never know!! Hope you find it..

[Phil88]

we quit a little while ago a cleaned up the shop a bit, C just left like mins ago, yall are welcome to come by tho.

[HillBilly_Young01]

what a fun weekend :)

where are the pics at?

[HillBilly_Young01]

yall still working today? colin tried to call christian but his phone went right to voicemail....

we're gonna come try to find ya'll if it isnt too late. got some directions but no one is answering their phone, so we dont know if we're coming out too late.

shoulda called my phone ;) i was there all weekend

[link817]

So, Day 3:

Well, we got the steering going, welded up the leaf spring setup, cut the fenders, remounted the front bumper. The project will be finished next weekend. We need to finish welding on it, button up the steering, brakes, and little things. I def. would like to thank phil and ann for their hospitality on this project. Blane, Matt, Paul, Jack, Derek and anyone else that stopped by( sorry, i'm tired).

Here are the pics:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS150.jpg
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12 inch ride from frame to ground. End of day 1
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Blane's runner:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS197.jpg
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I hope you fixed your issue Blane

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS202.jpg
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End of day 2.
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Little Ibs is an artist.
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doing a poser shot is really hard when your brakes dont work and all you have is the E-brake.
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[HillBilly_Young01]

Little Ibs is an artist.

dont be hating on my skillz

[STOMPER]

Damn looks great!!!!!!

[Derka]

Panty dropper for sure!

[mad_african]

Wow that turned out great - Congrats - Christian - a long time coming. :xozzy:

[TRoss]

Killer! What size tars?

[benny_wiskas]

It looks good. I wish I had showed up, but I worked on my piece instead.

Blaine, I thought you were going to give me your banana shackles.

[link817]

37s

[gregers05]

wow nice job guys, you knocked that out quick. looks good C! thats a D44 right? what all was done to the axle?

and cant believe you let matt use a cutting device on your truck! lol

[88cleve4runner]

holy freakin gosh, beautiful. brings a tear to my eye because its so dang sexy lol

[link817]

lol, when you get ready to do your sas, matt is a great assest to have onboard.

[gregers05]

lol, when you get ready to do your sas, matt is a great assest to have onboard.

lol never thought the day would come when i heard that! our little matt is growing up:flipoff1:


and will that day ever come when im ready to sas????? ....seems like it will never come:banghead:

[benny_wiskas]

and will that day ever come when im ready to sas????? ....seems like it will never come:banghead:

That's why I went and bought the 84'. I figure I have an entire truck for the price of a sas. lol

[HillBilly_Young01]

lol never thought the day would come when i heard that! our little matt is growing up:flipoff1:

:flipoff4:

[04 Rocko Taco]

That's why I went and bought the 84'. I figure I have an entire truck for the price of a sas. lol

Bingo.

Looks great C!
Finish that beast up, get it home, help me get mine home, and we'll go figure out the new "wash out trails" :D

[Alan11116]

That looks great guys! Christian, I don't know what your plans are for the fenders but I used some vacuum line on mine with gorilla glue to stick it on. get a razor blade and cut down the center, pour some glue in there, stick it on the fender and put paper clips over the line and onto the fender to hold it on while the glue dries. it's an inexpensive way to cover the cut line. wear some latex gloves using the glue! it stains clothes and skin. stack some weight on the bumper to get the springs to settle down when you aren't driving it. also just go flex it out. mine started settling a little with each trip out.

[Phil88]

yea im gonna weld a hook the base of my bender so i can winch it down and leave it for a while lol.

[Alan11116]

yea im gonna weld a hook the base of my bender so i can winch it down and leave it for a while lol.

I tried that last summer going off the axle housing and got into the radiator. That was $180 dumb lesson!

[willia12]

Blaine, I thought you were going to give me your banana shackles.

Dang Christian and his huge, gigantic, outrageously large... incriminating pictures.

Sorry about that. Remember when you drove my truck and how it shook like a B' every time you hit a bump. Well, I had the guys look at it when I was at Phil's and Jack pointed out that my front shackle / leaf bushings were shot. That had allowed the drivers side spring to slide from the center of the shackle off of the bushing, on to the puck and all the way over to the tire side. Meanwhile, the passenger side was still in the center causing the axle to not be completely perpendicular with the frame. Thus, the front suspension was putting itself in a bind and shaking violently. So while I had the thing apart I threw in "your" shackles.

Long story short, thanks to everyone, problem fixed, and my straight shackles have your name on them :).


P.S:
C, sorry for the high jack.

[TRoss]

37s

Nice!
Crawler box next? :D

[link817]

Well, I need to rebuild the ujoints, install the air compressor setup( still undecided on that route), install crawler and do the driveshafts. Christmas around the corner, the truck will be a bit.

[link817]

your jacket and glasses are still at phils.

[crolison]

Looking sweet Christian :D


when we doing mine phil?

[misterzee]

Christian, that looks awesome!!!
Now for the fun part... getting it level :p

[mad_african]

Dang Christian and his huge, gigantic, outrageously large... incriminating pictures.

Sorry about that. Remember when you drove my truck and how it shook like a B' every time you hit a bump. Well, I had the guys look at it when I was at Phil's and Jack pointed out that my front shackle / leaf bushings were shot. That had allowed the drivers side spring to slide from the center of the shackle off of the bushing, on to the puck and all the way over to the tire side. Meanwhile, the passenger side was still in the center causing the axle to not be completely perpendicular with the frame. Thus, the front suspension was putting itself in a bind and shaking violently. So while I had the thing apart I threw in "your" shackles.

Long story short, thanks to everyone, problem fixed, and my straight shackles have your name on them :).


P.S:
C, sorry for the high jack.
I'm really glad that worked out. Amazing how the little things can cause such havoc on the road. I'm all about "HI JACK"... :rofl:

[link817]

yeah, i hear ya on that. Already issues have started w/ the stance. I just want to get it driving b/f i tinker w/ it again.

[Mossyrocks]

Looks like straight money "C"... Ballin!!!


gregers, thats my old 44 yo... superior shafts, ctms, yukon r&p, and ARB.

[gregers05]

Looks like straight money "C"... Ballin!!!


gregers, thats my old 44 yo... superior shafts, ctms, yukon r&p, and ARB.

ah thats right i forgot about that. nice setup though

[4inT100]

what'd you do with your spare parts?

[Alan11116]

what is your frame height passenger and driver side at the front body mount?

[link817]

idk, i will have to remeasure everything tomorrow.

[link817]

Well, after day 5 of work the truck did not come home. I ordered the wrong front brake lines. Tried hooking up the stock ones; although there wasn't any leaks in the system the brake pedal was like a used porn star. We could never get the brake pedal to become firm, always went limp to the floor even w/ the rear adjusted all the way up.

Here some pics:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS004.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS005.jpg
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http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS007.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS008.jpg
this is what the bathroom looks like after ... uses it.
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[GOT COPE?]

did ya'll get that steering brace figured out?

what ya'll working on today?

[GOT COPE?]

what is your frame height passenger and driver side at the front body mount?

whats yours?

I estimated his at 28" give or take.

[Alan11116]

whats yours?

I estimated his at 28" give or take.

23.5" on the driver side and 24.25" on the passenger side.

[link817]

the frame is around 26 give or take i believe. the truck did level out though.

[link817]

no work today, just need to fix the brakes and i'll drive it home.

[willia12]

Sweet, did you get the shocks in?

Sorry I couldn't make it down this weekend.

[misterzee]

my neck hurts:mad:

[HillBilly_Young01]

good to see the fenders clear just fine :cool:

[link817]

yeah the shocks are in the truck. we are 99.98% done so i can drive it home. i will have to order longer shocks in the future to wheel w/.

[willia12]

Good to hear you were able to get the rears on. Did you end up going with the TG hoops? Also, what did you go with for the front drive shaft?

[GOT COPE?]

my neck hurts:mad:


:rofl:

[GOT COPE?]

yeah the shocks are in the truck. we are 99.98% done so i can drive it home. i will have to order longer shocks in the future to wheel w/.


the 12's arent long enough?

[link817]

I haven't figured out the front drive shaft out yet. i will probably cut up the stock one and make a square shaft out of it.

[link817]

nope, for now i will use the shocks to run around w/. I need to get some 14s for up front and put the 12s in the rear.

[Alan11116]

look for used shocks on Pirate or somewhere or go through topguncustomz.com for new ones. that is the cheapest I have seen and they come from TN.

[Phil88]

the 12's arent long enough?

the 12s are good up front but in the rear he needs some 12s too, 14s up front and 12s rear would be perfect.

[*Darcy*]

Well, after day 5 of work the truck did not come home. I ordered the wrong front brake lines. Tried hooking up the stock ones; although there wasn't any leaks in the system the brake pedal was like a used porn star. We could never get the brake pedal to become firm, always went limp to the floor even w/ the rear adjusted all the way up.

Here some pics:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS004.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS008.jpg
this is what the bathroom looks like after ... uses it.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS010.jpg




the lighting in those welding pics turned out great, thank you very much!


and that bathroom ... besides the murderous sink, the tub of strange items and liquid made me very nervous... ... ... :rofl:

[the_slug]

Here some pics:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS014.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS016.jpg


OH CRAP!!! It rolled on the maiden voyage. :rofl:

[HillBilly_Young01]

i like how those 2 pics turned out :)

[link817]

Well, I got the truck home today and it fits great in the garage. Phil and his family spent hours trying to figure out the brakes, got them good enough for me to drive home.

[Alan11116]

Awesome! When you gonna take it out?

[link817]

idk, i have to fix the brakes, build a front d-shaft, rebuild ujoints, put in a aircompressor for front locker. i'm hoping maybe 3rd weekend of dec. for mountain side or something.

[GatorTaco]

that looks GREAT man! Congrats!

[Wheelin taco2131]

you will love those tires, they are insane!

[link817]

Well, I started tinkering around w/ the truck again. Since i'm broke as the damn U.S. treasury I worked on little items that needed addressing.

First I fabbed up a radiator skid plate:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS004-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS003.jpg
This was my first item i've ever fabbed up myself so i kept it simple. There is a nice place for a interesting sticker which i'm working on.

Next I needed to hold down my tire, so i cut a hole in the bed and used the factory spare tire holder.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS002-1.jpg

Lastly I needed to mount my new high lift that I won at takeover; I even went out and got some stuff to protect this one.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/link817/SAS001-1.jpg

In the coming months i'll slowly get this truck back to where i want it, but its a long list for me.

[STOMPER]

Way to think outside of the box with the spare. Good Job:xbeer3:

[Alan11116]

I think that is exactly what I want to do with my hilift. What did you use to do all that? I like it!

[4inT100]

looks like 2 bolts, 2 or 4 washers, 2 nuts, and 2 wing-nuts

[link817]

yeah, just some bolts and washers, the bolts are have two nuts holding them to the bed w/ a washer combo. just make sure to drill the holes on the flat parts of the bed, i just measured through the bed cover and drilled. That is why my bolts are tilted. wing nuts holding the highlift down, i think there is maybe $10 in the mount.

[Nobody16]

Very Cool idea with the spare tire. Have the front springs settled at all to even the truck out?

Off topic, i have one of those Hi-lift mounts if anybody wants one

[link817]

nope, the front is still a bit high atm. actually wheeling the truck will help a lot though.

[benny_wiskas]

Off topic, i have one of those Hi-lift mounts if anybody wants one

I could use one for the 84. Send it my way.

[Phil88]

Looks great, im ready to wheel that dang thing.

[link817]

i know, but life comes way b/f truck.

[HillBilly_Young01]

is it done yet? is it done yet? is it done yet?

[Nobody16]

I could use one for the 84. Send it my way.
Send me a PM. I cant get mine to work for some reason

is it done yet? is it done yet? is it done yet?

We are asking you the same thing

[link817]

Quick update:

I've gotten the arb compressor installed,
Had work done on the brakes, who knows if this will ever be cured,
Welded on rear frame braces,

I've also had some setbacks,
In attempting to change out the ctms I found that I had twisted slines on the stub shaft.
The steering box has a leak in it also.

Once i let the dust settle from this part of my project I am looking at installing my crawler, d-shaft work, and building a custom skid plate.

[TRoss]

Lookin' good C.
Keep chipin' away at it!!