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i bouth one from a vendor on here and it wasn't scratched at all...i think it was from classic parts...nice lookin motor
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We got the intake, timing cover, water pump, fuel pump, and power steering bracket bolted on to the motor. I painted the shocks and put them on also. I also painted the fan, heater motor housing, and a bracket.
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We are planning on doing the cab swap. We got the bed liner out and removed the bed. We started cleaning up the back of the frame today and we found out both of the rear cross members need to be replaced and there is some rust issues we need to take care of. We still need to get the cab off and clean the transmission, transfer case, and frame. Once we get all of those cleaned we will paint the rest of the frame.
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You are making this look way too easy. Your painted calipers look great. I bought red for mine and now I know it was a good choice. Nice little cat btw, as the owner of 8 cats, I figured I had to throw that in. I look forward to more updates, keep up the great work.
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Does anyone know if the two rear cross members are the same between 4-wheel drive and 2-wheel drive?
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We got the cab off today. Now I need to clean and paint my frame. I am still on the hunt to find the rear cross-members locally. We also need to get the cab and front clip off of our parts truck and put them on my truck. We put an eye bolt in two of the cab mount holes and the two seat belt holes in the floor and hooked chains up to them and then to the engine hoist.
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It's been a while since I posted so here is an update. I have been cleaning the frame and drive train in preparation for paint. I found the rear most cross member from a 2 wheel drive that fit perfectly. I am still looking for the cross member located under the very front of the box as well as a transfercase adapter. I found some pictures of the truck we are getting the front clip and cab from.
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I got the frame painted back to where the cab sits on the frame. I wish the frame didn't have the little craters in it from the winters up here but it is what it is. I still have some frame repairs to do before I can paint the rest of the frame. After the frame is painted we will put the running gear back in and install new brake lines. We finally found a transfer case adapter and the cross-member we needed. I am working on cleaning the tranny and transfer case so I can paint them. We also replaced the output shaft seals on the transfer case.
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We got the engine in and I got the new transfer case adapter painted. We got the tranny and transfer case seperated from the old adapter and I am in the process of getting the tranny and transfer case cleaned and painted.
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We got the transmission installed the other night. We are replacing the gaskets that are leaking and then I will paint it. I plan on painting the transmission cast iron gray and the covers that are on the sides either silver or black. I will hopefully have some more pictures in the next few days.
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I got the transmission primed and painted tonight and I am pleased with the way it turned out. I am up for suggestions on what color I should paint the covers that go on the sides. I am leaning towards either black or silver.
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Nice build, love the color of the tranny.
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The transfer case is installed and painted. We still have to replace the gaskets for all of the covers on the transfer case. I will also clean the paint off of the aluminum covers and shine them up a little bit. I also got the covers for the transmission painted. We took the rear brake drums off and the shoes don't look that good especially the passenger side (see picture). After we finish the transfer case the plan is to redo the rear brakes, put in new leaf spring bushings, and paint the axles and the rest of the frame. I also picked up a Holley 1850 on craigslist for a pretty decent price. The Holley needs a rebuild but I want to wait to do that once we get some of the other stuff done.
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The transfer case is all sealed up and looking new again!
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We got the rear axle dropped and the driver side leaf spring off and are working on getting the other side off. It took a sawzall, hacksaw, cutoff wheel, and a chisel to cut the old bolts off. I am hoping to get the firewall painted before we put the cab on and have been looking at paint colors. I am leaning towards going with lemans blue, fathom blue, or dark blue poly so that way I wouldn't have to recover my seats. I thought I would also share another picture of Willie the guard cat.
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We finally had a stretch of good weather so I decided to paint my alternator. We also got the passenger side rear leaf spring and shackle off. I have been cleaning up the rear axle and the rest of the frame trying to get it ready to paint. Hopefully I can get the rest of the frame painted soon so we can start putting the truck back together.
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COOL. Please tell me: what tranny was in it, what Tcase was in it? And what Tcase are your putting in it and what is that front end with discs from!??? Thanks!
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I painted the frame, axle, and rear leaf springs last night with Chassis Saver. I will wait a day or two and then sand everything a little bit to smooth out the finish the best that I can and then I will top coat it with Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black aerosol paint.
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I got the axle, frame, and leaf springs top coated last night. I sanded everything with 400 grit before I sprayed it. I still have to paint the differential cover and some misc. parts and then we should be able to start assembling everything.
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We drilled the holes for the cross-members and decided it might be easier if we put the exhaust in now while the cross-members are still out. So with that being said I painted the exhaust and should be able to install it tomorrow and then we can get the cross-members back in.
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I put new rear leaf spring and shackle bushings in and bolted it all together. I used the polyurethane w/graphite kit from Energy Suspension. Four of the sleeves were too short so they had to send me longer ones to get the kit to fit. I also ordered their kit for the front and that is way out of whack. The entire front kit is not even close to being right. They sent us what they could to make it work and it still isn't right. I will give more details about the front kit once we start redoing the springs if anyone is interested.
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The rear axle is bolted back in place now. I bought new u bolts and I painted the differential cover and the u bolt mounting plates with Eastwood's detail gray.
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Lookin good!
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At least you have a garage to work in! :)
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I cleaned and painted the drivers side drum the other day and then we put in new shoes and a spring kit. After it was all together we noticed that the parking brake lever was missing so we will have to take it apart again and find one to put in it. While we are searching for a lever we decided to start doing the passenger side. So far we got the passenger side apart and I painted the backing plate. I also got a pretty good deal on a set of slots a few weeks ago. The tires are shot but I have a set of 265/75's to put on them. I cleaned up two of the wheels so far and they appear to be in pretty good shape.
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Nice build you and your dad are doing. A lot of attention to the details, many of them only you and your dad will even know about.
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I am impressed, this thing is going to be cool when its done! keep up the good work!
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Hey! Nice looking rebuild! I see you reused the original engine/motor mount crossmember. I am looking for one, the PO on my truck took it out to install a big ass 455 in the truck and I want to put am original 350 in it and have been having a hell of a time finding an original replacement. I sent you a PM but that we before I saw you had reused the original, sorry.
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Did you ever get the bushing problem ironed out?? If not give Off Road design's a call. they will need to know if your springs are stock, or whomever's lift kit you have.
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While we have it this far apart we decided to pull the rear axles and replace the axle seals. We also checked out the bearings and the surface that the bearings ride on. Both bearings roll smoothly and the riding surface on both of the axles look good.
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