[Dieselwrencher]

Just what you pic ho's like, pics! I got the D70 under it and bolted in. I'll have to set pinion angle later.



I put some 265's on it and sat it down. I then walked around it kind of in awe trying to figure out if I liked it so low now. But wait, I still have to remove the 3" body lift. Oh boy.



Next Mathew, Nick, and I removed the box.


Then I cleaned off the frame and began marking it out so I could prep to cut it. From what I can tell there are a few different styles of frame configs on these trucks. The truck in the south bay has a cross member under the rear cab bushings. Mine has mounts on the frame with cross bar tieing them together. So, I compromised and measured 7" back from my cab frame mounts, and made a mark. Then I removed 14" out of the frame. I measured 4" down on the frame and drew a line. I measured 4" in front of each line and that's how I got the stagger pattern if anyone was curious.




I placed jack stands under the back of the cab and chocked the front tires. Changed the tip on the plasma cutter and started cutting. I had Nick steady the rear portion of the frame and roll it back when it was cut free.






I then ground my cuts and v'd out the edges to make for a better penetrating weld. Next I rolled the frame up and had to let the air out of the rear tires so I could get the 2 sections of frame to line back up. I then used flat pieces of steel and c-clamps to get the frame back together and hold it in place. I also measured cross wise and from a certain point on each side to make sure it's square again. Then I started welding. Tomorrow I'll finish it up.