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Re: Rebuild...(pending a name)
Fortunately that's what should make this rebuild quite easy. Aside from replacing what needed to be replaced, I was fortunate enough that my dad went and got the full 4/6 drop kit from ECE. I bought the trail reinforcement kit and 1 1/4" front sway bar, as well a Stainless Steel bed mounted gas tank. So as for the chassis and suspension, it's pretty straight forward. Break down, clean up, sand blast, powder coat, and reinstall.
Here are some pics from our (three friends and me) tear down process.
Enclosed: Reading left to right, top to bottom. Pictures are a mixture between the 13th and the 16th of this month.
1. Me taking an inner fender off.
2. Same thing, different view as well as a view of Pikes Peak.
3. Rear mounted gas tank. In the background is a metal wall mounted shelving unit I built just for this tear down.
4. Cab finally off, was not an easy task with 4 guys and a fully loaded interior. Had to resort to taking the doors off.
5. The body dolly I built. I made it a bolt together so that when I don't need it, I can break it down and stow it.
For this rebuild the tools that I own are as follows:
80 Gallon Air compressor (Craftsman)
1/2 impact gun (Aircat, I highly recommend them)
Angled Die grinder (Aircat, this thing is unbelievably quite)
Straight Die Grinder (Campell Hausfeld)
Lincoln Weldpak 3200 HD (from Home Depot almost 10 years ago)
Milwaukee Sawzall
Dewalt Angle Grinder
Milwaukee Corded Drill
Ridgid Cordless Drill
Air hammer (Craftsman)
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