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Yeah,primered,painted,and will clear coat it when I get the lift done.Cant wait to see pics of your truck frame,it might look better than mines as mine was very rusty.

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I hope it wasn't rustier than mine!

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Looks great Dustin! Lots of progress since I talked to you last! Have you made any progress on the motor yet?

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looks good.

were you ever able to notice if that tab was welded onto the shift rail?

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1969C/10,No motor work yet,supposed to get a whole different motor but I dont have it yet.Have alot of parts waiting for it though.
Arkracing,I didnt even look at the t case today.Spent the day cleaning up a major tranny leak mess spanning about 15x20 feet of the shop floor.I will look tomorrow and see if it is.
Msgross,scroll back to the first or second page to see pics of the frame before I blasted it,it was pretty bad.

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true, it was pretty rusty... Mine had been undercoated back in the day so I get to fight with that...What product did you say you blasted with? I have heard that basic play sand from Lowes is a cheap route to go, I plan on doing it outside like you did and not recovering any media...

Mike

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I dont remember what kind it was.I have had it a few years sitting in the back of the shop.I think I threw the bag away when I put the sand in buckets because the bag ripped and was spilling it out.I will look and see if I still have a bag left.

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Ok,arkracing...Nothing was welded on the shift rails on my np205.Everything was riveted together by the looks of it

OK...I managed to get the rear axle out and painted.The u bolts were stubborn so I decided to cut them off and managed to burn myself thanks to some slag:dohh:I then cleaned and painted the rear axle.It is drying now and as soon as I get whats left of the rear springs off the new ones can go on it.
When I removed the rear axle the passenger side springs came in 2!I did know they needed replacing but the set of springs splitting in two is bad.
Will not have anymore pics except the crappy ones I take in the shop till this weekend most likely because my time off has came to an end.Will still get work done on this though:gi:
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Looked and inspected my axles to find new gears in the rear and 3 broken teeth on the front:whine:I guess I will be out lookin for a truck to bring home w/ good gears(save the truck for fun later) or buy a new set.I am not gonna worry much about it now.Just something to adress before Im done.Will probably change it while its getting painted.

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what gears are you looking for?

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3:73s

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Took the 2 trannys to be rebuilt and made be made into one good one today.Should have it done and back next week.Tomorrow I will have some pics of the motor(hopefully)

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That sucks.

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Ok,well....I took some pics of the lift kit.Last ones you will see of it as its coming back off to hopefully be replaced with the right ones.Didnt get the motor today but will tomorrow.Atleast that will be a good thing for the weekend truck wise
towhooks will be going here:
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Pic shows tire to frame,big lift kit for sure
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Maybe you just need a little weight on it.:lol:

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Look at them new gears in the rear.Still havent looked to see the ratio.Pushed it outside to take a few pics showing its lift kit.I am calling the company to tell them about it tomorrow.One way or another Im getting the right lift kit;)
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what are the numbers on the ring gear?

Here's your secret decoder ring!

Ratio 2.56:1 - Tooth Combination 41,16
Ratio 2.73:1 - Tooth Combination 41,15
Ratio 3.07:1 - Tooth Combination 43,14
Ratio 3.08:1 - Tooth Combination 40,13
Ratio 3.08:1 - Tooth Combination 37,12
Ratio 3.31:1 - Tooth Combination 43,13
Ratio 3.36:1 - Tooth Combination 37,11
Ratio 3.42:1 - Tooth Combination 41,12
Ratio 3.55:1 - Tooth Combination 39,11
Ratio 3.73:1 - Tooth Combination 41,11
Ratio 4.10:1 - Tooth Combination 41,10
Ratio 4.11:1 - Tooth Combination 37,9

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.....I must be bored.I didnt like the quality of my painting on the rear axle so I pulled it out and repainted it.Its drying now...

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Well,I looked and found out it has 3:73s in it.Thats a good ratio for this truck since it will be a DD but still turn 35's

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I have 3.73's in mine too. Now I need to swap the gears over to the newer dana 44 with discs though...have you done that before?

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I pulled the rotors and all the related stuff off the front axle of the swb 4x4 to find the axle had been rebuilt and had new brakes.Still needs a new ring gear though.Looks good other then the gear.I have a few wheel studs to replace though.The lift kit turned out to supposively be the right one.They said it will go down alot with the body on it so Im gonna put the bed on and maybe the cab this weekend and see what happens.Should have the rebuilt tranny back by Saturday too.

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Well,got some parts today.I got both diff cover gaskets,u joints for the axles,a few wheel studs,seals for the axle/hub, new drag link,and tire rod covers.Gonna clean the axle tomorrow and get it mostly reassembled.I am gettting ready to buy new WARN lockouts for it too.

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Lockouts will be in sometime next week...Spent the evening tearing the front axle all apart.Its a bare axle housing now.I cleaned all the internals and threw away the old 3:73s in the front.The ball joints are bad in the knuckles so they will have to be replaced on one side.Waiting on a few seals,lockouts and the new ring gear and the axle will be done.Hoping to test fit the body on frame this weekend to let the spings settle in abit.Stay tuned!

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Just makeing sure, you know you have to replace the ring and pinion as a set right....

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Yeah,Im buying both together.Just didnt feel like typing all that out:rolleyes: