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Time to work on assembling the Ford 9" rear end.
Here is the axle with one of the emergency brakes installed Attachment 2297964 Axle shafts painted and ready to install Attachment 2297965 Assembling the rotors and hats Attachment 2297966 One of the rotor assemblies installed Attachment 2297967 Rear end is complete with rotors, calipers and brake pads installed Attachment 2297968 |
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Now on to the front end.
Installing the wheel studs into the Mustang II hub assembly Attachment 2297969 Mustang II drop spindle Attachment 2297970 Assembling the front rotor and hat Attachment 2297971 Passenger side brakes complete Attachment 2297972 |
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Time to lay out the bed cross sills, so I can get bedsides installed.
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Bedsides are now installed.
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More body work on the bedsides completed.
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All of these body mods are pretty much complete and ready at this point.
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Roofline, drip rail and gaps are complete.
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Super nice build. Love your shop addition. It's gotta be nice to have the dirty and clean sections to work in.
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Well after a big delay and no time to post, I'm back at it again. I want to get this build thread caught up.
Time to marry the 4L70E to the LS3 Attachment 2343885 I bought the Holley Mid Mount accessory drive system. Got that all put together and installed on the engine. Attachment 2343886 Engine and transmission installed into truck Attachment 2343887 |
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I ended up having a leak with the Lube Locker gasket set in my Ford 9". Had to tear it apart and reinstall it using good old Permatex Gear Oil gasket maker. Got the center member installed and rear end back together.
Tear down and remove the Lube Locker gasket Attachment 2343888 Re-installed the 9" center member. Attachment 2343889 Ford 9" back together. Attachment 2343890 Attachment 2343891 |
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Finally got the truck fully assembled and made it a "Roller". It's been a long time coming and it's finally on some wheels. The only thing is I'm not happy about the stance and the rake it has at this point. Hopefully some adjustments can be made with the coilovers to bring the rear end down.
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Here is the truck in the front part of my shop. Fully assembled and in roller form. The next big step is coming up. Stay tuned....
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NICE WORK ill stay tuned:mm:
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To be continued….
I’m watching with my bucket of popcorn! Nice progress |
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Great progress so far! I'm along for the rest of the ride. FYI, if you are doing a factory dashpad and getting a reproduction, you may want to test fit it now to see if you have to slot the holes any. It's definitely doable after paint and windows though. Hindsight being what it is, it would've been a lot easier at this stage before paint.
EDIT* Well, I just went back and read this whole thing. Gotta say this lift point is pretty nifty. Is it something you made? Quote:
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The lift arm was made by a friend of mine. I came up with the design and he built it. He has some pretty sophisticated machining capabilities in his business. Worked out great. |
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