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Well today I was hoping my dad would pick up the brakes for the d70s but it didn't happen so, tomrrow night we will be putting them on. And I am unsure if I want to take off the front clip now while its at my uncle shop or when I get it home, just in case We get a driveline and take it out wheeling.

We ordered the steering and don't know how long it will be before it comes in. So that is another reason I don't want to take it apart.


So right now I'm up in the air. But i'm leaning to taking it apart tomorrow and seeing about where I can put the battery. MAybe where the ac box is?

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Lookin good man!! I say remote mount the battery in the back in an ammo box or fab somethin better. Cant wait to see how the front comes together. Lovin the build. Come on up when your ready for Fordyce!!!

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As soon as my trucks been tested we plan on taking longer trips.

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Well I'm one set closer to be able to run the full hydro I got a tranny fuild cooler, that I can use for the pump, which it ays I need.

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What kinda setup are you gonna run? hydro assist? or full on? Single or dual ram? Where are you gettin your parts? Man Im jelous of how fast your movin with this thing...

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Full hydro, double end ram from psc. I have read but don't no if its true that with single ram full hdryos that they move slower to one side. And double ended ram seems easier to set up.

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Well I got the truck home and the donors cab, and front clip home. I may start tring to build the 4 door cab. Just planning but as soon as we get another cab then we are going to get into it.

We found the we need to swap the carb because the pin holding the floats is holding the secondarys open.

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Well haven't swapped the carb, but have taken the front clip off and axle out. We got the knuckles off the dana 70 to swap them to the opposite sides.

We are pushing the axle up a few inches, still unknown how much. We are well underway to fourlinking the front.




We are still planning to build 4seater. But need some money still.

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Where it sits till we get some 2x4 tubing, for the front truss.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...40c900326d.jpg

The front axle as it sits, we need the seal that goes on the back of the knuckle.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...0be8fed20a.jpg

We hope by swapping the knuckle it saves us the need of getting hi-steer arms.



When I build the 4 seater I was thinking of running this style lower lnks so I could get more travel from the rear shocks anyone see I problem with it?
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attac...1&d=1270443099

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Well here an update, This is how it will be at full compression. Everything should clear maybe the the tires at full droop and full comp to one side but every other way it should.

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...515fc71794.jpghttp://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...93bfe4c763.jpghttp://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...28b073317d.jpg

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post up some info on the axle.
what type of axle shaft joints?
size of the axle shafts n what not. seems like an interesting piece.

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They don't use u joints, and the shaft is about 1 5/16ths. They are from a dodge 1 ton I guess.

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Well hopefully this weekend we will accomplish a lot. We didn't work on it, but we picked up the drums and found out the steering should be here Tuesday.

We most likely won't be able to test it till the 1st, because we should finish it approx next weekend then the weekend after hollister is closed. So we aren't rushing to get it done, so hopefully it will come out good.

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Sorry the pics is upside down, And this is the first update, the next one today will be sort of a step back.

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...9a67f9dad7.jpg

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The second update, this is a step back and forward at the same thime. We are going to lower the top of the cage a few inches, but leave about 6 inches for headroom if we roll. It has over about a foot maybe more. This wll allow us to park it in the garage, and make me feel a little safer.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...ed48314d62.jpghttp://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...cffc513b0a.jpg

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Well, We are going to boat side this. I started cutting the cage with the saw-saw But gave up, and am waitting till we get a grinder here. The top on of the boat side will be right above the body line, but aren't sure.

The steering came in and the ram is huge. So hopefully some progress tomorrow.

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Well I have been having pain in the knee for a while, but it has gotten a lot worse and the therapist thinks it might be a torn menicus. And the pain has gotten so bad that it is hard to work or walk much. So the updates might be slow but hopefully not.

For now the beginning of the boat sides. Well some cutting.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...c157051102.jpg

And the steering ram
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...1f1e2b1edb.jpg

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envy...

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agreed:lol:

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Well tomorrow me and my dad are going to try and set the links up on the front end. It will mostly be my dad working and me do a little helping. If are able to get the steel for the boat side we will start on the cage a little.

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Well we got the 2x4 for the boat sides, so we are working on that, and got the seats cut out. Should have some pics later or tomorrow.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...413373af1a.jpg

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Well we got some more done, just working to finishing the boat side so we can start on the cage.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...7bedd059ea.jpg

And the seats are just sitting there and will be lowered a few inchs each, so we can lower the roof height. We also left about 4 inches in front of the cab for a cross bar that will have the shock mounts attached to it.


We will have more progress this whole week, we are trying to finish it this weekend.

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Well it has been raining but we should be able to work on it a little today. My dad the front pretty back together, so we will drag it under the front so we can start making the link brackets.

We have the upper tabs on the axle but we need to find where the tabs on the frame will go. Which is the most difficult part. I will hopefully gt some progress pics later today.

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Got some more steel today, to make the crossmember for the lower links. And my dad is working on that while I'm resting. We got enough to make the braces for the boatside also.

So I will have some pics tomorrow.

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Kewl Man! Looks Like lots of fun!:metal:

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When we're done we will have to wheel together, any trips to hollister planned for this summer?

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Sounds good to me! No big plans for HH, my club is doing BlazerFest again in July. The raffle is prrety good every year so you should go. I will be in Hawaii with my wife and kids on the same weekend...I had Hawaii on the calendar before HH told us what our dates are..sucks!
We are heading to Pismo Mamorial Weekend (I can't spell)
But a day trip or two in June or whenever is allways a possability. I am about 1.5hrs away so send me a message or post up when you are thinking of going and i'll see if I can make it too..check with the boss, wife :uhmk:
hhehe
:mm::chevy::mm:

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A;right I will do that.

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We cut the frame in the the front so we can put the axle where we want. It will be upper about a foot from where it is at. We should have a 128ish wheelbase. It seems long but it should be great, and have a ton of stability.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...60fe46fb2e.jpghttp://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...d75be3868d.jpg

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We got the upper links on and fully welded. And tomorrow we will be working on the lowers. But we might have run into a problem. The driveline might not have enough room, hopefully it won't be a problem. We won't know till we are done.

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Well I think we are going to work on it tonight, but not tomorrow because I have to get an mri. The plan is to finish the lower links and work a little on the shock mounts.

here is a pic of the truck, with the upper links on and the front shocks about 3in from being fully compressed. Then the back will be lowered or raised to match the front's height.

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...b1a7401247.jpg

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Well this is the end of this truck. We are going to start taking everything off of it to make the 4 seater I have been wanting to make. So my mom can come.

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wow.. ok... good luck!

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so what r you going to do with the body????

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Most likely keep it, if not then we will take it in as scrap.


We just saw this as becoming a money pit. Because when we were under it trying to firgure how to mount the lowers, we saw it as the frame becoming a weak point in the design. You figure boxing the frame, and the work to do it, it would just be easier and cheaper in the end to build a 4 seater; which is what I want and We need so we can go as a family.

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nice effort....

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its was good experience none the less.

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Yup, it was a great learning experence. The thing I learned most was build it at full bump.

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Well this weekend we are going to get another cab, and ordering the steel this week. We picked up a rebuild 350 today. So hopefully I will have progress soon. I am going to just keep this thread going through the new build.

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what parts do you plan on re-using?