New project! The "Red Herring"

[JJorgensen52]

Many hours of fitting, fiddling and head scratching later...

Sleeved axles:


It's currently in the truck, bolted down, and I *think* it's straight ... going to check one more time tomorrow then get the seats welded on. It goes out tomorrow evening for rebuild.

Most of my monkeying was with the motor mounts:


I have about 7/16" clearance at that tight spot now (started out with about 1/16"), which I am okay with. I added a 3/16" plate under each frame mount to get the motor up a little. That also improved my pinion angles and gave me more clearance on the center link. On the fence about whether I've leave the spacers loose, or weld them to the frame and make it a permanent install. Probably the latter.


This oil pan hangs down a bit more than I'd like ... thinking about swapping to the GM "hotrod" pan, which is the same as a Hummer H3 pan and about 1.5" shallower, but it's $$$ so I might just make up a skidplate instead, I'm not going super low with this truck.