My version of the s10 swap

[99 to Life]

congrats on the miles. I agree, just use name brand stuff where you can. thanks for sharing the cal track info. I used to hate the axle wrap my truck had. its now tore down and being 4 linked etc. but this seems like a good option for leaf applications.

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

congrats on the miles. I agree, just use name brand stuff where you can. thanks for sharing the cal track info. I used to hate the axle wrap my truck had. its now tore down and being 4 linked etc. but this seems like a good option for leaf applications.

I did entertain the idea of 4 linking it, but it's really hard to tear back down a truck that's together (sound familiar?) and I didn't want to re-do everything back there. Besides, if I did that, then I think I'd need to do wider tires, then I'd be tubbing it, and, and, and......

I decided in the end to just put more miles on it and work on other projects!

I'm getting my fabrication fix still.....

[joedoh]

congrats on the miles!

just for fun I went through the build again, its full of cool mods and great tips!

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by joedoh

congrats on the miles!

just for fun I went through the build again, its full of cool mods and great tips!

Thanks! I keep rolling around in my head building another one, more Joedoh style, but seem to have other projects that keep distracting me. v1.0 of this one was fun, but the tranny didn't like shifting. You saw how that snowballed into what it is now....

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by BlueJeep

more Joedoh style

drop a hammer on your foot and play tug of war with some sandpaper stapled to the wall. dump a bag of dirt on your garage floor and sweep it up every few days, and flush a couple 20s down the toilet. you can keep driving your beautiful truck and still have the joedoh experience!

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by joedoh

drop a hammer on your foot and play tug of war with some sandpaper stapled to the wall. dump a bag of dirt on your garage floor and sweep it up every few days, and flush a couple 20s down the toilet. you can keep driving your beautiful truck and still have the joedoh experience!

Now that is funny!

Chris, the bars were a thoughtful modification to your truck. Good reasoning there. Now, to check for updates on the wagon....

[BlueJeep]

Leaving on the Power Tour this coming Friday. Three years ago when I had finished the truck I had the cruise control wired, but it didn't work. The steering column had come from a truck I didn't drive so I couldn't verify that cruise controls worked. The cruise module came from a different truck that I also didn't drive so also couldn't verify that worked either. I finally made time to dig into it, and thanks to help from the swap section of the forum I was able to diagnose and fix it. I ended up having 2 problems, the switch on the column didn't work and since I have LED taillights I didn't have enough resistance for it to work. I replaced the switch, and then wired the coil of a relay into my brake system and now the cruise works wonderfully!

16 hour drive to NC will be much more enjoyable now!