69 GMC "Ol' Blue"

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by 7dee2

Ruh-roh, I'd say relocate it by moving it back or up out of the way (cab clearance?). You could possibly remove rotate 180 and bolt it up to the bottom rail. I'm assuming you are going to run a one piece rear drive line and remove the carrier bearing stand off?

Yeah, I've already removed the carrier bearing stand off, but then my water filter on the air compressor decided that it was done working in the cold and broke, so I couldn't remove the rest of the cross member. I'm taking tomorrow off, so I'm going to replace that and get back to disassembly on the cross member. I'm also keeping my eye out for a fixed yoke, but I'm not going to hold my breath on that.

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Awesome work on the Transfer case! Looks better than new.

Thanks Mike!

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Great work! The tcase looks great. Funny, I never have had a clean 205 to take out of a truck on a build! They always seem to be caked in grease, mud, and gunk.

Haha! This one was pretty greasy. Funny thing is that the guy that brought it home for me loaded it in the back seat of his Fusion because his trunk was too full. I bet that was a aromatic ride home

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

T case looks to good to get it dirty again..nice work, if the rest of the truck turns out like the t case, wow.

Thanks mud man! Well, does parking lot dirt count? I hope it turns out...It's kind of hard to screw up a T Case haha.

[mjensen]

Well, I haven't been able to get much done over this extended weekend. On Thursday, my regulator on the compressor decided it didn't want to play anymore. Finally got that repaired yesterday and was able to get the last two rivets out of the crossmember. You know, it's amazing to me how much power the old regulator/oiler was robbing from my air tools! Now with just the regulator, this thing zings!!!

Ok, for anyone tagging along I have a question....do I really NEED this crossmember? I think the only real reason it was there before was to hold the carrier bearing, but I'm going to be running a one-piece driveshaft now. The only other thing I can think of is emergency brake cables and exhaust hangers were attached to it. Let me know what you think.

[mjensen]

Tiny update here. Now that I have the 205, I can actually run the 4wd lever the way I originally wanted it.

[54belair]

Im not sure it would be required--but if its not in the way I think Id leave it. Frame rigidity is not a bad thing.

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by 54belair

Im not sure it would be required--but if its not in the way I think Id leave it. Frame rigidity is not a bad thing.

Well, it kind of is in the way. I'm just going to modify it to work somehow I think...

[mud.man.rj]

I would leave it, power is twist so I would just work some magic and modify it.

[7dee2]

Nice job on the linkage Mike mucho bettero! IMO I would figure a way to run a crossmember in the area. Maybe get your rear drive line sorted and then revisit, if moving it back won't work think about cutting it out and then fab or source another.

[mud.man.rj]

You could always consider moving it back a bit then may not have to modify it for clearance, or minimal.

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by 7dee2

Nice job on the linkage Mike mucho bettero! IMO I would figure a way to run a crossmember in the area. Maybe get your rear drive line sorted and then revisit, if moving it back won't work think about cutting it out and then fab or source another.

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

You could always consider moving it back a bit then may not have to modify it for clearance, or minimal.

So, the only thing about moving it back is that I only have about 1 1/2 - 2" before I'm going to run into issues with the bed mounts. I think what I'm going to do is get a piece of 4" round tubing to mount in the center of the crossmember to create somewhat of a loop. Then I should be able to mount it in the stock location. That's the theory bouncing around in my head anyway

[mud.man.rj]

The loop idea is what I would have done 1st, instant drive shaft safety loop also..

[mjensen]

Yesterday, I was able to get the crossmember cut out, and my new clearance piece tacked up. I was going to try to finish it today, but just ran out of time.

I used my plasma to cut the pipe in half. I used the angle iron as guides.


I'm actually surprised by the fact that I was able to actually get it in half


tacked up!






Next up is to drill all the bolt holes and get this piece checked off!

[rgunlock]

Most excellent Mr. Mike! Looks like that will git'r done and look good doing it

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by rgunlock

Most excellent Mr. Mike! Looks like that will git'r done and look good doing it

Thanks Rick! I think it's going to work, but I do need to clearance a little more I think. It looks like it may still hit.

[mud.man.rj]

Nice work..

[swamp rat]

I agree ^^, are ya gonna put a loop on the bottom or call it good?

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

Nice work..

Originally Posted by swamp rat

I agree ^^, are ya gonna put a loop on the bottom or call it good?

Thanks guys!! I hadn't considered it, but it may be kind of cool. I need to see if I'm going to have enough clearance with the way that it is right now.

[7dee2]

Nice work Mike!

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by 7dee2

Nice work Mike!

Thanks Brett!

[Dieselwrencher]

Great work! That's what I would have done to. If the lower half of the tube won't fit there, you could just put a strapat the front or rear hanging down and around to add a safety feature.

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Great work! That's what I would have done to. If the lower half of the tube won't fit there, you could just put a strapat the front or rear hanging down and around to add a safety feature.

Thanks! Yeah, I was thinking that too. I'm not sure I'll have much time this weekend to work on the truck, I have to do some homework so I can finish my degree by April. Oh yeah, I also have to tend to my new running/garage buddy

[mud.man.rj]

Cute garage buddy..

[rgunlock]

Hey Mike, any progress?

[mjensen]

Hey Rick! I haven't made any progress on the truck. I've been pouring every spare minute into finishing my last 3 classes for my degree. I should be graduated no later than the end of March. After that, I will start working on it again. Of course I do have some new life goals which will slow down the progress on the truck, but it will at least start moving forward again.

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by mjensen

Hey Rick! I haven't made any progress on the truck. I've been pouring every spare minute into finishing my last 3 classes for my degree. I should be graduated no later than the end of March. After that, I will start working on it again. Of course I do have some new life goals which will slow down the progress on the truck, but it will at least start moving forward again.

I know the feeling, when i went thru my apprenticeship i crammed 4 years of schooling into 2 years to get it over with early, basically any free time i had was spent in the books..

[mjensen]

Ok, it's time to start making some progress again on this. I'm happy to report that I was able to finish my degree! I now have my BS in IT. I've always had the BS part down, but now I have a diploma to go with it!

Things are probably going to start off pretty slow, as I need to get out in the garage and get it organized again. Then I need to start making an action plan of items that need to be completed.