ADHD build

[Snowracer]

That's beautiful.

if it wasnt for the fact that im back to looking for a tcase i wouldnt even be mad as that is an impressive repair

[pointsnorth]

call up brent at atc

[Joe_the_ice_man]

more farmer hacks, front frame was bent from not having a bumper and just a chain between the two frame rails that bent the crap out of the frame. was able to push it back close, or good enough for a wheeling rig that will have a crossmember and bumper to hold everything together





better, forgot to take a pic of the other side but you get the idea

You need to incorporate a chain into your front bumper to commemorate this.

[Snowracer]

call up brent at atc

had brad talk to him a few weeks ago and he doesnt have anything that will work for me

[Snowracer]

trimmed the crossmember last night, will give me a little more room for diff and steering





welded some flat bar on the bottom to add back some strength

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

There's a NP271F on fagbook if that's what you need.

[Snowracer]

There's a NP271F on fagbook if that's what you need.

its the right case but wrong at the same time its a 34 spline input and i need the 31. tempted to grab it and see if i can do some parts swapping with my parts case and make it work

[Snowracer]

after lots of thinking and planning on the front suspension set up i think i got it figured out. Ford obs trucks come with a front shackle set up and most people do a reversal, only problem is that gives you 3+ inches of lift when doing that. im using 99-04 4 inch lift springs so that would give me to much lift for what i want. so going to keep it front shackle to help keep it low. the superduty springs are 3" longer then the obs springs, will also do a hole in the frame and do a better bushing/shackle set up. should not hang down any lower then the stock front eye did but give me more travel

[Snowracer]

got the front shackle mount done

dom in the frame for the bushing, also welded up the frame on the bottom and then braced the dom sleeve







need to get some better shackles cut as just made some temp ones for now

[Snowracer]

started to clean the trans up and resealing it

[HillBilt]

Nice work. In the days of tube buggies and frames, there is still something about modding a wire wheeled OEM frame that gets me fired up

[Snowracer]

Nice work. In the days of tube buggies and frames, there is still something about modding a wire wheeled OEM frame that gets me fired up

thanks man

got the steering mocked up last night. all chevy tie rods and even went with the offset ones for the knuckles for little more diff cover clearance. drag link is at a 3.5deg slope right now so will probably be flat once i get some weight on the springs. will wait will i have the weight on it to build the trac bar so can make sure it matches the drag link

[Snowracer]

havent had much time this last month to work on this but did get a little bit done

motor and trans are in the frame and bolted up, did a new fly wheel and clutch as the old one was nfg for sure







picked up a set of Nitro 35 spline hubs, look just like Yukons but at 3rd of the price so hope they are not garbage

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

I'm curious how those Nitro hubs do. The Yukon ones are nice, but still cunty at times.

[Snowracer]

finally got a tcase built for this. had to take the 31 spline input out of my parts tcase and put it in a tcase from a newer truck that was 34 spline.



bolted in with a clocking rig so it clears the crossmember and gives me a flat belly. made up some shifter linkage while at it



was able to get enough help and got the cab on, just sitting right there and have to figure out some mounting. right now its sitting to high in the back as its sitting on the tcase cause i clocked it up. thats ok as most of the floor on that side is rusty so will cut it out and build a new floor and make room for the tcase