pataco13's 87 buildup

[tommyboy]

when u painted your truck did u sand it before u did it or what did u do to prep it? and was 8 cans enough?

[PA_taco_13]

when u painted your truck did u sand it before u did it or what did u do to prep it? and was 8 cans enough?

nope i did not sand or prep. all i did was tape off everything i did not want painted  and sprayed 'er down. it has chipped threw a lil bit but not as much as i thought it would.  nothing over a dime sized chip has shown threw. the truck cab and fenders were green and blue, ya know green fenders blue door green hood blue cab.. the old bed was green the 1st gen bed with the rails and the 2nd gen bed was red and black. don't know if the darker colors help any. i'm not sure how much paint i had to get to paint it all i would say 6 to 8 cans, my wife  aka MPA says she thinks it was around 8 cans. i just keep a couple around in case i need to touch some stuff. which has not happened yet.  good luck
 

[PA_taco_13]

anybody out there got any feed back on running duals with  2.28 x 2.28  likes? or dis likes?  what gear ratio you running? 

[79coyotefrg]

anybody out there got any feed back on running duals with  2.28 x 2.28  likes? or dis likes?  what gear ratio you running? 

Brian  for regular wheeling 2.28 x 2.28  is perfect  i often run lo lo and 3rd gear

2.28 and 4.7 is only good for real deal rock crawlin in my opinion

[-Matt-]

im running 2.88 duals with stock 4.10s with 37s and i have no problem with rock crawling i feel like its as low as i need, it makes it more realistic in my opinion instead of just throwing in it ultra low and letting the truck idle through the heard spots you still will need to work the gas a bit. don't get my wrong there are a few times when it would be nice to have, but keyword is 'few times' and 'nice'.

[Duffil]

I've got 2.28s and 4.88s...99.69:1. I've noticed a few times when i'd have liked to be lower, but its great. go stock first, then later if you need them, do the 4.7s.

[JanMarie13]

   Brian wanted me to pop in and post this pic for him.   

[unclejpl4x4]

................ um thats why it don't work   that carb dose not bolt 2 the transfer case brian

[PA_taco_13]

i know joe.... i had jan post the pic to make sure that was a top shift case but i'm 99.9% sure it is and to ask if any 4wd shifter will work for that case    but that carb is a webber 

[Duffil]

yes it is top shift, yes any shifter will work.

[PA_taco_13]

  thank you duffil i thought any shifter would work.... and like i said i pretty much knew that was top shift but i had to hear it form some one else  i was just reading a couple pages on yer build up it looks sweet  nice primer rainbow on the bobd bed.. i will check it out a lil better this week

[79coyotefrg]

yes its a topshift  and yes most any tcase shifter will work

that bracket your hand is on needs to go, just make sure you put some washers under the bolts so it doesnt leak

[THK Matt]

yes its a topshift  and yes most any tcase shifter will work

that bracket your hand is on needs to go, just make sure you put some washers under the bolts so it doesnt leak

those "gaurds" that attach to those... are a PITA.
i took both of mine off... they vibrate so horribly bad.. its annoying

[wampum]

Sweet build man. You dun good. 

[JanMarie13]

UPDATE:  We ended up selling The Big Tan Man this past Saturday.  We got tired of it sitting around 99.9% of the time, it was WAY illegal here in PA with our ridiculous lift laws.  So we decided to bite the bullet, go ahead and sell him and start over with a newer one that we could keep street legal this time.  We lucked into a pretty killer deal on a different truck and we're pretty excited!




New build here:

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=58002