Topar's build

topar · February 24, 2011, 04:09:51 PM

Intermediate shaft in with locking plate & gear identification plate.

topar · February 24, 2011, 04:11:14 PM

Looks like everything is in.

topar · February 24, 2011, 04:12:27 PM

Comparing it to my other case to see if it looked right. Seems good.

topar · February 24, 2011, 04:14:09 PM

Got the rear output on & checked by hand that everything shifted and spun correctly. Seems good.

topar · February 24, 2011, 04:18:06 PM

Now I just have to wait for my buddy Zac to finish welding up the aluminum adaptor & a warm day to sit out in the driveway & put it all back in. It wont be this week its going to rain all day today & tomorrow.

topar · March 02, 2011, 06:15:56 PM

Dropped off the old T case to Zac today so he can copy the bolt pattern on to the newly repaired adaptor.

topar · March 03, 2011, 05:53:11 PM

Finished the linkage for the new shift rails.

Got a movie for Cole at Northern Hardware cost a whopping 50 cent.

Hopefully have the adaptor soon & get this thing running again.

topar · March 04, 2011, 10:09:48 PM

Watched that movie with Cole before I came into work tonight. You know there was a reason it was 50 cents. Bad doesn't cover it.

topar · March 18, 2011, 05:21:01 PM

Zac's new truck, 79 Long Bed.

topar · April 18, 2011, 09:28:39 PM

Got my adaptor back from Zac.

Not bad for a free-be. a lot better than I could do. I was a welder in the Navy for 4 years & never could weld aluminum for pooh.

topar · April 18, 2011, 09:45:35 PM

Bolted it up to the transfer case.

I will hopefully put it back under the truck next month. I finish midnight shift this week. Then we are taking our son Cole to the Atlanta aquarium for his 5th birthday. Then a lot of hours at work the following week. So I hope to have the truck back together in about 3 weeks.

twistedtoy92 · April 20, 2011, 12:03:44 AM

that adapter looks kinda scary.... whats the specs??

topar · April 20, 2011, 07:10:25 PM

Its a factory adaptor that's been put back together. They are weak from the factory & it broke into several pieces a few years ago. A buddy of mine welded it back together for me if I get just a few trips out of it that's okay with me. Hopefully I will be changing it out. I would like to go with a NP 203 then the Dana 20.

topar · May 11, 2011, 08:11:15 PM

Started installing the transfer case in the truck today. Here is the adaptor in place.

topar · May 11, 2011, 08:13:26 PM

Transfer case, cross member & rear drive shaft in.

topar · May 11, 2011, 08:18:28 PM

Pretty much the same picture as the last one. The red tape is to remind me that I do not like the way it bolts into the aluminum adaptor so tomorrow I will put in longer bolts go through the top & place nuts on top.

Then today was my day off of work so naturally I had to go in to work for 6 hours. Hopefully finish it tomorrow & maybe

have it move under its own power for the first time in about 4 years.

topar · May 12, 2011, 03:17:03 PM

Did not work on it today. Had to work on the Dodge instead. Also mowed the grass in the rain.

topar · May 17, 2011, 06:27:15 PM

Got the new linksfinished today. This is a pic. of one of them. It stormed here all day plus my newly installed slidding glass door leaked so I spent most of the day attempting to stop the leak in the rain & moping. Hopefully I will have the links in soon.

topar · June 25, 2011, 06:53:37 PM

Drained all the old fuel out, replaced both fuel filters. I have an Elderbrock off road carb so I took the top of it off & found out why the truck would not start. Damn ethanol fuel looked like honey I could actually pick it up out of the fuel bowls with my hands. Once all that was cleaned up with a lot of carb cleaner the truck fired right up.

Now just have to finish putting my links in & adjusting them then off to test drive it!

topar · June 25, 2011, 07:53:31 PM

Had to post this picture, that's my Dodge.

topar · July 22, 2011, 04:27:10 PM

Finished bolting everything up, then drove it around the house did not hear anything from the T case & everything felt good. After the truck ran a few times it seemed to start having fuel problems so I took the carb off & am tearing it completely down to make sure everything is clean. Hopefully it will run great then.

topar · July 22, 2011, 04:31:05 PM

In Roanoke, Va. they have a truck show every year called Touch a Truck. It is all kinds of work & play trucks plus boats & helicopters. It is a free show that families go to & the kids can get into & on the vehicles. This year it is Saturday 7/30/11, I am registered for this event so I actually have a dead line to meet. Hopefully that Sunday I will take Cole (my son) on his first 4x4 trip.