project black and tan; now for sale

[havik]

buyin this for $25 from bart.
it should work

[havik]

yesterday i got her back on all 4's. brakes are done. only thing left is steering, radiator and mount shocks up. i got sick so i decided to take today off. iam hopin to be better by next tues when the shop opens back up.

[havik]

here it is on all 4's

[havik]

face shot

[havik]

pic of boss weighing down the rear

[havik]

new front shackle angle

[DTB]

  looking sharp bud

[*** YELLER ***]

nice work keep the pictures comin' 

[Loki]

hey watch out Havik...that dog looks PO'd

Nice looking build...what's next?

[Volcom]

Shackle angles look great!  X2 on the dog, I wouldn't want to mess with that pooch 

[havik]

my to do list
finish all steering stuff
replace water pump gasket
put radiator back on
get d shaft back from the shop( had to have 3" removed from it)
cycle suspension then weld on shock mounts
make square front shaft
more paint
weld up marlin sliders
wow i thought i was closer to being done
wendsday i get back to work, i hope i feel better by then.

[havik]

the big red nose is boss. he goes every where i go. iam pretty sure he is the best dog ever. you have to meet him to understand

[DTB]

are those lift blocks in the front? 

[Loki]

are those lift blocks in the front? 

i don't see any blocks...i see the driver side spring perch spacer, but that's it

[rednk1980]

Im so jealous that your rig is back on all fours mines been on the jack stands for about three weeks now, im really getting jumpy to get in finished. Lookin good. 

[havik]

yeah 4" lift block is the only way to go
just kidding
no i had the pas. side perches boxed in for strength and it also gave me .5" longer perch. but if i could do it again i would probably cut off the bottom perch and box in the top perch. one less thing to snag on
good times

[86bobbedtoy]

yeah 4" lift block is the only way to go
just kidding
no i had the pas. side perches boxed in for strength and it also gave me .5" longer perch. but if i could do it again i would probably cut off the bottom perch and box in the top perch. one less thing to snag on
good times

that is what I was thinking, or mayby just leave a couple welds to hold the ubols in place,  That perch is a rock catcher..  But awesome work it looks great.

[havik]

what i was thinking was running .25 plate from the perch down to the axle tube. make it just wide enough to hold the ubolts in place. box it all in and make it look sexy

[86bobbedtoy]

yep. sounds better.

[havik]

got some more work done. i actually got to drive it today. got some bugs to work out of course. I am hoping to have it all done by sunday. i dropped $300. today on shop dues. not that bad though considering
and on to some pix

[havik]

i found this in the shop. iam hopin that if i put it under the hood i will get 10-15 hp

[havik]

the best mod in the truck. this took precision fabrication

[havik]

picked up my rear drive line today. it was a v6 3rd gen out of a standard cab but it was 2" to long so i had them shorten it and use some heavier stuff for the tube. i still have to paint it.

[havik]

i got the steel to make the front drive shaft but i didnt think about the cv so now i have to cut it down a little. or i can just use a regular u joint instead of the cv? iam not sure yet

[havik]

the steering is in but not completly done. just in

[havik]

all the guys at the shop were freakin about how soft the suspension is. right now it has no shocks so if i let out the clutch hard the torqe twists up the body. it feels cool inside. but they were trippin. "why does your axle do that?" "its about to break!!"
it was funny

[DTB]

yeah 4" lift block is the only way to go
just kidding
no i had the pas. side perches boxed in for strength and it also gave me .5" longer perch. but if i could do it again i would probably cut off the bottom perch and box in the top perch. one less thing to snag on
good times

ah, thats what i was seeing......i thought it looked like blocks

[Gittinit]

i got the steel to make the front drive shaft but i didnt think about the cv so now i have to cut it down a little. or i can just use a regular u joint instead of the cv? iam not sure yet

If you have dual cases I sugest ditching the cv in the front. I run a square front shaft (no cv) and I used my cv in the back to rotate the pinion up out of the rocks. I like the cup holders, I have to get me some of those.

[havik]

back at it. i took a little break to save up some money and do some family stuff now iam back at it. last weekend i got the rear shocks mounted. this weekend i hope to get both the front shocks mounted and do some work on my square drive shaft.
and i took a few flex shots

[havik]

next time i need to measure for bump stops.