THE BLUE MARLIN aka 1980 project build up by Maxwe001

[Dr.Maxwe001]

yotajosh I see that in this picture you do not have a drop front spring hanger this could have been a issue corrected I have spoken with some highly trained technicians who have seen the pictures and have advised me to go fwd with the mounting and to not look back. 

[YotaJosh]

Sounds like you got it figured out. 

[Dr.Maxwe001]

were on page three

[Dr.Maxwe001]

  last night I put on my working cap (aka my beanie welding and cutting cap) and I went to work and I accomplished all the task I had planed to do. and that was to

1st. unbolt the new front bumper and paint it to keep it from rusting.

2nd. drill holes out for the ifs power steering box

3rd.  re-mount the front bumper

I did all of these  and ill be the first to say that they look bad I will get some pictures asap My crappy phone is a  POS but I can use my wife's phone and bluetooth them to me like I did last time  

[79coyotefrg]

You'll need to cut the bumper mount that's on top of the frame. It's the little "bump" that the steering box is touching right at the front of it. I really didn't want to cut that out, as I like my stock bumper and the way it looks.

Edit: using a box mount kit that Marlin sells will help you position the box at a good angle.

This is how i did mine, and I still wish the pitman was closer to the frame, but I didn't want to hack up the body (even though I had to massage it with a BFH to get it to fit).

Josh  you could get a flat pitman arm

[Dr.Maxwe001]

geeze with  my freekin phone not workin to take pictures I wish I had a better way of snapin pictures

[86bobbedtoy]

i like this build

[Dr.Maxwe001]

 thanks  i am trying to make it interesting

[unclejpl4x4]

i went with blue cause your a smurf

[Dr.Maxwe001]

Update: I have gotten a new power steering hose from powercraft the part number for the 1880 truck is 71169

and then on the other note I have torn into my IFS BOX and i haven't found out what is a good way  to get it back together yet.

but on a real good note I got my front bumper put on and the totals from the polls are in the Black as normal won.   here is a Pict of the front bumper




well what do you think

I also found out today that I will be needing to get my front bumper lights from a 3rd gen Toyota Jon82toy and i were pondering this question and he asked his boss and thus we found out.   thanks Jon's boss

[1983bamayota]

looks very nice like it alot

[Dr.Maxwe001]

Update lastnight I welded everything up that I could except I didnt put the shock towers on since i havent driven the truck any to let the springs set in a little I will try to do that some here in the next few days I burned my lastnight with the dang    i had my hood in my left hand and the lead in the right and I set my hood down for a second and then dang gun was touching metal and i must have pulled the triger and not known it  cause it started spitin wire out and to arc like crazy. and now my are burnt like toast but thats ok cause I need to take some time off I will try to get some pict of the truck in a few days if I can swipe the wifes camera and snap some shots.

[THK Matt]

put milk in your eyes.

[Dr.Maxwe001]

  Houston we have a problem I repeat we HAVE A PROBLEM  as you can see in this thred on page two the shackle angle is good however now that the truck has been driven down the street some then shackle angle has become slightly worse off it is now hitting the body mount support bracket (the spring has lost its arch)  now what will we do I am trying to find ways to fix this but its not looking good

[Dr.Maxwe001]

I know I have not giving any good pict on here so I thought I'd swipe the wifes digital camera and here is what i took this morning before I came into work



as you can see in the above picture the shackle angle was a little to far back for my likeing as for when the shackle came in contact with the body mount so i trimed some of the mount off and I gave it a lot more clearance so it wont bind I jacked it all the way up untill the shackle hit the frame I dont EVER plane to get it that flexed out but it is there just incase I need it.



as you can see in this shot the shackle clears the body mount and has plenty of FLEX



this is a side shot of the front bumper incase you missed it earlier it is the kickin bumper that marlin makes



here is a shot of the rear front shackle mount that has been welded in place you MUST bring this mount FORWARD (towards the cab) from the original location.



here is the rear shackle mount you MUST move this one BACKWARDS (away from the cab)



tube doors  ITS AN OPTION YOU COULD HAVE



rock sliders



these are the little tabs that help suport the joints of the welds at the edges *** if this is wrong please correct me***



this is the back end for now I am wanting to buy me a marlin rear bumper and i hope I can SOON. I called my sales rep at marlin and he gave me a price on shipping to my door and just to let you know   I AM STILL WORKING ON SHIFTING MONEY AROUND

[DTB]

Looks like that back bumper is gonna have to go bye bye.....shackle will hit it when it flexes...

also..the slider gussets go on the bottom of the slider legs to the frame...

[ninja turtle]

i like the gussets on top of the legs to the frame myself.

[DTB]

i like the gussets on top of the legs to the frame myself.

yea well that would ACTUALLY be the preferred way because forces are typically exerted upwards on the slider.  If your sliders are tight though it can be really difficult to get betwen the top of the leg and the cab

[Dr.Maxwe001]

so what way is right top of the leg to the frame or side of the leg to the bar

[RK]

My sliders have gussets on top. I have seen gussets on bottom with the sliders sug up under the body.

[Dr.Maxwe001]

I just got a large box of goodies from the UPS man  I got my rear shock mounts now I get to put it up on the RTI  ramp and set the rear end "FLEXXY" style now  and I also got some bad as anything in the world stickers that I can put on the hood of the truck  I might even put one of the front and rear axle housing kinda like bigmike did by cutting the little turtle out

[Dr.Maxwe001]

more pix are here





this is a pict of the shock mount and shock I went with a slight angle to the mount for a little bit more travel we will see just how much I get





here is a pict of the sterring stablizer installed


is that what i think it is  I need a closer look


it is what i think it is I cut a turtle out of one of the stickers and placed it onto the front axle dont it look cute  

[Dr.Maxwe001]

well I think that Just about wraps up the suspention part of this project I am Glad i got it all done b4 my wife has our twins I have tried to save up some money for my budbuilt dual crossmember and also my marlin rear bumper I am so destin to get them I just dont know when I can do it now  and them should be direct bolt on's so i can easily get them done in a timly mannor     well let me get outa here there are some things that need to be addressed like the serching for a RTI RAMP  SEE YA SOON     

P.S. thanks for everyone who has helped me with this build far and near     

[Dr.Maxwe001]

update I  made myself get out there on super bowl sunday and pull the transfercase down with a wife who was having a few contractions and had to stay in bed all day cause of doctors orders. but I did get my crawlbox together if I can I plan to get some pictures of it on the digital camera so that everyone can see what it looks like all put together  now if i can just get it back under the truck    

[Dr.Maxwe001]

update I got my dual transfercases up in place and there sitting nicely  I orderd my budbuild dual transfer case plate and I also took my front and rear driveshafts to the drivetrain shop here are the new measurements for that  the front drive shaft needed to be longer and the new size is 34 1/4 inches the rear needed to be shortened to 39 1/2 inches FROM STOCK I will try to get some pict of this as I install them tonight at the house

[Dr.Maxwe001]

ok here are some update details I got my dual working flawlessly  I also got my budbuilt inplace and I am currently working on a adapter mount to work for the MC07-R10  and will be following up with that later on  I also get to drive it to work today first time its been away from home this far since I began the total swap. there is a loading ramp here at the office that I took the truck on to see just how good it flexed out and I got two good pict of it that are in below  they are on some small small stock street tires so i am sure that it will get more flex out of it when i put the bad boy 35 on it

[jonathan82toy]

Put some weight in the bed, it will flex more.        

[unclejpl4x4]

looks go bro

[ninja turtle]

jeff... did you use a  to notch for your bumper?

[Rokntoy]

Who done your welding?