My new '85 p/u

[Fisch_Taco]

Got myself an early christmas present last night. Its a '85 with the 22re. Now the fun begins.

[TheCookieMonster]

nice  ...what are your plans for it ?

[Fisch_Taco]

Its gonna be a DD for a while so I'm not going to get to crazy. First I need to get a new exhaust, it leaks at all the joints, and it looks like theres a leak where the engine and tranny join.

After that I'll move onto the suspension and steering. I'll prolly get one of Marlins spring lift kits. Upgrade the axles b/c everything is still original and both diffs are open right now. Obv some armor. And hopefully upgrade the drivetrain.

[Mavericks]

nice find, It looks pretty nice

[86bobbedtoy]

dude, awesome.
same truck as mine but you didnt have to sas.
I will be watching this build.

[1981_toy]

lookin good!!

[LilChief87]

looking sweet man nice find how much you pick that up for

[Fisch_Taco]

Thanks guys. Picked it for a little over 2k.

[808]

wow thats a steal for what seemes to be a clean truck

[I.D.G.A.F]

nice grab man, how many miles?

[Fisch_Taco]

Theres a little over 250k on the truck but the engine was rebuilt about 20k ago. I'm trying to decide what I should do first. 
BRake upgrade
Steering (hysteer)
Suspension (MC 4" springs)

Its my DD so I can't be down to long and I'm unemployed at the moment so I dont wanna run the CC's up to high.

[blackSR5]

Dude that is a sweet find!!! Keep us up on the pictures!!!!

[I.D.G.A.F]

If I could do it over I would do the brakes & the steering bc they both suck . Then do the lift 

[1981_toy]

id do the brake upgrade first cause the brakes on those are

[boggerunner]

steering, the push/pull if worthless, and will make dding it alot better

[I.D.G.A.F]

 

[THK Matt]

Nice Find!

ill be watching this as well.


and I vote steering first.

[Fisch_Taco]

It looks like there is a lot of grease leaking from the birf on the driver side. so I'm thinking I need a knuckle rebulid kit or is this something else?

[86bobbedtoy]

looks like the felts are leaking.
easy fix.
I say steering 1st
brakes 2nd.
well of course fix the felts

[Fisch_Taco]

Cool, thanks. I think I'm going to give Marlins a call tomorrow to get the hy-steer ordered.

[1981_toy]

nice cant wait to see!!

[THK Matt]

steering man.


and yeah get his knuckle rebuild w/ wheel bearings.

[kiyul4130]

the way to prevent the oil from leaking out of the knuckle ball is getting those marlin HD axle seals. they work great and keep basically all the oil from leaking out.

[spaded1]

It looks like there is a lot of grease leaking from the birf on the driver side. so I'm thinking I need a knuckle rebulid kit or is this something else?



i have the same problem with my axle,, it doesnt bug me that grease is coming out but i want to make sure there is grease(and not water or anything else) in it,, if i just keep it greased good, should that be ok?

[toyomr285]

Theres a little over 250k on the truck but the engine was rebuilt about 20k ago. I'm trying to decide what I should do first. 
BRake upgrade
Steering (hysteer)
Suspension (MC 4" springs)

Its my DD so I can't be down to long and I'm unemployed at the moment so I dont wanna run the CC's up to high.

Nice find, with this setup what size tires are you going to run?

[brandon95]

sweet lookin truck man, my 85 has leaking knuckles too.

[toyomr285]

sweet lookin truck man, my 85 has leaking knuckles too.

Also mines

[Fisch_Taco]

Nice find, with this setup what size tires are you going to run?

Thanks, I'm only going to run 35's. For now...

sweet lookin truck man, my 85 has leaking knuckles too.

Thanks.


I haven't been able to do much b/c I'm out of work right now. I did get my knuckles rebuilt though. 

[toyomr285]

Did you have to trim your fenders to fit the 35s?

[Fisch_Taco]

No 35's Yet...