Swapped89 party bus picture update

[Early]

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painted my new knuckles and hi-steer arms today!  pretty excited about these bad boys. just wish it was a lil cooler outside so i could work on my pig.

thats allot easier than taking the old ones off and re-coating them with paint.  are those wider? they look it a little bit. that'd be neat if they set'em up to not run spacers at ifs wms.


And i know your always thinking about them, but it won't be done unless you 7th stud them, haha

And time to dual calipers so you can do stoppies in your truckie

[swapped89]

Nice. You ever break studs with your full hydro and the six shooters? I've broken some stock studs with my hydro assist and stock knuckles. But I'll have arp studs in these bad chickens.

[swapped89]

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thats allot easier than taking the old ones off and re-coating them with paint.  are those wider? they look it a little bit. that'd be neat if they set'em up to not run spacers at ifs wms.


And i know your always thinking about them, but it won't be done unless you 7th stud them,

And time to dual calipers so you can do stoppies in your truckie

hahaya stoppies fo sho! Ya i thought about just takin the old ones off and repaintin but this was much easier. haha
i like that pic got any more? of the ole green knuckles. Heck if im gonna do the 7 stud conversion i might as well do the full 8. why not right.
Im thinkin about paintin some other stuff green too but im not sure what. yet 

[Early]

but this was much easier. haha

just like it was so much easier changing out arms and shocks on the runner when all you needed was half shafts. haha

i like that pic got any more? 

ya ill look around

[Early]

YT browns meet






I think this was 4.7 day








Crushers





I imagine most of those have been posted before but i don't know if it was here. just a few i found scanning through my HD

I wanna go take more pics!!!

[swapped89]

Right on man. Thanks forthe pics! I appreciate it. I wanna go take more pics too! I'm gonnatry and get some work done tomorrow night. Try and get that starter issue figured out
When we gonna be takin pics of the runner in zee rocks 8-p

[mattlosch]

browns camp! my new knuckles are florecent pink i just did the thurin bearing eliminator with arp's.. hopefully they hold up or 1tons are in my future

[Early]

Right on man. Thanks forthe pics! I appreciate it. I wanna go take more pics too! I'm gonnatry and get some work done tomorrow night. Try and get that starter issue figured out
When we gonna be takin pics of the runner in zee rocks 8-p

Night, key word, haha. i still don't have big rubber   . screw it      

Man trip  

browns camp! my new knuckles are florecent pink i just did the thurin bearing eliminator with arp's.. hopefully they hold up or 1tons are in my future

that eliminator kit looks stout as hell, thats sick matt. and i think tons are in everyones future, most of us are just in de-nile (haha, like the river, hahaha). however,  I will take great care of you longs when you make the switch!!

[swapped89]

Me and Early got my six shooters installed saturday night! along with some knuckle gussets and new inner axle seals I am very happy with everything. Except I had to grind out part of the passenger side knuckle to get the caliper bolt in. And i had to grind a lil bit off the passenger side caliper to fit. It wasnt too much, maybe a 1/16th of an inch. but after a few s the job is done and feals great. It will be nice to know i have the added strength of the six studs and the knuckle gussets next time im in the rocks.

[swapped89]

I have had a coolant leak for some time now. I thought it was just because i didnt silicone the thermostat cover surfaces. But i took that apart siliconed it. Found out the leak was actually comming from behind the thermostat which is the water pump. So hopefully if its not too hot this weekend, I'll dig into this project.
  The water pump on these 3.0s is deep on the front of the motor and requires removing the timing belt to get it off. So Im just gonna replace the front crank seal, water pump and timing belt while Im in there. wish me luck

Ill try and post pics of the process for others with the 3.0 V6

[91 ex-cab]

Thats no good. may the force be with you  .

[swapped89]

haha thanks man. Ive been in that part of the motor once before, Im sure i can do it again. i hope

[swapped89]

Got my water pump and timing belt replaced today. I'll post pics and stuff maybe make a thread in the tech section if I can't find one first.

[91 ex-cab]

Glad to hear it went well for you

[swapped89]

Ya it wasn't bad at all.it did take about 6 hours but it went smoothly

[mattlosch]

very nice, hows the cage coming?

[swapped89]

 

very nice, hows the cage coming?

I havent done anything to the cage for a while now. I got too many ideas in my  to go any further with it.

[gnarrkill]

buy my bike

[swapped89]

buy my bike

I would love too. But I dont have the Funds

[mattlosch]

you coming next weekend right

[swapped89]

Got a few more things done on the truck today. Just tryin to get everything all dialed in before we go wheelin.

#1 knuckle gussets-DONE
#2 six shooter knuckles-DONE

#3   trimmed rear fenders. they still had the bracing inside the body and had never been cut. Last trip out my body started bitin at my tires

check out the S in the spring. no bump stops. And my custom tie down on the anti-wrap leaf.


#4 installed bump stops still need to put a little gusset on the back side there. but it will be nice to finally have.


#5 bend hoop to protect Hydro assist ram from rocks!- DONE

#6 trimm a lil off the front fenders- still need to do-mostly cosmetic
#7 bolt down tool box! - DONE
#8 get stainless strap from work to secure anti-wrap leaf.-DONE
#9 fix starter- DONE
#10 take a    

[Jud]

What sprongs are in the rear? They looks soft as .

[swapped89]

What sprongs are in the rear? They looks soft as .

TG 5" with a few leafs removed and one stock rear ifs leaf added. Probly gonna take another one or two TG leafs out and throw in another flatter leaf. Jusst messin with springs at the moment. And I have a full tool box in the bed, with complete axles for the front. A bunch of tools/oil and .. aaand 200lbs of steel in the back. I usually drive around with just one of the wieghts tied down in the back, cause it rides better with wieght. (the springs arent as soft as they look) but i was clean'n stuff at work and found a second one so I figured I'd throw it in and see how it felt. I think two is too much though.

[Early]

A bunch of tools/oil and

do you have enough power steering fluid to fill that mirage of a system up?

That leaf looks done for like holyfields ear

#3   trimmed rear fenders. they still had the bracing inside the body and had never been cut. Last trip out my body started bitin at my tires

fender tuck looks perdy/ ima kick yer ass if you hurt ur rubber bra

[swapped89]

I think I got enough oil for it but If I don't I'll def get some before I head out.
Ima kick my own ass if I screw these tires up. 

[swapped89]

P.s. the springs ain't shot, there just settlin in

[Early]

P.s. the springs ain't shot, there just settlin in

werd, as long as they work, ain't else matter. you burnin metal this late or what?

[swapped89]

werd, as long as they work, ain't else matter. you burnin metal this late or what?

ahhaha na. just bored fartin around on the ol interweb.

[mattlosch]

looks good we gotta decide where we are camoing at next week

[swapped89]

looks good we gotta decide where we are camoing at next week

ya man I know a pretty sweet spot past waterfall. Big gravel area and grass for tents and a fire pit with rocks around it.  its hard to describe but i could show u on a map. But its a long ways from crushers.

Also fixed my anti wrap leafs today. Put some stainless steel bands around them then duct taped the bands so they wont wiggle around. Gonna bring a c clamp and strap incase they break.