87 SAS build up- new rig

[md_530]

i have a few. you can borrow one if you would like to borrow one, dont know when your heading back this way though.

[87hillbillyoter]

not till thanksgivin but ill let you know when im back

[md_530]

they arent expensive im sure you could pick a craftsman for like ten or twenty bucks

[fordh8r]

It could even be any 12v bulb with wires attached. There's nothing that trick about it.

[87hillbillyoter]

ill look into it. i disconnected the battery, and it started right up the next morning. so i just have to find out what it is killing the battery. also grounded the last ground, but it didnt change anything.

[JANDO11]

i dont know whats up with that man, it never had that problem with me.... i have blown that 40A afew times on 4dyce but i found a cut power that was grounging out but it fixed my prob. just keep dubble checking every thing man, im sure ull find some thing not grounded or a power that is grounded.

[87hillbillyoter]

ya doode i dont know what the deal is. ill keep on looking, hopefully i fix it soon. im sick of disconnecting the battery all the time

[87hillbillyoter]

http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/2708518684.html

[83yota]

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! why would you do that?

[4x4yota]

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! why would you do that?

X2 you just did all that work... dont give up now you will regret it

[zebracrawler]

to much work in to it to sell it

[87hillbillyoter]

im probably gonna keep it and drive another truck until christmas. then i can have a few weeks to get all these stupid electrical gremlins worked out. alternator died on me on my way back from chico on thursday.

[zebracrawler]

mm yeah i would look over the connections and see if there could be a plug that you could have reversed or a ground some where i would go over everything with a test light

[87hillbillyoter]

yep im tearing the thing apart over christmas break

no real update, got a new battery and alt. but its starting to get cold here and snows comin! ive been talking to Jess at High Angle Driveline, so i should have 4wd sometime soon. ive been toughing it out in 2wd for now. Alt went out on me on my way back from chico. some pictures just for the hell of it

















dont think i posted any finished pics of the engine, which fired right up this morning in 15 degree weather

[83yota]

sweet glad to hear you are keeping it

[87hillbillyoter]

keepin it for now

[87hillbillyoter]

sorry about the pics, theyll be back in a couple of days.

notice anything different?







ill give you a hint




Got my driveshaft done by Jess at High Angle, and i now see why everybody says he is the best. he extended it, clearanced the cv, cleaned it, and painted it for 125 bucks. take it to jess if you got driveline work.

however, putting it in was the biggest pain in the ass. First i put it on, and the flange holes dont line up and are too small. great. drill 2 out (all i could line up) and pop the driveline on. i put it in 4wd and the thing was binding up like crazy. would hardly move. found out my gears in the front were 4.37s :shaking: and rear are 4.10s. i about punched myself in the face for not checking when i rebuilt it. had to tear the axle down, pull the diff. Big thanks to my buddy Sean who had a 4.10 he traded me. put it all back together, and it has 4wd now. sorta bad vibration when you let off the gas in 4x4. anyways, couldnt wait to see what she could do.

coulda gone farther up, but my ebrake wouldnt hold it there :shaking:
























Cant wait to actually take her wheelin

[bigarms23]

See i new you would like your truck now that you have 4wd

[thegoofster21]

dont sell it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[daniresch]

Having 4wd again must be nice! considered lowering the front a couple inches?

[87hillbillyoter]

not really planning on selling it anymore, unless i get a good offer i cant pass up. i am going to lower the front, redrill the shackles or make my own. but first i am going to do the rear springs. i just need money. the ass sag really isnt as bad as it looks though

[hansi530]

dude how much did u pay for that front driveline cuz i need one like that

[87hillbillyoter]

125. its only short slip, long slip is like 310.

[hansi530]

deal i think im gonna have to get one so i can have 4wd over 3 mph

[87hillbillyoter]

oh well that was just for being extended. i dont know how much a whole driveline is

[hansi530]

yea i have a drive line it just needs to be able to sit a steeper angle

[sckid831]

an ifs one gets 47 degrees of flex if you take it apart and grind it where it hits i have done it

[87hillbillyoter]

jess will clearance it for you. its a pain to do it yourself

[wakkjobb]

Hey I still have those engine-trans braces if you need them; re-PM your name/address since my inbox was emptied while drinking. Whoops...

[91 ex-cab]

Yea buddy! Looks real good.