1988 Blue Pickup Daniel's Build

[greenjacob]

Is it just me or is the rear now way higher then it used to be

[daniresch]

Is it just me or is the rear now way higher then it used to be

the rear suspension has not changed, i did clearance the rear fenders though. I do plan to stretchering the wb and lowering about 2" overall

[greenjacob]

Rite on keep up the build I like it

[WESTREN]

New on here just looked through your build so far and I have to say your truck is awesome! 
I have a 94 pickup that I'm gathering parts for and I hope it turns out as well as yours

[daniresch]

New on here just looked through your build so far and I have to say your truck is awesome! 
I have a 94 pickup that I'm gathering parts for and I hope it turns out as well as yours

thanks westren!

I have some updates I swapped in a new W56 transmission because 1st gear would always pop out from when I first put it in and then I blew 3rd gear. The new transmission seems to be in really good condition so hopefully this one will last for awhile.

I also lowered the rear by about an inch by taking out the overload on the 63s.
Then took the truck to Revenge Off-Road and had Derek build me this awesome rear bumper

[83 Crawler]

Iv never herd of revenge off road, but bumper looks cool!

[daniresch]

Iv never herd of revenge off road, but bumper looks cool!

Derek is out by Mt. Angel, Oregon. His worked at Sky's Offroad.

[daniresch]

A friend of mine is really in need of a new rear diff so I decided to sell him my front 3rd (5.29, grizzly equipped) and Ill be upgrading to a high pinion w/ ARB  The goal is to have the truck back on the road by the end of this month.

[pumkin toy]

sounds like a good upgrade! you will love hp

[Cheesemaker]

Wish I could afford things like that. 



I saw you signed up on Timbercrawler the other day!  Ya, we all used to wheel, now we are a bunch of pervs!!      And you should try to figure out the filter words!! 

[WESTREN]

Question for ya.. In the first few pics of ur build I seen u have that metal bar that runs from the axle to the proportioning valve on the frame. it's suppose to be a load sensing valve. did you just cut it off?

[daniresch]

Question for ya.. In the first few pics of ur build I seen u have that metal bar that runs from the axle to the proportioning valve on the frame. it's suppose to be a load sensing valve. did you just cut it off?

It wasn't cut off, but I did remove it from the valve.

[Cheesemaker]

Most people just disconnect it from the axle and wire it up out of the way.  The lazy method works!! 

[daniresch]

Took a some time to save up but this did recently show up; high pinion, 5.29, ARB:




This is a pictures I took of the truck right before I tore it apart ~3 months ago, the Front axle is being moved forward 1.5inches and lowered 1inch. the rear will stay the same height. I can't wait to have it back on the road!

[Nimyad]

Ooooooo, fancy.

You going to Leavenworth and waterwerks?

[daniresch]

Waterwerks maybe, when is it again?. Leavenworth forsure, you? not in the bmw though because I recently sold it! I was looking for something more practical for school/work so I bought this. 2003 a4 sport, 1.8t, quattro, 5speed, really enjoying it so far!

not sure which ill drive yet, if the truck is ready i'd like to drive that tho! 

[Nimyad]

Waterwerks is June 30th, I think I'll end up just going to Leavenworth.

Sad to hear you sold the BMW, now you need to lower that Audi!

[daniresch]

went out to browns over the weekend so i got to test out the high pinion arb front, stretched axle, and slightly lowered truck. 
a small amount of front bumper and fender trimmage will come to clear the tires, no more rubbing on the inside wheel well which i was trying to accomplish

[Toy-Cra-Ze]

Looks good!! I bet that arb sure is nice!

[pumkin toy]

high pinion always rocks, especially if it has an ARB also!

[daniresch]

Went to browns twice this week had a blast, truck is running flawlessly.... i didn't take too many picture but here they are

[pumkin toy]

I like the rear bumper! didn't notice it until these recent pics. looks like he uses a pretty large radius die for that tubing. Gives it more of a nice "swooshy" look, haha, if that makes sense!

[HogCanyonHopper]

I like the rear bumper! didn't notice it until these recent pics. looks like he uses a pretty large radius die for that tubing. Gives it more of a nice "swooshy" look, haha, if that makes sense!

x2 on that. nice looking bumper. It does have some swoosh to it. I like it.

[83 Crawler]

I was at browns from Tuesday to sunday, I didn't see you

[daniresch]

I was there Sunday the 30th and Thursday the 4th. From like 11am to 6pm. Where were you at?

[daniresch]

My starter decided to crap out on me right before I was going to head out to brown this past weekend, luckily i had a spare in my garage i was able to bolt on.
pictures from this past weekend.

[HogCanyonHopper]

nice pics and nice truck  . I really like your rear bumper. I am going to keep that design in mind for having one built here real soon.

[Cheesemaker]

You go to HydroJoe's competition up there on Sat? 

[daniresch]

You go to HydroJoe's competition up there on Sat? 

I was there on sunday and didn't see any events

[Cheesemaker]

It was on Saturday.  And there was maybe a dozen rigs from what I heard.  Including our own 4x42u, who hasn't been on here for a while. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152374361017137.1073741827.144890372136&type=1

And the guy wearing the Timbercrawler shirt, is my friend Lucas.