Project: Reed's Ride '81 longbed~3RZ swap~

[Crunchy Taco]

Hey that elocker have 430 gears? Mine was out of a 4 runner and had 430. Yer housing is identical to mine out of a runner so I figure that's the ratio you got. And if so did that first gen have factory 430 gears I kno some of the first gens had that ratio

[OVRAROK]

glad it worked...  i use freeze plugs to plug abs on thirds too

[HogCanyonHopper]

Hey that elocker have 430 gears? Mine was out of a 4 runner and had 430. Yer housing is identical to mine out of a runner so I figure that's the ratio you got. And if so did that first gen have factory 430 gears I kno some of the first gens had that ratio

Yep. 4.30 gears in the e-locker but the diffs in this first gen are 3.90. I do have another third laying around out of my 80 that is 4.37 so that will go in the front axle for now. Not sure what we are going to do in the future, 4.88 or 5.29.

[Nation]

 

[Crunchy Taco]

Awsome

[Nation]

Is it done yet?! 

[Crunchy Taco]

Don't you wish you could just work on trucks all day everyday. The only reason I've been gettin a lot done is my work gets slow in the winter sometimes.  Ill be waitin for the next awsome thing you add in to this sweet project.

[Nation]

 

argh argh argh! Motivation for ya. 

[Crunchy Taco]

Reeds ride reeds ride reeds ride

[HogCanyonHopper]

I was out of town all weekend makin some money  more coming soon!!!

[HogCanyonHopper]

thinking about frenching these hangers into the frame. my idea is to just recess the hanger into the frame about 1/4" or so. I thought I could plate around the hanger on each side of the frame to add some strength. pretty simple idea. what do you think? any tips or advice before this beotch goes under the knife?

[Crunchy Taco]

Fo sho. French that dang thang.  If anything it looks hella clean. I would have done it when I moved my hangers days ago but my hangers arnt really the frenchin type.  But yours are. 

[Crunchy Taco]

quarter inch would make the plate of the hanger flush with frame that will be smooth.

[Crunchy Taco]

Looking at your hangers I don't think you could even go much deeper unless you flip them around if I'm lookin at this right. Whatever you do that trucks guna be sick

[HogCanyonHopper]

1/4" looks good 

Looking at the leading edge:



Looking from the  end:



Side view:

[Crunchy Taco]

I don't think it gets any better than that

[Nation]

Hog. That looks really good. Your son is going to have a nicer truck than you.  Keep it up man. very clean work.

[toyodaaddict]

those hangers are lookin slick

[ImmortalYota80]

You may run into a problem with that ruf setup. The leaf pack is too thick you will rub the tie rod on your highsteer. I had a 7 leaf pack and mine rubbed so i had to make adjustments. Also i think the ass end of that thing is gonna be way high if your running just rufs in the front. I run a 5 leaf ruf pack with a 2 inch add a leaf for a 2wd 2008 toyota tacoma. The reason for this is the add a leaf is longer gives the pack some rigidity and a little more height to clear for steering (steering gets tight with rufs) i believe add a leafs for first gens have some crazy spring rate of like 1000 the tacomas are around the 400's i believe so its not extremely stiff but still gives the pack a little more support. Just some thoughts for you. The build is comming around very nice tho keep up the good work!!

[lostbuckaroo]

That looks sweet 

[HogCanyonHopper]

You may run into a problem with that ruf setup. The leaf pack is too thick you will rub the tie rod on your highsteer. I had a 7 leaf pack and mine rubbed so i had to make adjustments. Also i think the ass end of that thing is gonna be way high if your running just rufs in the front. I run a 5 leaf ruf pack with a 2 inch add a leaf for a 2wd 2008 toyota tacoma. The reason for this is the add a leaf is longer gives the pack some rigidity and a little more height to clear for steering (steering gets tight with rufs) i believe add a leafs for first gens have some crazy spring rate of like 1000 the tacomas are around the 400's i believe so its not extremely stiff but still gives the pack a little more support. Just some thoughts for you. The build is comming around very nice tho keep up the good work!!

I have already thought about that but am going to just see what happens and deal with it later. These Marlin rear springs are new and are going to be stiff and definitely have the ass end up in the air a bit. Oh well, I'll deal with w/e comes of it all. For now I just want to keep the progress going but rain is coming so things are going to slow way down for a few days. I wish I had a nice shop. Thanks for all the enthusiasm guys. 

[HogCanyonHopper]

so these RuffStuff hangers come with a piece to weld in for added strength:



My idea was to do multiple passes where the hanger meets the frame and over to the gusset, burn it in good up each side and then give it a some flap disc love  to smooth it all over and make a nice rock ramp:



And thats what I ended up with. What do you think?

[Zs Confederate Toy]

Lookin bitchin. I like the idea of cutting the hanger into the frame.

[Nation]

Lookin gooood.!    Where are the beads?! haha

[Crunchy Taco]

Badass

[89 runner]

Very clean. Nice set up

[MRHilux87]

Good idea on frenching the hangers.  Keeps them from tearing off easy even with questionable welding. 

[Toyota Addiction]

Looked good. I'll be following this one.

[HogCanyonHopper]

Thanks for all the enthusiasm guys. I'm buying a Miller211 tomorrow and will be ordering a bunch of parts soon  This project is about to kick into high gear 

[toyodaaddict]

Thanks for all the enthusiasm guys. I'm buying a Miller211 tomorrow and will be ordering a bunch of parts soon  This project is about to kick into high gear 

''kick into high gear'' I like the sound of that. The 211 should put a smile on your face . Iv been using the 211 for a few years and i love it, its a great machine