Topic: 1985CRAWLER'S long overdue sorta kinda late build 85 runner

[1985CRAWLER]

http://vid34.photobucket.com/albums/d103/1985CRAWLER/WP_20140726_011_1_zps3d557df0.mp4

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

got my hands on another set of ifs wheel hubs for a great deal. time to swap out the passenger one thats all messed up and ill keep the other as a spare.

i think ill hold off on arp studs for the time being since money is tight and i havent started my new job yet.

[ImmortalYota80]

I have a pair of ifs wheel hubs laying around if you ever need anymore

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

I have a pair of ifs wheel hubs laying around if you ever need anymore

gawd damm it, i was lookin and had to beg the guy for these.

ill keep that in mind. thanks man

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

well decided to pull the airsoft bb's out of the tires, they didnt really help with the death wobble at all.feels like they made it worse, was told they work better with bias not radials.. its getting old so im gonna just try using the centramatic balancers ive had just by themselves.
used a shop vac to suck them outa the tire without having to dismount them off the rim.

oh and for those who dont know how to break the bead of tire with a high lift yet, heres an image to go off of.



so easy to reseat the bead with soapy water and this awesome compressor.


anyone need a crap load of bb's?


will find out tomorrow if this changed anything. hope it does and i can drive to the round up death wobble free.

[daniresch]

Anyway you can take your wheels to a tire stop and have them do a static balance with tape weight inside the barrel? It'd be the best balance for your tires. Also steels wheels often have a hard time to balance, switching to alloys will help. Keep it up!

[Stew_pedaso]

Hydro assist was the greatest steering stabilizer I found. 

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

yea daniresch, the last tire shop i took them too said they were imbalance-able. lol way too much weight just for one and did the best they can but they still almost shook me outa the truck.

i pulled the weights off and drove it around with no weights, went to bb's, 10oz per tire, it helped but still sucked above 55mph. ordered some centramatic balancers a while back. ran them with the bb's, still sucks. so now im just gonna try the balancers alone.

yea these wheels are garbage. i will get alloys soon to save on weight as well.


yea stew i will do assist soon, my triceps be hurting after every wheeling trip.lol

im eventually gonna sell these tires and save up for new mtrs and 17s. figure thats my best bet since it sees alot of hwy time

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

drew(rockcrawlintoy) got me mobbin out committee at fordyce after i broke, just to left is a section they blew up which i believe i woulda had trouble making it up in 3 wheel drive.



found some more pics:

[Crunchy Taco]

Sweet pic. Truck is lookin good!

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

went to MCR and had a blast, nothing broke and i wheeled the truck all weekend.

got alot of pics. will post more later as they are on a cell.

[81 shortbed]

Sweet pics !

[Nation]

 

[iNfErNaL]

Awesome pictures!!!!! - Looks like I missed out 

[Stew_pedaso]

The rig in your Fordyce pics put a video on pirate in Fordyce pics thread making it up wh3 earlier this month

[Chuyota]

Great pics man!!

[zidaro]

Damn i love the MCR!  great to see shots.  thanks, looked like fun of course

[Crunchy Taco]

Nice picture spread. Those were enjoyable to look at, now I have something to day dream about at work today!

[OCD]

Hey Mike, it was nice to meet you & your girlfriend at the lookout on Sunday. Hope I didn't bomb any of the pics of you and her, I was walking around in a daze from getting up too early and no coffee. Hope to see you on the trails...

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

Hey Mike, it was nice to meet you & your girlfriend at the lookout on Sunday. Hope I didn't bomb any of the pics of you and her, I was walking around in a daze from getting up too early and no coffee. Hope to see you on the trails...

No worries, getting up there and meeting u two and seeing your truck was a treat. i knew right away,THATS THE RED TRUCK!

yea same here,im not a morning person, hope to see you on the trail as well!

[kdub0013]

Passed you at one point but didn't see you. Nice pics.

[boomtacoma01]

Nice pics. Im going to make the trek from TX one day.

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

Passed you at one point but didn't see you. Nice pics.

yea i saw u coming in friday with dragqueen when i was down at the water and left my rig on the side of the trail, your guy's rigs are hard to miss,lol

you shoulda camped at the springs man!

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

Nice pics. Im going to make the trek from TX one day.

you should, you wont regret it, there was a guy from Missouri and another from canada that made the trek and they both broke, but had a blast doing it. 

[Dingman.]

Looks like a blast!  Nice pictures Mike!

[J_Cole92]

Awesome pics dude, i recognize a lot of trucks haha. always cool looking around at all the rigs and seeing different ideas and what not. Looks like you had a blast for sure!

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

Awesome pics dude, i recognize a lot of trucks haha. always cool looking around at all the rigs and seeing different ideas and what not. Looks like you had a blast for sure!

yea the usually marlin folks showed up lol

where were u at man?

[1985CRAWLER [OP]]

well some of you know i got another wheeler, i traded the 94' flat bed crawler for this 87 1 ton runner, it was 91-ex cabs old runner. here is the build thread. http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=95029.0

its a solid rig that just needs some love and a little more work to be finished, now i can save the 85 from future bashing as ive been doing alot of that to it lately. it will soon be turned into more of street friendly rig as its my dd still and commuter.

well finally after getting the newly acquired 87 runner all legal and smogged, which was a headache to say the least, i got some more real progress done to it. cleaned up the interior,got some racing seats in it and fixed some other crap,found a new top, and today i did wheel bearings as the ones in it were shot,got a killer deal on them from offroad designs.

next on the list is some new 40s.
new 1 ton master cylinder.
shocks for the rear and a hoop for them.
rock sliders.
front/rear bumpers.
hydro assist?maybe
get a cv put on the rear driveline.
6x9s in the doors and install my old amp and sub.
light bar of some sort reccessd into the grill.
1 ruffstuff king pin eliminator.
fresh rattle can paint job.
rock lights.
finish cutting and rolling fenders.
fix the bent tie rod, already have the tubing for it.
make a temp back window, this one was stripped, i might get a camper shell back window for it or just make one outa clear vinyl.
top off all fluids




 

[Nation]

What's the frame height on that beast? Nice truck man!

[Stew_pedaso]

You definately got the better of the deal in that trade after reading the build thread. Bust out that list and lets hit the trail