1989 FX4 BII, resto-mod project

[Boggin]

soon to come;

6000k HIDs. my brother got them for his truck and they are amazing. so he is getting me a deal on a set too.

 

[kroussinoffroad]

just be patient on the body work and take your time (something i hate doing). flat board it out till it is perfect or it will show. if necissary reapply and resand.use a flat board and long sand paper to help keep everything at the same level

 

[Andres629]

Looks good, Jeff! Just a little FYI... find some polyester filler and some finishing glaze. That short strand, while awesome to fill relatively deep imperfections, will leave pin holes and it is a real pain to sand, especially if left untouched for a few hours. For minor imperfections like what you had there, regular polyester filler is perfect, then go over with finishing glaze, just a skim coat to fill any little pinholes or relatively un-noticeable scratches, but that stuff will show up in paint. Trust me!

*edit* Just saw it's long strand. Wowee! Get some regular polyester filler, you'll be much more satisfied with the results. :icon_thumby:

 

[Boggin]

well this is the only stuff i had at the time. as soon as it started to try i knew i would be taking it off again. like you said its a bit too industrial, just a bid of bondo filler would of been good. there wasnt any holes just a couple rough spots that were barely noticeable. oh well ill just sand it off and get the good stuff soon!

 

[Boggin]

gotta replace my tcase shifter linkage tomorrow too

 

[4.0B2]

gotta replace my tcase shifter linkage tomorrow too

i wish i had tcase shifter linkage to replace... :icon_rofl:

 

[kroussinoffroad]

i have a complete manual shift setup for a 1350 if you need any pieces. i can throw them in the box when everything else make's it's way up there?

 

[Boggin]

thanks man ill let you know i have a but load of parts not sure if its on my spare tcase or not

 

[kroussinoffroad]

just let me know. i'm tryin to see if jim will start a freebie section in the classified section as i have a ton of spare part's that are good and very usefull to the right persone, but there just cluttering up my garage right now. so if someone wanted to pay shiping ide give whatever they needed away.

 

[Boggin]

pm me with some other junk you wanna get rid of. we can work somethin out when you send out the lift im sure

 

[kroussinoffroad]

pm me whit what you might need. i could go on forever. i wanna go thru the garge and put aside everything that i dont need or dont plan on using. i keep reading post's and see when someone need's part's and a bulb light's up in my head. i cant even start to list everything that's up for grab's i'll be here forever.

 

[Boggin]

haha ok. and i got hundreds of parts because i scrapped 5 or 6 rbvs and parts just come and go and sell and etc. but that linkage im sure i had a few of them but i traded it with a transfer case for a d35 and i never thought i would need that linkage lol.. ill try to come up with some stuff and ill let you know thanks dude

 

[Boggin]

unhooked the linkage from the tcase today and i cant get the lever on the case to budge, i think thats why the linkage bent up. i pulled on it with 2 hands and all the power in me and i couldnt budge it, so i went out behind the garage and found another trans with tcase attached to it(no the linkage wasnt on it) so i dragged it in the garage and had the tcase took off within 10 minutes, including going and looking for it out behind the garage in the snowbank.

i grabbed the little lever on this other tcase and i could move it with 2 finger. so i think tonight i am going to swap cases, doesnt seem like a big job. unbolt rear driveshaft, unplug the speed sensors and 4x4 indicator light and what not and then the 5 bolts that hold the case to the trans and the front shaft should just slide out after pulling back the tcase then drop it out of the truck, push the new one up in place bolt it on and plug it in and giv er. seems like it shouldnt take more than an hour, im sure most of you can have it done in much quicker but i never done this while while under a truck before

 

[Boggin]

!!!

gen 1 front clip swap. yay or nay

 

[CHKNFKR]

yay!

 

[Boggin]

Haha I'm not sure yet. The rad support and fenders and everything on this truck is absolutely mint, the rad support is even still the original blue all over. I am not sure yet

 

[CHKNFKR]

mock it up and see how you like it. if its what you want do it. if its not, don't do it.

 

[Boggin]

well i dont really wanna cut out my old core support jus to see if i like it or not
will my headlight harness plug in to the gen 1 headlights? i have the complete 88 ranger so if needed i can splice the harnesses together.. IF i do it

 

[88_Eddie]

sorry to change the subject and jack the thread a bit, but boggin, can you snap some pics of your t-case linkage before and after you hook it up? i've been trying to hook up my manual 1350 and i cannot for the life of me figure out how it goes together.

 

[Boggin]

no problemo