Not Another CTOR Build

[mhughes165]

my guess would be repairing the battle scars from the badlands

 

[CheapThrillB2]

shit repairing, i earned those..

I did find some new damage from the trip though...my trans crossmember was broken in half......i thought i broke the mount, but dropping the tcase today found i was wrong. Broke in half right next to the mount.

 

[mhughes165]

shit repairing, i earned those..

I did find some new damage from the trip though...my trans crossmember was broken in half......i thought i broke the mount, but dropping the tcase today found i was wrong. Broke in half right next to the mount.

as far as the battle scars, thats what i like to hear, gives it character, and ever dent and mash is another story that u can tell.

maybe its time for a custom tranny crossmember

 

[CheapThrillB2]

it was lol.....time for better one

 

[mhughes165]

it was lol.....time for better one

1/4" plate this time LOL

 

[CheapThrillB2]

i may have gotten a little carried away with the plasma yesterday. I bought new bits and peices for the plasma ($100 in parts) and it works so nice now. I might have to work on damage control from my trigger happy finger yesterday.

I need to lower it cause the COG was to high. Their was a few obstacles i did not try at the Badlands last week, because of the tippy feeling. SO i removed the 3" Body Lift which means AGAIN i need to modifiy the cage. But also means i need to do some serious trimming to the body so the 36s can flex. They barely cleared the body when i had the 3" BL on so now i have lots to do.

i plan on getting an 84-85 trans crossmember this weekend

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Replaced the Tcase chain today. It was stretched and their was evidence of it slaping the case. I just pulled the cahin from a low mileage E-tcase. A new chain was $90 and i just don't have it right now. I am sure the used chain will do fine. It wasn't nearly as involved of a process as i thought it would be to change.

 

[Boggin]

Thats awesome man,
I love it

Jeff

 

[Boggin]

Got to love the Gen. 1's:icon_welder::icon_hornsup::icon_cheers::icon_bounceblue::icon_thumby::icon_thumby:
(and smileys)

 

[CheapThrillB2]

heres a little sneak peak at what it gonna look like.....with a few little things here and here yet to do

 

[danger88ranger]

The front fenders goin back on? Or are you breakin out the bender and making some tube fenders?

 

[CheapThrillB2]

undecided.....tube/pipe uber expensive right now

 

[4x4junkie]

Hey, do you happen to have any closeup pics of how you modified your dash (particularly on the driverside)?
Was any major surgery on the wiring or ductwork involved?

 

[CheapThrillB2]

the very edges of the duct work and did nothing to the wiring other then move it out of the way with zipties

i had 3 scrap dashs that i played with before i got it to where i could remove as little as possible to get it to fit. The dash pulls out as if the cage wasn't their

 

[CheapThrillB2]

pass side of dash

behind the glove box

drivers side top of dash

bottom drivers side, the fuse box was a PITA to move out of the way, but no clipping wires

baskside of the pass side, this was one of the pratice dashs i played with

best i can do without taking the dash out lol

 

[4x4junkie]

I think that's the backside of the DRIVERside :icon_twisted:
Naw, those pics are great!

Must be nice having "spare" parts just laying around, I'm stuck with one chance here to do it right if I take that route, so hence the Q lol.

Thanks! :icon_cheers:

 

[CheapThrillB2]

yeah i just noticed that it was the driverside lol........it could be cleaner, but i am not real big on appearance. Just as long as it works

 

[CheapThrillB2]

i have hit a creative road block on my fenders and qaurters

 

[CheapThrillB2]

I finally got my trans crossmember built so i was able to get the truck mobile again. Needed to check flex to figure out what i could do about fenders and qaurters.

My LF shock is fully extended but i still had another 2 inches before the rear reached the point of putting tire into body (which it can). And the RF tire was into the inner fender support.

I was flying around the yard and the truck feels so much more stable being 3"s lower.

 

[danger88ranger]

I finally got my trans crossmember built so i was able to get the truck mobile again. Needed to check flex to figure out what i could do about fenders and qaurters.

My LF shock is fully extended but i still had another 2 inches before the rear reached the point of putting tire into body (which it can). And the RF tire was into the inner fender support.

I was flying around the yard and the truck feels so much more stable being 3"s lower.

What about trimming the rear panels? I'm lost on what you could do with the front.