As usual, nice work from Krusty!

Thanks guys!
Good catch Goliath! I was wondering if anyone would notice that. Right now I have 5" (or so) of "UP"...the rest down. Hard to tell with the skinny little light weight wheels/tires I have now. You need the actual weight of heavy wheels/tires to get the leaves to flex to max. Right now I'm guessing.
I'm so used to using 4 links now(almost zero pinion angle change) that this is pretty frustrating.
As it stands...these springs will flex like crazy but the pinion angle changes are so great that I'll need a front driveshaft with a CV joint on both ends.
Any more headaches and it'll be coils with 4 links or coilovers.

And it goes on...this thing hit something very hard at some time in it's life and buggered up the rad support crossmember. Had to hack it out and build a new one...made a good place to mount the tranny cooler

Then I had to scratch build a T-case shifter...the main pin is prehardened 4140 with proper grease grooves milled into it.

Also had to build a box to mount the B+M shifter on top of the floor. They are meant to be installed with the guts hanging down in the mud...what the whole install looks like....oh ya...both shifters work flawlessly...first try...no adjustments necessary

lookin good! hey what rad did you use?

The rad is a Northern MFG company (US) rad for a stock car.
Only thing I don't like is there is no drain. Some day I have to email them or phone and find out what the aluminum alloy is so i can weld in a bung for a drain. Really nice rad! Far better than a couple of the Chinese ones I've seen. It's cross flow with 1" wide tubes.
Here's the nice shiny new stainless mufflers I was telling you about

I fawkin hate making "homemade" exhaust systems. Cut a whole shit load of elbows...from tubing I get at the dump(peeps throw out old cars with brand new exhaust systems you know!)...then weld the whole works together in place...ugly trying to weld under the truck.
I'm pretty tempted to call your buddy and see if he could bend up and install all the heavy guage(and very pretty) 304 stainless tubing I have for the rest of the system. These fawkin robbers here want too much money for that.

Oh ya..I almost forgot...I sanded down the POR15 on the cab floors and coated them with three coats of box liner. Should be one tough floor now...16 and 18 guage steel covered with 1/4" of plastic
And the exhaust is painted with 3 coats of 1500 degF header paint. Should last til I get the stainless put on.

well that's comin along nicely....

you even see a remote fill rad in any of yer aftermarket book's? i am gunna need to push my rad up under the rad support in the exploder here soon to clear room for 2 more cylinder's i am adding...... i spose worst case i find 2 rad's and see if i kin swap 2 of the same side tanks onto one rad and find a inline cap/filler neck....

that POR-15 is nice stuff eh? i stuck some around my fuel door where it had been trimcladded and rusted thru.... still aint rusted thru yet :)

YAHHOOOOO!!!! Fire in the Hole....me too....me too !!!!!!!!!!!
Lil' six popper sounds pretty raunchy wit the cam....I likey!
Nope...Dan...I never seen a remote fill rad...but, I bet Northen could make ya one...drag out the ol' wallet

YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

so duz this mean we all gunna have a lil partay in the bush er badlands this summer?

oh BTW i found a remote fill rad (sorta) in a 2003 AFCO book.... they only make 1 remote fill style according to the book an its 19"x27.500" PN 80101-1N

tis a verry interesting lil book.....

Geez..I never looked in their catalog. I have several. I used to use their coilovers on my race stuff. They got some nice chit in there huh?
Can't buy nothin now...looky what we drug home...to my buddies shop!
26" swing, 80" between centers, 6700 pounds of cudly cast iron...ahhh...I'm in love again!

HOLY FUK......

last time i seen one that big it wuz in a friends shop back in BC.... thing took up 5'x14' of floor space and needed 3phase and had to have a 5ton pikker to move it around.... guess i know who to call when i want a extra HD driveshaft hehehehehe

ya them AFCO book's are nice.... i like some of there rear diff part's... givin me ideas on my new rear brakes.

Dan...yup it's a pretty nice ol' gurl!
You know...I'm sittin here with a big ol' shit eatin grin on my face! Been at this thing since about 4:30 AM.
Been workin on this truck every spare minute I've had for 1 1/2 years now.
Fired it up again tonite...fawker does sound nice!
Funny...I get all this flack from pricks who've never built anything in their life(aren't you EVER going to finish that thing?).
Truck fired up on about the fifth crank...runs great! All the gears work, there are ZERO leaks...no smoke...no sparks...charging system fired right up...all that time payed off!
I even had to take one end of the driveshaft all apart. Put the fawkin U-joint on backwards in a late night session. Couldn't stand it so out it came to do it right.
Still have a lot to do. Damm paint and body...I'm thinkin primer for the time being. I hate painting in my lil' shop with the doors closed. Better in the spring....that way the isocyanates can't ALL permeate my skin and give me cancer right away
Yep...I'd like to go wheelin with you all! Believe me...I need some time out.
Been workin way to fukkin much...never have any time off.
And just think...I only have to fix my ol' lady's Cherokee...then it's on to the motor and drivetrain swap in my flatfender truck...ho hum!
Some wheelin is gonna be cool!

I really want to head for the bad lands and meet jesus! Rusty, good to hear you brought it to life!!!!! Give's you some more motivation doesn't it!! Apex in July may be reachable eh?

Colin...the Apex deal is gonna be a go unless I blow it up shortly before
Ha...I'm really grinnin now! The lil' POS got it's first education (in the shop ) today. Had to learn it to do a smoke show. Was a lot of fun til I had to breath that shit for two hours after.
I can't believe how that cam woke this thing up. It was pretty decent before but now it just snarls. Instant throttle response...I likey
This is gonna be a blast!

I can just imagine Every 15 min Rusty walks down to his shop and a minute later there and soothing rumble from the shop then smoke starts belowing out of every nook and cranny after quite falls across the yard all can that can be heard is a evil little giggle from a speed wrinkled old welder! Maybe some of the these other guys would be interested in atending Apex in July and we can do "STUMBLE IN THE ROCKIES"

Dah fawker actually lives ...tonite it went out fer a romp in the snow. Climbed all over a 3 ft high snow bank with it. Coool! Suspension seems to be really flexy for the bit I did with it. And the steering...holy chit...it's waaayyy better than before. The IFS box and hy-steer work purty nice.


Still got lots to do but it's gettin there. Had to move all the shock mounts in the rear and weld in new hangers for the mufflers...things just didn't quite fit
BTW....the automatic ROCKS!

right on!!!! feels good huh?
(tars.....needum......)
I'm giddy I wanna come there and play, i was out tonight and all it is is, ice.. ice and , more ice......no traction.

Yahoo eh Rusty! Good to see. I was bite by the playing bug so bad that I took the wacker off the suports to do the axle swap put the tire's back on and went for a no limits wheel. I came back exhausted cold and grining from ear to ear. Rusty now it's your turn. Ted you going to come to Apex?

Crap...no more pics from Sunday...was going to play some more after I changed out the rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders....WRONG! I keep forgetting about the idiot previous owner. The rear brakes are so worn out you can't believe it. One of the front shoes...all that's left is a little thin strip of the metal band that the shoe is bonded to. A bunch of shit fell off and is all chewed to hell. I can't even tell what is what.
And then the stooopid bellcrank for the E-brake. Supposed to have an aluminum bracket that it bolts to. Good choice for our salty roads. The aluminum is a lump in the bottom of the boot. Total disinigration. Now I have to machine some new ones out of 1018 or maybe some 304 if I can find a big enough chunk.
Tried turning the drums out on the lathe but there isn't enough left so I had to order new ones...tuesday maybe.
Hohum

Hey go look at sky manufacturing rear disc converion bracket's are I think $80 then monty carlo(?) calipers and ifs frt rotors!

I could make my own brackets pretty easy but I want an e-brake. Monte disks don't have e-brake.
You need Eldo calipers for the e-brake and they are mondo $$$$ without a core.
I have some nice ebrake calipers from a T-Bird for my 9" that's going in my flatfender truck.
I've read a lot of pros and cons about the IFS calipers and I don't like what I hear. They add 4 or 5 inches to the width...need spacers etc. Fawk it...I have all new chit on the front....I'm buying a new master cylinder for a 95 Four runner...sposed to bolt right on and moves a lot more fluid.

Ooops...chit did you mean the IFs rotors on the rear?

Ya to convert the rear to disc's. caliper were I think about the $20 area.And they do have ebrake's, Not the old stuff new stuff 98 up (?)

I just checked the Sky site. They say to use 79-85 Monte calipers (front) if you don't need an E-brake.
Use the (ugh) Eldorado caliper if you need an E-brake.
What am I missing?
Last time I checked...if you had cores they where around $100 Cnd apiece for the Eldo caliper.
No core they where like $275 each.
BTW..I just installed a new master cylinder for a 94 Fourunner in mine. Has a 1" bore instead of the 3/4".
The 3/4" should produce more pressure but the new one gives better brakes....far as I can see anyway. Must move more fluid and make the 1940's brakes work better.
Spent yesterday sprayin 3 part isocyanate (yuk) paint.
Had all the panels painted....nice and shiny wet coat.
Had the doors open to get rid of the fumes and mist.
Fawkin big gust of wind came along, blew the doors shut and spread dust all over the paint. Good thing this isn't no show truck.
I hate home painting. Used a spray booth enough to know it's the only way to go.
Thing looks killer though. Painted the grill and headlight bukkits the same body color....looks pretty cool. Pics someday