wongtsenhin

Yup, that is going to work for this build!! 🤩 Cheers

Flex test!!! Cheers

I knew this would be a problem. I am trying to decide how I want to deal with that, there is definitely a few ways we can remedy this issue. Cheers

I guess I will have to change this to HDJ79 at some point but for now this works! We got our RHS leaf perch built, double checked pinion angle, set caster both sides and did a flex test. Tomorrow we work on flex test with steering and...

So now it is out and back up on the fab bench. Earlier in the build thread you can see we had it (and the rear) up on the bench for mock up. However, without weight on the chassis, everything at ride height ect ect ect it was all simply a guess...

Alright. Drum roll. The Parabolics lifted the front almost 3" and the rear 1.5" giving it the perfect stance. 255/85-16s are a natural killer on these trucks. The ride is MUCH improved.

The proper birfields arrived from Terrain Tamer. They come prepacked with Moly grease then a extra tube to mound it up after install Hubs are on and working properly As are the beautiful stainless brake hoses. About to bleed ....

The power terminal on the battery had some wild s*** happening so I rewired it before I gave up today.

Flat pitman arm. That may be needed here. Several other options too; I see no issue raising the steering box if needed. I also have one RHD 80-series steering box but iirc it may be more of an issue SoA under max compression. Flexing the...

I am looking at 5” up and 7” down for front suspension. This is simply shock travel not actual travel here where the tape measure is. Rear things will change more but currently doing 4” up and 6” down in the rear. Another shot of its...

Goodies just laying around the shop. Moonlight 4” in-out air box Troopy key set but certainly work in a 77/76 too! Cheers

Ok, I ❤️ it 100%!! 💪🤩🤙 Serious approach angle! 😍 Cheers

Trans mounts welded on and trans crossmember is done. Got hubs on the rear so put the 38’s back on. It’s sitting on springs and tires here. Cheers

The old power train is going to its new owners! Cheers

I cut the stock H55 trans crossmember mounts off the frame. After that ran them through the sand blaster in prep for welding back on the frame. The trans crossmember moved back approximately 12” from H55 to H152. 😳 We were going to use a stock...

Frenching it into the frame, leaf hanger done we are working on the slider now. Cheers

The Black Box allows clocking of the tcase which we did. This allows for a really flat belly. Cheers

Cheers

Cheers

I don’t really want to turn it into something other than a 70-series. So we are sticking to that. Got these adjusted a bit, welded in better too. Still welding and boxing them in to do though. Cheers

I went ahead and grabbed this. I measured compared to a wide nose to see if a wide nose would fit in a narrow nose. It would but it is like 7-8” taller and I don’t want to deal with that hanging down below the frame rails here currently in this...

I took my first extended highway drive today to head into town and fill her up. It took 13 gallons (just shy of $100) of diesel to get both tanks full which means the previous owner gave me about 30 gallons of diesel when I bought it. I guess...

I'm sure I've shared this tip before but a Toyota jack when adding coils is clutch to get max stretch without undoing everything All in. Sitting pretty. I'm going to drink a beer now then I'll make measurements to see how far it came up