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bhmmapping said:
And she's gone. Nick will have to start a new build thread now...
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She's at her new home. Drive awesome on the way home, whiney GF asking me to "turn down" the noise...I can't turn down road noise...haha.

I'll have slow updates coming...

Thank you again Matt...I envied this truck when I first saw the 4spd swap...glad I can keep it Alabama
 
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Here she is on the way to her new house.

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Resting at home

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rompin2001 said:
Here she is on the way to her new house.
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I don't think iv ever seen a picture that shows how wide the stance is with those wheels/tires.

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bhmmapping said:
It may be because the truck is loaded down.
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My shed is now full...haha
 
It needs my FF rear axle!
AND my spare axle shafts and junk! Come get it!
 
Land Speeder said:
afterall, I'm gonna own this rig one day...
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Hahaha...so optimistic! Haha
 
I'm kicking myself for not buying it. I was really hoping my dad would get it. I should have bought it and just kept it till he was able to convince mom it was a good idea.

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zrheard said:
I'm kicking myself for not buying it. I was really hoping my dad would get it. I should have bought it and just kept it till he was able to convince mom it was a good idea.

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Sorry I had to leap so quickly...I really couldn't let this thing slip away...the 4spd/split transfer case was the switch that flipped in my head...-BUY NOW-

Its a solid rig and I expect to get some rocks very soon...once I get more comfortable with the 4spd and address some more armor for the ass-end...I have a tendency to take crap lines and drop my a$$ end out...
 
shoupe89 said:
and address some more armor for the ass-end...I have a tendency to take crap lines and drop my a$$ end out...
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"And if I hit the switch, I can make the assssssss drop."


No seriously. You have a wagon. There is a reason I cut wagons up. That ass end will always be in the way,
 
Hit some trails last night and have to figure out what's impacting the 4wd shift linkage causing it to bump out of 4wd when I start to flex...i held it in and could feel something impacting or wanting to pop it out, ita close to the Drive shaft but i dont know how it would move 1/8 inch to cause impact...need to flex it on a ramp and see, unless I'm just binding up some how...let the fun begin :)

Eric,

I plan to buy one to turn into a truck...probably not this one but one soon enough...once I've bought a clean 40 or 45 to mall crawl in.
 
shoupe89 said:
Eric,

I plan to buy one to turn into a truck...probably not this one but one soon enough.
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I got a body and a frame just waiting for 1 tons and a v8! :steer:

we need to get a group ride together soon.
 
shoupe89 said:
Hit some trails last night and have to figure out what's impacting the 4wd shift linkage causing it to bump out of 4wd when I start to flex...i held it in and could feel something impacting or wanting to pop it out, ita close to the Drive shaft but i dont know how it would move 1/8 inch to cause impact...need to flex it on a ramp and see, unless I'm just binding up some how...let the fun begin :)
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Damn, I thought I had fixed that. It is a common problem with the split case, I upgraded to the marlin crawler springs and detent balls and thought that was fixed. The 2wd-4wd linkage is the one facing forward that pulls out for 4wd and pushes in for 2wd. The shaft has notches grooved into it and the spring and ball hold it in place. There is supposedly a mod where you can stack washers behind the spring to increase the tension, but I thought that was just for worn out stock springs. I couldn't see anywhere that that linkage would hit the body. on the 60's a lot of people say worn motor mounts are the cause, but I still couldn't see how it would flex that much to physically knock it out.
 
bhmmapping said:
Damn, I thought I had fixed that. It is a common problem with the split case, I upgraded to the marlin crawler springs and detent balls and thought that was fixed. The 2wd-4wd linkage is the one facing forward that pulls out for 4wd and pushes in for 2wd. The shaft has notches grooved into it and the spring and ball hold it in place. There is supposedly a mod where you can stack washers behind the spring to increase the tension, but I thought that was just for worn out stock springs. I couldn't see anywhere that that linkage would hit the body. on the 60's a lot of people say worn motor mounts are the cause, but I still couldn't see how it would flex that much to physically knock it out.
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Looks like we have to pull that skid off :( I bet it weighs a ton!
 
bhmmapping said:
Damn, I thought I had fixed that. It is a common problem with the split case, I upgraded to the marlin crawler springs and detent balls and thought that was fixed. The 2wd-4wd linkage is the one facing forward that pulls out for 4wd and pushes in for 2wd. The shaft has notches grooved into it and the spring and ball hold it in place. There is supposedly a mod where you can stack washers behind the spring to increase the tension, but I thought that was just for worn out stock springs. I couldn't see anywhere that that linkage would hit the body. on the 60's a lot of people say worn motor mounts are the cause, but I still couldn't see how it would flex that much to physically knock it out.
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Haha...it's of little concern haha...just had the girlfriend hold the shifter back haha. "I wanna help" yeah yeah yeah

I'll tend to it once I knock out all the maintenance I have planned for "red truck"
 
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