92 Vortec swap,lift, rebuild

[bwakeling]

Awesome thread. Looking forward to seeing the end result!

 

[RhinoFZJ80]

Anu updates? I'm salivating with anticipation!

 

[NCFJ]

No updates at this point. I am finishing up and 88 FJ62 swap that grew a great deal in scope. It won't be too long before I am back on this truck.

 

[NCFJ]

I put the body back on the 92 80 frame today

 

[cruisermatt]

I love that frame/axle color, I'm so tired of black. Just wondering, I trust your judgement but why do you paint over gaskets and hardware like that rear diff cover? I would think one would want to replace those gaskets and chase threads and stuff while the housing is out from under the rig?

 

[dirtyboots]

Looking good Stan.

I would take this opportunity to also beef up the panhard to frame mount.

@NCFJ or @beno can either one of you post a link to this mod?

Also wondering what kind of wheels? Looks great thanks for the great pics!

 

[NCFJ]

I love that frame/axle color, I'm so tired of black. Just wondering, I trust your judgement but why do you paint over gaskets and hardware like that rear diff cover? I would think one would want to replace those gaskets and chase threads and stuff while the housing is out from under the rig?

I wanted something other than black too. This truck is a long term project and will spend time just sitting around. The axles will be totally rebuilt at some point and I wanted them painted to prevent rust. I'll just cut the paint with a razor when I take them apart, hardware will be tumbled and cover cleaned and re painted.

A customer saw this frame in the shop and when it was time for him to have a frame replaced he went for this on his 62. Worked well with the dark grey of the truck

 

[NCFJ]

Told you this build would be long term

I found some time while waiting for parts on a customer job. So I assembled the adapter and rebuilt the T-case and got it all together. Maybe this will inspire me to get back to this truck more often.

 

[Enders]

sub'd. Which part of the AC work does your AC guy do? I'm looking at dropping a 5.3 into my 93 this spring, but I want to do it the hard way and learn as I go!

 

[NCFJ]

He makes up the hoses and charges the system. It is not really a hard swap if you are a well rounded mechanical type. It certainly is an involved swap. Lots of little details. It's all in the details.