eetdirt47's 1992 truck build in Bristol Bay Alaska

[meigsrock]

Thanks for the link. I found that once but thought they were going out of business because they had changed the phone number to 000-000-000-0000.

It looks like you will have another month or so to save up for parts and get it all the swap info figured out before you can even get to the truck.

 

[eetdirt47]

been pretty busy and haven't had time or anywhere to post from (i'm now living in my fishing cabin on the beach)

so not too long ago i heard what sounded like a rock or dirt in my brakes and then massive vibration.. my rear drive shaft's carrier bearing was smoked. napa here (the only auto parts store) wanted 387 bucks for one! so i went to SeaMar (seattle marine) where i have a charge account and went searching for bearings and found one to fit. it's for a jabsco hydraulic pump and cost me 60 bucks.

 

[eetdirt47]

here's pics of the old bearing and then the hydraulic pump bearing installed. the new one fit nice and tight in the rubber but was just a tiny bit wider. works great though.

 

[eetdirt47]

got my new front diff in. my brother's first time setting up gears. breaking them in with some amsoil full synthetic. still have to extend my breather. did the rear not too long ago.

got some bushwacker's in and installed, they rub a little bit but i'm about to do a 2" body to clear em and for the future 3.4 swap. they are saving me a ton of washer fluid! i love em.

got some rigid dually's installed too! love em. switch gets kinda hot though. i'm going for a 10" light bar for in front of my winch too.

 

[eetdirt47]

oh and my bridge failed.. got out with my high lift and my winch. only had two wheel drive at that point.

 

[eetdirt47]

dash pulled apart while wiring the rigid led's up.

 

[eetdirt47]

alternator belt fell off and i noticed the charge light. cracked bracket...

 

[eetdirt47]

where i put my rear diff breather with some fuel line.

 

[eetdirt47]

so i am now the proud owner of a 40 lb. danforth style boat anchor to use as a pul-pal in the sand and tundra. used it to get out of this soft creek in front of my cousin's cabin. had my deck hand stand on it and winched right out. had my girl friend stand on it the other night when i got stuck in a mud hole in a gravel pit too. her friend thought we were going to tip over so i just installed a lev-o-gauge.

 

[eetdirt47]

forgot the pic of me stuck in the creek. this is the same creek as the bridge failure too. just with no more ice.

 

[NorCalBorn]

Nice. You'll love the R.I. D-2's, still one of the best mods I have done.