I want to know if this is a lot of work or if I am getting old

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missouriman

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85 Toyota.
pulled the shift boots, shifters, removed the 4.7 transfer case and bud built mounts.
replaced the transfer case with duals. 4.7 rear and 2.what ever front.
new bud built dual case mount.
oh, re built the dual cases and used trail gears heavy duty shift springs, the wife could not even move the shifter. so UN bolt the bud built mount and replace the springs with stock.
fought the shifters as her truck was a front shift.
I tell you what,, with those springs in place those shifters are not going any where.. but the wife could not shift them at all.
so replaced them with the stock ones and she was good with that.

re drilled and mounted the ammo box center console thing.

made a new front drive shaft. going to have the rear rebuilt. I just ran out of time.

figuring out the big asssss hole in the floor and how to seal all this up.. need a thin chunk of steel about 8 inches wide and 3 feet long.


I am freaking tired as hell.
 
the truck doctor said:
Lowes or Home Depot sell sheet metal. You gonna need that drive shaft any more? what about the cross member?$$$$$:hhmm:
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If it hasn't been tossed, you can have the cross member from my 85 4Runner. If available it's sitting at a garage in Thorsby. I installed a Bud Built cross member and skid plate in August.
 
the truck doctor said:
Lowes or Home Depot sell sheet metal. You gonna need that drive shaft any more? what about the cross member?$$$$$:hhmm:
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just replaced the male part of the square drive shaft.

to bad you are so far away, have the bud built single case mount, several stock mounts sittlng along the grarage.

tires, wheels, and stuff.
 
missouriman said:
lol.. just getting ready to turn 47 times smarter.
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lol, im just about in my 18th year. You win. I wouldve fcked something up along the way, more than usual, as the higher the price of what im building/fixing, the easier and worse i can fck it up. Just karma i guess, maybe i should lay off dads back... :flipoff2:
 
liljlandon said:
lol, im just about in my 18th year. You win. I wouldve fcked something up along the way, more than usual, as the higher the price of what im building/fixing, the easier and worse i can fck it up. Just karma i guess, maybe i should lay off dads back... :flipoff2:
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yeh maybe, my dad never helped me with anything. he hated working on cars, trucks etc. I loved it and learned the hard way many more times then I want to think about.
I was raised in the middle of no where so didn't even have friends to ask about stuff or to help me, say lift a 200 pound transmission into place. I go pretty creative on how do get things done alone.

here is a young guy learning experience that was a very important lesson learned.

replacing the clutch in a 1970 road runner.
had the transmission out, had the drivers front wheel off.
trying to get the pressure plate loose. had a hydraulic bottle jack under the frame rail, on a gravel drive way.

I was pulling like heck on the wrench when all of a sudden it hit me in the face.
the car had fallen off the jack.



I was trapped with the frame across my stomach, my face was pinned against the bottom of the car, looking toward the rear end. I could barley breath, I could not get enough breath to scream.
the jack was to my right, I was looking to the left.

even if I could have screamed there was no one around to hear it. (lived on a farm in the middle of no where).

panic set in and passed.

took me about an hour with a screw driver to dig a hole in the drive way. (to get the jack set back up).

I could not see, but could reach a screw driver, the jack and the handle.

oh my, the cramps, the fear, the amount of time it took to dig that hole.

I did cry when I got the jack collapsed, set down in the hole and found that, while I could get the handle in the jack. the hole was not big enough to use the handle. I had lost the screw driver.
I used the handle of the jack to beat, and dig the hole out larger.
s c r a p e d my finger nails off my right hand digging.
finally got it jacked up and out from under it.
sore, felt like shait for several days, this is before the time that you went to the doctor unless you were really hurt. looking back should have went, but that would have meant a assss beating and the loss of my car.

every since then I make sure that there is no way a car can fall on me, I use a lot of wooden blocks, put the tire under the truck. In gravel you can't use jack stands. I build a pyramid of block that is about 2 x 2 feet at the bottom.

I was very lucky that the frame landed across my belly button and not on my ribs or my pelvis. I was also lucky that there was not a bolt or something sticking down where the car pinned my head to the ground and that I had my head turned side ways do to the wrench hitting me.

so when us old guys tell you young one's something. Do think about it. for most of us lessons were hard learned.

stepping down now.
 
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The older I get, the longer this s*** takes to get done. So, you're not alone. I would of left the stiffer springs in though, they'll break in quickly and take less effort to s*** than they do new. They have a more psoitive feel than stock. I bought three springs because I was gearing double low down a steep ass hill and the tension made my case pop outta gear. Little scary when that happens. The springs cured it. Just buy her a Bowflex until they break in :hillbilly:.
 
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missouriman said:
yeh maybe, my dad never helped me with anything. he hated working on cars, trucks etc. I loved it and learned the hard way many more times then I want to think about.
I was raised in the middle of no where so didn't even have friends to ask about stuff or to help me, say lift a 200 pound transmission into place. I go pretty creative on how do get things done alone.

here is a young guy learning experience that was a very important lesson learned.

replacing the clutch in a 1970 road runner.
had the transmission out, had the drivers front wheel off.
trying to get the pressure plate loose. had a hydraulic bottle jack under the frame rail, on a gravel drive way.

I was pulling like heck on the wrench when all of a sudden it hit me in the face.
the car had fallen off the jack.



I was trapped with the frame across my stomach, my face was pinned against the bottom of the car, looking toward the rear end. I could barley breath, I could not get enough breath to scream.
the jack was to my right, I was looking to the left.

even if I could have screamed there was no one around to hear it. (lived on a farm in the middle of no where).

panic set in and passed.

took me about an hour with a screw driver to dig a hole in the drive way. (to get the jack set back up).

I could not see, but could reach a screw driver, the jack and the handle.

oh my, the cramps, the fear, the amount of time it took to dig that hole.

I did cry when I got the jack collapsed, set down in the hole and found that, while I could get the handle in the jack. the hole was not big enough to use the handle. I had lost the screw driver.
I used the handle of the jack to beat, and dig the hole out larger.
s c r a p e d my finger nails off my right hand digging.
finally got it jacked up and out from under it.
sore, felt like shait for several days, this is before the time that you went to the doctor unless you were really hurt. looking back should have went, but that would have meant a assss beating and the loss of my car.

every since then I make sure that there is no way a car can fall on me, I use a lot of wooden blocks, put the tire under the truck. In gravel you can't use jack stands. I build a pyramid of block that is about 2 x 2 feet at the bottom.

I was very lucky that the frame landed across my belly button and not on my ribs or my pelvis. I was also lucky that there was not a bolt or something sticking down where the car pinned my head to the ground and that I had my head turned side ways do to the wrench hitting me.

so when us old guys tell you young one's something. Do think about it. for most of us lessons were hard learned.

stepping down now.
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missouriman said:
the car had fallen off the jack.
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My brother learned that lesson for me. Managed to get his hand pinned under the ball joint on a rock. spindle thingermajig through the web of his hand. Jack stands do work on gravel, if and only if they have a solid base that will not sink in. (weld a 2'x2' steel base out of 1/4 plate) But never advised on un level ground.There are so many lessons that have to be learned on your own though. Knowing myself many other guys, we just have to do things the hard way. No way we can just listen even if we know we should.
 
locknload said:
The older I get, the longer this **** takes to get done. So, you're not alone. I would of left the stiffer springs in though, they'll break in quickly and take less effort to **** than they do new. They have a more psoitive feel than stock. I bought three springs because I was gearing double low down a steep ass hill and the tension made my case pop outta gear. Little scary when that happens. The springs cured it. Just buy her a Bowflex until they break in :hillbilly:.
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that is part of it, I didn't screw around, well much.
 
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