Builds “It’s only an axle swap and a motor swap” aka AK2AL aka Dream Build (1 Viewer)

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Just getting ready for SSS...

x2 6.5” speakers in the front doors and x2 6”x9”s in the back work great for this truck. Only one of these old “Realistic” was working before.

put the radio in the center console with the idea of getting a stock radio in the factory spot

throwing in the 35” spare, I was very glad the speakers came with a cover. Instantly hit it. Need a swingout carrier, but not before next Thursday

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Just getting ready for SSS...

x2 6.5” speakers in the front doors and x2 6”x9”s in the back work great for this truck. Only one of these old “Realistic” was working before.

put the radio in the center console with the idea of getting a stock radio in the factory spot

throwing in the 35” spare, I was very glad the speakers came with a cover. Instantly hit it. Need a swingout carrier, but not before next Thursday

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Great choice for first tune in the Pig!
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My speedometer works but the odometer doesn’t.

Even with me revving the exhaust at every woman I see, proving how just how small my manhood is, 46 gallons @10mpg is still 460+ miles I’ve put on it.

I need a GPS app or something that tracks real speed and distance traveled.

It’s about 400 miles each way to the SSS. The most important thing is smilies per gallon, but I’d like to know my real range.
 
I dont know if it works on iSuck but this one of the few apps I paid for the pro version.

Ulysses Speedometer
It has a ton of functionality.
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Let’s see.

The day I wired up the radio was 6 days into sitting in hospice watching my father in law die. I may have been drinking too much that night and not wire in a fuse....

This lead to the wire chafing, grounding out, and a small electrical fire, melting the floor mats, and filling the cab with smoke on the way to the SSS in Arkansas. Almost became the FryingPig instead of the FlyingPig. It was exciting.

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To all of the haters’ joy, I had more electrical issues on day two. After hours of poking, prodding, blowing fuses, blowing more fuses, hot wiring, we bypassed something in the ignition that is grounding out. The ECU is hot wired right now essentially. Oh boy did the leaf spring 2Fers love that I was having issues. It is something in the 1973 wiring, not something I did, which makes me happy.

Once it was fixed, drove another 500 miles home at 80mph, getting 15+ mpgs, on 35”s, with just a thumb and forefinger on the steering wheel. Needs a little work, but overall a win

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So, the Saturday I made the bad radio wiring decision, father in law passed that Sunday, the Monday I go to rebuild the front end and clear my mind, but it’s jacked up. Had to leave that Thursday to make the ride.

the housing is just a little tiny bent from the wreck when I got it. The passenger side stub shaft is preloaded you the rear of the spindle. This is causing the hub to not lock, or to stay locked when locked, and wear out the ring inside of it. I took a stock drive flange to the SSS and threw it on when 4WD was needed, and pulled it off on the way home.

I don’t know his Mud name, but Alfredo hooked me up and brought another front end to SSS and it’ll be swapped out soon. It made it back to AL and is patiently waiting on the Tundra bed

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