Random 3 link nonsense...

[nukegoat]

 

[Booger weldz]

I like the burnt mud disguise idea, there's lots of it to remove just to work on it already

 

[Booger weldz]

Sweet ! Not too shabby for eyeball guessing I suppose.

I'll use the lowest axle end bolt on the upper and the highest @ frame to get a tit more AD and call it good.

Thanks nuke!

 

[nukegoat]

I am loving your low instant center, though.

 

[Booger weldz]

Gotta give 4wu credit here, too. The entire axle end is their minitruck style brackets on my home brew axle abortion

 

[Booger weldz]

Commence grinding forever... Why the FAWK didn't I wash this thing prior to destruction(that's all mud from my Shasta area)????

 

[Booger weldz]

Those are 6" (5sofrm)slee coils for sale in the background, hint, hint$225 shipped, 1700 street miles since new

 

[Wheelingnoob]

Someone is going to have black boogers tonight...

Looking forward to seeing the axle.

 

[scrowley]

Looking good. Can't wait to see the finished product....so I can copy your work someday. Ha. SUBSCRIBED>.

 

[Booger weldz]

Barf! I'd rather carbon arc than grind like this.

 

[nukegoat]

There are some ghetto fixes and less-than-pretty welds underneath my 80 because of the discomfort and pain associated with grinding/welding and doing the job right when it's upside-down. Hope you wore sunscreen

 

[nukegoat]

And is that a kiddie pool or towel or what the heck?

 

[Booger weldz]

Lol, wet beach towel covering front axle from plasma and grinding. I'm finished. Time to mockup coilovers towers(and notch driver side for steering shaft)

But first I have to turn the bathtub black...

 

[Wheelingnoob]

Looks like you are following rule #1 stay well hydrated.

Looks like it cleaned up well. I had forgotten how much I hated grinding till I cut the brackets off a FF 80 rear axle for my brother HJ60....gross.


...via IH8MUD app

 

[maxamillion2345]

I didn't get very far with the rear link mount brackets... the front was enough.

 

[Booger weldz]

Mid nite welding hut, it's windy out.

 

[Booger weldz]

I had a bet I could drive this thing home from work Thursday and back on Monday with a new suspension.

BUT, Slee sent me two rear brake lines and one front(wtf?) and I'm contemplating ditching the factory panhard bracket for cosmetic reasons (and I cut half of it off to clear on up travel)...

The driver side shock tower needs MAJOR surgery to clear the steering shaft and I haven't finished my new tranny mount.

More beer, less typing!!

 

[Booger weldz]

Progress was slow in the recent temperatures, but the only hurdle is the steering shaft/shock tower relationship and my own choice of lower link length conflicts with the bolt area of the tranny crossmember. Otherwise, the 80 ---> 3link w coilovers is pretty straight forward on our trucks.

 

[AMMO]

Dude...

That metal work notch for the steering shaft is a work of art.

Nice job, it's awesome to finally see guys doing stuff like this to 80's....

-A

 

[Booger weldz]

Thanks! I did have to shuffle the abs junk on that side by a couple inches and I ditched the awesome factory air cleaner for a bit til I make some new mounting points for it(autozone ricer type filter temporarily).