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thought i would post some off road pics. they never come out the way you think they are
Builds rocks and rolls
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more silly pics
is that big bear? looks like it did good. what part of cal are you in
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yep that is big bear. The pics kinda suck. I live in los angeles, south bay area always up for a trip. checked out your build on pirate are you almost done yet? Trucks look great..
Is that the John Bull trail? or Holcomb Creek?
Yup I wanted to head out to big bear sat with socal landcruisers but didnt make it. I live in orange country(ANAHEIM) The project is far from done
But thats why i have 2 fj40 
Eric
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Went to Moab in October and realized building a dual purpose truck was not so smart. Won't bore anyone with lots of Moab pics. Last day on Pritchett Canyon sheered off two knuckle studs right before rocker knocker or at least that's when i noticed it. Also beat up the swing away on the escalator. It's time to lose some weight get some width and ad some length
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The plan now is to stretch the rear about 10 inches and push the front up around 7 inches. Also going to get some width on the axles. I plan on building a jig and getting an alignment bar to assist in the width mods, we shall see..
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Started with dropping the rear tank and the swing away. I used to carry approx 40 gal of fuel and had a transfered fuel from one tank to another. Also had a switch that would give readings from the seperate fuel tanks sending units. Also removed the rear cross member in preperation of boxing the rear. Starting to lose some weight
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Dropped the axles to start working on the width project. Slid some other axles under the truck just to have a rolling chasis
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That's a ton of flex. I remember reading about those orbit eyes and thinking they had a ton of potential.
Did you ever have problems with the suspension unloading while going down hills with those scissor shackles?
Did you ever have problems with the suspension unloading while going down hills with those scissor shackles?
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The shackles flex like crazy but the load up flips them open. They are in the scrap pile now
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Started boxing in the rear. First I welded in some angle to keep the frame in shape. Since I will be cutting the quarter panels back for the stretch, I am going to leave the angle for my rear body mounts. Removed the cross member. I forgot how much I hate the rivots in the Toyota frames. Grinded the head of then air chiseled them out..
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more pics of boxing the rear. left the crossmember out because I don't know where it is going to go yet. Crossmember location will depend on rear axle location. TBD
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Started working on the rear cross member / bumper. Decided to use 2x4 rectangle. Also pushed the 2x4 about one inch from the end of the frame rail.
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All done with rear. Springs on the way once they get here Spring hangers are next. The tape on the quarter panels is approx where I will be cutting to accomidate the stretch...
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Tapped the sagnaw box for hydro assist. Did not post any details because there are a million in depth threads on the do's and dont's
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So I was excited to get to work on the truck and when I was moving the truck with the forklift from the front end moving backwards I got reckless on a turn and the blade of the forklift hit passenger side frame horn. opsss Thank god it didnt break clean off!
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Thank goodness for come-a-longs. Fabbed some plates to re-enforce frame horns. Shouldn't be a problem in the future. I keep falling further behind because of stupid mistakes!!
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