My 88 BII Build!!

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• Jul 17, 2010

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So, I'm going to finally start my build thread

This is my BII the day I picked it up.

I picked her up for $1,300 with 113,000 miles and brand new paint. Plans are to do a 4" suspension lift with 31s then later on do a Dana 35 and 8.8 swap with some 4.56 gears front and rear, and a lock right in the rear as well.

 

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First thing I did was replace the old valve cover gaskets, the old ones leaked real bad.

Cleaned the valve covers up a bit

I also did a full tune up, this thing runs great

 

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damn, that's one slick b2 you got there. great deal too, $1300 for an EB with 113K, NICE!!
there are people around here that list crappy b2's with 175k for over $2,000.
this thing is gonna look good lifted

 

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Thanks,

I'm going to be starting on the lift tmrw, at the vary least get the rear done. I have an explorer sport shaft I'm going to use to replace the crap CV shaft, it needs to be shortened and I want to lift the rear before I take any measurements. If that goes well then I will start taking the front out

I'll post some more pics later of my wheels and tires and what not.

 

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what lift are you using? i'm trying to decide which i wanna use right now. cost will be the ultimate factor, so it'll probably be the rough country one. i'm also thinking about doing 2" coils, shackles in the rear and a 2" body lift

 

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I have the rough country for now, eventually I'll up graded to skyjacker brackets.

 

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A little while ago I wen to the JY to see what they had for the BII. I found a brush guard and new seat mount that I thought would be cool to have.


This is the brush guard off an 86 ranger, picked it up for $40

Got it cleaned off and painted

Mounted on the BII

 

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Here is the new seat mount. I just thought it was cool.

Makes it easier for people to get in and out of the back

 

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Oh, I also grabbed some Explorer sun visors to replace the stock floppy ones

Also did some cleaning under the hood. the throttle body was in rough shape.


BEFORE

AFTER

Nice and clean now!!



MORE TO COME

 

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Speaking of throttle bodies, I think theres a write-up in the Tech Library on how to put a 5.0 throttle body on a 2.9, dont know what it all takes to do that, but should help with performance.

Have to say thats one of the better BII I have seen.

 

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thanks man, I thought about putting an 86 or 87 throttle body on. They are larger then the 88 and up 2.9s but I decided to keep it stock under the hood for now anyway. lol

 

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So here are the wheels and tires I bought back in December. 31" BFG All Terrains on some black powder coated 8" Crager wheels. Saw a BII on here with this wheel and tire combo and fell in love with the way they look on a BII!!

TIRES

WHEELS

Then I had my buddy mount and balance them at his work for FREE

 

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Picked up a K&N air filter and stock it on. It flowed a lot better and sounded mean when you step on it, but for now I took it off until I can make some kind of heat shield around it. That way I'm nut sucking in hot air!

All the stock air box components the K&N replaced

I hacked the intake tube and swapped locations with the battery

Like I said I'll put it back on when I build a heat shield for it... someday

 

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A couple weeks ago the right front brake caliper locked up on my when I was on my way to go camping

So I took this opportunity to get all brand new brakes
My buddy that mounted and balanced my tires hooked me up again with all new brake pads, rotors, and calipers for both sides for $150

Here are the old roasted pads, see the cracks?? lol

Now the new brakes!

oh, and the booster also went out when I tried to drive home with the brake locked up so I replaced that too.

Old booster

I went ahead and replaced the master cylinder too because it looked nasty on the inside.

and here is the old locked up caliper

 

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Some presents from UPS

My 4" Rough Country lift kit. I know its not the best but its good enough for now.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=765348
Drop pitman arm

4" lift blocks

Sway bar drop brackets

Nitro 9000 shocks

Coil Springs(I think I will paint these red)

Axle drop brackets and radius arm drop brackets

Also got some front and rear skyjacker stainless steel extended brake lines