build thread

[86ford]

i totally get were your comeing from. i was the newb for a while but when i did have someone stay behind to help me i listioned,learned and didnt try anything stupid. now im like you, i stay back and help the newbs lol. i ko my rigs limts so i wheel hard but not to hard..after the frist dent i dont mind body damage....its mechanical damage that i worry about

short of a roll over i dont really care about mechanical or body damage. as long as it can be put back together in a few days or even a week i dont mind anymore. i have just about anything and everything in my garage or i can get it cheap.

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[PaleBlue90]

short of a roll over i dont really care about mechanical or body damage. as long as it can be put back together in a few days or even a week i dont mind anymore. i have just about anything and everything in my garage or i can get it cheap.

86

thats the best thing aint it? whats your next plans for your B2?

 

[86ford]

thats the best thing aint it? whats your next plans for your B2?

i need to cut more of the front fenders, fix or replace that door, figure out why the engine is so cranky and fix that. the next upgrade will be a aussie locker for the front i think. i dont see me getting the aussie till spring time. till then it will see trails and trees!

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[86ford]

14 dollars in plexi-glass later and a adjusted fender i am ready to wheel again.

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[colinrmitchell]

It's great to see what your truck looks like. It turned out great and I bet it performs better.

I want to go wheeling with you sometime next summer. Just need to save change to get mine 4x4, and we can stomp some shit. I'm working on 4.56's in the rear. Got a shop that can turn my transmission into 4x4. Just need a pile of cash to finish the front.

Speaking of which, you don't know anybody with a D30 3.73 and numerically higher carrier and/or Lock-rite, do you?

 

[86ford]

It's great to see what your truck looks like. It turned out great and I bet it performs better.

I want to go wheeling with you sometime next summer. Just need to save change to get mine 4x4, and we can stomp some shit. I'm working on 4.56's in the rear. Got a shop that can turn my transmission into 4x4. Just need a pile of cash to finish the front.

Speaking of which, you don't know anybody with a D30 3.73 and numerically higher carrier and/or Lock-rite, do you?

i am going to text you about it right now. just get a 4wd trans if you can from a yard, its MUCH CHEAPER. i have a local bone yard you need to come rape. its a a u-pull-it and everything is stupid cheap. they have 40 or 50 RBVs at any given time. i am happy you see my trail rash and dont shy away from wheeling with me, most do........... pansies.

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[colinrmitchell]

You are right, but none of the yards near me have a 2.3L 4x4 tranny, all 2WD. If you know of one up there, I would mos' def' trek up to score it.

 

[86ford]

You are right, but none of the yards near me have a 2.3L 4x4 tranny, all 2WD. If you know of one up there, I would mos' def' trek up to score it.

you ever call the old man at the 4x4 shop up by me? i would be willing to bet over the course of a month if i stopped in once a week i could find a 2.3 4wd tranny. all of 4cyl rangers have the same bell housing pattern?

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[PaleBlue90]

i saw a decal for ya, it said "Sheet Metal Is For SUV's"

 

[86ford]

i saw a decal for ya, it said "Sheet Metal Is For SUV's"

no shit right. i am having it out on another forum with a few of the ohio "hardcore" mall crawlers who back down every time you challenge them to something that will actually test there rigs or leave its impression in there sheet metal.

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[PaleBlue90]

no shit right. i am having it out on another forum with a few of the ohio "hardcore" mall crawlers who back down every time you challenge them to something that will actually test there rigs or leave its impression in there sheet metal.

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dont you love that?

 

[86ford]

dont you love that?

it gets me really hot when i know over half of the regular visitors personally and some pussy decides to keep spitting BS like they actually wheel with the big boys. i am NOT a big boy, i own a cheap toy for a trail rig and i do what i can with it. i will not go and be a big headache for everyone because i have a complex. if its beyond my limits and the limits of my rig i back down plain and simple. i get pissed when a guy does not help newbies, tells people he is a better wheeler and has a better rig then wants nothing to do with the challenges that mite do serious damage to his rig. i am not happy right now.

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[rickcdewitt]

just get a 4wd trans if you can from a yard, its MUCH CHEAPER.

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that made me think of something.my local yard has very cheap "cores" that sat exposed to the elements at one time(not rusted solid but prolly got some rusty parts).

colin why not get one of those to get the mainshaft and tailshaft from for your m5od.

i am happy you see my trail rash and dont shy away from wheeling with me, most do........... pansies.

acting pretty hardcore yourself eh,i've noticed if i treat my rig as disposable its hard for people to keep up.and its almost time again to swap to something with a straight frame and body

 

[PaleBlue90]

it gets me really hot when i know over half of the regular visitors personally and some pussy decides to keep spitting BS like they actually wheel with the big boys. i am NOT a big boy, i own a cheap toy for a trail rig and i do what i can with it. i will not go and be a big headache for everyone because i have a complex. if its beyond my limits and the limits of my rig i back down plain and simple. i get pissed when a guy does not help newbies, tells people he is a better wheeler and has a better rig then wants nothing to do with the challenges that mite do serious damage to his rig. i am not happy right now.

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i agree it pisses me off too. when i frist took my ranger out i had stock size M/T's and talked so much shit. i kept up with the big boys till they got to the 7foot snow drifts that burried there 40's. tilll that point i was chargeing 4 foot drifts keeping pace.

 

[86ford]

acting pretty hardcore yourself eh,i've noticed if i treat my rig as disposable its hard for people to keep up.and its almost time again to swap to something with a straight frame and body

i treat mine as disposable all the time and its shows with how much crap i have to fix after every trip. i busted the center bolt in my spring pack so i have to fix that now! i should be making some home brewed radius arms soon to replace the stupid ranchos since i am rubbing them! junkie called it again. we will see what my b2 looks like a few years down the road if i dont have to swap parts onto a new rig by then. it is true that some of the best wheelers i know flat out dont care what they break.

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