Project black betty(aka money pit)


Never had the need for one. If I have the money then I buy it and if I dont then I dont get it. Intrest rates on credit cards are throught the roof, I would end up paying more for something then I need to. Mabey when the American economy gets better.
 
Never had the need for one. If I have the money then I buy it and if I dont then I dont get it. Intrest rates on credit cards are throught the roof, I would end up paying more for something then I need to. Mabey when the American economy gets better.

thank god our economy is in tip top shape. theres tonnes of jobs here. trades are booming, and the only downside is housing cost for young people, like myself, is insane. our house doubled in value in a 1 year period.
 
Well America falling in the hole effected the whole world one way or another. Because of the economy falling thats why I still live with my parents.
 
Well America falling in the hole effected the whole world one way or another. Because of the economy falling thats why I still live with my parents.
i've yet to see an effect here... i still live with mine cause im only 17 and to sign an apartment agreement you have to be 18, plus i can work on my trucks here...
 
So......anymore progress on BB???
 
So......anymore progress on BB???

but everyone suggested i sell it... so that was kinda the plan... cause if even the biggest ranger fans dont think i should keep it, whats gonna keep me motivated to finish it. so until i see this new truck nothings happening.
 
I dont want to see you sell her. Thats your 4wd truck. But like you said wait till you see the other one.
 
ok so im goin to get my other 89 this weekend hopefully. im kinda broke but maybe i can do something soon...
 
I'm trading a guy on TRS my Jeep Dana 35 Detroit locker and 4.56 gears for Dana 30 HP 3.73 gears. Sounds like a bad trade but I had no use for the locker and 4.56. I'm shipping it out Monday and when I get them I will be one step closer to doing my SAS. After that I can get the Dana 30 gears changed and sell the 4.56's that are in it, so I'm told thats what they are, but just to be safe I'm swapping them out. Just need to sell or part out my 2.3 ASAP.

As for you....lets get this show on the road!!!!!!
 
I'm trading a guy on TRS my Jeep Dana 35 Detroit locker and 4.56 gears for Dana 30 HP 3.73 gears. Sounds like a bad trade but I had no use for the locker and 4.56. I'm shipping it out Monday and when I get them I will be one step closer to doing my SAS. After that I can get the Dana 30 gears changed and sell the 4.56's that are in it, so I'm told thats what they are, but just to be safe I'm swapping them out. Just need to sell or part out my 2.3 ASAP.

As for you....lets get this show on the road!!!!!!

keep it on the dl, but im changing my buddies diff for him, and in return he's haulin it home 4 me. in his sonoma. sigh. im not gonna forget this one. haha
but hopefully i can do something with it. i dont know if its 4.0 or 2.9 yet. exiting!!!!!
but i think maybe 4.0 never started til 1990.
either way i know where theres a good m50d 4.0 ranger waiting for me to rob the tranny
 
I would think its a 2.9. When you get it get pictures. I just relized that I'm confused as to which vehicle your fixing and what vehicles are getting the mods and which ones you are getting rid of. Man I feel stupid.

Your next post is number 800!!!!!
 
I would think its a 2.9. When you get it get pictures. I just relized that I'm confused as to which vehicle your fixing and what vehicles are getting the mods and which ones you are getting rid of. Man I feel stupid.

Your next post is number 800!!!!!

yay!
o shit did i really waste it on that. dam
ok so heres the deal. due to his truck being a gm, it didnt make it to the shop. so we limped it (by this i mean i drove it and the diff locked up every time i stopped due to the pinion jamming into the gears case)
and it was too late to get a diff. however we will try again next weekend. and hopefully then get the 89 home. if the guy who owns it didn't get fed up and haul it away. so.
thats what happened. big waste of time
ok so the plans all rely on what the 89 needs. of its a shit hunk ill scrap it and keep whatevers good, if not ill maybe fix it up. if its a SH like previously mentioned, ill gather parts for a 4x4 swap on mine, startin with an m50 4x4 tranny and tcase to match. i have one scoped out
i'll save for a custom driveshaft and when i can afford it ill swap in the 4x4 tranny. then ill worry about the front diff. as for work thats happening soon, im gettin a new engine for my go cart, and its gonna be cheap. but BIG. i pulled the current motor, so thats gone, gonna get the new motor in soon. gettin it early next week.
its a 15 horse power fist engine from princess auto with a lifetime warrantee and electric start.
i also have some plans for wiring in lights and a winch on it. next step after that will be moddifying the cage, and setting up a new steering system, then suspension will be adressed. maybe before major mods brakes woill be added. still not sure what route im gonna go with those tho...
 
So BB is a goner, old blue is going to be a 4wd (SAS?) and the 89 might get fixed or you'll take its 4.0 and put it in old blue. I think I got it right. Cant wait till Monday to ship out stuff. I want my gears now so I can get pictures of them and get the D30 torn into to see what it all needs as in parts. I hope it doesnt need much bearing are expensive for it. Get the 4.56 gears out of it and sell them for enough to get steering linkage or at least help out with it. I'm going to try to use the original pitman arm instead of spending money on one. I think the major mod. will be to the drive shaft.

As for your wheel flying of my dad even see that as being strange.

I bet if you part out BB on here you can make some money off her or the 89.

Well just as I clicked out of your build thread this is the message I got from the guy I'm trading with, liftedredranger....

"hey man i told you that i was going up to my buddies house about an hour and half away from me but i never got there because so ahole cut my brake lines and messed with the motor on my truck so now its in the shop and thats my only ride, so what i did was told him to ship them to me so they will get to my house like thrusday and when they get here ill send them right out, also i got work all this week and ill never have time to get up there and be back for work so i hope you dont mind? i really like the set up you have please dont back out?"

Told him to have his buddy ship them to my house to make stuff easier. I'm not going to back out of it he was first to want it and he WILL get it, plus he has what I need.
 
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So BB is a goner, old blue is going to be a 4wd (SAS?) and the 89 might get fixed or you'll take its 4.0 and put it in old blue. I think I got it right. Cant wait till Monday to ship out stuff. I want my gears now so I can get pictures of them and get the D30 torn into to see what it all needs as in parts. I hope it doesnt need much bearing are expensive for it. Get the 4.56 gears out of it and sell them for enough to get steering linkage or at least help out with it. I'm going to try to use the original pitman arm instead of spending money on one. I think the major mod. will be to the drive shaft.

As for your wheel flying of my dad even see that as being strange.

I bet if you part out BB on here you can make some money off her or the 89.

Well just as I clicked out of your build thread this is the message I got from the guy I'm trading with, liftedredranger....

"hey man i told you that i was going up to my buddies house about an hour and half away from me but i never got there because so ahole cut my brake lines and messed with the motor on my truck so now its in the shop and thats my only ride, so what i did was told him to ship them to me so they will get to my house like thrusday and when they get here ill send them right out, also i got work all this week and ill never have time to get up there and be back for work so i hope you dont mind? i really like the set up you have please dont back out?"

Told him to have his buddy ship them to my house to make stuff easier. I'm not going to back out of it he was first to want it and he WILL get it, plus he has what I need.

sweet. um to clear up, if the 89 has a 4.0 im not swappin it in ol blue. no motor swaps for me. and if im 4x4 swapping ill pull the 2.9 and swap crossmembers, stayin ttb. i dont need a solid axle just yet and the ttb would be much quicker. however. bb is for sure a gonner, but due to recetn attention be shifted to something i can afford to mod and not need to dd my cart is getting serious work.
i hope you get some cash for your 2.3 soon, it would be inspiring to see you get it back movin. i wish i had more time to work on my truck and a shop to do it in. cause cold wet and windy aren't conditions that make you wanna go work on your truck.
so. i friggin need to get this truck home. and figure stuff out.
o and im getting a 15 horse electric start engine for 200 bux. brand new. DEAM im happy about that. so ill get pics soon as i get a camera so you can see i havent been doin nothin
 

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