TrexMex
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2007
- Messages
- 405
- Reaction score
- 6
- Age
- 47
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0L
- Transmission
- Manual
I saw an ad with this pick a little more than a year ago:
'94 Super Cab, 4x4, 75K in the odometer (5-digit odometer so I was guessing 175K, of course)... Truck was a little less than $3000.00 and it looked really nice in the pic... The tires alone were worth ~$950.00 (5 Cooper Discoverer STTs 31x10.5 R15) so I decided to give it a shot..
As expected for the price I was paying I've changed so far:
- Radiator
- ALL the AC System (Condenser, AC Line, Evap, Compressor, and canister)
- Alternator
- Serviced Upper/Lower Intake Manifold
- All your every-day tune-up components
- Front Diff seals, U-Joints
- Switched to Manual Hubs (Jeep beefed-up warns)
- Changed to black steel wheels
- 2006 rear leaf springs, one extra leaf from the old ones that had an ugly "w" shape on them
- Front Skyjacker Leveling Coils (2")
- Skyjacker Nitro Shocks, all 4 of them
- Got rid of the side steps, and eventually of the front grille guard as well
- ENTIRE clutch system, along with the line
Some pics I have handy (Will look for more @ home):
With Leveling coils/new leafs:
In this one you can see how I found out I needed new front diff seals
Added a steering stabilizer:
With the new wheels/hubs:
As always, I should've stop there, but nooo.... I was afraid to have it painted because I knew the truck was going to need a lot of body work, and just by looking at the front support It was obvious the PO smashed the truck against something and got a half-butt job done just to sell it, So after a year of working almost every weekend on it I decided it was time to make my baby look purty.... well, 7 weeks and counting...
I started by removing the rear hitch because it was welded fwd of the rear spring perch and that fatigued the chassis to the point of showing a small crack.... Couldn't find the pic but I promise I'll take one next Saturday when I go to where the truck is sitting (a friend owns a Paint and Body Shop, he's doing all the body work). Besides that well, I'll let the pics speak for themselves:
To the left you can see how the rad frame is bent, so we found out it needed replacement:
Removed the old frame, tried to fix it but just decided to replace it along with the right inner fender:
"New" Support/inner fender:
Here you can see why we need to straighten up the cab (and get new doors, btw)
Removing all the windows, windshield:
Guess I need a new antenna cable.... Also, How many colors has this thing had??? I see Red, white and blue there!!
As far as it got last Saturday.. My friend welded the new frame in and mounted the outer fenders to see if everything matches he had to straighten out the front part of the chassis 1/4th of an inch up and 1.5 inches to the left. Both beams bent because of that front hitch I'm getting rid of, btw...
Also you can see my color pick... Ford Dark Metallic Gray... Sorry for the low-res, I only had my cell phone camera... Promise more pics and will upload some of the old ones I have.... The truck started to get dismantled in mid-July, so 8 weeks and counting, and I think 3 more to go at least.... Things I got that will be replaced:
New clear front lamps/turn signal lamps.
New 4X4 grille (old was broken)
2006 Style side mirrors
2006 Tail lights
Man can't wait to finish this and go wheeling!
'94 Super Cab, 4x4, 75K in the odometer (5-digit odometer so I was guessing 175K, of course)... Truck was a little less than $3000.00 and it looked really nice in the pic... The tires alone were worth ~$950.00 (5 Cooper Discoverer STTs 31x10.5 R15) so I decided to give it a shot..
As expected for the price I was paying I've changed so far:
- Radiator
- ALL the AC System (Condenser, AC Line, Evap, Compressor, and canister)
- Alternator
- Serviced Upper/Lower Intake Manifold
- All your every-day tune-up components
- Front Diff seals, U-Joints
- Switched to Manual Hubs (Jeep beefed-up warns)
- Changed to black steel wheels
- 2006 rear leaf springs, one extra leaf from the old ones that had an ugly "w" shape on them
- Front Skyjacker Leveling Coils (2")
- Skyjacker Nitro Shocks, all 4 of them
- Got rid of the side steps, and eventually of the front grille guard as well
- ENTIRE clutch system, along with the line
Some pics I have handy (Will look for more @ home):
With Leveling coils/new leafs:
In this one you can see how I found out I needed new front diff seals
Added a steering stabilizer:
With the new wheels/hubs:
As always, I should've stop there, but nooo.... I was afraid to have it painted because I knew the truck was going to need a lot of body work, and just by looking at the front support It was obvious the PO smashed the truck against something and got a half-butt job done just to sell it, So after a year of working almost every weekend on it I decided it was time to make my baby look purty.... well, 7 weeks and counting...
I started by removing the rear hitch because it was welded fwd of the rear spring perch and that fatigued the chassis to the point of showing a small crack.... Couldn't find the pic but I promise I'll take one next Saturday when I go to where the truck is sitting (a friend owns a Paint and Body Shop, he's doing all the body work). Besides that well, I'll let the pics speak for themselves:
To the left you can see how the rad frame is bent, so we found out it needed replacement:
Removed the old frame, tried to fix it but just decided to replace it along with the right inner fender:
"New" Support/inner fender:
Here you can see why we need to straighten up the cab (and get new doors, btw)
Removing all the windows, windshield:
Guess I need a new antenna cable.... Also, How many colors has this thing had??? I see Red, white and blue there!!
As far as it got last Saturday.. My friend welded the new frame in and mounted the outer fenders to see if everything matches he had to straighten out the front part of the chassis 1/4th of an inch up and 1.5 inches to the left. Both beams bent because of that front hitch I'm getting rid of, btw...
Also you can see my color pick... Ford Dark Metallic Gray... Sorry for the low-res, I only had my cell phone camera... Promise more pics and will upload some of the old ones I have.... The truck started to get dismantled in mid-July, so 8 weeks and counting, and I think 3 more to go at least.... Things I got that will be replaced:
New clear front lamps/turn signal lamps.
New 4X4 grille (old was broken)
2006 Style side mirrors
2006 Tail lights
Man can't wait to finish this and go wheeling!
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