1988 BII Build

[88_Eddie]

yeah i'll post results, gonna take off the rear one too. i wanna get it running by next week

 

[WoodyB2]

sweet ya i know im going to take the rear off soon...but not sure about the front

 

[88_Eddie]

well thanks to craigslist, i picked up four 2 ton jackstands for $20 today, these will make putting the lift on much easier

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i'm going to chapel hill in a little to pick up the t-case. my wife went out of town this weekend and i just realized she took the camera, so no pics until sunday looks like somebody's gettin bitch slapped.....






haha, just kidding.....i shake her.......











no i'm just kidding again

 

[88_Eddie]

got the t-case yesterday from fellow TRS'er 'snoopdoggie', he's also gonna hook me up with an 8.8, D35, exploder springs and a factory roof rack, CANT WAIT

got my lift brackets sanded down and painted, coils get here monday, gonna clean up the t-case tomorrow

for now, i just got off work, so it's time

 

[88_Eddie]

i've been workin on a rear bumper design as well, this is what i have so far, i'll probably add a tire gate eventually. it's made from a single piece of 2x3 steel with a tow hitch in the middle. i'm going for cheap, but functional

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[Kyle M.]

Looking good, keep up the progress!

 

[88_Eddie]

well wife is back from her trip, so i have the camera again.....got my brackets all nice and purdy now..........the lift coils get here today and i'm gonna rattle can them eddie bauer tan so that they stand out a bit

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the t-case is a PITA, it was covered in a nice thick layer of grease, so i've been soaking it in purple power for the last couple days and then taking the wire wheel to it

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i painted up the linkage as well, but everyone knows what that looks like. i'm gonna pull the tranny tomorrow and line up the flywheel and clutch a little better, i have one of those plastic clutch pilot tools that i "borrowed" from work. then install the tranny, t-case and rear driveshaft again and try to crank the bitch

 

[country0001]

When u pull the tranny, are u going to intall the t case then or, install once tranny is back in?

The reason I ask is, I'm gettin ready to install my manual t case and really don't wanna pull the tranny to do it.

So I guess I'm asking is it possible to do w/out pullin the tranny?

 

[Robert_1967]

when I installed the tranny in my BroncoII, I put the tranny in first then the t-case, but next time, I'm going to install it has one piece.



Robert

 

[Kyle M.]

On my Ranger I have to install them in 2 parts, the gas tank is in the way, but I would imagine if you can lift it easy enough all in one piece, do it that way.

 

[Robert_1967]

I had to install a auto trans with the t-case together in a 93 f-250, the t-case was just to heavy and awkward to install in two pieces, of course I have a transjack to help me install the trannys.


Robert

 

[country0001]

I've always installed mine w the tranny, thats why I wasn't sure how hard it would be to install seperately.

Sorry bout the temporary threadjack.

 

[88_Eddie]

I've always installed mine w the tranny, thats why I wasn't sure how hard it would be to install seperately.

Sorry bout the temporary threadjack.

no problem, among the many purposes for this site, helping people is one of them

When u pull the tranny, are u going to intall the t case then or, install once tranny is back in?

The reason I ask is, I'm gettin ready to install my manual t case and really don't wanna pull the tranny to do it.

So I guess I'm asking is it possible to do w/out pullin the tranny?

well, in my case, i have to pull the tranny b/c i already have the engine in and i know for sure i didnt align the clutch and flywheel properly, i just eyeballed it cause i didnt know there was such thing as a clutch pilot tool. otherwise, you dont need to pull the tranny to put in the t-case, i really wish i didnt have to.

also, i'm doing all this by myself, i work at autozone, so i dont have off what some people call "weekends" off. i also dont have alot of friends in raleigh (well ones that know how to work on cars) i dont have a trans jack or any way of lifting the tranny/t-case combo (other than my arms).

my coils got here today too, THANKS LEGOMS, like i said, i'm gonna strip them down and paint them eddie bauer tan, maybe tomorrow after work

the t-case is almost all the way cleaned too, just need to wire wheel it in a few more places

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[88_Eddie]

so cancel the eddie bauer tan for the coils.....i couldnt figure out what colored i needed, plus we didnt have anything close at work....so i went with the same blue that i used on the valve covers and upper intake manifold of the engine. and yeah, i guess you could say james duff blue, but the spray paint can said Ford Blue.....but i dont care, i've always wanted a duff lift anyhow, i just have better things to spend $700 on.

also started taking off the rear sway and removed the rear shocks to make way for the exploder leafs and lift shackles

 

[Robert_1967]

Purdy



Robert