86 4x4 frame off resto-cab swap

[ozziemo27]

hurry up!

 

[Boggin]

somewhat of an update. brought the ranger home and put her next to the shed, also brought the 2wd one up next to the 4x4 so now there right next to eachother by the shed. tomorrow morning i should get some done

 

[BlackBII]

Boggin, click on the DagoResto link in my sig, on that website there are tons of pictures of Resto's being done by my Dad

Good luck buddy

 

[Boggin]

funny story of when i brought the ranger home. me an my buddy was bored so we drove over to my garage an hooked the chain up to the ranger and started out the driveway to tow her home.. all was going well. got out on the road, and sounded like somethin falling off. oh well i would look up in my buddys mirror an see him shitting his pants laughin, an so was i because something was hanging down off her, and there was nothing but a trail of rust coming from behind her on the pavement. so anyways i didnt pay much attention to whatever it was that was dinging and draging on the pavement. so as soon as we pulled in my driveway at my house, i got out and looked, and here was the rear driveshaft, disconnected from the transmission hanging down on the ground. talk about sketchy. its a good thing she didnt hook in a pot hole or i would of brought up solid or the rear end come on out from under her hahaha. oh well i put it up with a bungy cord long enough for me to get in my driveway, put her next to my shed, pushed my b2 back where the 79 used to be, towed out the 2wd an put her next to the 4x4 an left. so tomorrow morning around 9am ill be going over and starting the tear down

 

[Boggin]

Boggin, click on the DagoResto link in my sig, on that website there are tons of pictures of Resto's being done by my Dad

Good luck buddy

thanks bud, and i will

 

[Boggin]

today i picked me up a D35 and 8.8. i think its a 27 spline 8.8 though because its from a ranger, the guy i got the axles from had the rear in the explorer but i didnt want to have to take it out while the other one was just sitting on the ground next to it already out. and i didnt really wanna have to put the spring perches on top of the axle since this one was already out. he made sure it was an 8.8 since i wasnt sure because where its from a ranger and not all rangers had 8.8s but he said he was sure and it has a plastic diff cover so he said that only came on 8.8s anyways. can anyone confirm if this is true?
i will be sanding it and painting MAYBE tonight, not sure yet. will get pics when i do

 

[ozziemo27]

today i picked me up a D35 and 8.8. i think its a 27 spline 8.8 though because its from a ranger, the guy i got the axles from had the rear in the explorer but i didnt want to have to take it out while the other one was just sitting on the ground next to it already out. and i didnt really wanna have to put the spring perches on top of the axle since this one was already out. he made sure it was an 8.8 since i wasnt sure because where its from a ranger and not all rangers had 8.8s but he said he was sure and it has a plastic diff cover so he said that only came on 8.8s anyways. can anyone confirm if this is true?
i will be sanding it and painting MAYBE tonight, not sure yet. will get pics when i do

So you lazied out and didn't get the stronger of the axles? ima slap you. 31 spline is superior to a 28 spline 8.8 for sure, and no, both 7.5s and 8.8s both came with composite diff covers, if you'd text me a pic of the diff cover, I could tell you if its an 8.8 or not. or if it has a tag on the cover, that says either 8.8 or 88 or 7.5 or 75 whichever it may be. where these free or something?

 

[Boggin]

well im only gonna be running 31s or 32s so i dont really care 28 spline or 31. i traded him a manual transfer case

 

[Boggin]

56K warning

ok heres some pics

this is the rangers, the one closest to the shed is the project one. the one with the push bar and body lift is the 2wd thats donating the cab

8.8 and D35

brush guard(headlight peices not shown)

dayton timberline m/ts 245/85/16

some kind of decals on the fender of the 4x4

the inside of hte good cab on the 2wd that i will be using

the 4x4 cab that will be ditched

Now for the progress i made today..
started by ripping the seat up out of the floor with just my hands, not tools.

ended up busting out the sawzall and ended up with this

and at the end of the night after i got the replacement floor pans removed and body mounts un hooked and tcase shifter out

thats all i done today. will be taking off the front rad support cab mounts the next sunny day we get then ripping the cab off

and this is 2' of 2" square tubing. ill be using this to extend both my rad arms 10" each

 

[fordman4x492]

damn i like the interior of the 2wd. lol

 

[Boggin]

haha ill be painting that over.. idk what color probably black. that orange is just ghetto

 

[Boggin]

will soon be removing the bed also. trying to decide if i should fix up the bed with new panels and bondo or flatbed like holyfords..

 

[fordman4x492]

haha ill be painting that over.. idk what color probably black. that orange is just ghetto

haha i just like how the black and orange go together so awsome like. lol

 

[fx2prerunner]

awsome build, cant wait to see this thing in person

 

[ozziemo27]

why such small tires? and how much are you lifting it?