97Fordrunner's BII

[97fordrunner]

So got started officially today on the suspension and drive line on my '89 BII.

Future of this truck includes

Dana 35 (installed as of today)
8.8 Rear
Lockers
new gears (unsure of ratio yet)
Home built Rad. arms ( 4x4Junkie knockoffs)
Suspension lift (front done today)
Durango leaf springs
4.0 from my '92 donor truck
Tires (not sure on size yet)
Fab up Bumpers and rock rails.

and more as I think of it


D28 ready to come out

The typical pic from everyone who does this swap

Drop brackets in the I got from Member Gumby

Dana 35 Painted up and ready to got in - the pumpkin which is staying out till it gets gears and a locker

Here its sitting on its own, Coils aren't final at all, in fact they are stock coils with about 3/4 of another set of stock coils wound together so I could get it out of the shop, But all in all it looks like I should be able to run EB 3 1/2" lift coils and be in the ball park.

Next steps are figure out the steering, i'm thinking something along the lines of the stonecrusher set up the ThatGuy was running from JD. and Durango Leafs in the rear once I get some final measurements from the junk yard to make sure they will work..

More pics later

 

[97fordrunner]

Got ambitious this weekend and got the Durango Leaf Spring in the rear, I just need to move the rear mount forward to get the shackle angle corrected or do a shackle flip, Haven't quite decided just yet. And I didn't realize that the spring perches between a ranger and BII were different so I need to bump them out as well (wish I didn't have to throw it together to get it out of the shop or I'd have done that before it went in!). No Biggie I got some other plans as well.

Here are a few pics.

Top is a old BII leaf bottom is the Durango

here is how it sits now, It will probably drop a little bit once the shackle angle is corrected but it lifted it about 4-5" I'd Say safety

 

[97fordrunner]

Well UPS came with my 3 1/2" EB Deaver coils today so I had to throw them in and see how she sits

After re-measuring it looks like after all is said and done the Durango leafs only got me about 3" in the rear so I am gonna follow the lead of other fellas on here and put in the main leaf from the stock packs and the overload and see where that puts it.



Next up this weekend is to get the F250 shock towers,Re-locate the front leaf spring hangers back about 1 1/2" which will locate the axle in the proper spot and give me the right shackle angle.