Back in the Game

[-Nathan-]

looking good man, thats a nice pile of parts. also interested in seeing those finished fenders!

 

[Andres629]

Thanks bud... hope it all works as well in real life as it does in the brain!

 

[Andres629]

Also just snagged a pair of air bumps for the front. Yeah ramp jamps.

 

[multiranger]

Dude! As always dang good job... You never cease to amaze me...

 

[railman]

I will be really impressed when he posts PROGRESS PICS!!!!

l8r, John

 

[Andres629]

HERE JOHN. Geez.

These are pics of my Lokar kickdown cable mounting to the pedal.

Welded on a little tab...

Routed it through the firewall where the factory kickdown should go.

And attached!

I will be using a trigger return spring from an old paint gun to keep tension on the cable.

B&M shifter cable attached.

Hole in floor... need to find an auto/e t-case floor plate or make one so I can mount my shifter.

Passenger side flare bent up.

Finished axle side panhard mount.

Going to make some front bumper brackets.

Some 9" pinion guard BEEF. Made by Karnage Fab up here on Vancouver Island. Check them out!

And my new Crawlin' sticker. Not that many of you know what that is, but it's new progress pics.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Lookin good!

I needs me a Crawlin sticker still...

 

[railman]

ok...ok...ok.....now I am Impressed


l8r, John

 

[Andres629]

ok...ok...ok.....now I am Impressed


l8r, John

Finally!

 

[Andres629]

Well, after a long time not being able to work on my truck, finally moved the prick to my new shop. The place where I was living and also building the truck, well... the landlords decided that, even after they said it was cool me doing what I was doing in there, I could no longer work in the garage which I was paying for. That was beginning of November. Since then, I have had a lot of time to think about the project and can't wait to get back at it! Some things are a changin'. I sold off my built 44 and am trying to sell my 37's and the rear 9" housing. Why?



I bought a front 60, some 40" LTB's, and Wahlstrom's old Spidertrax fabricated 9" housing with 14 bolt outers.

I thought to myself, I said "Self, why are you building this like you are? The way you drive, you are pushing that 44 with 37's. Don't spend all this time just to have something you which is not exactly what you want. You scrapped the BII for just that reason." Thank you, self. So in a nutshell, the Ranger will be getting an '03 Super Duty front HP60, some 40x16/17 LTB's and keeping the 9" in the back. Front will be either 3-link or, after talking to Sasquatch_Ryda, fabricated radius arms. Time will tell. Anyway, stay tuned for an update.... sometime.

 

[kris97ranger]

You drive me crazy... you build the coolest shit then disappear for months lol finish it!

 

[Josh40601]

I just want the tires and gears from your 1/2 tons

 

[brinker88]

Sub-fawking-scribed.

That gets tight in there when you go Hi-Steer, doesn't it? haha.

 

[Andres629]

Haha, sorry Kris. That tends to happen. I spend most of my time on local forums, so I kind of forget about TRS sometimes.

Josh, tires are for sell...

Welcome to the gonger, brinker. Yeah, it gets pretty dang tight with high-steer. Going to be in the same boat with my 60... oh well. At least now I'll actually finish the thing, I can't go any bigger! And no, I don't want Rockwells, thank you.

 

[Josh40601]

but you also live like a bajillion miles away