Josh40601's Build Thread. (D-ranged)

[Josh40601]

ok, so i have been slaving away on this thing like a ... well... anyway....

I got a shit ton of work done. Here are the pics. BTW, THIS BITCH IS DRIVING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

steering gussets

Trans crossmember

Upper and Lower Track Rod mounts

Keith, owner and fabricator at Loftis Motorsports is the guy who did ALL the welding on the truck. Here is a pic of him burning in the arms

After shots of the arms

Check out how we made the metal (Cold-Rolled Steel) "Mold" to the tubes. We will be plating in the rear part of the arms very soon.

rear end setup (for now )

Sitting on the ground, going through everything before driving her home

Took D about 25 miles, and everything was great, other than the alignment. We tape measure aligned it, but needs to be laser aligned. The wheel cylinders are shot, and I have a brake line that is drip leaking. Battery is shot, other than those, its all good

There will be MUCH more pictures now that the truck is back into my hands

 

[slow96gt]

glad you got it done, its a killer looking truck

 

[Josh40601]

thanks man, I still have plenty more in store for ol D-Ranged here.

 

[Kyle M.]

Slap my ass and call me spankey...bout F'n time! Wheelin pics?

 

[Josh40601]

thats what i said! I still have a lot of little shit to knock out before I take it out. Dont worry, i will picture whore the shit out of this thing

 

[Josh40601]

both wheel cylinders are replaced, battery is replaced, all leaks are fixed. Finished painting everything, wired up the stereo, and gave it a bath. Going to start working on the front clip this week, hoping to have the 09 clip on by Friday. Cut out flares are on their way, so they will be next week's project.

 

[Josh40601]

 

[Bennybooster]

Talk about poser flex, lol

 

[Josh40601]

mall rated FTW!

 

[Bennybooster]

Yep, I basically built my truck for the mallz as well

 

[Josh40601]

I want to make sure I work out as many little problems i can before i start taking it out and beating on it.

Noticed last night that the driver side rear wheel cylinder is still leaking. I replaced both sides, so I am thinking that the line going into the WC is bad. Going to Napa after work, grab a new brake line, go from there. Hope it works!

I've been driving this thing on the freeway a lot, and let me say, it rides great! steering is super tight, could use a sway bar, another alignment, and some shims for the rear end, but other than that, its doing pretty damn good. The steering radius is SOO tight now. I can actually make u-turns!!

 

[Josh40601]

09 front clip is on. Well, kinda. Ford wanted to be a PIA so they changed little things here and there to make it a PIA to swap clips and keep the older Support. I will not let them win.... I got everything bolted up, but there was one problem I couldnt fix without heading to the junk yard.... The hood latch. The latch mechanism on the 94 is super simple, just a plate that the hook connects to. The 09 hood has a bar. Going to the junk yard today to get the parts i need. I'll post up some pics here in a little while

 

[Josh40601]

clip is on. Still need to take it on base to use the grinder and cut off wheel. (My complex wont allow grinders to be used) Still some mods needed to make it fit. Once I get finished and all buttoned up, I'll post up the step by step process in the Tech Library. Without further ado... Here are the pics:

 

[PlumCrazy]

It looks like there is a big gap between the grille and the hood?

 

[Josh40601]

1- There is a rubber grommet in there.
2- Its still not done (notice the huge gaps on each side of the hood)
3- there is no hood latch