Josh40601's Build Thread. (D-ranged)

[railman]

Did you put in it neutral and release the parking brake?????






Robert

l8r, John

 

[Josh40601]

You know what? That might have been the problem!! E brake was on (the can that is) and the transmission is in gear (lying on the ground)

 

[Robert_1967]

I'm just messing with you.




Robert

 

[Josh40601]

I know. That's why I play along! Lol

 

[Josh40601]

I got all the wiring out, fuel lines out, tank out, sliders lopped off and old brackets cut off. I'll he out of town this weekend so moving the rear end back will come next weekend. Hoping to get the frame junk finished next weekend so I can put the cab on and start building again

 

[Josh40601]

Frame wire wheeled and all the welds I felt like grinding down are ground down. There are a couple holes I want to weld up before throwing everything back together, but number 1 priority is getting the rear axle centered. After that, I will start with the new fuel and brake lines

 

[Josh40601]

As you guys know, I had moved the rear axle forward to try and shorten my wheel base. Well, this caused the rear shackle to be almost 90* which made the truck ride horrible. Not to mention it looked retarded... Example...

I also test fit the bed to make sure I marked my centerline, then centered the rear, and moved the spring hanger. Drilled new holes, and grade 8ed it up.

I welded up all the extra holes in the frame, Then decided to grind down the remainder of the rock sliders all the way. The plasma broke out and I removed all the old brackets and a little more...

After everything was ground smooth, shot some filler primer over the whole frame and painted it semigloss black.

 

[Josh40601]

I began putting the trucks together today, and of course this is where things got fun.

I removed all the wiring and fuel lines from the 01 frame, and fitted them all to the 94. Next up was the fuel tank and where things went sour.

The two crossmembers that hold the fuel tank are completely different on the two frames. So I was torn between jerry-rigging it or swapping the 01s over. I chose the later.

Here you can see the difference in the main crossmember that goes over the back

The front has a riveted bracket on the 94, but bolt on bracket for 01.

So I broke the plasma back out and started cutting things out. I pulled all the body mounts, the shock towers, and both crossmembers from the 01. Brought the 94 frame down, and cut the riveted bracket and old crossmember out after I removed all the wiring and fuel lines I just put in earlier today.

So 1 step forward, 2 back. So as of now, the new crossmember is sitting in the frame, waiting to be welded in. Tomorrow will likely be cleaning up from the plasma, and I will weld the new crossmember in likely Wednesday

 

[4.0B2]

looks good.
can i have the winch now that its gonna be a mall crawler?! lol. jk.

 

[Josh40601]

Lol, sure!

Na, I will use the winch still. Hell I use the Explorer winch all the time. I was thinking about swapping them, putting the 8k on this truck and the 9k on the Ex. I guess we will see how the ex does at Harlan before I go that route

 

[kris97ranger]

id put the 8k on the back of the ex.

 

[Robert_1967]

id put the 8k on the back of the ex.

That way you can pull all the Jeeps and Yotas that get stuck behind you





Robert

 

[Josh40601]

I can already do that without a winch...

 

[Josh40601]

After more cutting of the frame and more mock up, tank is finally in position. You can see how the two frames are different in the mounting of the crossmember.

Going to have to use something as a filler for the large holes.

 

[Josh40601]

Well I worked a little more today. Probably be the last time until next week. I have to work on the Explorer.

I tacked the gas tank crossmember in, test fit the bed to insure no issues with it being mounted up to high, then pulled everything back off so I can gusset the crossmember and run all my wiring and lines again.

With the bed on, you can see how much better it looks with the tire centered