KyleM MetroFab take over build for me. :)

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]Well after purchasing a few different rigs and crap hitting the fan with my daughter and scrapping the other for some extra money I now have a small fleet of explorers.
this project went bye bye along with its part rig. Kept tires and rims.

Replaced with this 92 explorer which was a victim of a t bone and then a roll over. 4.0 with less then 45k on it and a recent rebuilt a4ld. 3.27 gears.

after finding significant damage to the b pillars, and having to replace the windshield, drivers window and rear corner glass I then thought i would just swap bodies from my 2wd on to this.

Then I would have a 4 dr 4wd trail rig, But just when I thought I had it all figured out I ran across this 1991 eddie bauer for $150.00, it needed a fuel pump, has 3.55's for gears and warn manual hubs.
Plans are to give it a budget boost with shackles for now and spring spaces. Replace the almost new 235's with 30x9.5x15's. Wheel it for a bit and see how well it handles. Since the rockers are shot and it has almost no core support. I will most likely take them off the red one and make new ones for the sport.

Not looking for it to be pretty, just wanna have something to play in.:thumb:


EDIT NOW PROJECT SPLODER V.4.0
So, is the 4th time the charm?
I picked up this 94 Sport 2 weeks ago, I knew it had a bad head gasket(no big deal) Since I have a few extra motors laying around.
Specs as of now.
4.0 with Mitsu 5sp trans.
L/S 3.73 8.8
D35TTB
(3) 31" Procomp Xterrains and one Wrangler MTR on American Racing rims.
Sweet tint Job!
This one is way cleaner then the other 2 projects that were rotting and are now donating drivelines to other rigs and are going to get crushed this weekend to pay for this one.
New Goal is motor swap when I get time and get this effing thing to silver this summer since I failed last summer.
Pics while sitting in an apple orchard drive waiting to get strapped to Alboy79's house since the motor gave up the ghost.:sonicjay:

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This thread started almost 4 years ago so bear with me.

 

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]SNOWPILES!!!!!!!!!

I took Caden out the other day for a run around the yard we jumped a snowpile and I spit out a body mount. lol
Still have a few bugs to work out of it.

 

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Picked up 5 of these!
275/75/16 Treadwright Guard Dog MT's

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So I finally got a start on it. Alboy and Big Al came over to help and bring a cherry picker. I caught Al buying his latest mod for his TJ. :teehee:

The start of the removal. The radiator had nothing but dust in it from the blown headgasket.

Sexy chilling on Jackstands.

Shooting to have the new motor in and running Saturday. Then working on the lift.


Yesterday I put fluids back in the scoobie and took her for a baja run and tested the flex. It need a bit more droop.

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Someone broke in and stole my motor.

Them bastards also cleaned up my springs and re-painted them. :/

Also acquired this.
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KyleM machined my flywheel for me. It looks all pretty and he added a nice extra touch.

Thanks Kyle.. :teehee:

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Finally put the tires on the rims.

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Since now that I have full control over this build, I hope to start making progress on it

First, I'm going to make it run and drive.

Being that its at my house, I get to choose the direction of this build. I've decided to put it up for discussion. Jason has a few ttb parts laying around, including a lift, and he has all the parts(mostly) to do a sas, full width 44/9" stock axles. I'm having trouble deciding on which would be best considering my wheeling style isn't like his would be.

So, build a ttb suspended rig or just go straight to a fw sas swap.

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So after some of my awesome friends From CTOR threw in some parts they had laying around the sas began.

 

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So I the next day I see this!

Ok, I got bored

 

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Spent a couple hours out in the garage, got the frame cleared of all the old spring mounts, cleared the engine crossmember of all the old ttb crap, and clearanced it for the new axle.

Flywheel on, new clutch on, throwout installed, manifold studs repaired (drilled out)

Junk pile getting bigger....

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After I dropped off my 44/9 combo.....

Motor going in

And in

Jason, come over and plug it in, need a starter too.

Axle stripped

Radius arms ready to be cut up

 

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Moar progress!

Oh, couple crappy pics from today

I'm thinking Im gonna fab some new track bar mounts and radius arm mounts. I'm gonna incorporate the factory skid plate to act as a crossmember too.

 

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Then my new wheels and tires made their 300 mile trip across the state sight 37"Mtr's with some crazy metal around the rim with custom powder coated blue rims.

Well with some minor trimming i think they'll fit the wifes dd..

Stacked up nicely ready for an explorer to bolt to....

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