My New Daily Driver - Little Red/Danger Ranger VI

[railman]

i know this has set your road trip back some...but i would much rather ya have it in excellent mechanical order before ya come down....believe me it will be well worth the trip

l8r, John

 

[mattpresley]

aint no exploder console , that is all factory



just a set of 2 inch leveling coils , and the teaser is all the MOOG parts , i have had the springs since november , just finally getting them installed

I know but thats the same one in the explorer

 

[WNY964x4]

i will be posting pics of the progress from this week in a few

 

[WNY964x4]

here are the progress pics

we are still trying to figure out how to reconnect the shock , we are gonna attack the driver side spring on monday , hopefully all goes well

 

[WNY964x4]

the passenger side shaft took 2 prybars , a can of PB blaster , a set of troches and a 4 lb hand sledge to get out

 

[railman]

the passenger side shaft took 2 prybars , a can of PB blaster , a set of troches and a 4 lb hand sledge to get out

hopefully you don't mean to get it out of the diff....if so.....ouch....

there is a C-clip that holds the passenger side in...have to remove the diff from the beam to remove it correctly....

l8r, John

 

[WNY964x4]

hopefully you don't mean to get it out of the diff....if so.....ouch....

there is a C-clip that holds the passenger side in...have to remove the diff from the beam to remove it correctly....

l8r, John

i was talking the stub shaft from the other half that goes into the diff , gotta love NY rust , and when i put wehigh on that coil it should compress enough for me to hook my shock and sway bar back up , right ? it shouldnt screw my front end up too badly

 

[railman]

yeah, when ya jack the beam up it will be easy to line up the shock and swaybar to remount them...

l8r, John

 

[WNY964x4]

yeah, when ya jack the beam up it will be easy to line up the shock and swaybar to remount them...

l8r, John

that is what i figured , i know that the 132XS springs do not give you a true 2 inches of lift , but it should look a little better once i got it finished up , the teacher was trying to tell me that the front is gonna be way high and whatr not , but i think it should look decent and once they adjust my camber when they align it it will all be good , but i know over spring break i am gonna put alittle more into her , i saved enough the past 4 weeks and i have enough coming back from my taxes that i am gonna get Explorer leaves , 6400 shackles and a hurst shifter , i am gonna swap the leaves and shackles in and get rid of the stock blocks

 

[WNY964x4]

here she is all finished , still needs to be aligned though , gettin that done saturday , i did a basic toe adjustment using a tape measure just to make it driveable till saturday , i measured the front and rear floor to wheel opening height , 34.5" front , 35" rear , i am pretty happy with the results

 

[86 slo-vo]

looks good

 

[WNY964x4]

thanks slo-vo , i have big plans for her over spring break , once i get my tax refund in my account i will start ordering parts , the parts list for the spring break work is

• Explorer Leaves
• Belltech 6400 Shackles
• Hurst Shifter
• 1-Piece D-Shaft
• FX4 Level 2 T-case Shifter (?)

i am gonna get some stuff done and out of the way , still unsure if i am gonna do my manual T-case Swap at that point , have yet to figure out if a L2 t-case shifter will work on a BW1350M case

 

[WNY964x4]

and for old times sake , the one i still kick myself in the ass for selling

 

[PaleBlue90]

shes lookin good

 

[WNY964x4]

crude drawing of a light mount i am gonna build to weld on to the front bumper