Project Rugged Ranger

[94BonB]

Got the headers painted and cured

My easy bake oven set up

Dropped the rear end and moved it forward. The rear of the frame was really soft thats why I moved the rear forward instead of sectioning the frame. I was able to cut off the majority of the rot

at the end of the day

wheel base currently sitting at approx 116" but thats likely to change. Also have the driver side floor almost in and am hoping to have the whole floor completely finished by the end of this weekend.

 

[94BonB]

Not much of an update, but I installed a new water pump on the motor over the weekend. Had my hands full with fixing my DD and other chores.

New pump

Planning on order a slue of parts at the end of the week though:

• New injectors
• Set of locking header bolts
• Header gaskets
• New plugs
• New Thermostat

 

[94BonB]

Parts are ordered and I will be picking them up in Houlton, ME when I make a trip to Bangor, ME at the first of the month.

 

[94BonB]

Picked up the new parts

Installed my headers

also installed the new injectors and new plugs but was a little crunched for time so I forgot to snap a shot. I'll get one the new time I'm home.

 

[94BonB]

Long overdue update

Well it has been a really long time since I have update this thread. A lot has happened since Aug 2013 haha. I have completed school and since moved to Halifax NS; some 450 km away from my shop and this build, to start a new job. This has slowed but not stopped the project. The job is in fact good for the project as I can now afford the parts needed to really start putting things together!

On to the truck. The actual build progress hasn't budged but I have managed to acquire the last few drivetrain parts I needed. I had been on the hunt for a Ford married NP203 for use with my doubler as I want to try and keep my drive lines as short as possible. Well these might as well be unicorns in my area. I did; after extensive searching, manage to find a Ford divorced 203 and snatched it up. What's really weird is that in all my travels looking for a 203, everyone seemed to have a different opinion on which unit, divorced or married, was harder to find. Regardless I finally got one. I then managed to source a 31-spline 203 input gear on ebay so that I can convert my divorced unit to a married unit.

So in terms of parts, I now have:

• 5.8L EFI ready to go back in the truck.

• C6 with the 5.75" adapter needed to mount the NP203 ready to go back in the truck.

• NP203 w/31-spline input gear (needs to be dismantled down to the reduction box, input gears swapped and input mating surface of the case decked and 6 bolt patterned drilled and tapped.

• NP205 (needs to be removed from 79 bronco it currently resides in and rails need to be modified for twin stick operation).

• King Pin D60 (needs overhaul and conversion to SRW hubs)

• Sterling 10.25 currently still in the truck. (Disc Conversion)

I am hoping to start to assemble the 203/205 doubler sometime this spring, I plan on going with the Northwest Fab kit and there triple stick shifters:
http://www.northwestfab.com/ There are a couple of reasons for choosing this kit, I like the clockability and reclockability feature and they are also a Canadian company which means that I save an automatic 10% just in currency exchange. I'm going to try and update this thread more frequently as I make progress and/or decisions on the build. The actual build progress will be slow as I currently have no garage at my place to move the project here. Thats all for now!