Steiger Man's rebuild after the Great Rollover of 2012

[Steiger Man]

Picked up the $40.00 cab and sat it on the frame today.

The interior might need some work too. We'll pull the dash out of the old cab and swap it over. New cab has red interior old cab is blue inside.

Started assembling the spare engine today too

 

[Protowrxs]

... i would love for my dad and i to build something but he thinks it would turn his yard into a junkyard.

Short term junkyard, long term memories....
Fond memories of my dad working with me on projects decades ago.

Great build thread here though...

 

[Steiger Man]

Couldn't handle the dirty engine sitting in there, so we swapped in the new block.

No problem straightening out the engine compartment harness

 

[Steiger Man]

Teaching the boy how to hydro test some heater cores the old school way...in the doggie pool. Ha Ha.

 

[Steiger Man]

If anybody is still watching the budget abortion.
Cam and timing gears set up tonight.
BTW. Total money right now. $77.00 then I sold the old cab, bed and fenders at the scrap yard for $80.00. looks like I'm up $3.00 on this build.

 

[Steiger Man]

Nothing new to show off. Been busy working 12-16 hour days most days. I hate it when it gets hot down here. Air Conditioners on Farm tractors won't keep all of that glass from heating up the cabs.
Just bumping this thread back to the top for now.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Nothing new to show off. Been busy working 12-16 hour days most days. I hate it when it gets hot down here. Air Conditioners on Farm tractors won't keep all of that glass from heating up the cabs.
Just bumping this thread back to the top for now.

I bet you will notice pretty quick when it the A/C quits completly though... them greenhouses are pretty tough going with no A/C.

My dad jokes about that, he worked at a JD dealer in the '70's when the nice cabs started coming out. At first nobody wanted them 'cause they never needed them before, then they had the cab retrofitted because the one the neighbor got was a lot nicer than what they had available a couple years before... and then not long after they had an aftermarket A/C kit put in because it is impossible to get air to move through a cab you can't rip the windows and doors off of. Opening the windows and door only make it louder and dirtier... no cooler

 

[Steiger Man]

OK we had a little time to make some progress and return to Al Gore's internet to report on the progress.My son said to me that he just wanted to get the truck back on the road so he wanted to go back with the original 4X4 suspension and transfer case. I figured that was the best decision he's made so far with this rebuild. So we put it all back in.Tomorrow we're getting up early and hitting the 1/2 price sale at the junkyard. We scouted it already and found a donor truck for the inner fenders, radiator support, radiator, all A/C components and some miscellaneous nuts and bolts that are MIA inside my garage somewhere.

Finished the engine assembly

Sitting in the driveway with the wrong spring seats. OOPS!

Before the power steering bracket and pulley got cleaned and painted.

 

[Steiger Man]

We made it to the junkyard. then we found that the junkyard employees moved our donor truck and in the process they smashed the fenders and tweaked the hood. So all we could get was the inner fender and fender support with the radiator core support.
Here is my son pulling some goodies out from under the dash

The front fender supports make a good elbow rest too

Here is the haul sitting next to the truck. We'll have to weld this part back on.

 

[Steiger Man]

We got it cranking from the key today. Has everything to run except for fuel pump.WoooHooo!

 

[Steiger Man]

Still cranks like a mofo...just won't light. I don't understand...

 

[Explorin94]

Still cranks like a mofo...just won't light. I don't understand...

Inertia switch tripped? Do you have power to it?

 

[Steiger Man]

OK got it running Wooooooooooooo....shift...Hoooooooooo!
Took it around the block, It runs great now. Just ticking something fierce from the lifters.