Hmmm... So at this time, front sheet metal OFF, cab ON frame, engine/trans jacked up? I guess I'd set the truck up level on jackstands (shim as...
Best thing about the folks that hang around here? It just doesn't matter HOW you got your AD to where it is, its that you GOT your AD to where it...
Mar-K (maker of replacement bed parts) did a "Bed Wood Finish Test" in June of 2004 Wood Finish Testing - Testing of different wood finish...
Is all of this FUN... or what? The pictures are awesome. Looking at the last few pictures I think modified UCA's would solve the bind issue....
WOW... How thick?
Robert, look at the other side of the coin: If you had "just paid somebody else to get your truck to where you want it", you'd be done already....
I forgot about the airing-out part! I was thinking ride-height, and normal suspension travel. Although if the geometry of the mounting points...
Wouldn't a drop-spindle solve the ball joint binding issue, without negatively impacting the suspension geometry?
Excellent plan! Just make sure the house you select has adequate garage/shop space (or room for it to be added). I fondly recall pre-economic...
Rico, I bet if you kept track of your mileage, you'd find it really isn't much over 2 thousand or so. The classic car insurers want to know you...
The first thing I'd do is set GOALS. Exactly how much HP/TQ are you looking for? Low end grunt or top end scream? Lumpy or smooth? (idle, not...
A quick surf on the interwebs netted me this: Gen 2 heads will bolt to a Gen 1 block but the coolant passages around cylinders 1 and 7, 2 and 8...
The wheels in the last two pics are black- so its difficult to see any detail. I'm not a fan of bling rolling stock especially when the rest of...
I like the body-colored wheel look. The wheels on that truck appear to be artillery-style (which I like a lot). I think the body-colored steel...
Maybe its as simple as a piece of pipe- not unlike the second pic in (your) post #561. Then it'd just be a matter of butting up to it with a...
I enjoy the cardboard mockup stage of fabrication. Then when all the cardboard possibilities are realized, the plasma cutter makes SHORT work of...
Almost exactly 2 months ago I asked where you were Nate. I think I can safely say, what with a subject line, and inserted photo, that you have...
Nate, You hit the nail on the head. Even if I never plan on the modification in any given thread, I greatly enjoy seeing how others arrive at...
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