Recent content by thezentree

Well this is cool.

I'm good with that, haha. Dunno the spring length change but I can try to get that measurement, and I just matched the shackle length for what was on the truck when I bought it.

On its own weight for the first time in like 5 months. I'm still trying to figure out the shackle hanger placement. I started with the factory 1335mm horizontal distance from spring hanger to shackle hanger. With the rear wheels off the ground I get this: And this with no jackstands: So...

30 minutes here, 45 minutes there, and before you know it I’ve still made very little progress

A fuel tank strap is a fuel tank strap amirite?

One of the (few) nice things about living so far from family is that smaller holidays aren’t filled up with family stuff, so I was able to get the fuel tank crossmember mostly figured out. I still need to build a drop bracket for the frame side of the rear strap, but I’ve got a plan and might be...

It’ll get done sooner or later. Next step is to figure out the rear fuel tank crossmember and mount so I can bolt the axle back in and locate the shackle mounts and shock tabs

I pressure washed the carpet and the leaf springs today. The carpet smells less terrible, and I unearthed some faded part numbers on the springs. I had thought they were a bastard pack that someone put together along the way, but they're actually all pro springs. I don't really know if that's...

Painting (over all the rust mud and grease on) the axle made me feel like this thing is way closer to being done than it actually is.

I'm trying hard to subscribe to "don't get it right, just get it running" but I've come down with a few cases of while-I'm-in-there-itis. Also, side note - the heat+wax method for getting frozen brake line fittings apart is straight up fucking magic.

Does anyone even come to this forum anymore?

Kinda starting to look like a truck again. New frame rails and fish plates are fully welded and I started mocking up the spring hangers this morning. Hoping to get them tacked in place on Monday afternoon. I also found the guy who originally built the truck on facebook and he sent me a couple...

Drivers side outboard fish plate is fully welded and the body mount is fit up, and I rolled the axle under it just so I could remember what it used to look like. Still got a TON of welding to do but seeing that made me feel a little better. Then the main water line to the house broke and I got...

YouTube has lied to me about how long fabrication takes. Also it’s been a billion degrees below zero here for the last two weeks, so I haven’t had much interest in hanging out in my uninsulated, unheated garage. But tonight I had a few hours and got 3 of the 4 main fish plates tacked in place...

Progress over the last couple days. Frame rails are boxed in and fully welded on both sides, and I got the fish plates cut out tonight. I still need to notch and bend them so they fit a little better, but one step at a time. New bushings for the rear springs showed up today, so I can start...