Finished up rear shocks.


Got the bed back on.

hmmmmmmm need to study this a bit more, mybe im missing something

Looking sweet

Thanks man

Truck looks good dude

All crisitizem aside it does look good!

Thanks for the kind words.

Nice job, looks real good, how's the ride?

Pretty good for only 2 rear shocks lol. Will start on front as soon as I build or buy a spring hanger to push front axle forward a few inches.

Kinda slow at work so was messing around with mounting my cb.
Picked up a better mic

This seemed like a good spot.

Picked up a extra 22r carb for 20$ for just in case
And a craftsman tool box full of Taiwan and craftsman tools for 40$

Truck looks great. Amazed at all he work. It's nice to see a truck brought back from the dead instead of buying new.

Any work done on the truck lately?!

No not really lol. Bought time for some big money stuff for the yota , which will have to wait .So dirtbikes / rc crawlers and upland bird hunting has consumed my time lately.

Well I guess it's time to start picking a the Yota again . Game plan has changed a little since I have have far to many projects and hobbies and I'm tired of looking at this all day at work just parked. My new plan is just to finish up my front shock towers and pushing my axle forward a few " , picking up some decent 35's and just cruise it in the hills this summer. Maybe just lightly wheeling it may spark my interest to actually build my axles and dual case it ? But for now just get it on the dirt.
Update pics and more info soon...

Well almost a year without any work done I finally started to get some motivation . Before I got into more fab work I decided to do some fine tuning on carb and ignition . Got the choke / high idle / low idle / air fuel dialed After dropping the float level quite a bit and adding a adjustable fuel regulator with a few more degrees ignition timing she's running smooth as ever. Fuel set @ 2.5psi for regular driving, and turn it down to 1-1.5psi for low speed steep angle stuff. Also vented the bowl overflow outside carb to help with flooding on angles.
30$ fpr

Bracket mounted and easily adjusted without taking cleaner assembly off.

Overflow tube . Simple 3/16 motorcycle fuel tube and a rubber grommet . Drilled hole in air cleaner housing and ran it down the side of the block.

Got some used 35x12.5r-15 km2s the other day also. Mounted them on those 15x8 crager soft 8s I picked up last year. Much better stance now with 3.75" backspace wheels and those 1.5" spacers. Will post pics soon.

Awesome build! Just read through the whole thing. You have done some great work.
I have a 84 extra cab as well

Thanks.
Took a few snaps of the truck on new to me wheels and tires. Much nicer stance IMO.

I can actually turn stop to stop now without rubbing on leaf springs !


Rear tires almost touched the leaf springs before , now I got quite a few inches.

Lookin good with the new shoes!

Thanks . Much better stance and function now.

anything new?

nice job so far! im excited to see what else you get accomplished, looks like your building this truck to be alot like the truck i just bought! check out my build thread in my sig!