haha nice. lucky you got it fixed and had the tools with you.
one of my upper control arm bushing is shot and looks like i will be going LT sooner than later

 

Nice, looking forward to seeing it on your build thread. What LT kit are you thinking about going with?

 

blazeland of course. wanna keep it looking stock. never been a fan of tube anything but for the price i had to get tube sliders since no one make a reasonable priced square slider

 

Just skimmed your whole thread.. Looks good man!

 

Thank you!

 

haha thanks man.

 

what made you choose ifs over solid?

 

So I can go faster off-road and have more control. Plus I'm not really into rock crawling as I am with Off-road Racing.

 

oic... good stuff.... thanks

 

So I've been in a bind lately, but things are starting to look up. Luckily the only things that went was my Clarion NX409 Stereo, Hifonics Amplifier, and my Harbor Freight welder. Can never seem to get rid of my torsion bars though haha.

So now that I'm financially stable again, I can get back to the truck. Biggest thing on the agenda is the power steering pump. It's making more noise than it ever has been. Luckily it still works, but this will probably be it's last week.

Just in case, I replaced the tie rods to make sure that they weren't the cause of the noise. Steering got tighter, but the noise was still the same. Didn't do the ball joints though. I even thought it could be the steering stabilizer rod end, but I'm not so sure.

Things to get:
1. Napa rebuilt power steering pump
2. Small bolt replacement for inner tie rod end grease fitting that hit the frame. (only tape covering the holes right now)
3. New rubber boot for pitman arm since it's ripped.

That's pretty much it right now. Just need things to keep working. I'll probably do a write up on power steering pump if I can't find one. I don't think it'll be hard to replace, it's trying not to get ATF everywhere I'm worried about.

 

I wouldn't replace the power steering with a reman'd. its kind of a pain in the ass to rebuild, but its worth it.

 

Mine doesn't leak though, just makes a lot of noise.

 

Put fluid in it then. heh

 

It's full, and I did a flush back when I replaced the gear box.

 

My truck was stolen from me two nights ago from the parking lot of my apartment here in Chico. If spotted, please call 911.

License Plate: 5F04638

Thanks,
Doug

 

BUMMER DUDE! God luck finding here!

 

http://chico.craigslist.org/pts/3203873027.html

 

Dang man, I'm sorry to hear about it, I cruise the freeways everyday here in az, I know it's a long shot, but I will keep my eyes peeled and watch Craigslist.

 

Thanks man, I appreciate any help I can get.

 

WOW, that sucks. ill try to keep an eye out on parts since im a little further away