Ran into a bit of delay here. Went to finally bring the truck inside and the shop door is frozen shut!!! To much ice build up at the bottom, We salted the hell out of it and should be able to get it in tomorrow.

On better news had a great convo with Bud Built this morning. New skid is on the way!! Also have a new bomb proof tranny mount coming from TG. Hopefully ill have some better progress pics for tomorrow!

 

tht sucks, good luck

 

Its in! Its in! Feels so good when its its in.



...thats what she said

 

 

Where I left off



Injectors clean. 7th one is how they started.



All thats left now is radiator, battery and tranny.













Hi lift mount. Its made out of the scrap from bobbing the bed.





Rear Bumper is 2x3 1/4 wall. Welded 'tween the frame rails.







Hilift mount and bumper were built last april. We tested the bumper by strapping the truck to a big tree and tried to drive away. Passed with flying colors.

And the new stuff. Budbuilt v6 5speed single case cross member and skid plate. Cant wait to get this thing on!

 

dang...progression... cant wait to go wheel with the blue turd again!

 

Tranny mount came in today. Cant wait to get some shop time in.

Blue turd huh.. not sure I like that name haha.

 

Got the skids painted. Realized my stock radiator is just a little too beat , so Ill be using the one from the parts runner. Hoping to get the tranny in next weekend. Shell be running soon!!

 

love the sticker on the dash, good luck

 

Under the hood is all set. Got the broken bolts of the frame with a little heat and the vice grips. Tranny will go in soon! Rear axle seal is leaking, ordered the marlin ones.

Its getting there.....

 

all those problems suck, but that is the world of wheeling right...good luck on getting her up soon...I know how it is to not be able to wheel!

 

Marlin seals, and lo pro drain plugs.

 

good looking build RE-RE cant wait to see what the beast will do when you SaS it im gunna try the ruf on my little bro's 82 as soon as the weather warms up.

 

Looks good, let me know if you ever need help! I live right in Bethel. When you get done we should go wheelin, my yota will be back on the road in a couple of weeks.

 

Ill be putting the tranny in on sunday (tomorrow) if your around.

 

Nicee rig man...beautiful..glad you stuck with your 3VEZZYY..how many miles were on those injectors before you cleaned them etc.?

 

Thanks! I like the 3.0, its a good motor for what I need it to do. The injectors all had about 148k on them. I mixed and matched the with all the ones I had to find the best looking ones.

 

Nice build RE-RE. Good luck with that tranny, lol.

 

great build Ill be watching

 

Rear axle is all back together. Tranny is in, just need to finish a few loose ends. And the barn door is still frozen shut. Hopefully next weekend I can drive it out.