WELL I HAVN"T BEEN HERE IN A LONG TIME

Anyways. Guess I'll show everyone what I've been up to. My Ranger is still kicking around. Just been a long rollercoaster ride financially.

Heres my biuld.

We'll start with its current condition.3" Body lift and 4" Suspy lift on a 78 Bronco D44 SAS up front. Shackles and Add-a-leafs in rear. She ***** level. Iv'e pulled the siezed 3.0 and replaced it with a 4.0 I got with the trans. Both rebiult 5000miles ago. Currently need to repin a harness and figure out a fuel line system. Its got the 01-03 front end conversion and she sits on 35 ATs.


Now the details...
INTERIOR
We'll start inside. Painted the dash pieces and am lighting the interior with blue lights. Currently biulding a fiberglassed 10"sub box I'm locating in one the jump seat locations. No pic, but I've replaced the center console arm rest bracket with the metal one I believe was for Explorers ( since half of everyone here prob has a busted one lol). Obviously the radio yata yata yata...





EXTERIOR
So, I'm still putting the final touches on the SAS. Want better shock towers, need to order a steering link and the steering shaft, brake line, and weld up a trac bar mount. But heres a pic from a while back.

I'm running ProComps up front and painted my stock shocks white and put on blue boots. The coils are 4" Bronco lift. The axles are 4.,10s. The rear is a Xploder 8.8 LS. Loves the LS and Disc brakes, but a locker is in the planning stage. As I mentione before, new motor trans are in, but need little things for completion. Heres before it went in.

The frames been cleaned and painted. No pic needed I hope. Hangers were replaced before lift shackles went in. Altezza tails. All common stuff so I'll skip the pics. Lastly, I've gotta finish the stupid little things and buy headers/exhaust system which I'll be cutting before the rear tire. I no longer have that 2wd bumper valance so either i'll have to save up for a winch bumper or i'll go with a 4wd style 01-03 but def keeping the ORW baja light bar.Also will be removing the pin stripes. and on a final note...heres my blacked out emblem. hehe

 

ohh...
And heres my dads project. 88 Ranger 4banger manual. being salvaged and doing body work. bucket seats istalled. roll bar style light bar. front tow hooks installed. painted wheels black with chrome outside. Will likely put on a leveling kit. prob keep stock tire size. Hes a simple guy.


And heres my DD. Just put a 3" HBS front leveling kit and will soon get 35s for it. not beating on it in the woods though.

 

haha..Ohhh, and last time I was on this forum...My truck was the header pic but it got critisized for not being extreme enough. At the time it only has 33s and the 3" BL. It had its own thread of people complaining. hehe but I couldn't give 2 because I've had more fun with biulding/driving this truck than anyone could imagine.

 

welcome back dude. almost there.

 

The only complaints I remember about the banner was that it looked like your tire was sunk in the sand lol. It was fixed though.

I thought it was a pretty cool banner.

Looks like youve been busy.

 

Yah I think that was the main point. lol whatever. All in fun to me,

For anyone who may know or know someone... What steering link is commonly used to connect the 3/4ton D44 to the Yota ifs box??

 

I went threw ruff stuff and used their heim steering kit, instead of using tie rods.

 

Welcome back! Truck looks good!

 

thanks 98liftedranger!!
and thanks again Ford78 yah, I was just wondering what else worked If I found something in a boneyard. I'm gunna have to save a few pennies to get that steering shaft you told me about. Its a tad procey but looks great. I def wanna take that route.

 

this is the icing on the cake. kinda like "how do you like me now?"

awesome work bud, keep it up.

 

Thanks Miller.
Pops finally got his 88 painted. Looks good!
So I found someone with the harness I need to finish the electric hold-ups on my truck but he has stopped pm-ing me on another forum. Hopefully he didn't junk the Xploder and is just busy. I havn't had luck finding another year specific 4.0 OHV harness. The right one anyways,

 

Heres a up to date pic of my dads truck. Looking good,

Just got all the pieces for my steering shaft on my truck. I'm ready to install my yota box now and be done with my SAS. ahheeem** when its not 17* outside -_-

 

love me some first gen action..

 

Glad everything coming alone on the sas. just have to get some portable heaters while u work to beat the cold.