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Old Feb 2, 2010
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Easy fix.. looks great!
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010
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Originally Posted by Metro55
Easy fix.. looks great!
thanks
 
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Old Feb 10, 2010
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Steering is done and rear lift and shocks are on. Had to get wheel spacers for the front to clear the knuckle. Got those in tonight too. No pictures, you know what steering and blocks look like.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2010
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MOAR pics anyways!
 
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Old Feb 11, 2010
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looking good man.

really turned that bii around...
 
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Old Mar 12, 2010
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Almost done. Haven't worked on it in a while. Damn girls. But I got a little time and chopped the x-member/radius arm mount and finally got it out of the garage. Now I just need to hook up brakes, lift rear 2 more inches, hook up trac bar, and make a tranny mount.



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Old Mar 12, 2010
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Damn, looking good man. I want
 
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Old Mar 13, 2010
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What kind of heims are those? The look like tractor heims....
 
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Old Mar 13, 2010
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Holy drive shaft angle..
 
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Old Mar 14, 2010
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Originally Posted by Metro55
Holy drive shaft angle..
Its not hooked up. It's just hangin there. And there is no tranny mount in.


I made a trac bar mount and tranny mount. Just have them tacked together cause my buddy took my helmet. Also shortened my front driveshaft. Need to change the Ujoints in it. Then brakes, 2" more rear lift and rear gears are all that's left.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2010
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looks good man nice boggers too
 
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Old Mar 14, 2010
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Nice work. Can't wait to see it finished up and on the trail.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2010
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Originally Posted by USMCFords
My roomate went to the bar so I had 3 girls helping me, mainly grabbing me tools.
I gotta be reading this wrong...3 girls must = wife and daughters or something right?

The way I first read it, you had some kind of magic roommate who went to a bar and brought you back 3 girls who handed you tools while you worked on your truck...for a minute there your roommate was the most impressive part of this thread as far as I was concerned:)

The truck looks awesome man - did not expect that progression over the course of the thread. Great work.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2010
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Originally Posted by meathead
I gotta be reading this wrong...3 girls must = wife and daughters or something right?

The way I first read it, you had some kind of magic roommate who went to a bar and brought you back 3 girls who handed you tools while you worked on your truck...for a minute there your roommate was the most impressive part of this thread as far as I was concerned:)

The truck looks awesome man - did not expect that progression over the course of the thread. Great work.
No it was my roomates girl and her 2 friends.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2010
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Yeah those look a lot like johny joints, not heims... Like what I used for my traction bar. Don't get me wrong, they work for a traction bar, and work well, I just wouldn't use them on a steering setup!

B2 looks good though! Really clean lookin once you get that driveline worked out!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2010
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Trevor, im almost positive those are heims... look at the mis-alignment on the drag link, definantly heims and not johnnys..... yah
 
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Old Mar 15, 2010
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It's only on the passenger side knuckle though. My johny joints to the same thing when you rotate the housing around the ball on the inside like on a bolt... I could take a pic and show you it looks the same. I only see one thing that resembles a misalignment shim and it's on the passenger side above the knuckle... Otherwise they all look like johny's!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2010
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Originally Posted by TrePaul86
Yeah those look a lot like johny joints, not heims... Like what I used for my traction bar. Don't get me wrong, they work for a traction bar, and work well, I just wouldn't use them on a steering setup!

B2 looks good though! Really clean lookin once you get that driveline worked out!
They are all 3/4" heims. I have high-misalignment spacers on the right side.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2010
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Originally Posted by USMCFords
They are all 3/4" heims. I have high-misalignment spacers on the right side.
GET SOME TREVOR!!
 
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Old Mar 16, 2010
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Originally Posted by wellcom2knoxvile
GET SOME TREVOR!!
Haha. Listen to this guy.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2010
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Haha. Listen to this guy.
im joking!! anyways, whats the progress with the other 2 builds??! work faster!!!
 
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Old Mar 16, 2010
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Originally Posted by wellcom2knoxvile
im joking!! anyways, whats the progress with the other 2 builds??! work faster!!!
I'm lazy. The S10 is painted and still needs the grille and bumper put back on. Thats it.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010
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Trac bar bracket is made. Shock mount made. Front end is done except for brake lines. Rear lift is done. Drove it around the yard, and damn I need to put the 4.10s in.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010
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And got another Ranger today. It's my 5th Ranger and my 11th ford truck
 
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Old May 1, 2010
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Got some new stuff for free. 07 Ranger seats, 03 Ranger 4.10 complete rearend, and an 07 F150 front driveshaft. The front driveshaft is a direct replacement for the cv style shaft. Seats are almost a better mod than the SAS and I got some black cloth 2010 Mustang rear seats for the back. And I'm changing out the balljoints on the driver side. Everything else is finally done. Had to steal the Boggers for my fullsize cause my Iroks are bald.

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