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turbohunter 01-09-2014 09:50 AM

Envy meter ascending.
Nice work.
Nice tools.
:-X22:-X22:-X22:-X22

iggybob44 01-09-2014 12:15 PM

A beautiful truck! with that much lift, id be horrified trying to back up and/or park it with those little mirrors......at a more reasonable height and 35" tires it ought to be the envy of most of us Ford guys here!

oddfordjunkie 01-09-2014 12:44 PM

Spoiled rotten with lathe.

Your work and work space look truely professional!

Tomahawk 01-09-2014 05:09 PM


Originally Posted by SavageNFS (Post 13932459)
When are you going to make some actual progress?LOL...sorry buddy! Looks like a pro job!

It only took 3 months to finish the axle and 3 months to post it. I'll try to be a little more timely with the updates. :-X03:-X03:-X03:-X03
Thanks for the complement Andre!


Originally Posted by GIGGER (Post 13933259)
Great progress Gavin, nice clean work place, looks great so far....
Thx for the kind words

Thanks again for your help buddy!:-X22


Originally Posted by Bently_Coop (Post 13933322)
Glad to see some updates on this. Looking good.

Thanks Bently, I'll have more updates soon(er)


Originally Posted by darren32 (Post 13933798)
Very nice work Gavin :)

I need your help installing the Mini-Maxx, I can't find the OBDII connector on this dang thing. It's all good with the wife since it's out of warranty. :D


Originally Posted by lbumpers (Post 13933809)
Wow... x2 on the color... x2 on the awesome...

Looks like its in excellent hands... subscribed.

Love my dent but always intrigued by the bumps... could be the nickname :D

Thanks Bump. I like that nickname. :-X22


Originally Posted by Aaron-71 (Post 13933862)
That's one hell of a job you did on that rear end!
Wish I had myself a shop press and a lathe... Those two things are almost mandatory for doing DIY work.
Looks great tho, keep those pics coming!

Thanks for the complements. The press was cheap and the lathe was a fixer-upper.

Originally Posted by turbohunter (Post 13933950)
Envy meter ascending.
Nice work.
Nice tools.
:-X22:-X22:-X22:-X22

Thanks Marc, I just saw the pic of your FE, it looks great. I was going to pull out my FE and replace it with a I6 or 6BT, but you and HIO have me thinking about keeping the FE.


Originally Posted by iggybob44 (Post 13934437)
A beautiful truck! with that much lift, id be horrified trying to back up and/or park it with those little mirrors......at a more reasonable height and 35" tires it ought to be the envy of most of us Ford guys here!

Thanks Bob, I agree 100% on the mirrors and it's getting lowered about 5". I scored a set of West Coast Jr's off of ebay, now I just need to clean them up.


Originally Posted by oddfordjunkie (Post 13934535)
Spoiled rotten with lathe.
Your work and work space look truely professional!

Yes I am, and thank you very much.

turbohunter 01-09-2014 06:48 PM


Originally Posted by Tomahawk (Post 13935330)
Thanks Marc, I just saw the pic of your FE, it looks great. I was going to pull out my FE and replace it with a I6 or 6BT, but you and HIO have me thinking about keeping the FE.
.

I'll throw my two cents in for the FE by saying, it's a very discounted and under rated motor in the rest of the hot rod kingdom and it's a Ford. That automatically gets my vote.
But beyond that, you can stroke the piss out of them without a lot of block work and get boat loads of torque.
The after market is red hot right now for them as folks are waking up to the potential.
As far as the mileage thing, my theory is that if you build lots a torque you don't have to push on the go pedal so much (except for fun:)) so you save many drops of go juice. And you can put an overdrive unit inline and have the torque to turn it at low vacuum levels saving more fuel. I'll let you know how that theory works out.
Nice work on your build.

Tomahawk 01-09-2014 07:11 PM

Thanks for the input Marc, I'm still a newb and need all the guidance I can get. :-drink

turbohunter 01-09-2014 07:15 PM


Originally Posted by Tomahawk (Post 13935802)
Thanks for the input Marc, I'm still a newb and need all the guidance I can get. :-drink

Helluva newb judging by your rear end work and truck.:-X22

Tomahawk 01-09-2014 09:56 PM


Originally Posted by turbohunter (Post 13935819)
Helluva newb judging by your rear end work and truck.:-X22

Thanks Marc, I've done some machinery resto's, just not anything automotive.

lafermedavid 01-10-2014 02:38 PM

Hey Tomahawk,How did you make out with the disk swap in the front.If I remember correctly.Did you use Blackbird?Your rig pictures look tremendous:-X22

Tomahawk 01-11-2014 10:52 AM


Originally Posted by lafermedavid (Post 13939061)
Hey Tomahawk,How did you make out with the disk swap in the front.If I remember correctly.Did you use Blackbird?Your rig pictures look tremendous:-X22

Hi David,
Yes I did, thanks again for the Blackbirds pro tip! Randy at Blackbirds got me everything I needed. There was some machining required on my part but it was no big deal. I just got the front axle off and I need to do some shock mount work on it, paint it, put it together and I will post the whole process in it's own thread.
Sorry for the delayed reply.
Gavin

Tomahawk 02-19-2014 07:12 PM

New Skyjacker rear leaf springs to replace the PO2s springs.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/..._/DSC_4538.jpg

It was a PITA getting the old springs out, the bushings wallered out around the mounting holes on the rear hangers. I had drill them out so I could weld in some bushings.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...912_215343.jpg

I had to pry apart the hanger.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4580.jpg

Milled out the old bushings.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...920_210208.jpg
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...920_212745.jpg

I turned the bushings for the rear hangers and turned thin bushings so the rubber bushings were tight. :(
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4603.jpg

Painted up and ready to install.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4610.jpg

Setup for centering the bushings in the hanger.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4653.jpg
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4655.jpg

I'll have to finish welding the top of the flange when I take the bed off.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4660.jpg

Wow, the new leaf springs are really bowed. At first I was going WTH??
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...013_165030.jpg

Finally, I got the rear axle back under the truck....
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...0/DSC_4873.jpg

....and I got the new seat covers on.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...106_172754.jpg
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...106_201800.jpg

Next up, removing the front clip.

SavageNFS 02-19-2014 08:37 PM

That looks absolutely FANTASTIC Gavin! Well done. I really like to see the attention to detail and making the time to do it right.

Jigger2020 02-19-2014 08:59 PM

Everything looks great Gavin, it passes my inspection ....... :)

Tomahawk 02-19-2014 10:17 PM


Originally Posted by SavageNFS (Post 14087003)
That looks absolutely FANTASTIC Gavin! Well done. I really like to see the attention to detail and making the time to do it right.

Thanks for the complements Andre! I could not do it without help from the great people here at FTE.


Originally Posted by GIGGER (Post 14087127)
Everything looks great Gavin, it passes my inspection ....... :)

Thanks Gerry, I appreciate that!

Leef250 02-19-2014 10:48 PM

that's a good looking truck, nice interior too.


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