today i didn't do a dang thing. Drank beer:-partybud Probably shoulda started fixin on my a/c system but oh well. there's always tomorrow.

BUMP!
Hey, I got a new front fender and front bumper today... slowly getting parts together for another little project on my truck...got more on the way. Just fixin a little RUST, nothing wrecked.

Made it haul hay around the farm... and broke another inside door handle... Makes two trucks I have screwdrivers in to open the doors.

What did I do, It's always something.
 

I removed the nut(s) that hold the radius arm to the frame bracket. Had to use my shilly little naphtha gas plumbers torch. Not fun! :-hair The passenger side bushing was mostly gone. It was so bad that when you hit the brakes you could hear it smacking around. I found the R.A bolt holes had enlarged do to rust. :confused: Go figure.:confused: So next, after I post this I'm going shopping for the best deal I can fined on :-X15 on R.A brackets.

Removed the bed liner (yea!) to install a fifth wheel hitch. Surprised at the amount of pine needles and pine cones that had got under the liner. Installed diamond plate covers on the bed rails.
Coming attractions -Brakes and Rotors
regards
rikard

Badass! Got anymore pics anywhere? What size wheels and tires?

Undercoated the wheewell areas and sprayed some bed coating to make it all one color in there.

Thanks. It has come along way. The wheels are Boss 335s 20x8.5 with Nitto NT555 245/40R-20. Ill try to make a gallery. Heres a new pic. Installed 1.5" spacers in the back to make the wheels even with the wheelwells.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d6...edf100/059.jpg

Thats a great looking truck. You should get the grille from carriage works I think its called or make your own like some on FTE have done. The billet grille needs the surround to match the headlight buckets. There is a picture of a white "L" on here that has it. Its in this thread.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...-grille-4.html

Pulled the driveshaft to replace U-joints and drained the T-case.

Thanks for all the compliments. I was planning on doing that or just getting a stock chrome grill. My truck had all argent parts when I got it. The grill does look alot better like that. Its $170 just for that insert though.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRG-40242/
No picture of it sorry.

Well today drove it around paid out the butt for gas and floored it and found out i think something on the drivers side is broke cause when i floor it the cab seems like it raises up alittle and flexs on the the drivers side. then took the broken tailgate light bar off and tried to fix it. I wanna a new truck haha

Kyle

Today my truck passed safety and emissions and I got it registered! So far I've replaced the water pump, power steering pump, thermostat, timing set, timing chain cover and front tank fuel pump.

Future fixes, passenger headlight housing, drivers side seat, make a folding ramp tail gate, AC blower housing and squirrel cage. I'll be going to the local salvage yard to pick up some parts.

It's been a difficult but fun project.

i brought another one home.. i started with a 351 3/4 ton 4x4 but after pulling a few things i saw that i wanted a little more power, so i found one with a 460,
now i have to do all the new to me truck stuff, tune, oil change etc.

cant have too many trucks, can you?

I don't think so. But wives and neighbors may have a different opinion about that!!!:-X24:-roll