What have you done to your square lately??

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Bextreme04

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Started brushing up on my welding to get my exhaust system started. I bought the speed engineering builders kit. After planning it all out, I think I’m a little over my head for the equipment I have. Don’t really have a good way to make/fill in the needed pie cuts and still don’t have enough tubing to even get the mufflers where I want them. Guess I’ll be taking it to an exhaust shop after all. Oh well, at least my welder is fixed and I can do other projects with it.

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Really all you need is a chop saw and a sharpie. Buy some straight pipe and a few mandrel bend J's or U's and you are good to go. It's usually less than $100 in piping even from a place like summit. Some times you can just go down to your local exhaust shop and buy the aluminized tubing direct from them or go to a local metal supplier. The mandrel bent U's or J's are a little trickier to get and you usually have to order them, but they are easier and cheaper to ship. My exhaust is already partly 3" and I already have mufflers, but it's kind of a mess. When I put the 454 in it will have headers so I'll be cutting off the patchwork stuff and using header buddies to 3" mandrel bends around the transfer case area with a H-pipe in there somewhere and then tied into the existing 3" after that. The mufflers and some of the piping will get tweaked and re-organized and then changed from an axle dump to side exit. I'm hoping to manage most of that with 2 J's and 2 4-ft lengths of 3" from summit since I'm already buying enough stuff to get the free shipping. I might go over to my local exhaust shop first and see if he'll sell me some tube first.
 

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Truck got its new meats today. I was wanting 285x75r16 but they seem to be out of stock state wide for another 2 weeks. Ended up getting the Falken at3w in 305x70r16 instead. Looks and drives pretty good compared to the 14 year old, small toyos ats.

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My inlaws neighbor had this hiding in his garage. It was fooking beautiful!

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My inlaws neighbor had this hiding in his garage. It was fooking beautiful!

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I WISH mine was in that condition. Maybe after I can get some time and money into body and paint. That truck is gorgeous!
 

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O'l Yeller is back on the road, and that passenger rear spring is really sacked out.
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I talked to a shop, and they said $150 to add a leaf to that side in order to level it out.
 

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Just replaced my power steering pressure hose due to a leak at the feral (gear to reservoir) went to bleed it, got about five cycles in and then the flippin thing blew at the other feral. Dangit LMC. They're sending me a new one, free of charge. rascals
 

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Just replaced power steering hose on the '80, was leaking at the feral (gear to reservoir) got about 5 cycles in bleeding it and the flippin thing blew at the other feral! Dangit LMC. They're sending me a new one. Rascals
 

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Removed Cab, now I can see what I missed while on my creeper....

I really like your cab roof jig. Was the strap needed because the balance was off, or just for added stability when moving it around?
 

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Off balance.
It wanted to tip.
The ratchet strap held nicely.
It was an easy build.
The cab+interior +some boxed parts was almost too heavy for the hoist.:33:
 

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Removed Cab, now I can see what I missed while on my creeper....

Wow, just wow! Anyone whose participated at this level of fun knows the time, $$, and dedication it will take to finish. Keep the pics coming, PROPS.
 

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Thanks for the props.
Motivation wavers at times.
But with Covid not a lot else to do.
Need to clean and por 15 the rest of the frame.
Soaking bolts on donor vehicle to get cab off.
 

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I’ve been at that point a couple of times with mine where I started questioning my mental stability. Invariably, when getting something accomplished, it’s been enough the keep going. I personally don’t need cheerleaders but sometimes an extra pair of enthusiastic hands are welcome. If you ever need a pair let me know.
 

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recruited my wife to use a cordless impact yesterday as I removed a door....she removed bolts while I held the door from falling....
Thanks for the offer! I will keep that in mind!!
 

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Drove her up to the gas station- was gonna top off, but all the pumps were occupied. Drove home and saw an open power line right of way - could not resist.


So, I exercised the transfer case and front axle.

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