Update.. I dropped of starter at my buddies starter shop to have him rebuild it/clean it up.. figured why not while it is out of truck..

we got fuel tank mounted up last night..

as for the driveshaft issue.. I found out that i need another yoke.. so i made some call s and a buddy of mine has an extra 2 piece shaft I am gonna get.. so once i get that I will start making new shafts..

hope to have those done by next weekend..

 

great thread with nice pics!

keep them coming

 

LUV the profect, I do hope you were joking about a nice queit muffler. You were weren't you?

 

well, wife took camera with her on trip so NO pics

but I got valve covers painted, intercooler tubes painted, entire front clip including radiator, intercooler, a/c grill , etc all on..

if all goes well I hope to finish up the engine bay this weekend..

 

Wife got back from her trip so I got the camera back and got some pics..

Here is the reciever hitch mounted

 

I built a rear 2 piece driveshaft out of 5 shafts that I had..

The gist is the driveshaft has 1410 u-joint on the transfer case side, 1350 joint in the middle and 1350 int he rear on axle side.

I still need to sand them smooth the paint them, and get it balanced.

 

Here is some good stuff.

I got the entire engine back together, I replaced all hoses with new ones ( radiator, heater hoses, etc )

I also painted the valve covers, intercooler hoses, and air intake hose..
this is the color the truck will eventually get painted.. it is called Gun Metal Metallic Blue

 

I also got entire front grill and everything in

 

Awsome dude---does it run?

 

Thanks...

I just got the starter back on friday evening after a rebuild..

and I did nto have a chance to get it installed since I lost one of the bolts ( oops )

once I get the starter in I could technically start it, but I need to get clutch installed and all the pedals in.. so looks like maybe next week or weekend if i get lucky.

 

The early style grill will fit over an IC, you can get it to fit by trimming down the back side to make it thinner. Here is my old crew, with a Bank$ IC

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q...crewcab003.jpg

I also would've swapped the rear axle from the 92. Your gasser 1 ton likely has a Dana 60. Mine did too, and I felt it was a ticking time bomb with my "spirited" driving style. Looks good though. I wished I would have built one instead of bought one already done. Alot of the work done to it was shoddy, and I got tired of fixing it all the time just to be able to get to work. Thats what lead to my selling it. If I'd built it myself I would know it was done right and not have a huge rats nest of wiring under the dash. Good luck with it.

 

Well I got starter in and wired up tonight, got inner fenders bolted up, got front bumper on, and all light in front wired and connected

 

few pics.

starter in


other side showing valve covers and inter cooler tube


and all pedals installed


front bumper on

 

lookin' good!!!!!

 

wait till you see the bling I had made for the insdie of the cab