Plans for your truck in 2019?
01-03-2019, 11:38 AM
#11
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2018 - Done
- Saginaw Pump Conversion
- New Steering Gear Box
- Radiator / Coolant Flushed
- Switched to Synthetic Oil
- Updated Vacuum Reservoir (plastic)
- New Front Calipers, Rotors, Pads
- New Front Wheel Bearings and Races
- MSD Distributor, MSD Wires, MSD Coil
- Chrome wheel well trim from salvage yard
- Dash pad (excellent condtion)
- Tachometer
- Dash Trim pieces (gray)
- Fixed tailgate alignment (looks normal when closed now)
- New General Grabber AT2 tires
- New American Racing Baja Wheels
- Hooker Headers
- New Flowmaster Exhaust
2019
- Replace all the vacuum lines with silicone lines.
- New Poly Bushings all around. Rubber body mounts.
- Rear Disk Conversion Kit
- 4.11 ring and pinion ? not sure if I'm going to do this yet.
- GT40P Heads
- 130 Amp Alternator
- Tony Rojo Projector Headlights
- New Headlight trim
- Diesel Bumper swap
- Add Flood lights to diesel bumper
- Center console from a newer truck.
- Auto Dimming rear view mirror.
- Find a decent factory radio at the salvage yard and add bluetooth to it.
- EATC from a Crown Vic
- Some kind of tailgate assist
- Linex bed liner? not sure if I'm going to do this yet.
- New carpet
- Saginaw Pump Conversion
- New Steering Gear Box
- Radiator / Coolant Flushed
- Switched to Synthetic Oil
- Updated Vacuum Reservoir (plastic)
- New Front Calipers, Rotors, Pads
- New Front Wheel Bearings and Races
- MSD Distributor, MSD Wires, MSD Coil
- Chrome wheel well trim from salvage yard
- Dash pad (excellent condtion)
- Tachometer
- Dash Trim pieces (gray)
- Fixed tailgate alignment (looks normal when closed now)
- New General Grabber AT2 tires
- New American Racing Baja Wheels
- Hooker Headers
- New Flowmaster Exhaust
2019
- Replace all the vacuum lines with silicone lines.
- New Poly Bushings all around. Rubber body mounts.
- Rear Disk Conversion Kit
- 4.11 ring and pinion ? not sure if I'm going to do this yet.
- GT40P Heads
- 130 Amp Alternator
- Tony Rojo Projector Headlights
- New Headlight trim
- Diesel Bumper swap
- Add Flood lights to diesel bumper
- Center console from a newer truck.
- Auto Dimming rear view mirror.
- Find a decent factory radio at the salvage yard and add bluetooth to it.
- EATC from a Crown Vic
- Some kind of tailgate assist
- Linex bed liner? not sure if I'm going to do this yet.
- New carpet
What do you think about the Saginaw?
I was big on the poly bushings until I found out that no matter what I did it never failed that I got a bunch of squeaks.
The way I see it, the rubber bushings lasted how long.
At this point, I have no problem with replacing with the rubber.
01-03-2019, 11:48 AM
#12
Did you go with a red top steering box?
What do you think about the Saginaw?
I was big on the poly bushings until I found out that no matter what I did it never failed that I got a bunch of squeaks.
The way I see it, the rubber bushings lasted how long.
At this point, I have no problem with replacing with the rubber.
The way I see it, the rubber bushings lasted how long.
At this point, I have no problem with replacing with the rubber.
01-03-2019, 03:08 PM
#13
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Order some up before your project.
Some are swearing that this is the fix for the squeeking. Some say it worked for a while before the squeaks started.
Whatever you do, I promise if you install them with nothing (Dry) like I did you WILL get squeeking. Especially from springs and shackles.
Its Mich easier to do it now than having to take it back apart.
If your anything like me and you've put all that time into it, its a real bummer to have it sound like a warn out truck when everything is brand new.
Mines actually loud enough to be embarrassing even on the slightest bump.
Good luck.
01-03-2019, 05:46 PM
#15
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@MPP8405 Yes Sir! Now, if I could get the wife to understand things that way 
I remember when I first got it she said I looked like the neighborhood pedifile. She wouldn't be caught dead in it.
After all the work I've done to it, she put a few miles on it from August to the time it went up for the winter. If I can get her excited about it, the engine will happen sooner than later but if not, it's gonna be a while acquiring parts here and there.
I remember when I first got it she said I looked like the neighborhood pedifile. She wouldn't be caught dead in it.
After all the work I've done to it, she put a few miles on it from August to the time it went up for the winter. If I can get her excited about it, the engine will happen sooner than later but if not, it's gonna be a while acquiring parts here and there.
01-04-2019, 12:21 AM
#16
LOL. what a thing for your wife to say, Mine only complains on the money I spend on mine, I don't discuss dollar values either just like my tools I buy for work. I guess most women don't understand the want to build a truck when you can get a nice shiny new one and put gas in it and go. The way I look at it even though i spend money on my truck it's less than a new truck with 500+ dollar a month payments plus insurance etc. yes I will spend money on this older truck but If i get stuck money wise i can just let it ride can't do that with a new car/truck on payments.
Or my mother was asking I have a load of stone at a garden center I need you to bring to the cottage, I said my truck is lowered it can't carry that, she replied why did you buy a truck that's low to the ground . You put so much time in it and you can't do simple things like haul bags of stone (she ordered a skid I called the garden center its 1,400LBS), I almost lost it... Anyways....
Or my mother was asking I have a load of stone at a garden center I need you to bring to the cottage, I said my truck is lowered it can't carry that, she replied why did you buy a truck that's low to the ground . You put so much time in it and you can't do simple things like haul bags of stone (she ordered a skid I called the garden center its 1,400LBS), I almost lost it... Anyways....
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01-06-2019, 06:54 PM
#18
1st and foremost i need to get it road ready and registered, just got my permit in october so I'm hoping to get all the loose ends tied up before i get my licence. That means a new fuel level sensor and an alignment. My other plans include some cosmetic improvements and larger tires/new rims. I'm also thinking of adding a few more speakers and maybe a subwoofer.
