Wow, where does the time go, can't believe that it's been 2 years since I started this topic, and about that long since I actually posted anything in it. Well, don't fret, you haven't missed anything, in fact, since my last post I really haven't even worked on it. I did get it down to frame and cleaned it up, and POR-15'd the entire thing. The rebuild has been slow but I've finally gotten some motivation and desire back to actually work on it.
This last weekend I just about got the entire front end back together, still missing a couple things, but every night I have been able to do a little more. Spent a couple hours just hand making some gaskets for the 4wd hubs. That was an adventure, I didn't even know there were supposed to be gaskets in the hubs till I saw them in the exploded view. Good times there.
One of the other things I came across, I'm putting a header on, and discovered something that now has no where to go. Do I just remove it from intake manifold and cap it?
Next item, during the process of tightening one of the lower ball joints I noticed it wasn't getting tighter, just spinning. I'm guessing this is not good and that ball joint needs to be replaced (no big deal I have a couple more), but the problem is how do I get the nut off now? Since the stud spins with the nut and the nut isn't far enough on the stud to be able to hold the stud, any thoughts on how to get it off with out cutting it off?
Other than that, I'm not rushing through the process, taking my time, trying to make sure I don't forget things and do them right. So it's going to take time but hey, it's not a daily driver so I can take as much time as I need. (The wife somewhat disagrees, she would like to use the garage to actually park her car in it) I'll try to continue to update as I go, but I suck at taking pictures, honestly, I get focused in on doing the work and forget to take pictures. So what I'm going to try to do is at the end of each day I work on it, I'll try to take a few progress pics and go from there.
I guess that's it for today, I'll see ya when I see ya.
Chad