TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
Note to self. 3 months will slip by like it's 3 seconds. What are you going to do in the next 3 days? I would pay a grand or two to someone if I was going to end up with a new frame.
What have you done to your ride lately?
- Thread starter jdmcq
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Oswego
n00b
thats my thought as well.
balakay
BabyMax
Took advantage of the good weather today and worked on the truck. I got the driver side suspension torqued down and everything double and triple checked. Then I installed everything on the passenger side, torqued it down, and got it all buttoned up. Slid the steering rack back I to place and learned my lesson on "don't fix it if it ain't broke" the passemger side is held in with a u-bracket with a bolt on bottom and a stud/nut on top. I bought all new nuts and bolts and decides to buy a new stud as well. Went to replace the stud and the nut it was going into on the backside of the bracket broke loose from the rack welds. Had a hell of a time getting it fished out. Theres no way to weld the nut back on without pulling g the entire front end and the front diff. So with the help of some long needle nose pliers, I got the nut held in place and the stud started in it. Got everything tightened down and the steering rack is now mounted. All that's left to drive this thing is to replace the carrier bearing and bolt the driveshaft back up. But the rain moved in and the temp dropped quick so I called it a night. The list is super short at this point so hopefully I can drive this thing to the range with @tex this Sunday.
The list:
-Replace carrier bearing
-Install drive shaft
-Change oil
-Refill front diff
-Alignment
-New battery
-Vroom vroom
I have other stuff to do as well (change rear diff fluid, change trans/xfer case fluid, cut/modify sliders, and a few other things) but I'll do those a little at a time as I get a chance. They're nothing that has to be done before I start daily driving it.
The list:
-Replace carrier bearing
-Install drive shaft
-Change oil
-Refill front diff
-Alignment
-New battery
-Vroom vroom
I have other stuff to do as well (change rear diff fluid, change trans/xfer case fluid, cut/modify sliders, and a few other things) but I'll do those a little at a time as I get a chance. They're nothing that has to be done before I start daily driving it.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
When do you plan to sell it? I might be interested. 
balakay
BabyMax
When do you plan to sell it? I might be interested.
I would have sold it before I did all the work. The Civic will be for sale once I confirm everything is good on the truck.
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
I thought you already ditched the civic.
balakay
BabyMax
Nope. Been waiting to have the truck going again.
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
makes sense.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
@balakay I'm impressed you kept it this long. You have changed man.
Hey even put together a solid plan to get away from the Civic and is executing it nicely.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I thought you had plans to sell it at one point. Glad you kept it.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
balakay
BabyMax
I've been gonna sell it since 2015. Then last year I decided to change the TB/WP before I did. Wrenching on it and driving it afterward made me realize I can't. I need a truck and nothing else really strikes my fancy.
Next up will be fabbing up a bed rack and more camping trips.
Oswego
n00b
Meh.....just think - by the time I get mine running again I'm pretty sure most of the core group of guys I made trips with are all out of the 4x4 scene.
Some went to side x sides, some quads, some back to 1/4 mile cars, and then some got old and got 4runners and F150's....zing
balakay
BabyMax
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Nope, the white one