Hello Guest

Author Topic: SquareD Build Thread, Part 1: The beginning  (Read 140718 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #200 on: September 21, 2014, 01:27:03 PM »
And now, all of the shocks are here
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #201 on: September 21, 2014, 01:28:00 PM »
And one of the many light lenses showed up

Little things like this not only ensure things like the brake lights work, but make for a very clean restoration
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #202 on: September 21, 2014, 01:28:47 PM »
Today, the rubber gloves worked much better, especially since I actually put them on!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #203 on: September 21, 2014, 02:00:38 PM »
The Lizard skin is a latex based material (I think) so it cleans up and acts like your basic interior house paint.

Today I slopped on a second coat. The working thickness of this stuff is only one half of a millimeter! I have that or more on everywhere. It's not pretty, but it has sealed up the interior pretty well.
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #204 on: September 21, 2014, 02:02:57 PM »
In the pictures it is still wet in places, but by tomorrow morning it should be thoroughly dried and ready for another top coat...Oh, yes, we're not done yet! I still need to waterproof that, since it's basically water based, it could probably use some help.

Back to fixing chipped and cracked trim pieces
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #205 on: September 21, 2014, 02:05:36 PM »
The pieces are not nearly as fragile with the fiberglass backing as they were.

Now with some paint, they aren't perfect, but I achieved the "good" specification I am shooting for.
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #207 on: September 21, 2014, 02:41:23 PM »
I forgot to mention the bulldog adhesion promoter I am using on the plastic to help the paint bond. It is working well as you can see. No paint has fallen off yet!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #208 on: September 21, 2014, 02:42:57 PM »
The last few parts are prepped and painted
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #209 on: September 21, 2014, 02:43:52 PM »
Had a freakish accident happen today.

Two of the newer cats were playing around. One would run over and jump up on that bench seat to secure the high ground to spring on chalk 2 who would come ah' sneakin'

So this stupid cat leaps over and hits the headrest, tumbling the seat over. Now on the bottom of that very same seat were two of Shawn's differential covers. Yea, heavy and steel. Well, I guess one of the covers found it's mark, and landed on the black cat...I guess it's true that they have bad luck! Unbelievably, I think that cover, broke the cat's hind propulsion unit. It screamed, crapped all over the place and went running, sort of dragging the gimp leg. I'm just shaking my head holding onto a roller and dripping lizard skin onto my shoe.
Haven't seen the cat lately, but the red dog and the sled dog have been very interested in the trailer ever since...
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #210 on: September 21, 2014, 02:44:44 PM »
Speaking of seats, I ordered some custom built Canvas seat covers today. They will be made out of the black/gray digital camo material and will get here in a couple of weeks, Here something like what it will appear:
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #211 on: September 21, 2014, 02:47:37 PM »
I'm getting hung up on this weather thing...
It rained the first part of the day which threw me off cadence. Knowing I was losing time I went off doing other stuff.
That cost me valuable time, so in the end with picking up kids, answering pointless phone calls, watching fox news, napping, parts lookin', and messin' with the dogs, I didn't get very much done.

So enough with the excuses!

Here's what I did do. I cleaned up and painted some parts. Using the excellent Nason (Dupont) acrylic enamel, I gave Shawn's (GLO) diff covers a good coat of Lycoming gray.

Compared to how I butchered the first diff cover he sent, he should be proud of me for making things right!

This time I actually used proper safety equipment!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #212 on: September 21, 2014, 02:49:26 PM »
I sprayed three coats both inside and outside.
From my experience it dries pretty hard and stands up well to heat and oils.

Way back when, I owned a single engine airplane, a Piper Commanche 250. Well, I can't leave anything alone so I actually hot rodded that engine, bumping the compression from 8:1 to 10:1 and porting the jugs (heads). Well, anyway, I painted that engine with this same paint and the day I sold that plane the motor looked like the day I painted it!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #214 on: September 21, 2014, 02:51:27 PM »
I thought about spraying the steering linkages as well, so I test painted the drag link to see how that turns out.

It's a good color as it shows cracks and leaks pretty well. It's the factory Lycoming aircraft engine manufacturer color that goes on their engines everywhere.
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #215 on: September 21, 2014, 02:51:55 PM »
Other than that I also got some important parts ordered.

I bit the bullet and purchased new rear springs from Super lift. The springs I ordered have the same weight bearing capacity, ride smoother and have 4" more arch built in. That means I will be able to drop that hideous 4" block in the rear.

Deleting blocks makes the truck safer, and in everyday driving, it keeps the truck from wanting to roll as much in a corner.

I also ordered new 9/16" U-bolts. That should update the suspension pretty well along with the shocks and sway bar bushings...
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #216 on: September 21, 2014, 02:52:56 PM »
Quote:
Originally Posted by nmeyer414 View Post
So heres a question for yah don. Whats the nbc drill for pilots while in flight?

More DOT stuff

Well, why not junk up this thread as well!

In flying we identify the guy doing the flying as the "Flying pilot" and the guy checking his stocks as the "Non flying pilot"
Pilot and co pilot refer to the actual crewing and not who's actually going to pilot (fly) the aircraft.
In the Armee, the guy on the controls practices not breathing while the non flying guy masks up, then takes the controls, then the guy who is thrashing about gets to mask up.
Flying jets, believe it or not, we mask up as well!
There are oxygen masks in compartments beside every pilot.
Really cool masks with tentacle like arms...You pull it out of the cabinet and squeeze the front which has some levers. Immediately the tentacles expand into a huge ball. slide the ball over your brain case group and let go, when you release those paddles/levers, the arms/tentacles immediately contract sucking the thing onto your face like that creature in the Alien movies. In fact the whole thing sort of looks like that...Really creeps me out. Now if you're claustrophobic, you're definitely having a really bad day, cause that thing does not come off without depressing those levers.
But while everyone in the back is dying you're back to thinking about your stocks and mowing the lawn after you land
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #217 on: September 21, 2014, 02:57:59 PM »
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyB View Post
Rock,paper, scissors on who has to fly while the other throws the gear on? Assuming more than a couple mins warning?? Isn't the the official unofficial rule?

New game

No longer Rock, paper, scissors

For now on

Its

DOT, paper, scissors

Paper covers scissors

Scissors cuts paper (Thus confusing everyone)

And DOT offers nothing and always loses and makes every serious person wonder why they are playing this ridiculous game
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #218 on: September 21, 2014, 03:01:36 PM »
Lets get on with some new stuff.

First a look of Shawn's front diff covers in that Lycoming gray
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #219 on: September 21, 2014, 03:12:30 PM »
Yesterday I ordered two rear springs from SkyJacker suspension with 4" more arch built into them so I can drop the blocks.

I also ordered new U-Bolts and new shackles as well as new bolts. That Dodge uses 5/8" bolts on those rear springs as factory stuff! That's big burly strong hardware!

The U-bolts showed up today
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #220 on: September 21, 2014, 03:13:16 PM »
I'm cycling boxes from the jap maple window to the floor, where they will eventually either get thrown away, or carried off and chewed up by the red dog
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #221 on: September 21, 2014, 03:15:03 PM »
So today was interior put-em back together day. I didn't finish but punched a major hole in that pile of new lookin' old pieces

First I sprayed the interior with rubberized undercoating, over top of the lizard skin. That L S stuff was like something between rubber and concrete. Once it dries, it's done and so is any part that has any on it.
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #222 on: September 21, 2014, 03:16:29 PM »
While that stinky stuff dried I went to work on the instrument panel. It got dissembled, cleaned, light bulbs replaced, and reassembled.
Heck, it looks new!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #223 on: September 21, 2014, 03:18:01 PM »
Some of the old bulbs were burned black!

The plastic bezel was a bit cloudy, but cleaned up nicely with vinegar and water. Windex streaks so the vinegar is mo-better!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #224 on: September 21, 2014, 03:18:59 PM »
I replaced all the various interior bulbs, 21 in all, then mounted the instrument panel
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #225 on: September 21, 2014, 03:19:54 PM »
I'll get some LED lights in a little while to update those, but incandescent will work for now.

Then I installed the instrument panel bezel with it's components

I found these interior screws at the paint store so I put them to work!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #227 on: September 21, 2014, 03:22:13 PM »
It's all plain looking and devoid of flash, but it's clean and functional!

I decided to install some 2 X 4 roll bar structure.

I told you I was keeping it simple and low cost! At least I'm using galvanized nails!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #228 on: September 21, 2014, 03:23:34 PM »
OK, so maybe I was only holding the headliner up in place!

That wasn't easy, BTW. Finding the holes beneath new fabric is nearly impossible, and of course the L S covered the holes completely making it nearly impossible to actually find them!

First the visors anchored the front in then the rear cabin light to complete the need for 2 X 4 bracing.

That's as far as I got today...
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #229 on: September 21, 2014, 03:24:32 PM »
Quote:
Originally Posted by duramaxdarren View Post
Rofl! Wife and I just bought your book


Sent from AutoGuide.com Free App

She will really like the chapter where I compare a helicopter to a woman...
And the one about going on leave, then returning to war. Most of the ladies who have read it liked those chapters most.
I'll warn you and everyone before you crack the cover. That is real stuff in there...real emotions. I know very few people who read it without sheading a tear, and laugh out loud. I had one veteran who couldn't get through it...just too real.
So if there are any real traumas in your past and you have difficulty with those feelings, then maybe you should close it if it starts to draw you in. Hell, I can't read the darned thing and not get shaken up again...
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #230 on: September 21, 2014, 03:25:14 PM »
Cost/parts so far




1991 Dodge W250
Cost ea Total to date Date Reason

$ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 8/30/2013 Purchase Price
$ 330.97 $ 4,330.97 9/2/2013 Exhaust system, Summit Summit Racing
$ 174.72 $ 4,505.69 9/9/2013 tie rods, drag link, rad hose, clamps AutoZone
$ 195.32 $ 4,701.00 9/10/2013 Water pump, belt, hoses, clamps AutoZone
$ 248.62 $ 4,950.00 9/11/2013 Paint supplies and coorsion treatment Kentucky Motors
$ 59.00 $ 5,009.00 9/10/2013 Rust converter Rust city
$ 1,381.82 $ 6,391.00 9/11/1023 Hercules 285/75 R16 Tires Tire Discounters
ION 16" X 8" Wheels
$ 249.39 $ 6,640.00 9/12/2013 Rad fluid, oil, trans fluid, hoses, clamps AutoZone
$ 107.00 $ 6,747.00 9/12/2013 Axle fluid, rad hose, clamps, Fuel line Kentucky Motors
$ 159.13 $ 6,906.00 9/13/2013 Paint supplies primer and quart of paint Kentucky Motors
$ 188.00 $ 7,094.00 9/15/2013 Shocks and rear upper shock bolts Summit Racing
$ 602.00 $ 7,696.00 9/15/2013 PS line, voltage reg, tailights, parking lights Parts Geek
Sway bar bush, steering gearbox,motor "
mounts, trans mounts, door hinge pins "
steering damper, Ac control mod, AC "
clutch control, AC accumulator,turbo "
gaskets, P.S pressure hose, K&N air filter "
Door striker, axle gaskets
$ 89.00 $ 7,785.00 9/20/2013 Rear spring shackles General Spring
$ 36.00 $ 7,821.00 9/18/2013 Rear axle U-Bolts
$ 480.00 $ 8,301.00 9/18/2013 Sky jacker rear springs Summit Racing
$ 69.00 $ 8,370.00 9/20/2013 Bolts, spring and diff covers Nuttys
$ 136.00 $ 8,505.00 9/19/2013 Door weather strip, Door felts, seals Rock Auto
$ 34.00 $ 8,540.00 9/20/2013 Dash and interior light bulbs AutoZone
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #231 on: September 21, 2014, 03:26:43 PM »
I had to clean out shop space for Square D to move inside for the big teardown. Soon it will look like a scrap heap, even more so that it currently does. But it will emerge victorious with many, oh so many new moving and non moving parts!

Here it is waiting expectantly for what is to come:
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #232 on: September 21, 2014, 03:28:48 PM »
Starting almost immediately, I am launching off on the BRI (Box reduction initiative)
The BRI will pursue a diligent course to restore the view of the Jap maple which has become obscured from some angles. See for yourself:
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread, Part 2: The build Continues...
« Reply #233 on: September 21, 2014, 03:31:18 PM »
We will conclude Part 2 here

We are about at the end of September, some 3 months into the build.

At this point the truck has moved into the shop and will not be driven again

The repair stuff continues and we start to get much deeper into this project. In section 3 you will see the change from simple repair toward a much more serious restoration effort.
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
SquareD Build Thread Part 2: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #234 on: September 21, 2014, 03:59:09 PM »
The truck was driven into the garage, where it still sets today. It seems that getting it there and out of the driveway changed the way I was thinking about it. I stopped looking at repairing and began eyeing everything from an upgrade perspective. I became unsettled about the surface and scale rust, and wanted the truck to look much better than it did. I also became concerned with the tractor like ride it had and knew there was much better suspension science available now than existed when the truck was built decades ago.

So we will continue the build and the truck will start to get torn much farther down.
This all starts the last week of September, 2013
« Last Edit: November 22, 2014, 11:36:04 AM by Flyin6 »
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #235 on: September 21, 2014, 04:01:10 PM »
Here's that drag link that I experimented on with the Nason paint. I think it's a winner!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #236 on: September 21, 2014, 04:02:53 PM »
Quote:
Originally Posted by nmeyer414 View Post
Hopefully everything will go right and he will be able to start the tear down.

The goal for today is to have the frame resting on jack stands, tires and wheels off, shocks off, rear spring off, brakes and brake parts off, and driveshaft out, and the steering stuff all torn off.

If UPS and FedEx are true to their words, I have most of that stuff arriving today in yet another pile of boxes!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #237 on: September 21, 2014, 04:03:49 PM »
Well the primary teardown went well. I had some good surprises and one not so good.
I started the day with my camera of many moons crapping the bed...It died a sudden death when I dropped it (again) and that proved to be just too much. I just checked, it took over 3700 pics for the D-Max build thread and a few hundred more for this one. Add to that several thousand of everything you can imagine of consequence except for a Liberal with a brain, and I'd call it a good run!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #238 on: September 21, 2014, 04:05:16 PM »
Today the FedEx guy, the UPS man, and the mail guy all delivered multiple boxes.
I fell well behind on my BRI efforts
Here's some of the stuff that came in
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #239 on: September 21, 2014, 04:06:53 PM »
Not wanting to put everything up, I decided to install a few things before I continued tearing Square D down more

I replaced the voltage regulator and kept the old one as a trail spare
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #240 on: September 21, 2014, 04:08:02 PM »
Here is the steering stabilizer and Mr. K&N
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #241 on: September 21, 2014, 04:09:35 PM »
I decided to install the K&N and button up the intake tact
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #242 on: September 21, 2014, 04:10:15 PM »
So far I was able to get rid of this much without adding anything to the window blockin' box stackin' that's taking place daily!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #243 on: September 21, 2014, 04:11:05 PM »
More stuff that kept coming in!

The bolt box from Nutty's contains the frame bolts for the GLO differential covers
The bigger bolts are for the springs and the shackles that will be going on pretty soon
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #244 on: September 21, 2014, 04:11:53 PM »
Not sure what was in that Rock Auto parts box, guess I'll have to cut it apart and look-see

The BRI seems to be a failed effort at this point!
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #245 on: September 21, 2014, 04:13:02 PM »
Finally after way too long those horrid wheels and tires are forever off and gone
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #246 on: September 21, 2014, 04:14:00 PM »
The start of todays trash pile
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #247 on: September 21, 2014, 04:15:11 PM »
First the front shocks
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

Offline Flyin6

  • Head cook and bottle washer
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 34018
    • View Profile
Re: SquareD Build Thread Part 3: The build gets more serious...
« Reply #249 on: September 21, 2014, 04:16:36 PM »
Trash pile spreads some
Site owner    Isaiah 6:8, Psalm 91 
NSDQ      Author of the books: Distant Thunder and Thoren

 

SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal