Just a quick not on trailer coatings. LineX and a few other do coat trailers, but it is pricey. I think I will just go with a standard RV roof coating, most are warranted for 5 years.

That bumper does look awesome. Is there enough clearance between it and the body if a "murphy" moment happens?

Hmm, Murphy had to show up somewhere.

Great JOB though as I get more ideas for my Sub, God help me like I need more!!!!!!!!

Here is a better pic of those now stowed out back. Look to be 80-90%  8)

Also a pic of the enters I am thinking of, but in 8x6.5. They are punched .250 and still need the miller to hold them on.

I think you need to use thicker metal, looks a tad on the light side,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :P

Ah, and don't forget that the new cars now have a "black box" knowing everything and everywhere you go and how fast and transmits it. If you have onstar or its equal you are in the same boat. So the motor can be shut down at the flick of a switch.

On the onstar vehicles you just pull the fuse, not the newer cars!

Heck my 96 burb told the mechanic I was going 68 up a grade using 58% throttle when I blew the tranny in 2004!!! But they had to plug in to find it.

Great options

These just answered a few of my questions in seeing the lines hooked up in earlier posts. Plus the last couple showed you have the same PS pump I have and running a "T" for the Brake/PS boost as I have reading up on it a little.

Luckily I do live in an area where farm equipment is used a plenty and many shop will build those hoses. Hopefully I will find a tech as good as yours!!

Great work as normal and looking good!!

From what I understand when the bond rate is steady at around 4% that is good.

I keep hearing about October, but for the elections.

Well, you saw that Murphy got me yesterday!!

It needs a good cleaning, injector lines and injectors. Has a turbo on it with a waste-gate and another without so that sorta offsets the lines. I was going get better injectors anyway. Has the trans adapter, starter and linkage too.

Hers a few pics of it, but first thing tomorrow I have rebuilt trans to go into the Elky (400k+ miles)

Don, if yours are sticking out you may have gotten ford hubs. That is what I am finding out.

The dodge and chevy hubs will crossover but the ford hub is shorter. All the other internals are the same with bearings and such.

Tate, am I on the right road here?

Well, so I find a P Pump motor for the Sub swap just 80 miles from the house. Take my 87 elky to pick it up. Yeah the tranny makes a little noise and it needs rear brakes but I will drive it easy and be carefull,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

So going through Stockton and it lurches a little on the freeway like something let loose. I am a little over 1/2 way there and power is solid so I keep going. I notice the RPMs are up a little so i figure the lock up clutch is gone, no biggie.

Get the guys house in Salida Ca and look a the motor. About what you expect for a 300k motor, lots of oil! Oil is good, intake, exhaust and turbo looks good. Injector lines are gone as well as the injectors (replacing them anyway)

So I make my deal and we load it up, all goes well and I get a 2nd turbo and some other little extras with it. I go to get on the freeway home and click, the tranny lets go. I pull to the side and call for a tow asking how much to get me home (not AAA) and am told there are NO TRUCKS AVAILABLE and the one that will come wants $700 to tow me 82 miles. I say no thanks to that tow and say get me another, nothing, nothing and I call back and a told there is nothing. Now come on it is just 2100 on a Wednesday night I say, but nothing.

So up to this time I have been contacted twice by both CHP and the Sheriff telling them all is OK and a tow is on the way. It feels funny when I am being contacted watching all the rift raft going by. So finally after about 2 hours I have a ride in route to get me home and I plane to leave the elky at the guys house I got the motor from. He can't help as he had a couple beers so he won't drive, OK. Finally CHP come by again and I request a tow, which arrives in 20 minutes!! The chips and I shoot the bull for the 20 minutes and it runs me $200 to have the elky pulled 1 mile away, but I plane getting that back from the insurance company. My ride gets there 20 minutes later (77 year old mom, wifey with the kiddies)

So I get home at 0300 and now reserving a trailer to pickup the Elky with motor still loaded up tomorrow, about the same time my tires should be in so I may swing through to get them too.

I will continue this in the Sub Build thread and add a few pics,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I am a little tired right now!!

Don't stop there!!! Fluids are good to run the beast.........................

On my way to get my P motor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Still in my search for hubs that aren't breaking the bank I found a 1994 6BT that is stock for $1500. Miles are a little high at 300k but I get a P pump motor from it. Even had a video of it running and showed over 40psi oil pressure at idle.

This will now go into the sub but I will freshen it up some. I figure a new head too since they are around $500, new injectors, bearings and maybe a hone with rings.

Plus I am upgrading my homebuilt engine stand to turn this beast using a worm drive setup I have seen in a couple forums. I will post that up too.

Maybe a 4bt in there??

Nice plan and this should be good. Much less a wife who like it and understands!!

That is a purdy old truck there. Another build would be great!!!

I would run good ol dino oil for the break in at least. Been doing some reading on how good the diesel oil is for about everything (but not vise versa) A lot to do with zinc an flat tappet cams.

As for the tranny on SD, just add the oil and crack an upper line and let it bleed awhile.

Looks like the dodge D60 is a go now. Besides being the same width as the 14b rear the spring pads are just 1/2in wider than the GM D60. That is doable.

Wheels and tires on the way. In the process of swap info I found this and it reminded me of SD.

Looked a little further and you guys will love the thread. Looks more like a plane in many places,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?20761-Warwagon-MKV

I was looking at that and thinking the exact same thing, nice work.

What about a 90 where it comes off the tranny in post 907. That loop looks out of place by that mount. JMHO

Looking nice and I like the idea of "pull" to shut off. Wouldn't want to be bouncing around over a KIA or German bike and push the engine kill!!

Mount your pumps low and they should stay primed. Mine is high and now and then I get a little bleed off (filter head needs a rebuild) and have to prime it. Most of my fitting you see are stainless too. Bout the same as brass but looks better longer.

Ordered my tires and wheels today from a guy in TX. Told me they were 90+ on wear, all 5. You got to have a spare!!

Kum-Bye-Ya,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I like the shelf and curio. Have something very similar for my AR in my LBZ.

Got her burned in good with my 211 miller and all painted.

Now it folds flat and wobbles a tad less, so I can wobble more  :P

So by just extending the upper bracket, adding a sleeve and a new 5/8s bolt we make it better.

Old vs new bracket;

Speaking of boring. My boys and I just spent the night on the USS Hornet based in Alameda. A "kid" was giving us tours and I knew about 50 times more than him. He couldn't even name the planes he was standing next to.

Was still a blast and they had an old CH-34 like my dad flew before the Hueys.

Only banged my head once on a ship built for 5ft 9in on 6ft frame.

Somehow I saw boring somewhere and posted this, oh well, another DOT post,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8)