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[macgyvr]

Was all the steel I had at the moment.

The trailer is also sitting higher than it will be, so its going to change a bit.

mac 'hit it with speed' gyvr

 

[seanR]

YEEEEE HAAAAAW!

 

[macgyvr]

Looks good.
Powerjoke?
2wd. Facepalm.

Looks like a nice truck. Looks clean

Old but sexy!!!!!!


Speaking of OBS, I drove damn near to Ohio today and bought the 2006 rolling chassis. Pics tomorrow.

351 v-8 gas, 2wd, 180k

Has some rust in the usual places, but isn't completely rusted out like many around here. Floor pans are good. Has a few issues, but it runs good, shifts good and did 70 mph on the 30 mins drive home from picking it up. PO has had a bunch of wearoutable parts replaced in the last 3 years (including changing the rear diff fluid, who does that?) and it has nearly brand new tires on it.

It's totally got the old man handles, steps and visor on it...guess it matches being 35 with an RV

The only 4x4s in my budget to have a truck without a loan were either 2 or 3k more, had 20 to 30k more miles and were rust buckets. F150s were either twice my budget or complete rust buckets. I don't have a big trailer so no need for a diesel.

In my junk yard travels I may look for parts to do a 4x4 conversion, but not a priority, RedHeep said he would fly up to help me convert it tho. :eyes:

mac 'start the bets on how long I keep it' gyvr

 

[GoSlowGetStuck]

I thought the same thing. Even for a lifted golf cart

It's less steep than loading it into a truck bed. He proved at Harlan that can be a risky game.

In my junk yard travels I may look for parts to do a 4x4 conversion, but not a priority, RedHeep said he would fly up to help me convert it tho. :eyes:

mac 'start the bets on how long I keep it' gyvr

You may already know some or all of this:

The 2wd and 4wd frames are different. The 4wd frames are fully boxed at the front. You can slide some rectangular tube in the front and weld it in though. People with 4x4 OBS trucks found that the Super Duties rode a lot nicer, because they had the front leaf shackle behind the axle instead of in front of it (like a YJ). Which is good news, you can pick up a reverse shackle kit and a pair of SD front leafs and that will get the axle in.

Then it's just transfer case, either divorced or swapping in a 4x4 E4OD, driveshafts, linkage, lifting the rear axle to match, etc. I had considered doing all of this to my white F350 and then realized it still wouldn't be worth anything when I was done

 

[macgyvr]

It's less steep than loading it into a truck bed. He proved at Harlan that can be a risky game.


You may already know some or all of this:

The 2wd and 4wd frames are different. The 4wd frames are fully boxed at the front. You can slide some rectangular tube in the front and weld it in though. People with 4x4 OBS trucks found that the Super Duties rode a lot nicer, because they had the front leaf shackle behind the axle instead of in front of it (like a YJ). Which is good news, you can pick up a reverse shackle kit and a pair of SD front leafs and that will get the axle in.

Then it's just transfer case, either divorced or swapping in a 4x4 E4OD, driveshafts, linkage, lifting the rear axle to match, etc. I had considered doing all of this to my white F350 and then realized it still wouldn't be worth anything when I was done

One of my buddies wanted to build a contraption that would've put the cart on top of the tool box that was on the trailer. I reminded him of the Harlan incident and then proceeded to take the tool box off the trailer. The tool box, as it turns out, will go nicely in the bed of the truck.

I do not know much about these trucks, except I like the way that they look and the seats are comfy...if you know me, you know that's important...

That's good to know about the frame, I did not know that. I would pretty much have to have parts fall in my lap to make a 4x4 conversion happen. The roughest winter we've had in years is nearly over, so I'm hoping that 2wd will be enough. I do have some parking blocks that will go in the bed next winter.

The priorities are a check engine light that comes on when you take your foot off the gas and goes off when you accelerate, getting my brake controller wired in, and changing the oil and tranny fluid, all to be done after Winterfest.

It also suffers from the rear fuel tank not working. I'll be doing some research on this one as it seems REALLY common on these trucks. Nearly everyone of these that I looked at forsale had this problem. All I was told was that if you put fuel in the rear tank, you'll get fuel on the ground...

mac 'hoping to put not much more than gas in it' gyvr

 

[kmanxj5050]

There was a guy that converted to 05+ 4x4 axles on his 2wd dually on powerstrokenation.com and he didn't box the frame and it's been going strong for a couple years.

I picked up the 2006 chassis I got with wheels for $750, the cheapest I saw anybody that did the swap pay was $1800 without wheels

 

[kastein]

Anything keeping you from just dropping your harness/bumpers/cab/bed/fuel tank/engine etc on the 06 chassis?

 

[Smash Hole]

Anything keeping you from just dropping your harness/bumpers/cab/bed/fuel tank/engine etc on the 06 chassis?

The fact that he hasn't done his 2x6 sliders in 3 years

 

[kmanxj5050]

Anything keeping you from just dropping your harness/bumpers/cab/bed/fuel tank/engine etc on the 06 chassis?

It "seems" like more work. And the axle swap has been fairly straight forward from what I've seen.

The fact that he hasn't done his 2x6 sliders in 3 years

There is a TON of truth to this statment. Hopefully I can get both done this spring.:explosion

 

[*89Laredo*]

Just got a set of Bendix titanu-metallic2 mkd153 pads off of rock auto for 25$ shipped. One step closer to rear disk swap.

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

You should do a turbo swap.

 

[*89Laredo*]

Thinking about a dt360 or 6bt.
360 has a stronger block and is still IH so I would most likely go with that.
Or keep the 6.9 and put a turbo kit on it.
Have been considering a turbo on the jeep too. There's all kinds of fun parts laying around at Jeds.

 

[87manche]

just turbo the 6.9.

a 360 is massively heavy. If you're going to go inline, 5.9 is where you're at.

A 360 weighs just about the same as a 466, and is way taller than 6bt.

the only really nice thing is that 360s are wet sleeve, but really, what's the odds that you'll e in framing this thing?

 

[IllianaXJ]

^This. I have a buddy with a turboed 6.9.

 

[*89Laredo*]

That's what I figured. There a few guys that have done 466/360 swaps and it looks like a ton of work.
The problem with turboing a 6.9 is the 21.5:1 compression. You can only run like 10 lbs of boost stock and even then you are at risk of lifting the heads, blowing gaskets, stretching bolts, and high egts.
There are a couple guys that build cams for turbo apps, lowering the dcr. Most likely I would get one of those, they're not too expensive.
The Cummins, IH, etc motors we have are all industrial/ag stuff so finding a trans to bolt up might suck too.

 

[IllianaXJ]

I had the same roadblocks with my 6.5. I was only able to get ~12 lbs out of it, but it was better than NA.

Stud the heads and call it a day. You will see improvement with 'just' 10lbs of boost over stock.

 

[*89Laredo*]

Once I get to Iowa and get some money saved up I will start looking for a turbo kit.
I'd like to put a 4sp trans in it too. E4od or 4r100(? Whatever came after e4od)

 

[kmanxj5050]

Why not just save some money sell the truck you have and buy a PSD Im sure you can find a decent one for around 3k. I paid 4k for mine and its a 97 crew cab.

 

[Smash Hole]

Sell it buy a different truck

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

My Cummins surely makes some decent boost, but I have never looked at it because I am blinded by the fuel making process it generates...while towing...up hill...in 4 lo......with a 70 mph headwind.....I think it makes 6 gallons of fuel per mile...I may have to add aux tanks for all it makes....

Cheese "" Man