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Time to start building the 9"!

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Shackles finally arrived! When the springs are loaded, they are almost flat. That puts the shackle at a backward angle up closer to the frame. I believe...

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Sawed the truck in half again. Haha.

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Mostly welded in. I am going to have to drop the gas tank to get to some of it.
Not bad for an old blind land surveyor. Haha.

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I decided I wanted to learn to tig weld. So a while back, I picked up a welder at HFT and yesterday I bought a cart for it. One step closer to really...

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Ready to do some cleaning and welding.

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Negative. Requested a refund and ordered from a different vendor.

Moving on. Fitted the notches today.

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Shackle update: they made it back to Amarillo, then USPS tried to deliver when my business was closed and they marked the package as "refused"....

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Since I am waiting on parts, I decided to build the notches.

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I'm going to need to make some sort of header for this sucker and I already told you I have flanges.
Why Ford chose oval ports is beyond me....

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IDK what shenanigans USPS is up to, but my shackles finally made it to Amarillo from California, and then did a big u-turn and now they are back in C...

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Leaf mounts installed!

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One side is all cleaned off. The Explorer brackets looked like they were going to fit with no modifications. But once you slide them far enough forward...

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3d printed roll cage trim pieces. These will bolt in with 1/4" bolts and I might seal up with rtv or some sort of goo.

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I got one hanger off yesterday, but the angle grinder opted for an early retirement. I took the leaf springs off the diff and started looking at the...

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Yanked the rear end out today! Next will be grinding off 16 rivets. Bleeeech.

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Executive decision.

I am going to relocate the leafs under the frame. The more I thought about it, the better the idea sounded. I am...

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Down bars? Check.

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Checking the wheel fit and doing a lot of measuring on the bed shows that things are going to be pretty tight. The distance from the edge of the leaf...

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Checking the fit!

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