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Kyle M. Ranger Truggy, rebuilt again - Revision 4

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I like to share what I am doing, like to take pictures, and I don't know about you guys, but I love lookin at em too.

SO here is my build, It is well underway, but here is the cut and pasted to date version.

So here goes, a 93 X cab, 4.0, 5 speed, Booger green as my Wife and kids call it, that is where the name comes from. A 6" suspension lift via rough country drop brackets, 6" skyjacker coils in the front and a chevy 63", 7" shackel and I replaced the factory lift block with a lift block, same height but had correction in it for pinion angle. And a 2" body lift....



At this point it was still serving DD and weekend wheeling duties, I was running 35's with 4.88 gears, trac lock rear, open front. It did pretty good, but I was ready to start making some changes....then this happend 6/18/10


So at that point it was time to come up with a new plan. I have already been wanting to do a SAS with my EB D44 so I figure there is no better time than now.

So the hunt began for a new "parts" truck that I could use the frame, front clip and a few other parts from. I decided I wanted to shorten my wheel base so I started looking for a regular cab truck. With just under a week of looking I found this beauty, a 93 4 poper flatbed




She's cute huh? Good shape in all the right spots. Runs like a top, drove it home and I only gave $450 for it....gonna part it out to get some of my money back.

So the plan is to use that frame, use my X cab and that front clip. As far as the bed goes, maybe a bob, maybe a truggy. All my motor and trans are going on the 2wd frame....should be a fun truck.

Anyways, on for the progress, got my 44 in the garage and started the tear down


Then I started to order SAS parts....got a set of Fox 16" air shocks coming, a few heims, picked up my 2" OD X.250 tube to extend the radius arms and some 1.250" OD X.250 tube from my track bar and drag link. Ordered some 4.88 gears today and some 7* radius arm bushings. I am going to go a pick up my disk brake set up for my 44 sometime soon too. I got lots of work to do!

Here are some pictures of the my smashed truck...



 
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Well it has been a busy week working on the truck. First thing I did was remove my stock pump. I need something better but saginaws are hard to come by so I decided to port and shim my bypass. In doing so I gained more volume and more psi ( I think) to allow it to wok better. Along with doing the pump I swapped my steering box for a non leaking one and added a cooler. So far of seems like it is working much better. I will find out tomorrow.

Next I added new tail lights in the rear crossmember. Just got some cheap led round markers to use them for stop lamps considering I don't drive on the steer, these turned out nice IMO.



So next, I decided I hated the look of the truck with no bed and got to cutting up my new bed. I did a comp cut and narrowed the rear about 12" total then capped the ends. I plan on running some tube down the sides to help beef it up, just no time yet. It is pretty stout now compared to the old set up.






Then this morning I got up and painted it, installed it and comp cut the front. Good enough for now. I plan on redoing some stuff when I run tube so it isn't finished yet.







Gonna got trim some more box sides, looks too close to me.
 
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Truck worked great yesterday, gave it the worst/best (you pick) beat down of the year. We ran a club comp at a local off road park. We didn't win, but lets not go there haha.

Here are a couple pictures, hope to have some video later...





Then the damage I found so far, I bent my front rim, the inner lip, easy fix and cracked the rear frame just behind the drivers spring hanger. It was an area I knew I was gonna have to work on, I noticed it buckling a few weeks ago. From the factory there is a lot of holes in the frame there. I will either plate it or chop it all off and start over with rectangle tube.

Oh, I also hit a tree pretty hard, broke a marker light, smashed my fender a little more and bent my hood lol, o-well.

pictures

bent rim


cracked frame



So now the part out begins, I am starting ranger version 2.0 here soon.
 
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