truck looks bad ass

 

hahahahah. wtf. a 50 page build thread that I never read.

Looks awesome man :thumb:

 

Thanks.....lol












I didn't have a spare driveshaft for the truck for the trip.....Turns out my front driveshaft is a stock 91-94 explorer driveshaft. The wifes DD is short one front driveshaft for the next week :teehee:

And got my second fire extingq. mounted. Just for that "just in case moment"

 

any other camera phone pics. I can't view photobucket @ work?

 

best i can do....this is saturday morning at the gas station getting ready for the trip

and my fender later in the day

 

Who is that with the other Ranger? Is it a TTB truck or SAS?

 

its holshotracers and its a narrowed D44 from a F150.......theirs a build thread somewhere on here.

Its technically a "Explanger".........Its an 4dr explorer with a ranger cab and shortened box.

 

http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=62637

his build

 

:finger:

 

Thats the Explanger its a 44 SAS.
here is the build thread.
http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=62637&highlight=explanger

 

nice fender John. That really didn't take long.:teehee::thumb:

 

no it didn't lol

 

Just read all 50 pages. holy crap, could you work a little faster. Great build man.

 

He's in Harlan right now, broke the pin in his mini-spool on a waterfall the first day. Nothing from what he's told me today so far. :thumb: I'm sure he'll post the hell out of some pics when he gets back.

 

Yep first day about 3 hours in i blew out the cross pin in the 9"......Broke it in like 4 pieces rumping on it. Thankfully about two hours before we left on Last tues i welded up another carrier i had and packed it along. About an hour i had it fixed and wheeling again. This was Thurs.

Friday i had no real problems. I had developed a PS leak at an o-ring on the line at the pump, but an occasional top off kept that problem at bay.

Saturday we were playing and i started to spit a cap, but caught it before it munched a shaft. So got a spare ujoint installed on the trail and kept on rocking. Later saturday on the way back down the mountain i sudden;y couldn't turn left. The plate i welded to my frame for the trac bar mount began tearing off the frame and was taking the frame with it. So two rachet straps and my winch cable placed just right got it held in place so i could drive down the mountian.

It rained the entire time so every trail up the mountain was a waterfall, and every switchback was a greasy slip and slide.

Now for the pics

Fixing the 9"

 

sweet looks like you guys had fun

 

Looks like a good time. I toasted a mini spool the first time I had it out too. I went with a Strange full spool & never had a problem again.

 

Nice Pics ! :thumb:

Look like a good time.

 

glad it worked out john.i also broke the pin in a mini spool. looked like you guys had a good time.

 

want vid want vid :sonicjay:

 

Tues Tues Tues oke: unless you stop by tonite and get it from me oke:

 

Heres the only "video" i got of my truck at Harlan....those SX's sure are stiff lol....i had them at 4-5 psi in the video.

no real updates.....but i bought a Manual shift BW1354 this past week off the net and had it shipped to me from Pensilvania for $210.....

 

Heres the only "video" i got of my truck at Harlan....those SX's sure are stiff lol....i had them at 4-5 psi in the video.

Wow....try 2 psi? Without sifting through 50+ pages of build, what gears are you running? 4.88:1? Seams like a little deeper gear and a little softer tire would have made that climb in the vid easier. You could try grooving the SX's between the tread blocks to limber them up.

 

:woot:

Soon, there be no more broken 44 shafts

:woot:

 

So what are the plans? 5 lug the front or swap out the rear? Gonna narrow it?

 

clearance it for 15" rims, leave it wide, get a 14 bolt.

 

opcorn:

 

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