The Resurection Project

keep in mind there not mounted and have no weight on them making them seem alot bigger. My full tread 36's fit with room to spare with no bump stops, so i'm guessing the half tread 38's will need just a little trimming to make them fit.

p.s. rob in case you weren't counting this is now page 26

switch the calipers. the bleeders should be on top so you can get the air out. I found out the hard way.

26 and adding up yea matt I spent a ton of money one time cuz was given the wrong side and never chekd

cool, thanks for the heads up. I'll switch them when I go to tear everything down i'll switch them up.

i'm going to try to order the rest of the d60/steering parts over the next week or two. so i was going to see if I could get some help either 3/21 or 3/28 in getting those axels ready for the trail. I'm going to try to get a shake down run in either 4/4 or 4/11 so i'm ready for Big dogs on 4/25

To do list for test run
1. tack front 60 together and test for fit
2.install some sort of steering
3.install hydro assist
4.square driveshafts
5.test flex with loader
6.pull it apart final weld and paint
7.put it all back together
8.home install the 4.10 gears I have (this should be interesting)
extreme 4x4 had good episode the othe day that looked like if I just wanted to take the time of pulling it apart over and over again to get it right.
9.paint roll cage
10.fix cb
11.hook up rear suck down winch to axel
12.install tires and beadlocks

like to do list
1.fix wiring tail lights
2.bend some tube fenders
3.bend some new tube doors
4.install radio and speakers of some sort
5.possible front suck down winch
4.fix holes in body with some sheet metal
5.new seats

i would love to come down and help but elva is having surgery that weekend and will be incapacitated for about 3-4 weeks

no prob, thats a hell of a hike for you anyway. As a funny side note someone called me up a few days ago wanting to buy a 44a axel off of me. they said that they were from ohio and had to go to va and wanted to know if I could meet them along the way to give them the axel. So I said how about we meet in fredrick, He said fine. So when I got to fredrick I told him were I was at and he said he was at a gasstation in town off of 95. I was like WTF 95 You sure your reading that gps right because 95 is no were near fredrick. He said no he was reading it right. Then I asked him if he was in VA or MD. Turns ot the guy had followed the gps to fredricksburg So after I told him were I was at he said it would take him another hour and a half to get there. Well after 3 hours he made it to the myersville exit on 70. It took him an extra hour because he got loss again trying to get around 495 and 395.

Figured you all would get a kick out of that but tell elva if need some one to swing by and feed her some beer to keep her spirits up let me know

md4wheelin wrote:

8.home install the 4.10 gears I have (this should be interesting)
extreme 4x4 had good episode the othe day that looked like if I just wanted to take the time of pulling it apart over and over again to get it right.

I watched that one. All those shims, micromeasurements, put it together, take it apart, put it together, take it apart etc. I thought "This is why I pay someone to do it". Just tell me what weekend you decide on and I'll help. You put it together and I'll keep tearing it apart until you get it right.
Oh, and I'll help with the other stuff too...especially #5.

Mad4Mud wrote:

Oh, and I'll help with the other stuff too...especially #5.

5.possible front suck down

remember kat we have an understanding

You betcha Joe.

Von -

Wrong #5...I meant test flex with loader

kathy want what, suck down something, wow its too much for me

damn son, got a lot of work done while i was away i see...haha

hell yea, by the way you missed work monday when it snowed. I had a skid steer with your name on it.

i was stuck in cali spending money intead of home makin it, they cancelled our flight sunday and bumped us to tue. morning.....talk about gay.

okay got a few things done while I wait for more parts to come in. After 6 months i finally got some paint on the cage.



After looking at the front end i relized the my RE hd trackbar bracket had broken and bent into the spring

After throwing it into a 12 ton press I was able to get it back into shape enough to weld it back together and weld it onto the frame


I welded in a gusset along with welds on the bottom of the broken part so it should hold up this time.

Also finally got around to putting a radio in to run some marine speakers i ordered from crutchfield. Only wierd thing is that I cut out most of the factory harness for the radio except for the speaker wires. Some how when I turn the radio on it back feeds though one of the speaker wires and dimmly lights the front pass. marker light.

Anyway the balistic parts along with the tnt truss should be here next week. My hydro assist came in yesterday so it looks like i'm going to have to pull the steering box and get it drilled and tapped for the ram.

Also it looks like i'm going to be trading kat my 38's for bills old 36's and h2s. I'll run the 36's till i can get some money together for some 38" krawlers or irocks.

looks like that thing could morph into the monkey bars at the playground.
Lookin good.

finally got around to adding some more support to my sliders. I used the old supports that originally came with the RE kit. Figure they would help displace some of downward presure from the roll cage in a rollover. Also it will give a little more support to the front LA braces for the front 60.

Still waiting on parts to come in for the front 60 (Damn tnt truss)

Anyway I decided to try to make some tube fenders to help with sliding off things in off camber situations.
I probly could of made it a little smotther but I figured it was just going to get torn up any way.



I'm not sure if the tube will mess with the uptravel of the tire or not. I know from the pic it looks like a lot, but in actuallity i'll loose maybe one inch or so. Just in case it does I only did a lite weld on it incase I have to cut it out and redesign it.

Okay Today was a good day. TNT finally said my truss was shipped yesterday (after 3 weeks) and that they bumped up the shipping so it will be here by this fri

I'm going to try to wrangle this thing under my jeep this weekend and try to work all the bugs out by BigDogs.

Joe, let me know if you need a hand. Im pretty much wrapping up my rig here in the next week so if you need me for anything just yell.

If you got any free time this weekened, any help would be appreciated because that front 60 is one heavy son of a bitch. Going to try to get the rest of the parts (High steer arms and psc pump) ordered this week so I can finish installing them next week.

I wish I lived closer I would come and help you finish this DAMN THING You have way more patience than me I wouldve flipped bigtime I hate waiting on people



And by the way you are not at 30 pages yet you are fukn SLACKIN

30 is coming up real soon baby because big dogs is just around the corner. After that she goes back under the knife for gear upgrades and a new rear winch bumper. Also Rob, did you get that control arm i sent you yet?

I tapped the power steering box today so I now have half ass hydro assist till my psc pump comes in. I'm now going to do a few hail Marys just to make sure that damn truss comes in tomorrow. I know its supposed to rain this weekend but the hell with it i'm going to put a tarp up and go at it. the neighbors are really going to like me then.

YES I GOT THE CONTROL ARM THANX A TON