Project: 1970 4x4 underway...

[Sir Fisher]

i picked up my new springs today!! woohoo, going to start installing axles and drive train; wish me luck!!

[Sir Fisher]

Originally Posted by Chevymaniac

I really dig that color of green you chose. I'am still not sure if i should piant mine green when the mods are all finished. My truck is the same factory color of green as yours was.

What did you use for painting the frame and what prep work did you do?

prep work?? just sand blasted and regular black paint... nothing special for the frame.

[Sir Fisher]

just ordered these motor mounts for my truck from Trans Dapt Performance Products; i went with these because i wanted to do without the crossmember, gives me better access to drop the pan if i needed to.

[Sir Fisher]

got the leaf spring situation under control and mounted them with the axles this week... got the motor mounted also, but need to shim it up about 3/4" it's sitting a little too low right now.

[Sir Fisher]

here are some more pics...

[Sir Fisher]

come to find out the steering arm is too short, need to find a way to make it longer, it's extended all the way out already... ohhhh, thinking makes my brain hurt!!!

the 15" rim i borrowed from my tire lady doesn't fit... i'm going to run down to the shop this weekend to see if she'll lend me some 16+ ones, so i can roll my truck around for the time being.

[sandking]

Originally Posted by Sir Fisher

just ordered these motor mounts for my truck from Trans Dapt Performance Products; i went with these because i wanted to do without the crossmember, gives me better access to drop the pan if i needed to.

Nice build!!
Do you have a part number on these mounts you got from Trans Dapt?
Also, can you take pics of how they mount? Thanks

[barthmonster]

subscribed. Fantastic color, very unique !

[Sir Fisher]

Originally Posted by sandking

Nice build!!
Do you have a part number on these mounts you got from Trans Dapt?
Also, can you take pics of how they mount? Thanks

part number 4506; only have side pics right now, i'll take some better pics later this week for you.

[DirtyLarry]

Looks great! Out of curiosity, why did you get replace the full-floating rear axle and convert it from 8 to 6 lug? Most people are doing the exact opposite when upgrading their trucks.

[TheWhiteElephant]

Originally Posted by Sir Fisher

i wanted to go with the open knuckles, the closed knuckles had horrible turning radius... i also had a good deal on my 6 lug axles, and the rims that i want were also 6 lug rims. i know it's heavier duty, but i'm not doing anything that'll require the heavy duty needs.

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[sandking]

Originally Posted by Sir Fisher

part number 4506; only have side pics right now, i'll take some better pics later this week for you.

Are they a weld in, rigid mount? Thanks in advance for the pics.

[sandking]

Nevermind, I went on the website and looked at the pics. It looks like a bushing of some sort for flex. Thanks for the info.

[Sir Fisher]

wow, the last time i worked on my truck was march... i almost forgot that i was working on a project... just ordered some parts from lmc, so when those come in, maybe that'll motivate me to get off my butt and back onto the project at hand.

[Altec]

Get your steering arm issue worked out? Looks like the newer axle needs a longer coupler? Here is the one on my '73-'87.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/IMAG0221.jpg

[jpstaub]

Originally Posted by Sir Fisher

just ordered these motor mounts for my truck from Trans Dapt Performance Products; i went with these because i wanted to do without the crossmember, gives me better access to drop the pan if i needed to.

Are you concerned at all about generating structural problems in the frame by removing the cross member? If you hard mounted the engine you could consider it a structural member. But since you're soft mounting, I would think the biscuit mounts and studs are going to take a beating. To me it seems like the end result would be more frame flex than stock. Hopefully not enough to effect road manners but you never know.

In any event, I've taken on a '72 K10 conversion job (I'm finding out 4wd is more troublesome than 2wd) and am interested to see how your swap goes. After researching the issue at length, it looks like the LSX/4l60E/NP241 combination is the way to go in order to avoid a lot of adapter cost and complexity to get an LSX/4L60E to work with an NP203 or NP205.

Has anyone tackled NP241 shifting for manual versions? Going with an electronic NP241 would be slick but getting the whole works to operate correctly scares me a bit.

[CTENTA1]

Very nice bodywork/paint. That green is awesome.

[ThreeQtr]

Any updates?

[Sir Fisher]

I am back; couldn't work on the truck in awhile, but I think I can manage to find some free time now. Started today installing the gas shocks but ram into a little problem; the upper mount is too wide and I don't know what to fill in the gap with. The lower mounts are fine.

[mjensen]

Mine came with spacers.

Not a direct picture, but you should see the spacers I'm talking about.


Great looking truck by the way!!!

[swamp rat]

You could maybe stack some washers in there?

But actually looking at the picture i would almost be led to believe that the outer tang might have been bent outward? I would think the angle on the frame where the grade 8 washer is should match the angle on the tab, but look it over closely before any attempt to bent it, make sure the holes will still allow the bolt to pass thru if you do try to straighten it.

[swamp rat]

Looking back, to the best of my knowledge on the rims a minimum of 16" is required.. its why a lot of trucks had the 16.5 rims.

[Sir Fisher]

Thanks mjensen; I found the spacer and mounted it with no problems. But now i have a question on the rear mounting shocks; if I take off the strap that holds the shock it expands all the way out; but if I don't undo the strap it won't reach for me to secure it to the bottom bracket.

[mjensen]

Glad it worked out. Yup...crack the strap and bolt it on

I found mine was easier to put it on the bottom bolt and push it down to the top bolt.

[Sir Fisher]

So everyone made fun of me for having my tow hooks on backwards but come to find out they won't go on the other way... so I guess I have to drill new holes or do without tow hooks...