garretts weekend warrior

altron32 · Feb 5, 2013

about time to make my build thread on my **** box 93'

quick story, bought truck in February 2012, 2700$ cash. had some issues from shitty mechanic PO used, BUT the truck came with a fresh 3.0 and rebuilt slush box, so the wife and i were happy with it.

then the ich came to built the **** out of it, so off to the crummy cell phone pics.

first came the 63" chevs and a home built rear bumper
used sky's install kit for springs

then turned it around in the garage and the ifs fell out

after finishing up the sas

square front shaft

home made steering stabilizer bracket

front all gusseted with marlins new outer kit and tg trus and diff guard

first trip out in the snow

hope u all enjoy my handy work(not as good as some on here) but it gets the job done

12-2-12 update
build list

-63" half ton chevy rear springs, 4 leaf
-sky offroad rear hanger kit
-sky offroad shock mount, rear
-4.30 elocker rear diff

-sky offroad front sas hanger kit
-ford shock towers
-trailgear diff armor and truss
-marlin gusset kit
-stock shafts and knuckles for now
-4.30 v6 open diff
-RUF random unknown 6 leaf pack, may need 1 removed, kinda stiff
-ifs hub bodys, fj60 rotors, ifs calipers

-monroe shocks all around, part#34687 13" travel

altron32 · Feb 5, 2013

getting some new shoes for it this week, going with a set of 35x12.5r15 goodyear mtr kevlars, mounted to some mickey thompson classic's 15x10.

got lots of plans for it this year, sliders, front winch bumper.

and maby a motor swap this winter.

altron32 · Feb 6, 2013

new shoes

35x12.5r15 mtr kevlar

stance with 15x10 rims

almost full bump.

next to a 36.5 ltb

altron32 · Mar 11, 2013

truck has been doing great so far, a few snow wheeling trips, went to the new reiter trails 2 times. got a few dents on the rockers, but not too bad, sliders and a front bumper coming vary soon with the new bender my brother and i got at the swapmeet.

found a low mileage sr5 gauge cluster at picknpull, not sure how i got a 20k miles cluster from a 94' runner

swapped out my oil sender and ran a tack wire, all done, super easy swap.

so the only issue ive had with the truck is the a340h in this thing sucks balls, shifts like crap, the tcase pops out of lowrange when i get flexed out. ect ect.
so on to a newer better setup

i want it to stay an auto:fawkdancesmiley:. so leave me alone, wife still needs to drive it.

a340f tg adapter gear case with 23spline input.

got the trans for 100$ on cragslist, the case came with a spare trans i found for my brothers truck, 50$. and bought the adapter from a friend that changed plans on his tacoma. 240$

just need a 23spline input and convert the tcase to topshift.

some pics from reiter, 3-9-13

what i could get with no one else around to get action shots.

2pwrlftrs4u · Mar 12, 2013

:awesomework:

altron32 · Jun 28, 2013

tough day a few weeks ago. memorial service for a great friend and fellow yota wheeler diehard. brendon "chops" mehovilich passed away may 17th from a long battle of cancer at the age of 28. was glad to get the whole crew together in his honor and do a cruse around town to the memorial.

im the dork on the right....

on another happier note, truck kicks ass still, went camping a few weeks ago, made some sliders, clamped my RUF's finally, and made some brake line tabs up front.

more pics incoming......slow ass pc:shaking:

BigBluePile · Jun 29, 2013

Nice job! I tried using my ifs hub bodies but they were to long...:/

altron32 · Aug 24, 2013

made a large order with davezoffroad, got duals?:masturbanana[1]:

tore down one forward shift case to get all the crawl box parts, just waiting on my package to arrive!

altron32 · Aug 27, 2013

pile of parts from davez, not seen is triple sticks

my 48" long mess

shifters setup for test fitting, need to cut and straighten center shifter.

next on list tonight, tear into rear case for 23spline input install and clean off the 25 year old grime

Sandtrap1986 · Aug 27, 2013

triple sticks :bling::bling::masturbanana[1]::awesomework: any chance you wanna make me a steering stablizer setup??:hi:

WA-Wheeler · Aug 27, 2013

I like the triple stick. Never played with one, how does it shift? My concern when looking only is they are too close together.....

ain'tstuckjustresting · Aug 27, 2013

WA-Wheeler said:
I like the triple stick. Never played with one, how does it shift? My concern when looking only is they are too close together.....

The RAdesigns triple sticks come with smaller knobs. Hasn't been an issue. Cool option to have.

altron32 · Aug 27, 2013

Sandtrap1986 said:
triple sticks :bling::bling::masturbanana[1]::awesomework: any chance you wanna make me a steering stablizer setup??:hi:[/QUOTE

that thing was easy to make, just recycled all my ifs stuff, and a trip to lowes for some ubolts.

altron32 · Aug 27, 2013

ain'tstuckjustresting said:
The RAdesigns triple sticks come with smaller knobs. Hasn't been an issue. Cool option to have.

yea i wanted to get his but davez clears the tunnel better. whole reason for the triple sticks is to keep my bench seat. and for the :bling:

Sandtrap1986 · Aug 27, 2013

altron32 said:
Sandtrap1986 said:

triple sticks :bling::bling::masturbanana[1]::awesomework: any chance you wanna make me a steering stablizer setup??:hi:[/QUOTE

that thing was easy to make, just recycled all my ifs stuff, and a trip to lowes for some ubolts.

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Good idea....i threw away my IFS crap years ago guess i will have to snag some somewhere