The bow legged swamp donkey

[Worros]

Ok guys I figured I might as well go ahead and post some pics of my yoter on here and the current status of it.
Bought it just like this in November 2010, actually traded my 06' 250r for it straight up and then drove her 25 miles home.

had some not so favorable suspension on it and some alright 33" bfgs and a welded rear end
wheeled it a little like that for a year or so

finally sanded all that bed liner crap off it and painted her some tan color and put it on her side

So that went on a little while and finally the frame split in half behind the cab and I started this long process I am still working on..
Got a frame from a guy up above gainesville, ga. Then started.

we were gonna back half it at first but my cheap ass said NO lol
Rebuilt the front axle

Because this is what was inside

and Got it all swapped over on the new frame

Got a dual case adapter

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Cut out a **** ton of floor to flat belly it

made a mount for my cases

Just about up to date here..
start of my tranny tunnel and seat mounts

Dont have any progress pics of it, but its all tied into the cab of the truck and my seats mount to it, covered it with some 18ga sheet and painted it all up.

So here a few weeks ago I put my EFI stuff on it I got from TBITOY

Did IFS hubs on the front

heres my flat belly crossmember

and were pretty caught up now,,
today I made a winch mount

Its sitting on 38' SXs, rears up front and ranger springs in the back, got some 15~ travel pro crap shocks I gotta mount, shock hoops and creeper gussets from trail gear Im waiting to receive. and get a fuel pressure line. Then its going to my buddies shop (TC4x4 fabrications) to get a exo cage here in a few weeks

 

[jordan7118]

If you solid mounted your duals, you'll want solid mounts at the engine.

 

[TBItoy]

If you solid mounted your duals, you'll want solid mounts at the engine.

x2, otherwise you'll break your rear tcase, or break the crossmember (doubt yours will break by lookin at it).

 

[mikepotts]

i did the RUF and ranger leafs in the rear on mine and LOVED IT! youll like that!

 

[Worros]

x2, otherwise you'll break your rear tcase, or break the crossmember (doubt yours will break by lookin at it).

If you solid mounted your duals, you'll want solid mounts at the engine.

I've got some more builder bushings like on my crossmember I'm gonna build some motor mounts with, 1/4" plate and some grade 8 bolts. I wanna make them raise my engine a good 2" or so for how much I raised the t cases when I flat bellied it.
I still have a good bit of work ahead of me to get her running atleast.
I have to make a fuel pressure line from the tank forward to my factory pressure hose and filter, hook up the rest of the fuel lines and get a new starter and alternator and finish hookin up all my connectors and all that good stuff.

But today I finished making my winch plate, mounted my winch and trimmed my grill out

Here you can see one my gussets I have on the back of my winch plate and the front crossmember of my frame to give it some strength. I have one in the center and one more on the passenger side of the winch plate. I have to finish welding the outside of the plate you can see.

I took the radiator out and reached through the engine bay and welded all three of these before running out of daylight to finish welding up the front of it to the truck.

I got the winch from an older tech at the dealership for $100. got a brand new looking controller and even got the owners manual lol

 

[Worros]

By this pic of the cooling system Does anybody know how to by pass all the throttle body cooling passages. I cant figure this out. My coolant bypass tube coming off my timing cover has one outlet, doesnt have the fitting on the side for the little coolant hose coming from the bottom side of my plenum.