superpowerdave
Adventurer
Last July I began the long, ardous task of tearing down the Series III 88. She needed a multitude of things that I'd just not had time for in between deployments and PCS moves, and when frame rot became something I could no longer ignore, we decided it would be best to tackle everything at once rather than trying to piece it all together as time allowed.
So now she sits, stripped entirely, every bolt and screw removed and bagged. The engine has been torn down completely, paint has been stripped, frame is off at the welders yard, and the rest of her sits idly by in gigantic Rubbermaid containers until I return.
I've been biding my time in Iraq for the better part of six months, and as my tour comes to a close, my eagerness to attack, upgrade, repair and repaint has become an obsession. As I've been going through the pains of withdrawal of gear oil and leaky seals, I've been putting a lot of thought into the upgrades we will complete as we go along.
The truck will be a daily driver for me most of the year, as she had been for the three years prior to the teardown, but we're doing some suspension modifications to improve her ability offroad and onroad as well. Until this point she'd been a relatively stocker truck, nothing really added aside from tires and fog lights.
I'm hoping responses will be filled with things others have done before that made the world of difference. Really anything you might suggest would be greatly appreciated, from the encompassing to the minute so I can begin my purchasing in advance of my return.
Thanks all-
EZ
So now she sits, stripped entirely, every bolt and screw removed and bagged. The engine has been torn down completely, paint has been stripped, frame is off at the welders yard, and the rest of her sits idly by in gigantic Rubbermaid containers until I return.
I've been biding my time in Iraq for the better part of six months, and as my tour comes to a close, my eagerness to attack, upgrade, repair and repaint has become an obsession. As I've been going through the pains of withdrawal of gear oil and leaky seals, I've been putting a lot of thought into the upgrades we will complete as we go along.
The truck will be a daily driver for me most of the year, as she had been for the three years prior to the teardown, but we're doing some suspension modifications to improve her ability offroad and onroad as well. Until this point she'd been a relatively stocker truck, nothing really added aside from tires and fog lights.
I'm hoping responses will be filled with things others have done before that made the world of difference. Really anything you might suggest would be greatly appreciated, from the encompassing to the minute so I can begin my purchasing in advance of my return.
Thanks all-
EZ