Recent content by Andrew_S

Yesterday was a great day for progress. Started out with some satisfying final assembly stuff. Really stoked on this mount, it was easy to get done and came out super strong. Took my old leafs apart to confirm I was glad I put this other pack together. Significant wear at the end of the...

These turned out great, just waiting on some isolators and I can put them together. I spent quite a few hours getting my driveshafts and pinion angle absolutely dialled in. I had to look at some more diagrams to understand proper geometry for a 3-joint shaft. The first part is set at .05*...

Thanks, way too much time into one piece, especially considering no one will ever see it once the campers on... Now the trick is keeping the bench clear. Big day today. I'm calling this a milestone; this thing officially has driveshafts! 1350 front 2.75" heavy wall & 1480 rear 4" heavy wall...

Shoot, sorry to hear about your mechanical issues. Sounds like it faired ok in the end regardless. Nothing like a failure on a trip to have you questioning the reliability of a vehicle. Still one of my favourite trucks on this forum.

I've adopted to wearing my Papr Miller hood whenever I'm grinding/welding now. So the safety side is less of a worry. Oooof, the criticism cuts deep on the nuts and bolts haha. I usually do a big bench clean at the end of a project, but this one has spiralled for a bit too long. I've got several...

^ Glad I can be of inspiration haha, some days I don't feel like I'm making much headway... Today was bump day, started on the rear contact pad - not really sure what to call this? From template Cut out of some old 3/8" blind plate, probably overkill for thickness, but didn't want to risk...

It should be pretty rad when it's done. It'll be a massive table and something easy that the wife can push a button on her phone and it'll drop into place. It's a project for another day though. I need to finalize the camper dovetail dimensions first. Pulled the deck for hopefully the final...

Had a productive weekend, Started assembly of the compressor, It's going to live in this void next to the red positive terminal, After a fair bit of monkeying around, the final product. Really happy with this, it puts out a ton of air even at idle. It'll be interesting to compare side by...

I did more running around today than actual work, but I think I've set myself up well for the next week. This should be everything I need for materials, and I'll have plenty of leftovers to finish out the boxes, hopefully. Checking my collapsed gasket height against the angle for the box door...

Onwards and upwards, as they say. Picked up our new flat deck boxes, some assembly required. 4x10 /125" sheets Measured up the flanges for the rear drive line. I'm off for a few days and have dubbed this week' Flat Deck Week. ' Got the air tank situated. Next, I tacked in my corner...

^ thanks, that's great to hear first hand feedback. This news hits way too close to home - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-off-roader-couple-1.7606428 For anyone who wasn't familiar with their channel, they were BC based and had some great content. The similarities between...

Managed to get a full day in on it today. It won't be long and he'll be the one lying under the truck asking me to pass him tools. Made up the lines and got everything oriented just right Checking line length at max droop Tons of slack Took a minute to get all of the air out of the...

^ thanks, that's good to hear, the wife hates them. I need to finalize the rear flood lights and license plate lights. Truer words were never spoken. It also doesn't help my machining tools are a 4" grinder and cheapo drill press. I must have made 15 different cardboard templates for that...

It's been a busy week but I haven't moved the needle much on this one. Started stripping out the old remaining steering components Finding a home for this big reservoir in this already congested engine bay was definitely a challenge. Embarrassed to admit how much time this took to fab up...

Got a little bit more checked off the list this weekend. Mocking up the lights Wiring up with the stock harness Took my time and did this right. Everything is loomed and easily disconnects at the light and at the rear panel. Next up was putting this front axle back together Hydro...