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Maiden voyage of the self build shell. Lots of work still to do. Different thicknesses of 4x8 plywood riveted to aluminum angle and square tube. It's very light.

The hits keep coming. I felt some death wobble the other day so I checked my steering linkage. I converted it to heims. I drilled the tapered holes out in the knuckles and used 3/4 inch bolts. I should have retorqued them periodically, but I didn't. They were not loose, but not tight. The hole...

Took her out for a little trip today. Very windy out. It didn't rip off the bed rails. :love: The wind was pushing me around, as it was the tractor trailers on the highway. I was so happy I put that Hellwig sway bar on. The truck doesn't sway in the back. I need to hit the truck scales again to...

Love your truck! Especially the sticks coming out of your floor. I don't think you can beat an old diesel and manual trans when it comes to simplicity.

This has been a huge learning experience. I would never do this type of construction again. It is very light and strong, but if I had to do it again I would weld the aluminum frame together first and then attach the wood panels. The box is not entirely square so I'm going to have some challenges...

I got everything together. Had to pull the clutch master cylinder off the firewall again and trim the shaft a little shorter. The bite position was all the way at the top. I figured out how to work on this stuff a little easier. I put mattress pad on top of the engine and lay over the throttle...

I'm a first gen trooper owner but I'm always glad to see a trooper of any generation out in the wild.

More comfort means more capacity and payload. How comfortable do you want to be? I travel in remote areas so I tend to pack heavy. Nobody is coming to rescue me so I need to bring it with me.

The odyssey continues. I was getting some vibration through the steering wheel. I thought it was the rag joint, but when I inspected it it was the spring in the telescoping shaft. I ordered one from rockauto. After struggling with the installation for hours, I took it apart so I didn't have any...

I got the bushings all installed on the clutch shaft. To fix the elongated hole in the housing I made a wooden plug that I put in the hole. That way I did not go overboard on the welds and have to spend hours cleaning it up. It worked ok. Only a slight clean up in a couple spots and the hole was...

Still working on some maintenance on the F350. It's difficult in the Arizona summer. No shade to park under so I have to wait until the sun goes behind the mountains. Did the heim joint clutch upgrade. The lever arm would not come off the shaft so I had to pull the pedal box. While pulling the...

I've always thought that's a sensible place to carry a spare tire.

That must not have been a good nights sleep on that lean.

WOW, Thanks for the tips!!

Oh joy. I got my priming rod but now I have another issue. The distributer is stuck in the block. Apparently this is a Ford thing. At least it's in the front. I soaked it in tap magic (it's a machining or cutting fluid). After a couple hours I am able to turn it slightly by beating it with a...

I had to do some maintenance on the truck. The oil cooler lines were leaking. Lucky I caught it before they failed. New lines, new o-ring on the adapter fitting, etc. For the first time in my life I didn't fill the oil filter with oil. I pulled the coil wire and cranked it over to circulate the...

I hope your pitman arm doesn't become a bumpstop.

I'm a big fan of the 6.2. ;)

Your tires are really small. Airing down is to give a bigger footprint for flotation. Bigger tires will give you that without even airing down. Consider larger diameter tires.

The perfect vehicle that does everything well probably doesn't exist. You need to build something that will serve your particular needs 80 percent of the time. Even that goal is not easy. In tight mountainous terrain a big lift and a long wheelbase is a nightmare. Out west in the silt or sand...