2000 Mercury Mountaineer Build

[mounty71]

Ceramic coated my old headers and installed them again, hoping to have better luck with them and the heat they put off.



I have shock hoops 95% completed and am working on the cross brace over the engine now.




Waiting on my second pair of shocks so I used both coilovers to build off of.






Trying something a little different for the cross brace.




Not totally sure I like it as much as I thought I would but we'll see how it turns out.


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[martell06]

I've been dreaming of building the same rig. Nice work! Where in SF are you? I'd love to check it out in person

 

[mounty71]

Thanks, actually I live in Oakland now but the truck is down in Santa Cruz for now. My goal right now is to get it finished enough to take on a trip mid-late April. Who knows whether I'll actually make that, but I do know that once it's on the road I'll be driving and enjoying it a lot.


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[toyick]

Thanks, actually I live in Oakland now but the truck is down in Santa Cruz for now. My goal right now is to get it finished enough to take on a trip mid-late April. Who knows whether I'll actually make that, but I do know that once it's on the road I'll be driving and enjoying it a lot.


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It will never get finished staying out till 2am..........partying..........lololol

 

[mounty71]

Let's face reality, it will never get finished period.


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[seanpistol]

This thing is so damn sick!!

 

[toyick]

This thing is so damn sick!!

you mean like its got the flu? or the h1n1...?? cause right now its just a hunk of metal


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[seanpistol]

More of a chlamydia, but the truck looks good!

 

[mounty71]

Sat the truck down on the ground yesterday finally! A couple of weeks ago I redid the cross brace in a simpler design. Yesterday I finished plating in the bump stops and mounted limit straps on one side, and I'll do the other side today.

I'm not sure I have the optimal spring rates right now, or at least spring lengths. The uppers are so short with weight on them that there's barely any room for the slider stops, so just driving around town I will probably be hitting them. But I'll drive it around before making any changes. Also the overall width is a little narrower now with the stock Bronco wheels unfortunately.





Tires fit perfectly under the fenders

 

[mounty71]

Thought I'd report back in here, the TTB Mountaineer is pretty much complete for now. Took it for its maiden voyage on the Rubicon from Tahoe to the springs. Helluva way to test out a project this big, but had a blast. Broke a D44 outer shaft right before getting to camp at the springs and a hub went bad at the very end of the trail. Figuring out what I want to do as far as shafts go long term, but for now a friend has a D44 front end he's letting me steal parts from.

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[RikFlairWoo]

Awesome rig. Love the front bumper/skid.

May just be an issue in my end but I couldn't see any pics until post #70

 

[mounty71]

That's Photobucket, not you. Any pictures anywhere on the internet hosted by them up until a couple of months ago don't work anymore unless the account owner pays $400.


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