Whitesnake 3/4 ton build

[Lake_v2]

Flat skid plate started, stock one was so bent it was pushing tcase yoke into floor lol

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[H. Badger]

Looking good.

[Repsolaaron]

sorry i couldn't come by and help

[abendx]

Man... can't wait to do that to mine. Looking good Matt.

[Uncle Cracker]

hurry up! i NEED to go wheelin

[Lake_v2]

Im hurrying, may have it driving this weekend,

The little stuff taking time, seemed easy to chop chit off and wled new stuff in place, now it gas to drive lol

[Uncle Cracker]

the details always suck

just keep your head down, and stay focused

assholes and elbows.

i'm gonna take rhonda and her rig out to play in the randsburg area
with a few other buggy people on the 27th.
i'll be bringing my rig, if ya wanna shake yours down that weekend

[Beck*A*Poo]

[quote="Uncle Cracker"]the details always suck

just keep your head down, and stay focused

assholes and elbows.

i'm gonna take rhonda and her rig out to play in the randsburg area
with a few other buggy people on the 27th.
i'll be bringing my rig, if ya wanna shake yours down that weekend[/quote]


Will be out of town for his daugthers birthday that weekend but we might swing by gormon this weekend if its done friday

[Lake_v2]

Thanks aaron for coming by got the fuel lines routed and finished welding the skidplate

Tomorrow should be bolting up skidplate , doing some final welding and firing it up...

Hope to have it driving friday

[Repsolaaron]

l'll come by tomorrow

[Desert Dog]

Matt, are you running new hard fuel lines? Doing the bending/flaring yourself. If so, I would like to learn to do that for when I redo the fuel system on the caddy next month.

[Uncle Cracker]

[quote="Lake_v2"]Thanks aaron for coming by got the fuel lines routed and finished welding the skidplate

Tomorrow should be bolting up skidplate , doing some final welding and firing it up...

Hope to have it driving friday[/quote]
try and give me some notice if y'all go to gorman or ??

[Lake_v2]

Ran soft lines, my flaring tool isnt heavy duty enuff for fuel lines, i can do brake lines, just not fuel

[abendx]

[quote="Desert Dog"]Matt, are you running new hard fuel lines? Doing the bending/flaring yourself. If so, I would like to learn to do that for when I redo the fuel system on the caddy next month.[/quote]

I'll do a hard line on mine.

[REDxj5150]

[quote="Desert Dog"]Matt, are you running new hard fuel lines? Doing the bending/flaring yourself. If so, I would like to learn to do that for when I redo the fuel system on the caddy next month.[/quote]

just do it with a wire to start out with and then follow the wire as you do your bends with the line. Gather the proper fittings and put the correct ones on the ends before you flare them.

[Lake_v2]

Travis i believe its more concern about the flares, sealing properly over routing.

It does take practice to make good flares, could potentially waste a good bit of time and money if not done right.

[Desert Dog]

[quote="Lake_v2"]Travis i believe its more concern about the flares, sealing properly over routing.

It does take practice to make good flares, could potentially waste a good bit of time and money if not done right.[/quote]
Yea, most of the home-jobs I have seen were very shitty and many leaked. I have to redo some of the brake lines on my buggy too, because a couple of bad flares are sucking in air. I have all of the tools and am comfortable doing brake lines, but have never attempted hard fuel lines. I guess I will practice a little with my old lines before making new ones.

American Fab will be done making my fuel cell next week so I can get started.

[Lake_v2]

When i tried fuel lines previosly i cracked the flares, because the tool didnt clamp them properly

[Lake_v2]

Its alive action pics tomorrow

[abendx]

[Lake_v2]

And its now dead.... lol but only slightly

I forgot that a 4 link with 14" airshocks travels quite a bit farther than leafs with 10" shocks....

Bound up the cv rear driveshaft and broke it.

Heres some action with carnage

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[Repsolaaron]

Trial and error. Got my 4 link done today. Air shocks next than trial run for me.

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[abendx]

Nice Matt!

[Lake_v2]

Thanks to Aaron got the dshaft clearenced and back together, max angle is 32degrees unfortunately i drooped out rear and checked angle its 42-45degrees, going to have to add a limit strap or spend 1k on a 42degree dshaft.

Having a longer than stock trans even with a 5" stretch in the rear is killing me.

When i swap to a v8 later this summer, ill move drivetrain forward to get back the length i need in rear dshaft

[Desert Dog]

Looks like you need to redo your mounts so more shaft is showing on those shocks. Add some limit straps, and you can take full advantage of those 14 inchers without bind and run through the whoops without bottoming out.