time to build the chummins

[sixstringsteve]

whoa, 54s! Looking good.

 

[chevymog]

whoa, 54s! Looking good.

i have 46s right now but want to be ready if i find some big boy tires lol

 

[sixstringsteve]

Yeah. 46s are for sissies anyway.

 

[chevymog]

got the frame shortened and the rear crossmember in for the rear 4 link

 

[BlueWolfFab]

So glad your pictures are better quality lol.

 

[chevymog]

So glad your pictures are better quality lol.

im a professional

 

[chevymog]

got a little bit of work done today. not much really but its a start

 

[mombobuggy]

Clever use of a pallet jack.

 

[chevymog]

View attachment 101625got her off the rear stands and on to her own feet still have a ton of work but i finally feel like i have made some progress

 

[mombobuggy]

Why so tall? could you turn that spring mount upside down and drop it down a bunch.

 

[chevymog]

it will end up being as low as i can get it when finished. i have several springs to work with and yes the mount can be turned over. the back is light enough right now i can pick it up off the jack stands so i dont know where it will sit yet with the body and cage on. its definitely to tall right now

 

[chevymog]

UPDATE! lol it about time, Got the front four link all tacked in and the hoops mounted and got her sitting on on her own feet. wheel base is about 132". Its sitting about 3 inches higher than it will be, that will give me about 5" up travel an 12" down. i will most likely redo the hoops so that i can get them high enough to run a support side to side. i just mounted the old ones on for now.next up will be the t-case(s) i want an atlas but can afford it right now so im kicking around the idea of running dual 205sif i can squeeze them in and still have room for a rear driveline.

 

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[Pile of parts]

Nice.... but that's not going to make it out the door. I'm sure that's already in your plans - keep the updates coming.

 

[chevymog]

Haha ya I plan to put the cab on in a different shop or drive it out on the rotors

 

[chevymog]

im not really good at build threads but here are some updates. got the tcase mounted and drive lines built and installed,

steering arms swapped to the top and front, ackerman angle will be wrong but it will be just fine for now.

i have a double ended ram for the front and a single for the rear, rear steer will be powered via electric over hydraulic setup.

next is to get the rotors off and decide what im doing for brakes

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i dont have many pics right now but i will take some more soon

 

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[Pile of parts]

Thanks for the pic. Looking good. You've got to be getting excited.