Little Gibby's 45 MB

Gibby1 · Sep 19, 2015

Is that the factory upper mount?

crash2 · Sep 19, 2015

Gibby said:
Is that the factory upper mount?

Ya and its flippin perfect.

crash2 · Sep 19, 2015

Front shocks done...

crash2 · Sep 19, 2015

Now to get this roughed in. It will have to be tweeked after i am done with it once the dash is done. Sure glad i got my tanks filled recently.

Gibby1 · Sep 19, 2015

The water neck and distributor hold down parts arrived today. Sending those to you on Monday.

crash2 · Sep 19, 2015

This should be pretty close.

skinny_pedal · Sep 20, 2015

Just take the rosebud and heat the hell out of it to bend?

crash2 · Sep 20, 2015

skinny_pedal said:
Just take the rosebud and heat the hell out of it to bend?

Thats how I have done it for years--just make sure to let it air cool..

DHR Darren · Sep 20, 2015

crash said:
Thats how I have done it for years--just make sure to let it air cool..

Correct. That is how we bend all our linkage rods for a Yarder too.

Jacob · Sep 21, 2015

This whole project seems very rushed......:haha:

notstock · Sep 21, 2015

Jacob said:
This whole project seems very rushed......:haha:

I know, right?

crash2 · Sep 23, 2015

Thermostat housing installed with 180 thermostat. Upper rad hose bent and installed. Once the rigs running and the timing is set the dist cap will need to be ground down to clear the rubber insert so you can roll the hose clamp down farther. when ya see it that will make sense. Since these hose setups with the small insert the rubber is about 3/8" thick..

crash2 · Sep 23, 2015

Lower rad hose.

crash2 · Sep 23, 2015

Vacuum hoses all done (pcv and map)

crash2 · Sep 23, 2015

Heater hoses done. The set you sent was too short and they would not have worked with the sharp bends. I had to get a pre-bent molded hose for where it hooks to the water pump/pretty tight..

crash2 · Sep 24, 2015

Also when you get the nose back together pay close attention to this. This was never an issue before and I don't know if its because the nose is not there or something different with the hood(slopes down in the middle). So one thing to keep in mind :awesomework:

crash2 · Sep 26, 2015

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Gibby1 · Sep 27, 2015

I think I saw a little tear in Crash's eye as we got ready to drive away.

Gibby1 · Sep 28, 2015

Took the seat out today, Jackson wanted to get the paint can out. Of course, we were all out...
Exhaust is going on tomorrow then getting some bids on drivelines. I haven't found a driveline brake for this setup yet, still searching. I may just have to go with a manual rear line lock

Paulie · Sep 28, 2015

Best option you can do right there is the line lock. I've seen and have had the driveline brake fail from bolts backing out or simply doesn't lock tight on the brake. Go line lock, not worry about your driveline falling out and pencil diving. I learned