new to me toy/project

[lincolnlocker]

thanks man!

 

[lincolnlocker]

finally got my mirrors, and put them on tonight... built some steps the other day cuz my girl who is dam near as tall as i am cant get in the truck very well... she is a brunette but i think is blond 99% of the time... also replaced the icp sensor cuz oil was seeping out of it, and the ebps and tube... put a boost fooler on it also...

 

[lincolnlocker]

prolly nothing that you all and i dont already know but the new mirrors are soooo much better... just being able to see around the headache rack that sticks out is way nice..

 

[lincolnlocker]

not much happening with this thing... coolent dripping on the ground today so i checked it out... hose is rotting at the down spout out of the water pump... gonna change that tomorrow.

 

[lincolnlocker]

still not much here... changed ball joints, a front wheel bearing, and a tierod end at the pitman arm. have to drive it south this weekend cuz my dually is still laid up or i wouldn't have spent any money on the axles... they are going to get swapped out in the future.

 

[lincolnlocker]

need advice on a bed... took it to the scales a few weeks ago and with a dam near full tank of fuel, full toolbox, and a bunch of chit behind the seats it weighed in at 7700 lbs. i imagine when i put a dana 80 rear on it along with a dana 60 front it will add some more weight to it.. it will be used as a dd I'm sure but with dual rear wheels so i dont know what bed to go with unless i switch out rims and run dual rear for pulling and single rear for everything else.

so in order to get under 7k should i hack up the ugly flatbed, put a regular box on it, put a dually box on it, or a regular box with flares on it kind of like 2012 dually flares??

 

[dirtflinger92]

Dang that's about what my ccsb weighs, I would say put a regular dually bed on it but I'm a sucker for a reg cab dually

 

[lincolnlocker]

love the look of a rcdrw also.. just throwing it out there to see what everyone else says/thinks.

 

[TrailerHauler]

Regular dually bed for sure, flat beds are for work/farm trucks.

 

[lincolnlocker]

so far with all the different pulling rules ive skimmed over im not even sure a flat bed is allowed in most parts.. around here they dont give a crap as long as it makes weight.

live life full throttle

 

[Dittmerdiesel]

How did you mount the steps you made?

 

[lincolnlocker]

two 3/4" bolts with big washers through existing oblong holes in the frame on each side. kinda looks goofy by the pics i posted.. it doesn't stick out as far as the pics make it out to be... looking down the side of the truck from the front or back you can barely see them..

 

[Dittmerdiesel]

Cool, thanks. I think they look pretty good. Practical and not too big.

 

[lincolnlocker]

thanks man!

 

[lincolnlocker]

did some work last weekend

live life full throttle

 

[dirtflinger92]

Does that trailer have ramps or is it a tilt bed?

 

[lincolnlocker]

ramps... it was borrowed... my brothers gooseneck is still in his buddies barn.

 

[lincolnlocker]

again not much with this... been laid off longer then i wanted to be in order to do more mods then what i have... but this is going in sometime this week..... 3800lb'er

did this the other day... bigger then the 6637 by about half.

live life full throttle

 

[Willman940]

how did you make room for the new filter?

 

[lincolnlocker]

i wouldnt do it the way i did it... ill prolly redo it and move the battery length ways by the fender and turn the pipe so the filter end faces the front of the truck.. but i had to slide the battery forward and crush a small spot on the filter to clear the break fluid res.

live life full throttle