Project: Mutt

[4x4fun]

 I guess its called constant velocity stack, the 2 u joints and ball/socket...  no biggie, nothing an upgrade won't fix.

[old school truck dude]

I guess its called constant velocity stack, the 2 u joints and ball/socket...  no biggie, nothing an upgrade won't fix.

constant velocity joint

[betterbeaters]

i added a shim between the adaptor and cross member to stop mine from hitting like you are works great

[4x4fun]

I ended up fabing up a new crossmember, use 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 3/16 wall square tube..  made the frame attachment points longer and added a couple more bolts to hold it and the frame a little tighter..  works well..
Just about got the new motor build dialed in, had to order a little bit higher stall converter..  going from 1800-2100 to 2700-3000 due to a larger cam profile.. also had a spring and weight set coming from the distributer, going to try to do away with vacuum adv due to my carb having full vaccum on both ports.. 
Fine tuning, gotta love it!

[4x4fun]

I got the stall converter all installed and everything back togather but blew my back out the following day at work so no real test drive except to the gas station and back...  ive also been gathering parts to build a fresh BBC for the tow rig, that means im gonna have an extra bbc sitting in the garage...  might have to build that one for The Mutt, well see....

[4x4fun]

Here's an update, Stall converter worked out great! it brought that motor to life.. beat the hell out of it a few more times and kinda got put on hold tell the tow rig get finished which its about complete now..
Ive been debating on building something off the wall like a 377 or 438 for it, maybe even a set of boggers for the rear. gonna have to see how the tax man treats me.. I do know for sure ill be stepping up to full mechanical billet dis, msd 6-al box and blaster coil just to help a lil in the upper rpm range..
think sping!

[4x4fun]

Winter has been rough but its almost Mudden season..
Got a couple upgrades, a set of 39.5x18 boggers in great shape (Thanks Big Al) mounted up on a 15x12 rim.. Fit great!
Yanked out the MSD HEI and went with full billet mechanical distributer, 6 AL box and blaster coil.. seemed to really like that, spent the evening rejecting the carb. now its getting a hole lot more fuel and loving it.. probably have to order a set of pump cams to get it perfect.. It goes like it never has before...
Oh and I ordered a set of tube seal for my dana 60, try to keep the mud/sand/dirt out of my tubes..
A lil fine tuning and some trailer brakes and ill be ready for a killer boggen season!!

[4x4fun]

Had to do a lil more tweeking but was well worth it..  Got the ol'girl screaming well enough to brake another NP 203..  Has to be something with the shifting fork that engages the front drive, no biggie another is on the way..  Ive been looking at running a divorced 205, have found most of the parts to set it up just tryen to wait tell after the holiday weekend then the trans is coming out and apart. then will be converted to 2WD.

[4x4fun]

The end of the Boggen season has come..  no major carnage this year, just broke nuts and bolts..  upgrade to high energy motor and trans mounts, but the stacks off and put a nice set of uprights on..  gotta love that sound..  no major plans for it this winter, starting to collect parts for a mega..
Found a 58 apache pick up that's goin on 14.9 26 with meritors or axletech 2.5 or 5 tons..

[marshall]

The end of the Boggen season has come..  no major carnage this year, just broke nuts and bolts..  upgrade to high energy motor and trans mounts, but the stacks off and put a nice set of uprights on..  gotta love that sound..  no major plans for it this winter, starting to collect parts for a mega..
Found a 58 apache pick up that's goin on 14.9 26 with meritors or axletech 2.5 or 5 tons..

those old trucks are made for tractor tires

[BigFrank]

 

[4x4fun]

Its getting to be that time of year again...  Ive managed to make some updates and upgrades over the last few months.. picked up a corp 14bolt, put all new bearings and seals on it with a mini spool in the middle due to wasted spindles on the old axle.. Figured id step into the next generation and picked up a FAST EFI kit, got that all plumbed and wired in then figured after 2 seasons of boggen on that motor it was time to freshen it up so out it came..  also fixed a couple coolent line issues I had last year, now its all hard pipe except for a couple spots for give and viberation absorption. More to come once the motor is finished up..
Looking forward to a good ol'muddy time!

[4x4fun]

Here's a little taste of what i have created..

https://youtu.be/RNlTvmzy0tY?list=PLMb-U-Kxl_qtoLdflp81wGZLx8-Zct4aO

[old school truck dude]