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79 K5 Prerunner "Lucy"

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Pulled out the hydroboost I scored for free last year and finally disassembled and cleaned it.
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Going to get a 2wd sector shaft from Advantage west And new hoses along with a seal kit. I'm pretty stoked to have this going on. It will free up my camshaft choices without worrying about vacuum.
 
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Good news! Bike is sold! This gives me the cash to complete this bad boy!
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Promptly after getting the cash we headed to Patton steel and loaded up on material, I got 4130 for the control arms and steering, 2' DOM for the start of the cage, also some plate for making brackets and a sheet of 3/16 5052 AL for skid plate :)

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Made a pit stop and had some fish for lunch.. Mr Berger had a burger at a fish joint!???
Let's roll on this!

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It actually fit in my garage! Couldn't believe it!
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Also made some modifications to my beer fridge.
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Adjusted my cribbing so I could remove the transfer case drop and clean up the frame more.
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Also rough cut the brackets out for the control arm mounts. Man I need a plasma.
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So after long deliberations and I finally convinced myself to stop being a cheap ass. Decided to take this to the next level.
I got a smoking deal on the shocks from a friend. They are 17 inch travel 2.5 9300 series, also came with the ACV in the resivoir. I am pretty excited to get this on the ground! I hope these will provide the performance I am looking for, the Saw shocks are going in the rear for now until I figure out what to do back there. I can get it close with the valving and stock springs.
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I learned on Facebook that a set of Pro Comps are just as good as Bilsteins. I bet you wish you knew that before you ordered those!

Martin
 
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Fabricating the mounting brackets, one down another to go. Getting closer.. I need an iron worker drilling holes sucks.

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With a good drill press they aren't that bad. Sure punching holes is cool but unless you are running a fab shop it is completely unnecessary. I have an old craftsman 15.5" set the speed at 200 rpm use some cutting fluid and I'm through in about 2 minutes for 1/4".
 
Yea it's not bad it's a small drill press but it still cuts pretty fast At 765rpm with napa cutting fluid. I take my time and it's fine.
 
Fock yo drill press. Iron worker with punches is the best creation on this earth :D





Sweet shocks though :whistle::popcorn:
 
My bumper brackets were built with an iron worker. I thought it deformed the metal too much.

Martin
 
sreidmx said:
My press was 60 bucks! Woo harbor freight
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in reality we have weekends of work building the iron worker, and it cost $500 right out the door, and then we pretty much threw out all the old parts excetp the dies and rebuilt the thing.

So $60 will definitely beat $1000 any day....


But the few times i have gotten to use it now, it does kick ass....
 
On another note. Those shocks kick ass. Idk if i missed it, but what did you get them for?
 
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800 is a smoking deal... Wow thats about the only good thing about living in CA is the good deals on go fast parts.
 
Yea I had no idea how good until I checked the price of these new.. Anyway I ordered the 1104 Pittman from summit for 62 bucks shipped: whistle: so that'll get the steering started and I can swap to the boosted box
 
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I learned on Facebook that a set of Pro Comps are just as good as Bilsteins. I bet you wish you knew that before you ordered those!

Martin
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Saw a guy with a set of the Pro Comp 9000's, who'd removed the "Pro Comp" and had them restenciled as "BINFORD 9000" :haha:

[grunt grunt grunt]

Now that's a handy use for them!

(And Martin, puhleez tell me you're old enough to remember that show...)

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