Passenger side tube work is mostly complete and I think my bro got most of the driver's side done as well. I have pictures but haven't had a chance to upload them yet. Maybe tonight after work
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89 k5 Trazer build "The Dirty Girl" *Tubed front/taper, full hydro steer*
- Thread starter muddermilitia
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CherryK5
1/2 ton status
Sweet! I love this build.
My floors are rotting out and my trucks body needs some work all around. I have a super nice c10 body that is going on my frame soon.
My floors are rotting out and my trucks body needs some work all around. I have a super nice c10 body that is going on my frame soon.
Here's some updated pictures:
Front half of the old roll cage was cut out. We are going to keep the back hoop to mount 5-point harnesses to. My brother is also going to run 2 supports from this down to the forward most support on the rock slider.
Here's the Orbital that I hope will work for me, still haven't been able to get specs on it.
And the DIY4X orbital frame mount
Front half of the old roll cage was cut out. We are going to keep the back hoop to mount 5-point harnesses to. My brother is also going to run 2 supports from this down to the forward most support on the rock slider.
Here's the Orbital that I hope will work for me, still haven't been able to get specs on it.
And the DIY4X orbital frame mount
CherryK5
1/2 ton status
Awesome! Its looking really good.
Thanks dude
Ahh hellz yah thats lookin good dude!!! 
Just might steal some of that tube work design for my truggy front clip
Just might steal some of that tube work design for my truggy front clip
Go for it dude. We are so happy with it that we are considering putting in filler plates in between those fender bars. That way we could run sheet metal or no sheet metal depending on our mood that dayAhh hellz yah thats lookin good dude!!!
Just might steal some of that tube work design for my truggy front clip
The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking I will just order a full hydro kit from PSC. If I order a single ended ram kit and a HD tie rod from ORD, I will only be about $100 away from the price of a dbl ended ram kit. Any reason I shouldn't go with the double-ended ram kit?
Ahh it's just money, do it! You can eat cereal for dinner for a week and call it good. 
Well let's call it good, ordered a full double ended ram steering kit from PSC (Through LetzRollOffroad though for less $$$) I also ordered a couple tube flanges for the engine cross bar through RuffStuff todayAhh it's just money, do it! You can eat cereal for dinner for a week and call it good.
This is everything I'm getting:
http://www.pscmotorsports.com/motor...le-end-steering-cylinder-kit-with-p-pump.html
Plus this fluid cooler:
http://www.pscmotorsports.com/single-pass-heat-sink-cooler-kit-12.html//
http://www.pscmotorsports.com/motor...le-end-steering-cylinder-kit-with-p-pump.html
Plus this fluid cooler:
http://www.pscmotorsports.com/single-pass-heat-sink-cooler-kit-12.html//
454Sub
5/8 ton status
Hey now, I ate cereal for dinner........The joys of being a 26 yr old semi bachelor know no bounds.
Couple updates. Here's the PSC kit in all of its glory:
Mike got the engine cross bar bent and welded in place. Those flanges will be welded and then the tube will be cut so that you can un-bolt it and remove it in case the engine needs to get pulled out
Here's the Orbital steering valve with steering shaft adapter bolted on with the DIY4X mount in the same spot as the factory steering gearbox. Also you can see the new power steering pump from PSC has been installed.
Where the remote fluid reservoir will be mounted.
This is the bracket that my brother bent up, still needs to be welded in place
I bought this steering shaft adapter to use instead of the one that came in the kit. I didn't realize till later that PSC makes an adapter that will allow me to use my old XJ steering shaft
We changed our minds (for the 3rd time) on how to mount the orbital valve. It's going to be mounted like this so that the steering shaft is up and out of the way of the shock absorber. We wanted to lean the shocks in a little more so that we could gain some more travel out of them.
Another shot of where the orbital will be mounted. My bro started making a "shelf" that will be welded to the frame and allow us to bolt on the DIY4X bracket. We are probably going to turn the valve sideways so the ports are facing towards the driver's side. We think this will make hose routing a little easier.
Mike got the engine cross bar bent and welded in place. Those flanges will be welded and then the tube will be cut so that you can un-bolt it and remove it in case the engine needs to get pulled out
Here's the Orbital steering valve with steering shaft adapter bolted on with the DIY4X mount in the same spot as the factory steering gearbox. Also you can see the new power steering pump from PSC has been installed.
Where the remote fluid reservoir will be mounted.
This is the bracket that my brother bent up, still needs to be welded in place
I bought this steering shaft adapter to use instead of the one that came in the kit. I didn't realize till later that PSC makes an adapter that will allow me to use my old XJ steering shaft
We changed our minds (for the 3rd time) on how to mount the orbital valve. It's going to be mounted like this so that the steering shaft is up and out of the way of the shock absorber. We wanted to lean the shocks in a little more so that we could gain some more travel out of them.
Another shot of where the orbital will be mounted. My bro started making a "shelf" that will be welded to the frame and allow us to bolt on the DIY4X bracket. We are probably going to turn the valve sideways so the ports are facing towards the driver's side. We think this will make hose routing a little easier.
Make sure there is plenty of flex in the feed hose between the reservoir and pump, the ideal is to mount the reservoir as close to the pump as possible and on the engine if possible.
If it can't mount to the engine, make sure there's plenty of flex in the hose.
If it can't mount to the engine, make sure there's plenty of flex in the hose.
Yea we would have liked to have mounted the reservoir to the motor but I believe the engine cross bar was going to be in the way. We will try and have plenty of slack in the hose
Very nice additions!
Looking good muddermilitia!!
Looking good muddermilitia!!
Progress is very slow lately. Our air compressor is ready to die and my brother has been spending most of his free time getting the new one all setup in the garage. But the orbital valve, fluid reservoir, cooler, and steering shaft are all mounted up plus all the lines have been run (minus the 2 for the ram) I removed the overload leaves from the front spring packs and lowered the front of the truck nearly 1 inch. I will do the same for the back of the truck. I keep forgetting that my digital camera is in the glovebox of my wife's car, so I will try and get some pics later this week
Progress is still Progress...
Looking forward to the pics!
Looking forward to the pics!
Well here's some updated pictures
I decided to remove the overload leaves from the front spring packs so that I could lower the truck a little. Front packs still have 5 leaves remaining and it dropped about an inch. I will remove the overloads from the rear packs to level it out.
The Orbital valve and steering shaft are now fully mounted. My brother also started running the lines.
The fluid cooler is mounted to the front frame crossmember. Some day we might attach a piece of rubber mat between this crossmember and the front bumper to try and block some of the mud from the cooler
The fluid reservoir is also mounted
My brother is going to finish up the drivers side rock slider next, then we should be able to get back to mounting the fenders. I'm going to order some shock hoops soon that we will modify for the front end.
Oh and here's the current progress on my brothers hot rod air compressor
I decided to remove the overload leaves from the front spring packs so that I could lower the truck a little. Front packs still have 5 leaves remaining and it dropped about an inch. I will remove the overloads from the rear packs to level it out.
The Orbital valve and steering shaft are now fully mounted. My brother also started running the lines.
The fluid cooler is mounted to the front frame crossmember. Some day we might attach a piece of rubber mat between this crossmember and the front bumper to try and block some of the mud from the cooler
The fluid reservoir is also mounted
My brother is going to finish up the drivers side rock slider next, then we should be able to get back to mounting the fenders. I'm going to order some shock hoops soon that we will modify for the front end.
Oh and here's the current progress on my brothers hot rod air compressor
Neat air compressor.
Truggy's okay.
Truggy's okay.
