Got the rear springs and both axles cleaned up and painted. Good to see a little progress on the Jimmy. Now to order a few things to get this thing rolling again! 
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Your dad using that diff cover he took off of that burnt truck at hidden falls? Think it was a moroso with the bolts to support the bearing caps.
Dont think so lol. Would have to go find it. Do you need it?
Nope. Came off a 10 bolt. Won’t fit my 14. Was just curious if he ever did anything with it.
Keep it going!
Just ordered cross over steering and knuckle. Also some worn parts to get the front and rear end put together. Hopefully next week will have the frame and undercarriage cleaned up ready to start putting back together.
Had some goodies come in and have a little time to mess with the trucks today. Happy 4th everyone!
Good to have a little bit of progress done today. It’s getting close for some assembly where you really get to see the progress come together. Got a lot of parts blasted and painted. Our parts paint tower haha.
Little sand blaster that could lol. It cleaned up pretty good. Now to lay down some primer and paint.
Primer is on and looking good. Hope to have some decent weather tomorrow for paint. Also a previous owner put in the power steering weld in brace. 
I’d like to have the axles under it next week. Got some paint layed out on the frame and undercarriage today.
Going to take that pinion snubber bracket off the frame? Won't do anything now.
Martin
Martin
Don't you need the ORD high-clearance cross-member to do crossover on 2" lift? Or did you go 4"? Now would be a good time to delete the rear 10-bolt. Do you still have that parts Suburban around? What gears are in those axles?
You’re prob right. Just going to leave it on for now we can cut it later if we need to.
We went 2.5” lift and was told that would be enough. Guess we will find out when we start putting it together. The 10 bolt 1/2 tons have 4.56 gears and were already with this truck on 6 lug wheels. I do have a set of 3/4 tons with 4.11 but it’s a semi float rear and they are 8 lug. I know you could change the front hubs and rear axles to 6 lug but just going to put the 4.56 in it for now.
Got the axles bolted up today. The rear will still need to drop. We put the 4” blocks back in it due to us needing shorter ubolts in the rear. Front is pretty close to what it should be. Ordered new brake lines and will finish cleaning up front end parts to get it rolling again. It will be nice to have it inside the shop out of the Texas sun. 
It's coming along quick. But the large stuff does. It's the small stuff that takes so much time. Looks nice.
Yeah it’s finding the time to work on it. Prob can’t work on it for another two weeks or so. I may get a few things done tomorrow but not sure yet.
