time to get to work!

thanks c/m, don't know if i'd go as far as sayin i'd tuck them in bed & all, but they are pretty tite...the center cap has a carbon fiber look to it....can't wait to get them on, i'm going to try to pull the front hubs, and axle shafts out of the rx axle tomorrow. then saturday morning get the front rotors from the engine shop, while i'm there get the engine crated up less the front & rear rotors, then maybe monday or tuesday after i get the shafts, hubs, and rotors drilled, go back by the shop, put the rotors in the crate,
and carry it to be shipped for cryo treatment, and reinstall the shafts, and hubs....then in a week or so when the engine gets back i can put the rotors on & the new wheels.....

hey man did you lose your job or just get a few days off? i thought you were just off for a couple days.

the wheels look sweet! i can't wait to see some pics of the truck.

nahmaztang, got a rof...reduction of force...was on the browns ferry u-1 restart.... &amp; the project came to an end, lookin to catch a short call, there are several halls puttin calls out for travelers, in illinois, texas, missouri, and other places, just a matter of how far i want to travel, got some $$ saved up, so gonna try to make some head way on the dawg, &amp; catch up around the house on what i haven't been able to in the past year &amp; a half to two years.......no big hurry, will see what comes about, have some friends in south carolina that want me on a job in atkin, but that may be a month or so, but would be a 6-8 year job...... just fly-n low &amp; beatin the radar! <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />

you can always go on unemployment

yeah, but i am hoping to catch a short call out of state, that way i can file an interstate claim....alabama is only $280 a week, where as if i could file interstate in ohio, pennsylvania, or massachusetts, it would be like $500+ a week.....which would make the $$ i have saved up last a lot longer.....

i have a few irons in the fire tho for jobs, it may take a min. for them to pan out, but that gives me time to work on the truck.....i finnally got all the damn brackets off the rx axle, so hopefully i can get it in the truck tomorrow...

well here is some of my accomplishments so far in pics....other than this, i got the engine crated up &amp; shipped up to chi-town for cryo treatment....
axle with all bracketry removed

axle with homemade jig to position the leaf spring perches

modified spring perch (had to cut off 3&quot; dia uprights &amp; reweld on 2 1/4&quot; dia uprights)

modified sway bar mount bracket (removed center piece, welded in new longer piece, and left over studs from when i swapped out the front coil springs on my old tacoma)


comparison pic, u-bolt came with the bell tech kit for 3&quot; dia axle shaft, had to redneck engineer something that would work.....modified mount that i removed from the axle

should be able to have the axle in the truck in the next day or so with the sway bar on, and the shocks mounted.....will have to pull the axle shafts &amp; carry them to be drilled for the 5-lug pattern....

looks good man keep it up!

Lookin good...Whats your truck look like overall? I dont recall ever seeing it... Post some up.

thx bagged....your turbo project is coming along @ a blistering pace!

not much to look @ madmaz....but here is an old pic.....