all links and mounts are burned in. I switched to flux-core for the frame mounts and call me crazy but I think I prefer that over gas. I don't use gas often so I may just be inexperienced but gas feels like trying to weld with Elmer's glue. Flux core is point-and-shoot, even upside-down, under the frame. If I did that with gas, it would have been balling up, dripping on me, etc. I've tried push, pull, different pressures with gas, feed speed, power setting, etc... just doesn't ever seem as consistent as flux core.
but anyway
next up are shock hoops I think. I ordered a new rear floor pan from Tom's today. $140 for the piece, $130 for shipping. Ouch. Now I gotta figure out if I want to cut a $300 part in half and weld it in to what I've got or try to replace it whole. Looks like a lot of work to remove it whole. :|
once the floor is in, I can put the hoops in then measure for the ORIs.
Then:
- Re-do exhaust
- Re-do fuel tank and pump
- Finish grinding off old brackets frame/axle
- Re-install carrier/ARB
- Re-do brake and fuel lines
- Re-assemble axle
- Seatbelts, stereo amp, rear seat, and and and and