1969 F250 4x4 Highboy 7/9 rubicon

[smokey3215]

You are not kidding he has great fab skills a little anal but he will admit to that.

[nastys toys]

how did you cut the holes for the receiver and tow hooks? im going to redo my front crossmember design and incorporate a hitch and hooks like i originally was going to do but wanted done before winter so i rushed it but then got cummins fever so it bacame a long project so i want to go back over some stuff

[1971ford]

Carefully. With a torch.

[CrypticRacer13]

You sill using POR for paint?

[LANCE65]

That front hitch setup looks familiar

Good eye!
I chat with Steve a lot on another forum. After hours of thought put into different possible designs I gave up trying to re-invent the wheel and went with Steve's design as it was the strongest way of building a crossmember (without dropping the front spring perches too low).
Steve's a fabrication mastermind

Steve is a GREAT guy....and he knows his stuff. Another good person to talk to is Ed, Steve's friend. You're doing a great job Ryan. Keep it up.

[1971ford]

For the axle I used brush on rustoleum. Rust was no concern at all and the brush on rustoleum is amazing stuff so I didn't bother spending days metal prepping for the por-15. I use brush on rustoleum on all kinds of 4x4 stuff (like all the suspension, axles, etc. on the Rover) and it is very durable and alwasy keeps its shine

[CrypticRacer13]

For the axle I used brush on rustoleum. Rust was no concern at all and the brush on rustoleum is amazing stuff so I didn't bother spending days metal prepping for the por-15. I use brush on rustoleum on all kinds of 4x4 stuff (like all the suspension, axles, etc. on the Rover) and it is very durable and alwasy keeps its shine

Good to know ill look into that for the Furd. Where are you ordering all your seals,bearings and what nots for the rebuild?

[1971ford]

PartsMike is doing the balljoints as we speak and I had everything else special ordered to my local napa auto parts. Picking everything up today. Should have this sucker assembled, installed and rolling tomorrow night

[koch68]

Is it rolling yet? Its tomorrow night

[1971ford]

My poison oak got strangely worse and had to go back to the doctor. And now I'm on some crazy meds that are supposed to clear up the poison oak very quick but side affects are mood swings, depression, no sleep and some others.
All the parts are sitting there next to the axle just have to put it together. I was so excited for assembly but with the meds I don't want to touch it.

[1972hiboy]

A wise man once said- " a man's got to know his limitations"

[1971ford]

Poison oak got worse and worse... long story short poison oak plus gnarly pills to kill off the poison oak makes for no desire to leave the couch.
Finally got back to the truck today though and damn did it feel good!


Inner axles seal installation tools of course..

Brake caliper rebuilding

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Shiny


New everything.



Think that steering is tucked up high enough?


Should have been rolling today but the bearings I got from the auto parts store are not the right bearings. So I went back and got the "right ones". They also are the wrong bearings.

Oh, and my hood that I worked so hard on getting perfectly straight fell over and is now scrap metal.

[1971ford]

Ran into problems all day long but after enough parts store runs I got it together.
However It all still needs to come back apart due to one of the axle lock nut's breaking it's little stub off, and the passenger side lower ball joint nut not threading on easy, and breaks still need to go on, and need to pick up another 1 ton TRE for the drag link.

[sargentrs]

Way to go! Great work.

[popeyes71]

The truck is looking good! I like the fab work!