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Dereku
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Recall-king?
Landies never had the best track record for reliability. And ford lately…. Ooof. Still a ford guy all day.
Dereku
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That’s impressive lol
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Av8or1
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Last of the armor is complete! I had to weld an external tire carrier on because the door can't handle much more than a stock tire. When I had the 35 on the door would barely close because of the weight and the sag, and apparently it's known to crack hinges and the body.
It sure was a chore to weld on. I had to reinforce the bumper itself, then build an A-frame to weld to the frame to take the torque of the tire carrier. It's such a big tire, and with the carrier open there's so much torque it turned the heavy duty steel bumper into a wet noodle.
Next steps are a deep hangar clean. I have grinding dust everywhere, and tools littered around.
Then onto the air intake piping, which will be complicated and slow going. Also having another kid so that slows progress. But I wanted to get the nasty welding and cutting done so I can bring kid #1 along to do air intake.
From here on out, it's all about the ecoboost!
It sure was a chore to weld on. I had to reinforce the bumper itself, then build an A-frame to weld to the frame to take the torque of the tire carrier. It's such a big tire, and with the carrier open there's so much torque it turned the heavy duty steel bumper into a wet noodle.
Next steps are a deep hangar clean. I have grinding dust everywhere, and tools littered around.
Then onto the air intake piping, which will be complicated and slow going. Also having another kid so that slows progress. But I wanted to get the nasty welding and cutting done so I can bring kid #1 along to do air intake.
From here on out, it's all about the ecoboost!
