“The 6.9” project thread

snicklas · May 3, 2022

Laine D said:
I think that I found a bed and I’ll go check it out on Saturday. 500$ and it looks really straight. I haven’t really found any good ones that didn’t come with a 2000$ truck lol. And this has all the trim and everything.

Thank you for keeping the right bed on it..... LOL

That is the 1st thing I notice on a Bullnose..... drives me nuts.......

Laine D · May 4, 2022

IDIBRONCO said:
Well if it makes you feel any better, this is how I look at it. I think that would be a good way to go. You don't even realize that something's wrong.

Oh yeah I totally agree. The lead up is what sucked. It’s an extremely peaceful way to go.

Laine D · May 4, 2022

snicklas said:
Thank you for keeping the right bed on it.....

That is the 1st thing I notice on a Bullnose..... drives me nuts.......

There’s no way In hell I’d put an 87-97 bed on this. It drives me crazy whenever I see one. I was actually looking at a cheap service bed to tie me over

Laine D · May 5, 2022

Got the trac bar all figured out and new pitman arm reamed out for the super duty drag link. On these drag links you gotta cut about an inch off the ends of the threads to align it with the obs steering box.

Laine D · May 7, 2022

Pretty clean. Somebody tried to get artsy with some spray paint. I’ll rock the funny paint job for a few months.

TNBrett · May 7, 2022

Looks pretty straight. What’s on the sides just in front of the tail lights?

Laine D · May 7, 2022

TNBrett said:
Looks pretty straight. What’s on the sides just in front of the tail lights?

I think they’re some sort of tie down thing. And yeah it’s pretty damn straight, It actually looked worse in the pictures he sent me. Most of you have never really seen my truck in person, my bed had a bunch of little dents and stuff from it being a ranch truck.

Laine D · May 8, 2022

Pulling the engine and trans today

Laine D · May 9, 2022

Took us 3 hours. Was kinda a pain because there was a lot of bent up ****. I did notice (I don’t know if I should be worried, as of now I’m not really) that my “new” frame is about an inch wider at the front horns. I mean an inch wider than the bumper holes on my truck. So I’m assuming they rear ended something at some point. I’m not really tripping about it. All the suspension is behind that, I’m definitely going to be pissed if this Thing ends up crabwalking

The_Josh_Bear · May 12, 2022

Laine D said:
Pulling the engine and trans today

I can't see pictures of that old rig and not think "Dukes of Hazzard" lol :rotflmao

Love the progress, keep up the good work!!

Laine D · May 14, 2022

So we decided that this frame was slightly tweaked right behind the engine crossmember on the passenger side. In all honesty it probably wouldn’t have been an issue since the trac bar is on the drivers side and the drop brackets are way behind the bent area. But to please me and grandad’s eyes, we fixed it. Bought a portopower a little while ago and finally got to use it. Man it turned out great. I’m very pleased with how it went. Next on the list is to pull the cab and straighten the floor out.

chillman88 · May 14, 2022

Good call. It probably would have been bugging you forever if you hadn't fixed it.

Laine D · May 21, 2022

Made this little crossmember that will keep the front from flexing a bunch plus I wanted a front receiver so I’ll weld that on this evening

Laine D · May 22, 2022

Gotta drill the holes for a pin but other than that I think this will work great for all sorts of stuff.

chillman88 · May 23, 2022

Looks pretty handy! I'd probably want to gusset it better, there's not a whole lot of weld surface holding that receiver tube to the "hitch" bar. But I'm always paranoid about stuff like that so ???

I mean, I built a bumper with 3/8 square tube mounts and heavy C channel so.... Yeah overkill LOL

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