5StarCustmSolutns
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Awesome. Hot here this weekend, too, but probably not as hot. Worst time for me is late afternoon - sun dips down and shines into my west facing OH shop door. And I was working on the back of the rig this weekend.....
Got the rear end installed, all went in pretty easily. I'm to the point of mounting the rear wheels and install driveshaft and I'm done in back. Front, not so much. Finally got the old motor mount out today and the new one dropped into place with all but one bolt threaded in finger tight. I've had the most trouble with the front upper engine-to-mount bolt, both coming out and going in. I'll probably just have to bend the heat shield like I did to remove the old mount. After the mount is done, still have to
- remove and replace radiator/hoses
- run new Dorman oil cooler lines to new Denso radiator (new radiator has engine oil cooler, old one doesn't)
- Change oil and filter
- Install front carrier assembly
- change oil in front diff
- front driveshaft and axles
- hook everything up, etc. etc. View attachment 435081
@swathdiver or anyone else: do you know where this hanger goes? Pretty sure it came from the passenger side, but it's not showing up in any of my before pics. There's a similar longer one on the pass side for parking brake cable, so I think that's what it is, but I can't find where it goes.
what (@swathdiver) he said...
It goes under driver side bump stop plate on the inside of the frame rail. You kind of have to get down and dirty there to see it as it threads in on the underside. It steers the brake cable onward and upward immediately after clearing axle tube, on its climb up to it's next point of contact along upper control arm.....