Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

[George Blake]

Re: Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

Sure they could get a driveshaft loop. You move it back toward the back. Look at that as a blank canvas. Do what you need in there. The more lofty you make the project, the less likely it will be back on the road any time soon.

I agree 10 might not sell , but I will look into something for my own truck . My wifes father is close to retiring from welding his whole life and if I could get some tubing with 4 identical flanges to him, I know he'd fab it up for me .

Where its positioned a drive shaft loop really couldnt be incorporated with it .No more than the bolt on version already being made anyways. It deff wouldnt need to be modified for a 3" exhaust since the bulky stock piece allows enough room already and the aftermarket exhausts for our trucks dont have provisions for the cat bracket and I doubt anyone thats doing the 80e has a stock exhaust still in place .

I'll worry about it after my truck is up and running , but for now i do know that the stock piece will not be returning . I just finished getting my garage ready for the teardown/inspection . Sunday it begins . :tup:

 

[TYTILIDIE]

Re: Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

I don't get why people think that part of the x member is so awful? I like it being there because when I do my t-case alone, I can break it loose, and it has something to sit on while fluid drains out and I am ready to bring it down.

 

[MRKING]

Re: Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

The more lofty you make the project, the less likely it will be back on the road any time soon.

It never crossed my mind the thought of moving it back to add the loop ,that might not be a bad idea . Dont worry , this isnt going to push my driving back any furthur . I'll be driving around long before i get back to this item . :tup:

Thanks again for getting my parts install ready . If I hadnt known , I would've thought the tci harness came that way . Theres a high of 90* today , my plan is to have the 80e out and the tci stuff back in . I'll let you know if i have any hiccups .

I don't get why people think that part of the x member is so awful? I like it being there because when I do my t-case alone, I can break it loose, and it has something to sit on while fluid drains out and I am ready to bring it down.

My stuff isnt where your stuff is under the truck . The 80 pushes everything back 3.5 inches and that member is the only item in my way from removing my case . I f'd around trying to muscle it out for almost an hour but my truck won that fight .

 

[TYTILIDIE]

Re: Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

Ahh, good point. Makes sense.

 

[George Blake]

Re: Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

I tried to make those harnesses as nice as possible. The cleaner the harness, the less likely something will go wrong. Now on mine, I just have a 2x3 bar going across so the loop could come up off of it. If I had to do all over again, I would just have notched the plate.

It never crossed my mind the thought of moving it back to add the loop ,that might not be a bad idea . Dont worry , this isnt going to push my driving back any furthur . I'll be driving around long before i get back to this item . :tup:

Thanks again for getting my parts install ready . If I hadnt known , I would've thought the tci harness came that way . Theres a high of 90* today , my plan is to have the 80e out and the tci stuff back in . I'll let you know if i have any hiccups .



My stuff isnt where your stuff is under the truck . The 80 pushes everything back 3.5 inches and that member is the only item in my way from removing my case . I f'd around trying to muscle it out for almost an hour but my truck won that fight .

 

[MRKING]

Re: Lost 14 pounds , keep it off or put it back ?

Sadly i didnt get what I wanted done today . I couldnt get to the last engine block/tranny bolt , all the ss hoses and crap on the driver side held me up . With the removal off my upper w/a i/c to get at the pass side ive come to the conclusion that my truck would rather have a/a . I spent my time today removing all my w/a stuff and while i was in there , the a/c stuff came out too . The a/c delete housing i bought last week should be here any day now , so that stuff was being removed soon anyways . It seems like everytime i want to do one thing to my truck , I have to remove 3 other things to get the 1 out .

I feel bad for anyone that works on syty's everyday , I wouldnt have the patience ..