The old girl is wore out--time for a change.

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So I am going to do a typical housing cradle....

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Got it positioned and tacked into place.

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Drug the housing out from under the rig and up for ease if working. I got the ram positioned and I will only be able to run 3 clamps so there is room to still pull the carrier if need be. The clamps are recessed into the ram body so it should still have some good force to keep it in place.

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So I got the plate cut for the cradle and tacked into place.

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Played with the ram to get a rough idea of any clearance issues and found the ram needs to raise off the cradle plate a little...

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So I made spacers to raise the ram 1/2" and welded everything to the cradle plate and checked fitment---good to go...

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I got the cradle fully welded up and the housing back under the rig and checked fitment--good to go.....

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The last parts to make were the spacers for the hiems at the arms. I got the measurements for the short tie rods and my buddy matt is going to machine me a set.

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So time to bounce back to the main power feed routing that I started earlier. So I made brackets for the cable to sit on and then ran it thru a heat sleeve and down the inner edge of the chassis..

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It was really tight where it turns up from the edge of the chassis and around to the main junction stud.

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Now I can get the rear brake lines done. Instead of running rubber brake hoses I am going with steel braided braked line with re-usable ends. Started by building my first line.

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I like your lack of zipties in favor of solid mounting tabs for all wiring and hoses.

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Originally Posted by calcagno45

I like your lack of zipties in favor of solid mounting tabs for all wiring and hoses.

I am really big on trying to make things mount in such a manner to where there is little chance of issues if you haven't been able to tell yet,lol. I try to use zipties to hold bundles together or areas where there just isn't any place to make a solid mount. The rear to front wiring harness will need to be ziptied to the tranny lines though due to lack of room to have it on its own dedicated mounts..

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So after I notched the forward panel I ran the rear per portioning valve right off the master mainly that was the only place for it and the residual valve right below it where the lines run down the front edge of the panel.

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Line goes down and turns and when I made the main power feed mounts I also made them with a secondary mount to hold the brake line.

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Down the chassis to the soft line I made to the diff.

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Made new hardlines and softlines to the calipers and that finished up the rear brake lines.

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I just roughed in the arb/vent lines to get any needed mounts done(they will be finalized on final assembly) and then checked compression/extension and it should work great.

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I got the door bars all done and the outer floor panels notched..

Another thing off the list....

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So before I could get the roof done I wanted to get the grab handles made and buzzed in.