The card reader in my lap top shiat the bed so I haven't been able to upload photos. I'm taking my Canon with me down south which plugs into the lap top so I'll try that once I'm down there.....get some photo's posted up.

 

Smart Phones are a great thing just saying Merry Christmas you two (DD and IH)

 

Merry Christmas to you and yours AR.

 

REFUSE THE CELL PHONE ZOMBIE CRAP IN THIS HOUSE!
I have to pay for land lines for the bizz, so cell phones are secondary here....if
you could hear the crappy **** connections I put up with, you'd be on board
with why I do business on land lines.......

The trip was a success, another 1300 miles plugged, steering was awesome,
weather good, the truck ran flawless even pulling too many codes to count!!
I need to purchase this thing a lift or something!!!

More later, to include steering mods.......I grabbed my Dads super duty
computer while down there....it was idle and does every thing but stop your
alimony payments, unbelievable graphic arts programs as well as a drawing
tablet and more crap than I'll ever learn, LED monitor as big as a wall mounted TV......also snagged a card reader for my laptop.....not to mention a
7 cartridge printer which produces photograph grade print's 18 x 30....and
yes I have a ton of ink & studio grade papers.............I just need to find the
on button............

Why I just wrote all that?.......Dunno....

More to come shortly, I will say...........The old super model crack ***** did
exceptionally well.......need to buy her a gift....

Hey.......I made 'sticky' status...........WTH?......now I need to keep handi-
wipes in my glove box!!

 

All that and no pics?? C'mon man!!!!

 

LOL.....I will tomorrow, I promise.........I'll get all snap happy n **** but if I can't produce........I'm the ***......I'll make time some how tomorrow......My steering is better than NASCAR currently..........better than 500 miles of use!

 

Twofer eh? Way better than Handi Wipes and you can grab a handful of sticky and not get any on ya......

 

Alrighty....Found some time to mess with this new compuker....

My old track/panhard bar........


The new set up, 3/4" x 2" steel, tapered end link connections, machined to fit as required and basically a stock CJ5 tie rod at stock length...






Nothing too all fancy, I traced around the edge of the forged mount on the drivers side, machined that tracing a solid 1/8" deep into the material. I then lightly used my grinder on the forging until I created a virtual exact fit, backed the 3/4" stock with spacer and fitted the bushing area tightly......tapped it all up into place like a piece of puzzle and secured with a 9/16" bolt.....fit perfect, zero movement. Passenger side was a lot easier, fitted the steel, backed it to fill the bushing void, then threw down a couple hot-n-heavy tack welds to secure since that area is just steel.......

The mountains of West Virginia had me butt puckered a few times as they're extremely curvy, up grade/down grade, heavy on the brakes, heavy on the gas roller coaster for 2 hours.....it was a good test, if the parts were to have failed......probably wouldn't be typing this right now......

 

Trip side note......Ever feel alone? Like, there's no one else out there?

Never saw another D1 out there........not 1......Couple of run down D2's looking extremely sad once I reached my destination.........Sure, 2 hand fulls of newer hardware.......mehh....but not another single D1.......it's a lonely world...

 

So is that a ball joint/TRE at the frame end?
Running and driving D1's are getting extremely scarce. I know where a couple reside in my area but I almost never see one on the road.