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wagman · 05-01-2010, 07:51 PM

Nothing new here but I got a chance to put the wrench to the CUCV today. Installed the ORD crossover steering & swapped in the 2wd box & new drop pitman. Way cool to be able to turn left again.
I bashed in my tail lights last fall down in a tight dry wash so I closed them up with some left over bed side from the bob job and put in some oval push in sealed beams.
Like I said it's all been done before but I'll put up some pics if any bodys interested!

wagman · 05-01-2010, 07:54 PM

Tail lights! This is the nice thing about CUCVs a can of camo green paint and you can make it like new again. The bad thing about CUCVs that paint is usually about 5 or 6 coats deep, it will burn when hot & stinks like hell when it does!

sdrocks · 05-01-2010, 08:41 PM

nice job when are you gonna bend some tube with that new bender

wagman · 05-01-2010, 08:43 PM

As soon as its a nice enough day to have the door open & work in/out doors!

BurbanFreek · 05-01-2010, 09:10 PM

Cool rig man i cant wait to start the build on my cucv

Power Giant · 05-03-2010, 10:09 AM

Think you could give us a profile shot of the whole rig?

GMCTruxrule · 05-03-2010, 12:51 PM

Are those the stock front springs? Reason I ask is because they look a little too un-reverse arch to be stock, but more like a really worn lift spring with not so much lift.

ramburger · 05-03-2010, 01:22 PM

very cool, cant wait til i do xover

just4cuz · 05-04-2010, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GMCTruxrule

Are those the stock front springs? Reason I ask is because they look a little too un-reverse arch to be stock, but more like a really worn lift spring with not so much lift.

Nope, stock springs are 3 leaf negative arch. Those are what you think they are.

Wagman can you swap the top of the right side KP bearing retainer to the drivers side to get rid of the steering arm on the top of the left KP?

05-01-2010, 07:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
wagman PastureCrawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Member # 137297 Location: BOTH DAKOTAS Posts: 389	Another 5/4 ton CUCV Nothing new here but I got a chance to put the wrench to the CUCV today. Installed the ORD crossover steering & swapped in the 2wd box & new drop pitman. Way cool to be able to turn left again. I bashed in my tail lights last fall down in a tight dry wash so I closed them up with some left over bed side from the bob job and put in some oval push in sealed beams. Like I said it's all been done before but I'll put up some pics if any bodys interested! Attached Images __________________ Proud Parent of a US Marine Twenty-Nine Palms Ca

05-01-2010, 07:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
wagman PastureCrawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Member # 137297 Location: BOTH DAKOTAS Posts: 389	Tail lights! This is the nice thing about CUCVs a can of camo green paint and you can make it like new again. The bad thing about CUCVs that paint is usually about 5 or 6 coats deep, it will burn when hot & stinks like hell when it does! Attached Images __________________ Proud Parent of a US Marine Twenty-Nine Palms Ca

05-01-2010, 08:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
sdrocks KING OF KRYLON Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 64428 Location: B.F. South Dakota Posts: 70	nice job when are you gonna bend some tube with that new bender __________________ jerry rigger

05-01-2010, 08:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
wagman PastureCrawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Member # 137297 Location: BOTH DAKOTAS Posts: 389	As soon as its a nice enough day to have the door open & work in/out doors! __________________ Proud Parent of a US Marine Twenty-Nine Palms Ca

05-01-2010, 09:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
BurbanFreek Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15257 Location: Santa Clara,CA Posts: 949	Cool rig man i cant wait to start the build on my cucv __________________ 1984 CUCV K30 "it went bang" means "its fucked". [url]http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=900026[/url] My Build Thread.

05-03-2010, 10:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
Power Giant Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110135 Location: North Idaho Posts: 985	Think you could give us a profile shot of the whole rig? __________________ There are 2 kinds of fools: weather predictors and their believers

05-03-2010, 12:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
GMCTruxrule Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 51243 Location: Tropical Paradise Posts: 3,408	Are those the stock front springs? Reason I ask is because they look a little too un-reverse arch to be stock, but more like a really worn lift spring with not so much lift. __________________ [COLOR="Lime"][B]1999 Chevy K3500, 5.7/4L80E/14FF/stock/stock/stock[/B][/COLOR] Last edited by GMCTruxrule; 05-03-2010 at 12:53 PM.

05-03-2010, 01:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
ramburger Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 63064 Location: Connecticut Posts: 102	very cool, cant wait til i do xover __________________ '78 k10, 355/400/205, tons, 4.56's, 40's, shortened w/ interior cage

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