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Progress!!

After a long winter of saving a nickel here and a dime there, I managed to get the Ford 8.8" and the Dana 30 fully rebuilt with new ring/pinion, (4:11) bearings, seals, u-joints, ball joints and shiny paint! (I know, it's the paint that will make all the difference... LOL)

Last weekend my stepson and daughter-in-law came to visit and we managed to make this transformation in a day.  He has a '91 Comanche, so it's pretty cool to have a shared interest.

9:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

I have much to do:  rear brakes / proportioning valve, new brake lines, install the SYE that sits on the bench, shocks, etc.  But now that it rolls and I can get under it, I have more incentive to stay with it.

This was the $900 prize I hauled home over a year ago. 

I addressed some major oil leaks, corrected over heat problems then drove it for about 100 miles before deeming it 'worthy' of my budget build.  I swapped in a donor AW4/NP231 from an '89 Cherokee, then it became driveway décor as I moved to a new place and work got busy.  At this point I have just under $2k invested in the project, including the initial purchase.  I've been taking a ton of pictures, and hopefully one day I can assemble this in a build thread.   

Papa smurf is closer to becoming dirty smurf!!