DEPLOYMENT BUILD UP
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DocG
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holy crap. Not like a gernade is an I.e.d. Seems like that one would be pretty easy to avoid. Youre wife would beat the crap out of you if she finds out about your hawaiian explosives
No, I was just kidding. No uxo this trip, that was last time with eod. I'm just an office bee-otch this go round. I am a very happily under employed casualty tracker this time. A bored doc is a good doc. I'm glad I got y'all to keep me entertained though so I don't get too bored and start volunteering myself for silly sh1t I have no business doing anymore... Like playing with uxo.
DocG
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Here are some pictures of the axle torn down for the new bearings and brake parts. The backing plates and hardware that will be reused were sand blasted and will be painted in por15 before being reassembled with all new parts from IHPA including drums, shoes, wheel cylinders and hardware.
Tear down
Sandblasted and inspected ready for paint
Tear down
Sandblasted and inspected ready for paint
DocG
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I had to call IHPA and eat crow. When I ordered the brake parts, I asked about lugs and studs, but wanted to stay with "military threads" left hand on left hand side, right hand on right hand side. Well they have studs, but only right hand and I should upgrade anyway, but no, not me. I gotta stay stock, so what do I do? I call up the other guys who have "f" ed up every order I have placed and had them send me left hand thread and right hand threads so I can keep my truck the way she came.
Of course they wait 6 days to to ship my order and when it comes I have 10 left hand studs and 10 right hand studs (wrong size that stick too far through the drums) and 20 right hand thread lug nuts that are too small!
So now I have the right parts coming from IHPA that I know will fit and know I don't have to worry about someone snapping a stud of the left side of my truck trying to take the nuts off! Some people just can't be told anything! I hope y'all will forgive me?
knurling on stud at top sticks through drum and prevents lug for tightening on wheel.
Lug on right is too small and fits into hole in wheel when tightened not leaving enough nut to get a wrench on.
Ann sent the pictures off of my phone so I will post some shots of the frame and suspension up soon. Robert has the rear axle shimmed and put back together and says it turns, "like butter".
Of course they wait 6 days to to ship my order and when it comes I have 10 left hand studs and 10 right hand studs (wrong size that stick too far through the drums) and 20 right hand thread lug nuts that are too small!
So now I have the right parts coming from IHPA that I know will fit and know I don't have to worry about someone snapping a stud of the left side of my truck trying to take the nuts off! Some people just can't be told anything! I hope y'all will forgive me?
knurling on stud at top sticks through drum and prevents lug for tightening on wheel.
Lug on right is too small and fits into hole in wheel when tightened not leaving enough nut to get a wrench on.
Ann sent the pictures off of my phone so I will post some shots of the frame and suspension up soon. Robert has the rear axle shimmed and put back together and says it turns, "like butter".
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DocG
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It has been a while since I have posted. Things got a bit crazy around here, and I was starting to stress out about how slowly things where happening on the truck back home. On the day I left camp leatherneck to start the long trip home, the painter Matt called my wife to say that he had finished painting the tub. Nothing like waiting until the last moment! Ann sent me a thumb drive with some pictures of the chassis and the CPT suspension that I haven't posted yet, so I will get to those while I sit here and wait to do my post deployment classes. A couple of more weeks, and I will be home bolting on fenders and windshield frames... If they get painted by then.
Freshly sandbalsted and painted frame with worn and sagging stock 3500 lbs "heavy duty" springs.
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The rear end with the new CPT springs, hd shackles and 33" rims and tires soursed from a beach buddy's Bronco.
Front end
Freshly sandbalsted and painted frame with worn and sagging stock 3500 lbs "heavy duty" springs.
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The rear end with the new CPT springs, hd shackles and 33" rims and tires soursed from a beach buddy's Bronco.
Front end
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DocG
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The connection here in the transient berthing is mind numbingly slow, but I will try to post a few more pictures.
The painted tub. In these photos the paint looks a bit more yellow than in others. I have never seen the paint in person only the small chip from which the color was picked. As said before though, I do not fear ever lossing this truck in a crowded parking lot...
Very nice reflection in the paint, and straight as an arrow. Robert spent a lot of time priming and sanding before Matt shot the color. Good job from what I can tell from 7000 miles away!
The painted tub. In these photos the paint looks a bit more yellow than in others. I have never seen the paint in person only the small chip from which the color was picked. As said before though, I do not fear ever lossing this truck in a crowded parking lot...
Very nice reflection in the paint, and straight as an arrow. Robert spent a lot of time priming and sanding before Matt shot the color. Good job from what I can tell from 7000 miles away!
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Here are just some random pictures of roberts handy work. I am very luck to have someone this skilled to trust my truck to while I am away. The bracket is from the driver seat perch and the "x" is the floor board brace inside the front wheel well. These are very important to me as they represent the detail International put in their trucks and they are so prominent in the wells with the higher stance of the CPT suspension. Robert drilled out the spot welds and fixed the rust as a surprise for me, and I helped him weld them back in. Thanks Robert!
DocG
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I'm sitting in an airport some where in ass-crack-istan waiting to get on the freedom bird. My next post will be form state side. I have not had an update since I started moving across south west asia so no update on the build. I'm not sure anyone is still following along, but I should be able to get some better pictures and progress when I am home and working on the truck. For now I will try to upload another picture I got a couple of weeks ago of the wiring going in.
DocG
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I was able to get another picture to load so here it is. I'm disappointed in the condition of the motor. After it spending all summer on a stand getting detailed, it was left out side all winter in the truck. All of my hard work was undone. It looks worse now then it did before I redid it. The alternator was sent out and redone because it looked so shabby on the repainted and sealed engine. Now it is the best looking part under the hood.
Scoutboy74
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Tmi! Tmi! 
image deleted. Welcome home just the same.
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DocG
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I have the Scout back together. I still need to sand it out and buff it, and touch up a few places. I took some pictures, but need time to get them up here. We spent some time fooling with the turn signal switch to get the tail lights working, turns out the wire harness was labeled wrong.
More updates soon. It soooo good to be home!!!!!
More updates soon. It soooo good to be home!!!!!
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87king
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Welcome back man! Glad to hear your finally home, iv been reading on your rig here its gonna be sweet! Would you mind taking a photo of the front alternator bracket on yours if you get a chance? I am trying to fab one up sense I did away with my generator, and I am just trying to get a idea of it lol great work so far and thank you much!
DocG
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Thank you all for the regards. I will get a photo up today if I can find my camera. I haven't unpacked yet!
I'm installing a new t-stat and heater core today. I'm hoping the bummers are painted and I can put those on too 
it has been a challenge working with my painter. We have gone through 3 gallons of hot licks lime which makes 6 gallons of color and there is a motor cycle that just rolled out of his shop the exact same color but with flattener added. I wonder...
I'm installing a new t-stat and heater core today. I'm hoping the bummers are painted and I can put those on too it has been a challenge working with my painter. We have gone through 3 gallons of hot licks lime which makes 6 gallons of color and there is a motor cycle that just rolled out of his shop the exact same color but with flattener added. I wonder...
DocG
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I don't have much time today to type much, but I wanted to get some pictures up! I couldn't find my camera after the trip home. Opps!!
Sunny side.
I had to add the white. Thats a lot of green to look at!
This is the wheel from my friend howey that I redid using the por-15 kit. It turned out great!
The new tailgate cables from IHPA make the two toned tailgate pop.
CPT springs and shackles. I guess I could have washed of the radiator puck first! Resto or not, it's time for a recovery bottle.
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I don't have much time today to type much, but I wanted to get some pictures up! I couldn't find my camera after the trip home. Opps!!
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Sunny side.
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I had to add the white. Thats a lot of green to look at!
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This is the wheel from my friend howey that I redid using the por-15 kit. It turned out great!
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The new tailgate cables from IHPA make the two toned tailgate pop.
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CPT springs and shackles. I guess I could have washed of the radiator puck first! Resto or not, it's time for a recovery bottle.
I don't have much time today to type much, but I wanted to get some pictures up! I couldn't find my camera after the trip home. Opps!!
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Sunny side.
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I had to add the white. Thats a lot of green to look at!
View attachment 20478
This is the wheel from my friend howey that I redid using the por-15 kit. It turned out great!
View attachment 20479
The new tailgate cables from IHPA make the two toned tailgate pop.
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CPT springs and shackles. I guess I could have washed of the radiator puck first! Resto or not, it's time for a recovery bottle.