Pete's Buildup '73 Scout II

Pictures of bumpstops and mud flaps. The mud flaps are easily removable which is a good thing because they look ugly!
There is only a couple of inches of uptravel due to tierod/oilpan issues.
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And the axle swap is done. :cornut:
 
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Yep. I will bring it. I told you it would get done. :gringrin: it just took me a little longer than I thought. But, it would have been ready for a hollister trip in time.
 
So I finally got tired of my transfer case popping out of gear, so I tore into it and resealed it. While I was doing this, I added some small washers under the poppet ball springs.

In my case this didn't really help. The gears were chewed up a bit, from popping out repeatedly, and had rounded some of the edges of the teeth substantially.

Thanks to another forum member, I was able to source another Dana 20 and put that in.

Since I was in the mood to fix/change some things, I decided to cut off the rear spring perches, that were slightly off from where they needed to be. The pinion angle was slightly off (no big deal since I could have used shims) but, the perches on the Dana 70hd were about 1" off, which caused the rear shackle to be pinched inboard.

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So once I removed the spring perches, I decided to go ahead and swap the rear springs. I had originally thought to pick up some Chevy 56" springs and use the off-set center pin to stretch the wheel base about 4". However, I found some 63" springs on a 90's suburban that I liked. I placed them side by side with my Scout II rears (that had a few extra leaves) and the 63" springs are only about 4" longer. So, with re-working the front mount for the rear springs and fabbing up a new rear shackle mount, I should have the 4" stretch I was looking for without too much drama.

Here is a photo of the two springs on top of each other.

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And I pulled some 52" springs that I eventually plan on throwing under the front of the Scout. They are the ones on top, with the Scout II rears in the middle, and the 63" on the bottom.

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I'll update as I get time.
 
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I also finally mounted a winch, and welded the bumper on. The cb that my wife gave me last Christmas is still waiting to be installed though.

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Well, I was reminiscing about my Scout that hasn't moved in a while, and thought I would re-visit the build thread on it. Since all the photos weren't working, I went through and fixed them.

I have a Taurus electric fan sitting in my garage that will be going in soon (hopefully) since the last time I took the Scout wheeling (yes I know it's been a few years, kids will screw up anyone's schedule :crazy:) the Scout was running waaaay too warm. The stock fan/shroud setup wasn't doing it for crawling around.

I'll update with some photos when I throw the fan in.
 
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