Project Yukon HD (1996 Yukon c1500)

[dcp1992]

Then last night I cut the steel plate out on the CNC Plasma Cutter on campus.

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All the pieces cut out.

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And a Video I took of the plasma cutting.

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And I also have more frame problems... 2 days after I fixed the Driver side I checked the mounts... Summer can't come quick enough. The two rear upper mounts have hairline cracks in them... So while building the bumper over the next couple weeks I will also be welding the rear two mounts and you also might of noticed the control arms in the winch pictures. I got new lower control arms and smaller spacers to try and limp this setup along until summer.

'Til next time!

 

[TylerZ281500]

now drop a center mounted dif in there from a d44 and make some driveshafts and use the 4wd nbs spindles

 

[dcp1992]

Alright, well, last week I was able to install my 1" Daystar spacers and take the 2" steel spacers out. Dropped the front end a good bit I think... I think the passenger coil spring is messed up though since the passenger side is 1" or so higher than the driver side and it's noticeable if you know about it. But it seemed to smooth the ride out some so it somewhat accomplished what I wanted. The upper control arms also now have a gap on the frame, which is good.

First off, the jackstand kinda wasn't set in place, luckily I was still lowering the truck by the jack on the lower control arm and so it just sat down on that.

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The spring tool I bought from Maximum Motorsports for the fox body Mustangs actually worked great. Just had to take a 1/4" steel bar I had laying around and drill holes so it bolted into the shock mounts and then bolted it down between the steel. Jack up the arm with the coil set in place until the control arm is flat them smacked it with a hammer and the coil snapped in place. Soo much easier then what I was doing.

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Where the coil has to set in place before jacking up.

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Here's a video I did of the install and I also show putting the coil in.

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Also got the bolts in for the bumper.

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Then I welded the rear front upper mounts.

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Also finally straightened up the billet grille insert to fix my grill fitment.

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Video of me welding the mounts.

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Then I started to weld the center section of my front bumper. Had some trouble with the welder at first and also had the settings not 100% right so It's not the prettiest, and there is a lot of splatter, but it's deep and should hold. Burned it in good.

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Then somewhat unrelated, I took the Jeep out and wheeled it for the first time in over three years. Now that a couple buddy's now have Cherokee's. It was great to get it out again, it still have death wobble but that doesn't matter offroad.

I will also, hopefully, be going half and half on a deal with a buddy this weekend on two '91 Cherokee's and a ton of parts. So I'll finally, hopefully, have a trail rig on Sunday.

Pic from the trip. I have some dash cam video I need to break down I might past later on.

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'Til next time!!

 

[mohammed torky]

good jop enjoy now

 

[Shebrolet]

This is terrific. Great work, man.

 

[dcp1992]

Got some work done on my bumper last night. Also found out the plasma cutter is slightly off on doing straight lines. So I need to finagle things around a little to make them fit.

Here's the LED pods I got. Vivid Light Bars color change flush mount pods. It's white/amber so they can double as warning lights. I'll be adding halos to them later on.

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This is where I left off last time with the center section. This was it mocked up to tack the lower attachment point on.

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Bottom piece tacked into place.

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Then I back gouged the uprights to weld the back side of the center section.

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[dcp1992]

Then I weld the uprights that go behind the flush mounts.

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Back gouged the bottom piece and welded that along with the rest of the center section.

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Then re mounted it and welded the nuts on the bumper.

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Then I tacked part of the wing and the top plate on and called it a night.

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Video I did on building the bumper.

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That's it for now, I'll post more after I work on it tomorrow.

'Til next time!

 

[Shebrolet]

it is absurdly satisfying to watch this build. I'd love to have HALF the skills you posses. Are you self taught? Trial and Error? Formally educated?

I was little more than a screw up/criminal at your age. You give me hope for my children's future, that there will still be people around who work hard with their hands to build and repair... rather than complain, throw away and/or feel entitled to something they have not worked for.

 

[dcp1992]

it is absurdly satisfying to watch this build. I'd love to have HALF the skills you posses. Are you self taught? Trial and Error? Formally educated?

I was little more than a screw up/criminal at your age. You give me hope for my children's future, that there will still be people around who work hard with their hands to build and repair... rather than complain, throw away and/or feel entitled to something they have not worked for.

I was pretty much self taught. I had 3 years of automotive classes in High School where I got some of the basics, and even went to a Ford/AAA Skills USA competition and won State and went to Nationals. But most stuff, especially the fabrication, I learned on my own.

 

[Shebrolet]

excellent!