Kalebs Ranger Re-do

This truck was just bagged by an "infamous" shop that works on "customs" and kaleb brought it in for a total redo. He got it right before sparks 5 and i had talked to him at the show about what he wasnt happy with. We found the air compressors zip tied to the frame and the gastank was held in with a ratchet strap. When he got home after the show the compressors fell off and the driveshaft snapped due to the cab not being notched. I got it sunday and did my inspection... not good. We will start at the back and work our way foward.

The bumper is shimmed about 1/2'' on the pass side. Not sure is the bed is crooked or its the frame.


The auxillary battery is held in with a metal band used for securing shipping boxes, note the huge power wide located between the frame and strap.


The bed had been channeled 7'' and to make up the gap they welded in tubing on only the front and rear 2 mounts. These tubes are actually welded in so now the bed cant be unbolted.


The c notches are a joke. Also note the shocks that hit the bump stop perches that were left on the axle.



Kaleb said they could not put gas in the cell, i found out why.


Heres the $200 new exhaust with 50 series muffler



The driveshaft rubbed the cab lad out, hit the carrier bearing crossmember at full lift


Shocks


Front bags already rubbing due to frame not being cut out. They also used floater cups.


Front Z


Firewall shaved


Drivers side trailer fender rubs the booster, also note the harness not only not relocated, but just shoved through its hole. I can stick 4 fingers through from the inside.



Battery just laying there not mounted


The motor ran like shit, we found a major vaccum line taken off and have no idea where it went.


And remember the bumper being shimmed down on the pass side? The pass side of the hood is shimmed up.

Neither one of the doors shut properly at the moment, were hoping the frame wasnt twisted.

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Plans are a total frame redo from the notches-back. Relocate air management, lever 4 link, notch cab for driveshaft, redo frontend, and get the motor running correctly. Ill be starting in a few days.

Tore into it today and found more lil suprises.

Gas filler neck stretched with flexible radiator hose. Also note the plugged vent tube.


The cell comes with plastic caps to prevent dirt and whatnot from getting inside, they left these on instead of buying plugs. Note the evap canister vent plugged off and the entire pump assembly held in with silicone.


We had to cut 3 of the bed mounts off to remove the bed, the 4th broke off on its own.


Cut off around 47 zip ties


Bitchin pinion angle


This is laid out, the way they had it built the bag plates would have been at different angles and the centers would be about an inch off from each other.


De-fuckafied


The fuell cell was also held in by a piece of strap that had been welded in, making it impossible to remove the cell for servicing. After i cut the one remaining metal band the cell did cock sideways however.

wow

More pics, more hack work being undone.

Heres a lovely shot of the locating device for the rearend. Since its bent it pulled the rear of both 2link bars in about 1/2'' ea... this was of course was because there are no locating pins in the 2link blocks. The axle was also 1/2'' foawar on the pass side making the wheelbase off.


Heres the underside of the inner fenders, note the heat marks indicating where it was tacked in, the rest was black silicone.


Mess of a wiring harness. I went back and eliminated the unused wires and re loomed it.


Got the frontend tore apart and noticed they didnt use any lock washers


But the lower cups did however have a locking device


Heres the frontend as he brought it to me


After i clearanced the spring pockets and trimmed to allow the control arm to travel up more.


Im hoping my 4 link bushings get here tomorrow so i can finish this thing up. Ive been on the front getting all the crap redone.

They had the shock towers welded on about 1 1/2'' too high and the shock maxed out before the truck did.
New shock mounts my machinist spun for me


Installified


Front tubs are in and coated. I also got the firewall panels in and coated.


Made a pocket for his battery to sit in correctly, mounted some kind of emission regulator, and secured the harness to the underside of the tub.


Rear rails are done, air tank mounted, got the cell fitting closer to the frame, and remade the filler neck so the gas will flow easier.


While we were pulling the 2 link off i grabbed the appropriate sized wrench and socket for a 9/16'' and they didnt fit... they used a 1/2'' bolt in a 9/16'' hole.

Poor truck, poor checkbook.

Almost done. Gotta tub for the driveshaft and do some wire looming.

Upgrade to pro sucka! Can't see your pictures!

man thats a damn shame, looks great now however

One last lil suprise before sending the truck home. Redid the switchbox wiring.


Lastly i developed a trans crossmember so it wouldnt drag or high center on the stock one.


Ill have these available on the site shortly.

Customer coming to pick it up at noon. Gotta get an alignment and shes good to go.

Looks good now that I can see it!

lookin good

Sorry to hear that.....looking good & keep up the work