Ms Piggy. Black and Blue!

[Broncitis]

That is looking really good. I can't imagine working on anything that clean.

[chuzie]

I like the pinion guard. Did you make it? I want one.

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[snipes243]

I like the pinion guard. Did you make it? I want one.

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This is the 9" version I run chuzie
http://www.barnes4wd.com/Ford-9-Pinion-Guard_p_219.html

[chuzie]

Thanks. I'm torn between that one and this one.

http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/cata...diffcovers

Not sure if the ruff stuff is longer and provides more joint protection. Gotta ask around.

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[snipes243]

Thanks. I'm torn between that one and this one.

http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/cata...diffcovers

Not sure if the ruff stuff is longer and provides more joint protection. Gotta ask around.

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There the same, and you wont want a longer one. It would catch on everything.

[chuzie]

Sorry for the hijack bart. Aren't you at all concerned about taking a huge vertical hit and ripping it out of and destroying the pinion support?

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[Crawdad]

This is the 9" version I run chuzie
http://www.barnes4wd.com/Ford-9-Pinion-Guard_p_219.html

Barnes is having a 10% discount this weekend too. Brad hooked me up with sleeved poly bushings last week. He beat everyone's prices. He has nice stuff!

[Broncitis]

I have the guard Clay listed from Barnes on my list. Bart what is next on Piggy?

[broncosbybart]

Hey, no prob turning this into a discussion thread

I really don't care- my above comment wasn't sarcasm for once.

I have a ruff stuff guard on my racer. That was back before I knew of Barnes. I really like Brad and both vendors have similar product lines. This one came from him. His prices are great and it is nice having quick shipping times.

Yes, having a pinion guard leaves the support bolts vulnerable. However, I think they're less likely to get damaged than a yoke is. I could see Nick H's yoke spinning against one of the rocks we were trying to get him off of. I'd rather have a guard in place for that. Barring a big shock load from ramming into a rock, those bolts should be fine. Hasn't been an issue with the racer (knock on wood) and this rig won't get abused near as much.

My next project will be to install the engine/trans/t-case, etc. Waiting on some red Loctite to get here. Ran out the other day. I want to be sure nothing vibrates loose down the road. These engines are notorious for that.

Hope to get the drivetrain in place by this time next week. Been very busy with my 'real' job

[broncosbybart]

Engine/trans/T-case is all bolted up and set in place. When I was at Clay's place a while back I saw his trans mount for the NV-4500 from Advance Adapters. I liked the mount much more than anything I had run across and decided to order the mount kit from AA. Of course this required modifying my trans cross member. It was a bit tricky as I have a support ring on the back of the Atlas. The entire assembly had to line all back up correctly or else I'd have to rework the cross member for the support ring as well and I didn't want to do that.

I used some cardboard to make templates from and then transferred the patterns to 1/4" plate steel. Employed the plasma cutter and grinders to shape things up. After a few trial runs and a few tack welds I got it to fit. Took it back out and welded everything. I like how it turned out though it hangs a bit lower than what I had originally done.

Oh, and I did paint the bell housing, engine adapter plate, and transmission. The paint used on the trans turned out to be much lighter of a gray than I was hoping. I wanted to have a color similar to machinery gray or Ford engine gray. This gray is the color they paint nascar frames with. I'll have to see if the paint shop can tint it a bit darker.