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i was thinking about $800 for posi, rotors, calipers, hoses, axles and gears.

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$800 is dirt cheap for a new posi unit and gears, nevermind axles and bearings, and all your brake parts, ect.

just an eaton posi carrier goes for about $400- 500 bucks, the another $250 for gears...

thats a great deal if you can do it all for that price!

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yeah i can get all the brake parts from work cheep on my employee discount

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My tranny swap is done!!!!!!!!
i can drive my truck again!!

i had to cut the hole in the floor a littbe biger for the new shifter but i will be welding up the parts of the hole where it is too big.
ill get some pics soon

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here are some pics of how the shifter sits

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so i took the truck out for its first drive with the new tranny.

the tranny shifts great but just needs a few shifter linkage adjustments.

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looking like you are having fun , keep up the work, it's a :metal:

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Lookin good, keep the pics rollin

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i got the truck all taken appart and in the booth for one more coat of primer and then paint. just need to take the bed off and do some masking and the cab will get painted
here is how it sits right now

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i have also decided to keep the truck 6 lug and go with some 20'' weels instead of 18s, but i will still be converting to 4 way power disk brakes

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:fb: today i got the bed off and all the major body work on the cab inside and out is done. im gunna shoot one more coat of primer on it, block it out then paint the cab. then onto the front clip, bed and doors.

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not sure if i missed it but what color are you painting it and what product are you using?

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im painting it soe shade of bright orange, havent picked and exact one yet but i am using ppg

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keep up the progress its looking great

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heres one more pic from the other day

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the cab is painted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry no pics, but i should have some tomarow!

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here are some pics of the fresh paint !

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and more

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Man, that looks great!!! I bought the original color to paint my truck because the interior was in good shape and I wasn't going to take it down very far, but at the point I'm at right now I could have changed the color. Something like this is what I would have gone with!

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nice color

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i drove the truck home today. so now its onto the bed and front end. i should have the windshield in soon and the rest of the inside of the cab compleet

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dude this was an awesome built thread to read up on. some nice work in such a short amount of time. talk about making some of us other guys feel lazy.but great work. and lookin good.alot of stuff ive done and seeing done. and want to do. keep up with the pics.

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this is a very nice truck whats the color you used? do u have the paint code?

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its omni 61456 brite orange

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lookin good!