Re: Spring Swap Thread - 1963 K15
I pulled the Dana 60 out to address a couple of items but mainly BC I just want to clean it up a little and put a couple of coats of paint on it. Lately I've been looking at CL for 14 bolts. Not sure why but I'm not gonna start painting just yet. As you all may remember, I was going to install the 31 gallon Blazer tank while I had the bed off and I was doing the 63" spring swap.
I have found it kind of weird how I have planned this out for the last 6 years in my head and had the order in which everything would happen mapped out as well. Funny how the project can dictate what order thing are going to happen.
At the start, I was going to do the suspension first, followed by the fuel tank. As it turns out, I have to do the tank first - mainly for the two new cross members that will be replacing the only cross member where the old spring hangers were.
In order to install the new DIY4x4 rear hanger I was going to have to remove the frame mounted trailer hitch receiver. At this point, since I had already removed the last cross member, I felt that the receiver was the only thing holding the back end of the frame in place. I didn't want to take the chance of everything really getting out of shape. Sooooo, the fuel tank crossmember install is going to happen before the spring swap. So far, not quite as easy as the front. LOL!
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