03 Ranger D60 swap w/ sliders

Don't have a cherry picker so did what I could with the hi lift. Like y'all said I'm probably gonna have to use a flat pitman. Only have 1 1/2" clear to the pitman arm and these springs are brand new. Lots of down though.

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Almost ready to roll. Swapped in a f350 master cylinder and new brake lines.

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Picked up a new driveshaft from Dave at the flats. Fit perfect.
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Still working on upper shock mounts.
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Thanks. She drives!!! Steering needs some more bleeding and still haven't done the support but everything else feels pretty good.

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What's the plan for a bumper? Tire size?


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Hey man i am doing the exact same swap on my ranger. I am new to the swapping field lol so if you dnt mind sending me a list of what parts u used for just about everything that would be AMAZING. u can send it to my email @ jonboyedge@icloud.com or u can just txt them to me @ 910-381-6936. Any help or guidance at all would be greatly appreciated bud thanks a ton
 
Nothing too special. I used 6" Skyjacker springs for the rear and Rancho 44044s for the front. Brackets, ubolts/plates, and steering linkage from Barnes and Ruffstuff. Spring sliders are Liquid iron industries, steering shaft is Flaming river stuff on a Toyota box, and hi steer arm is from a vendor on Pirate.



Still trying to fix the winch and somehow the lights got filled up with water. Might just get rid of them and find a cool led bar.

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Front shocks.
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Nice build! I saw your truck a few months ago on jack stands while driving downtown mooresville a few months ago, was wondering if it belonged to a member here.
 
Very nice Ranger I have an extra 20'' cree LED lightbar it is 5 watt cree LEDs and is brand new in the box, comes with complete wiring harness and swtich thats all plug in play as well as mounting hardware and mounts, it puts out 4200 lumens at 60 watt, I tried to upload a photo of one identical to it on my ranger my phone number is 803-four nine three-3687 I live in rock hill, sc ill take $225 for it just let me know
 

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It's been a year. It's drivable but never finished I don't thnk.

Finally got around to making the steering support and shined up some jba headers. Gotta have the bling. New tierod too.

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Thanks.

Finally got around to the rear shocks and found where I need to make clearance for the drag link. Been driving it around a good bit but get a bad shake at about 50. I'm hoping its just tires or alignment, everything else is tight.

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Found some time to get the bumpstops on. Only have about 1 1/2-2" uptravel with these but they're gonna have to do until I notch the frame for more clearance.

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Got a great deal on 5.38s and spartan locker for the front from Dave's offroad supply. Haven't installed them yet.
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Headed out to Uwharrie yesterday for a test run. Ran everything but Dickey Bell and Daniel. It did pretty well with just 2wd. Can't wait to get those gears and locker installed.


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Finally got around to installing the manual transfer case. Now I can use an explorer front driveshaft. Had to use a through bolt on one of the messed up holes in the tcase. Still trying to figure out the shifter with the body lift.

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I want to do it like this so I can keep the cupholders.
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Cool to see someone using sliders instead of shackles. I always likes the idea, but not the execution. That is the first set I have seen that wasn't designed for circle-track and only had a small amount of travel. Also the first set I've seen mounted in line with the spring travel instead of parallel to the ground. Very nice.
 
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