Russ Hackett
Member
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2012
- Location
- New bern
here i have a 1998 Dodge Ram st 5.9L currently sitting on a Dana 44 and also a Chrysler 9.25 axle. currently working on body damage. Tailgate has plenty of dings and dents so does the bed sides and the hood a good one on it too. Also the fenders on the bed were completely rusted out. This weekend we took the hand grinder and cut out as much rust as we could. I had some chrome fender flares laying around that a buddy of mine had pulled off a ram at youngs auto salvage. He tac welded them on and made them secure we then grinded down the welds filled the creases with body filler, did some sanding and then on with primer and paint hopefully within the next two weeks ill have the whole truck repainted and all the body damage gone. ill update with pictures frequently but i plan doing a custom long arm suspension set up i have dana 60 and dana 70 axles currently waiting to be regeared and repainted with por 15. and ill be doing some transmission work next week that ill take plenty of pictures as ill be going into the trans to fix a shift 3-4 solenoid and a torque converter lockout solenoid, also will be drilling a eight inch hole into one of the solenoids this seems like a common problem with the 46re trans. also will be making custom rock sliders for the truck.
