i got this b2 back when i turned 16. I DD'd it all during high school and even for a few years in college. i went to auburn and i drove it back and forth many, many times before my parents decided to give me something new, a 2000 ford explorer. (still driving both of them btw, it's great not having a car payment.)
i dont have an early pics of the b2, no digital copies i guess i should say. digital cameras werent very common when i got it (mid 90's).
i've done quite a bit to it so far, the build start about a year ago. it's been in a garage most of that time.
anyways, on with pics.......
here it is, when i started with the build:
started by removing the engine, it's got about 200k on the clock, and it was NASTY
cleaned everything up, degreased it, spent hours with the wire wheel on it then painted everything (yeah, it was a waste of time, but i was unemployed then)
ripped out the POS electric t-case. 4 lo wouldnt work and i was tired of fussing with the shift motor, in went a manual shift and warn hubs
then i aquired some lift brackets and lift coils from a ranger/bronco II website for dirt cheap. picked up some explorer lieaf springs as well for the rear along with a chevy lowering shackle (lifts ford becuase of the flipped shackle hanger)
i combined the EX spring pack and some leaves from the b2 pack and came up with these, you can see the extended shackle as well
eventually i found a dana 35 front axle from an early explorer to throw under it.
then my wife and i moved, so i had to gather up all my junk and move it to a new garage
shortly after i ripped out the old D28 POS front axle and installed the lift brackets and D35.
made some custom extended radius arms by hacking up the factory arms and adding some 2x2x.250 wall square tube and a few gussets
found an 8.8 with 373's and a L/S last weekend from a 96 explorer
cleaned it up, ground off the old SUA perches and getting it ready for a SOA.
i'm hopefully picking up u-bolts for it this afternoon so i can get it under the truck. the old explorer ones were too short for my leaf pack
moar updates to come!
i dont have an early pics of the b2, no digital copies i guess i should say. digital cameras werent very common when i got it (mid 90's).
i've done quite a bit to it so far, the build start about a year ago. it's been in a garage most of that time.
anyways, on with pics.......
here it is, when i started with the build:
started by removing the engine, it's got about 200k on the clock, and it was NASTY
cleaned everything up, degreased it, spent hours with the wire wheel on it then painted everything (yeah, it was a waste of time, but i was unemployed then)
ripped out the POS electric t-case. 4 lo wouldnt work and i was tired of fussing with the shift motor, in went a manual shift and warn hubs
then i aquired some lift brackets and lift coils from a ranger/bronco II website for dirt cheap. picked up some explorer lieaf springs as well for the rear along with a chevy lowering shackle (lifts ford becuase of the flipped shackle hanger)
i combined the EX spring pack and some leaves from the b2 pack and came up with these, you can see the extended shackle as well
eventually i found a dana 35 front axle from an early explorer to throw under it.
then my wife and i moved, so i had to gather up all my junk and move it to a new garage
shortly after i ripped out the old D28 POS front axle and installed the lift brackets and D35.
made some custom extended radius arms by hacking up the factory arms and adding some 2x2x.250 wall square tube and a few gussets
found an 8.8 with 373's and a L/S last weekend from a 96 explorer
cleaned it up, ground off the old SUA perches and getting it ready for a SOA.
i'm hopefully picking up u-bolts for it this afternoon so i can get it under the truck. the old explorer ones were too short for my leaf pack
moar updates to come!
out of that thing!!
