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The Silver Fox LJ Build

What else do I need from Blaine?

1. 17” BBK
2. Raised Front Sway Bar Link Brackets
3. PSC Pump, Cooler, and Bits (I already have a PSC big bore pump with ports).

Seems like I’m missing something.

wheel spacers, long arm kit, few more stickers and lights!
 
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What else do I need from Blaine?

1. 17” BBK
2. Raised Front Sway Bar Link Brackets
3. PSC Pump, Cooler, and Bits (I already have a PSC big bore pump with ports).

Seems like I’m missing something.
You are missing at least 2 things. I don't sell the pump, reservoir, or hose and fittings to hook them up.
I have a cooler and nearly bolt in hydro assist with the associated bits to make all that work.
The second missing bit is I am waiting on cooler mounts to arrive which are supposed to be here momentarily if the laser shop is to be believed.
 
Cut the rear frame for the tuck. Welded in a receiver hitch to the rear gas tank crossmember so I can pull my teardrop. I’ll put it back together and finish this up tomorrow after paint dries.

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The frame tuck takes longer than I expected and the main reason is painting time. The mechanics aren’t that difficult, so far. We’ll see, but I suspect it’s going to turn out well. I love this project and with an LJ it makes a difference with that big overhang.

I followed @rasband suggestions and pics to cut the frame right where it transitions from flat to arching over the wheel well. This is 1 7/16” forward from the rear gas tank crossmember on an LJ. One of my favorite tools is a metal scribe first suggested to me by @Mike_H. Once you scribe, the cut off wheel is much easier to keep on the line.

Then you have to cut out a triangle on both sides of the frame rail. Easy, huh?! Make sure you’re careful and think it through. You ultimately leave a lower flap that you want flush/flat with the lower frame end once you bolt it back up. If you have a 1.25” BL you’d think you cut 1.25” off, but that’s incorrect because the flap you leave is 3/16” thick, so you actually cut a little above that. Trying to avoid a low spot there. Then you face another problem. Straighten the flap as much as you can. I used a crescent wrench over the end and bent it down using a mallet at the same time to get as straight as possible. I then cut a slit under the frame to weaken the metal some so I could get that part as far up as possible because it’s your most resistant point. you can also use the cut off wheel to cut a little bit more out just above that in the frame. I finally decided to bend the whole thing up into the frame and I’ll tack it at the notch first, then bend the tongue down, tack, and then I think I’ll have it. That will get it as flat as possible and then I can weld everything up and get the flap disc out to shape it all and make it look factory.

It’s a whale of a tale!

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I love your attention to detail and patience. I’m more of the good enough, close enough, get it done and back on the trail type patience which as they say makes a good 10 footer, not a close up looker.

I agree though, the frame tuck on an LJ is smokin, here’s my hack job.

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I love your attention to detail and patience. I’m more of the good enough, close enough, get it done and back on the trail type patience which as they say makes a good 10 footer, not a close up looker.

I agree though, the frame tuck on an LJ is smokin, here’s my hack job.

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4” frame all the way! No hack job!
 
4” frame all the way! No hack job!

Well, I bet yours will have factory radiuses on the edges and be perfect. 4” frame all the way is the only thing mine has going for it and I showed you the second side! :ROFLMAO:
 
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Geez. Taking forever to get this done. A couple more days of real work and then I can get back to this. Weld thru primer in both frame sides. Frame was basically rust free apart from a little surface rust in one area.

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