Rusty Red

[SByota]

Only had a few hours before work tonight. Planned out the tubes and started laying them in. This will be so nice to weld up with the engine out of the way. Black dog all worn out from a solid fetch session.

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

Are you tying the angle iron that's bolted to what looks to be the bushing mounted core support to the solid mounted engine cage tubes? Curious because I've been thinking about a similar thing but that just bolts to the bushing bolts and will support the radiator without having to be solid mounted to the frame.

 

[SByota]

Are you tying the angle iron that's bolted to what looks to be the bushing mounted core support to the solid mounted engine cage tubes? Curious because I've been thinking about a similar thing but that just bolts to the bushing bolts and will support the radiator without having to be solid mounted to the frame.

The new radiator mount is removable to allow me to easily pull the radiator/fan assembly to work on the engine. There is zero room to do anything once everything is installed.

The factory rubber body mounts are long gone. When I first put the roll cage in, it was only tied to the body at floor pan. I had cracks everywhere!

The only factory body mounts that exist now, are the rear cab ones. They really don’t do anything as the cage is tied to the body all over the place now. The front core support body mounts are just pieces of tubing now. So basically everything in the truck is solid mounted. The engine/trans are mounted on urethane bushings, but really don’t move at all.

I’ll tie in the new engine cage to what’s left of the core support to further unify the whole thing. No more watching the cab dance around through bumps.

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

Got it, I thought I spied factory mounts on the rad core support when I was actually looking at the steel tubing you added.

 

[SByota]

More progress. Everything is tight with the V8!