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The Mud Pit => Wrenching => Topic started by: toreadorranger on July 15, 2015, 04:19:42 AM
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Picked up a new truck from a friend at work.
1988 F250 7.3L non turbo diesel, 5 speed. Its a TTB front end truck with a sterling 10.25 rear. I hate TTB with a passion, front right tire is already wearing crazy while the other 3 are perfect. TTB is not worth the effort to keep in good shape. So I bought a 1986 F350 parts truck. I looked for just a D60 front but found the whole parts truck for $500 so I cant complain about that. Swap is very straight forward or at least it should be haha. the entire front suspension out of the F350 should swap over to my truck and solve alot of my issues.
Plan is to pull both axles and suspension out of the F350 and swap them over to my truck. Going to sort through the D60 first and freshen it up. Im also on the lookout for a set of H1 pulloffs with the 37" michelins on them, I know they arent the best tires but it still will see alot of road duty and they are cheap.
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If you want full size turd beater just trade Mitch for his SAS f150. He needs a new tow rig :)
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Some pictures I grabbed of the parts truck today, going to start tearing it down this weekend. Truck is a 86 with a 460 BBF and C6 trans.
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Kingpin D60
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Finally got the D60 out, It was raining rust on me every time I tried to work on the truck. It really didn't like the impact. I had so much rust in my hair when I was finally done. My wife was not happy with the rust in the shower, haha.
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Plan is to pull the motor and trans out of the parts truck next. Just going to sell them but they should hopefully pay for the front axle rebuild. Going to pull the rear axle as well, It will be for sale as well. My truck has 4.10 gears and these are 3.55's so Im going to swap a set of 4.10s into the front axle and keep my stock rear axle. Anyone have a set of HP D60 4.10 gears?
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If you want full size turd beater just trade Mitch for his SAS f150. He needs a new tow rig :)
I like where your heads at...
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Id be all over that if the F150 had bigger axles under it, I'm not a finesse driver so I need the extra strength as I have a tendency to put my foot down when things start to go wrong, haha.
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Does the engine run and trans in good shape ? And what are you asking for it ?
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I never saw the motor run, but it turns over by hand via the flexplate. The bellhousing on the transmission had a crack in it, that I didn't see till I got the cab off. Fluid in the trans was nice and clean, so it could be useful for a guts swap or use as spares. The motor mounts and trans mount were in pretty bad shape, so I imagine the bellhousing cracked from them being loose.
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link to my for sale ad. Price is OBO.
http://jt4x4.com/smf/index.php/topic,4020.0.html
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I pulled the doors off the parts truck before I scrapped it. Plan is to fab up a simple set of half doors. trying to salvage as much of the parts truck as I can.
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So it looks like this becoming a new wheeling rig is inevitable. I was talking to a buddy of mine about tires and he happened to mention he still has the 38.5" TSL SX he swapped out for a set of 43's. So ill be picking those up with a set of H1's to run on the truck.
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So what are the plans for suspension since its gonna be a wheeler?
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For now stock leafs front and rear, with cut fenders to fit the tires. Long term is a Shackle flip in the rear with a shackle reversal up front. But this ismgoing to be low budget. I have a spare steering box so hydro assist might be in the cards as well.
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Picked up my new tires today. It couldn't have worked out better. I actually scored a free 38.5" SX spare tire last week, before I knew I was going to buy these other 4. So now I have a spare tire. I have a set of H1's at my buddies shop as well. I need to find a set of Beadlock inserts for them.
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Score!
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In preps to start rebuilding the front D60, I needed a stand to throw the axle on. I had a old engine stand laying around so I modified it to hold the axle. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get the axle up on the stand. Ran out of daylight today.
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Brilliant!
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I have a choice to make. I was originally going to regear the front D60 to 4.10 to match my rear sterling. But I was thinking that I could just swap to a CUCV rear 14bolt with 4.56's and a Detroit, then regear the front to match the 14bolt, benefit would be a better ratio for the 38's and a Detroit. Sterling is similar in strength and has better ground clearance, but lockers and gears are more expensive than most axles it seems.
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Got the front axle up on the stand. rolls around nice and easy and is pretty sturdy. In the future I may add a brace or two for some extra reinforcement
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All the misc parts all cleaned up.
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Since the Ford knuckles are known to break or crack at the upper kingpins, I bought a set of rydel fab gussets to add to them.
Rydels photos but hopefully mine should come out just as nice.
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Had to get the truck towed home from Mass this week. I was going to pick up a rear axle and the water pump seize up on me then lost the front shaft seal and dumped all my coolant. New water pump is on its way going to start looking into a set of electric fans for it as well.
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1big Flex a Light 180. Those suckers move some air. Or an old Ford Taurus fan.
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yea, I was eyeing up the Taurus fans, apparently some mid 90's Volvos had the same fans as the Taurus and are prewired with a relay, making them even easier to swap.
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Finally got the truck all back together. 35 Spline stub shafts are in the mail, and I think I found a free set of 4.10 gears for the D60, so once I get those I can start putting it all back together.
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Now that the buggy is gone, this has become the main wheeling project. Id like to actually make it out on the trail next spring.
I picked up a free set of 4.10 gears for the front 60. Anyone have a Spartan locker? Been looking at those for the front axle.
I've lost the brakes a couple times now due to bad lines, so I'm in the process of all new brakes. Fronts are done, all copper nickel lines so shouldn't have any more problems. By sheer dumb luck, the calipers on my D44HD TBB are the same that my kingpin D60 uses so I won't have to redo the brakes at all when I swap the axle in. Plan is to drive the truck in current condition through the winter then swap the front D60 in and build an internal cage in the spring.
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Not much to update. I'm looking for a little bit more reliable winter beater at the moment as the truck is really not a fan of the cold weather. Its fine plugged in at the house but after sitting all day when I go to leave work, it takes a bit to start enough that the other day I only got two glow plug cycles out of it and I had to get the jump pack out. On the plus side getting a different DD allows me to not have to worry about the road manners on the truck as much.
That being said I got all new brakes including lines on the front end of the truck, another upside is the D44HD TTB in the front of the truck uses the same exact calipers as my replacement D60 so those will swap right over when that goes in. I also found a really good deal on a set of SolidAxle D60 Knuckles, to replace the stock set that have been known to crack.
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coming back to this as the weather is improving.
It has been having issues starting I would get one maybe two shots at turning over before the batteries were dead so I'm in the process of new batteries and all new battery cables, was not happy about the $250 for 2 batteries but they should last a while now so I should be good. Picked up a master install kit for my D60, so hopefully in the next couple weeks I can get it over to my friends shop and they are going to give me a crash course on gear setup. Need a few more parts still before it can really come together but its getting closer. Still need new wheel centers for my H1 beadlocks and a steering kit for the front end. In the mean time I'm going to start designing bumpers and sliders and looking into relocating the fuel tank.
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I was able to find a company that made factory replacement Positive cables for cheaper than I could make them, but no one makes negatives, so I made my own today. 1/0 Wire, Crimped and soldered lugs with adhesive heat shrink over the top and military terminals.
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How soon before this 5 hung hits the trail?
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I need steering and wheel centers still, but I'm doing preemptive planning for a kid next year so I'm trying to get my finances in order for that so I have been trying to be responsible and not just buy a bundle of parts. I have to sell some parts from other projects so I can get that stuff. Hopefully if all goes well this late spring/summer.
Side note I learned something new today, I bought positive terminals for the negative ends not realizing the battery posts are actually different sizes, so I ordered the right ones today. That being said, the terminals were able to be just tight enough to start the truck and boy does the new setup spin that monster over. Its like a totally different truck.
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Started working on a set of rock sliders, had a ton of 2x2x.25wall square left over from my buggy build. They are long, at 93" they are only about 1" shy of a wranglers wheel base haha. I left a little room at the ends since I will be cutting the fenders to fit the 38's.
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Got the centers cut out of my H1's, cleaned up the cuts today and should have the centers in this weekend.
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I liked the look so much Im going to paint the inners gray and leave the outers blue.
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Got all my wheels welded up. I managed to not line up two of them the right way and now the studs can't be put back into the wheels, which is unfortunate, but not the end of the world. Ill run bolts in those wheels instead of the studs, which is what I had on my other set of H1's anyways.
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This next part I blame all on Rock. I started researching 1/4" wall driveshafts. I don't want to shorten the wheelbase of the truck so I will beef up the rear driveshaft and also run an anti-wrap bar which will double as a driveshaft protector as well.
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I took advantage of ruffstuffs steering sale and ordered my steering kit for my d60.
I also painted my wheels so they are drying as we speak.
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You should Bob the frame.
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I'm going to keep the wheelbase but I will be bobbing about a foot from the tail end of the bed.
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Took a page out of JKJons book and started a list of all the shit that needs to be done on the white board in my office.
I was able to find a BW1356 with a fixed rear yoke to replace my stock slip yoke case, Bills Auto Parts in Tolland CT, had 2 of them for $60 each, which is a really good deal considering other yards wanted 200-250 for one. They also let me rummage around in their driveshaft shed but I wasn't able to find what I was looking for.
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Was excited then bummed out, I went to start assembling my wheels and tires, Got all the stuff together I needed, went to do the first one and realized all the lock nuts were in really bad shape, missing threads and such. Didn't even think to check them all out after I took them off the wheels when I first got them. So that is on hold, until McMaster Carr gets my new ones to me.
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I'm in the same boat. Took a few things for granted and now I have to hunt a few more parts down.
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Started the process of setting up gears today. Its going to take a while at the rate Im going since this is my first attempt. I spent most of today measuring shims, doing some math and getting everything together to start putting the new gears in. Tomorrow or thursday Ill give it a go and see how the initial pattern looks.
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Gears are almost done. Got a decent pattern out of it yesterday, didn't have a ton of time to work on them today, but I did get all the bearings pressed on and the new races in. I was going to assemble it with the yoke It came with, but decided today to order a forged 1350 yoke for it so final assembly will have to wait for that. I also ordered Solid Diff covers for both front and rear axles today while I was in the money spending mood, haha.
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U bolt yokes?!
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U bolt yokes?!
Yep, I hate straps. That being said I need to check what my rear axle has on it. Plan is to build a custom 1/4" wall rear driveshaft. should be able to hold the truck up, haha.
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Diff covers and yoke came in. I usually run ruffstuff covers but figured I'd try solid since they are so cheap. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of them specially since for $65 each they come with hardware and rtv.
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I've been traveling the past week and a half so I haven't had any time to work on stuff, I did get a short amount of time today after doing some landscape work on the house. Managed to get a few studs into one of the wheels I screwed up. Hopefully I can get them buttoned up this week as well as my gears. I found a lockright for the front axle for cheap so that is getting sent out monday and I believe is the last thing I need for my front axle.
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Took me a while but gears are done. just waiting on some smaller parts for the axle and it can all go together.
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Finished my wheels today, so of course I had to throw them on to see how they are going to look. Waiting on a new cross pin for my locker and then the axle can go together.
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Those look great on the truck
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Making progress on the 60, Locker is in, kingpins are replaced (all thanks to one very large allen wrench) and lower kingpin bearings and seals are replaced as well. I welded some inner C gussets on. Since I had the housing all apart figured now was a great time to do it instead of after I bend one, specially with all the weight up front.
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Picked up all new wheel bearings and races today along with new studs, napa had to order a new spindle nut set which will be there tomorrow. So in the mean time I got my hubs and rotors put together with new races and got my spindle bushings, which I happen to have from a D60 build from like 10 years ago so that was handy and the rest of the outers put together. Rotors and hubs will go on tomorrow and the axle will be finished, finally.
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Axle is finally done, I'm a little bummed about leaving next week and having to wait to install it though. I'll be very glad to get rid of the TTB.
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Side note, I'm not pumped about the G2 hubs I bought, I was trying to be cheap and I don't think they are going to last. They don't appear to be even as strong as the stock hubs.
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I have a set of hubs for a super duty axle I belive they are super winch hubs. I'll double check
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I have a set of hubs for a super duty axle I belive they are super winch hubs. I'll double check
Superduty hubs won't fit I don't think. I'm going to try these and get a drive flange to carry around as a spare just in case.
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Actually warn premiums I'd like to find out if they would fot we can do a test fit ;)
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sounds good to me.
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I haven't had anytime to work on the truck but I did take advantage of some july 4th sales, and picked up a clocking ring for my transfercase, going to try to get it as flat as I can. I also got a set of Poly bushings for the front leafs and shackles.
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Finally got tired of looking at the TTB under the truck.
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Got my "new" leafs all refurbished. New poly bushings, center pins and a little cleaning out of the rust from in between them. Got them on the truck and ready for the axle to go under. I have a few small things left on the axle, I need to get one last bracket cleaned up and to weld the tubes to the center for a little reassurance. then it can go back in. If I get enough time it should be sitting back on its own weight by this weekend. An unexpected plus is the factory Solid axle leafs that I swapped in, appear to add a little bit of lift to the front end as well.
New:
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Old:
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Pulled it back apart today and got the ubolt plates all straightened out so the u bolts actually sit flat and clamp the way they are supposed to. Need to dig the ruffstuff steering kit out of the attic and start measuring and getting that going.
In with the new:
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Finished up my newly rebuilt steering box today. Drilled and tapped for hydro assist. Rebuild wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting.
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Making progress.
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Little steps at a time. It's been tough lately since I am working 7 days a week till the end of October.
Started to work on my tierod a few days ago, ran into an issue. I bought a Y link style steering kit but didn't factor in the over the knuckle setup of the SOLID knuckles. with my tierod so much higher up, my draglink would hit the passenger side leaf spring. I figured I had two options either get a drop pitman arm or swap over to crossover steering. The factory pitman arm is super beefy compared to most of the aftermarket ones Ive seen so I'm going to order a passenger side highsteer arm to go crossover instead. Im able to use everything from the steering kit I bought other than 1 joint. So I need to order another 2234L chevy joint for my draglink since I'm now using that joint on the tierod.
So today I had 20 minutes before dinner was ready so I got my tierod all cut and ready to be welded
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I had to get a ES23434?. It's an off set end which allowed the drag link and tie rod not to interfere with each other. With the original kit they hit each other and didn't allow the end to go through the knuckle.
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Big thanks to FOURWHEELSUPPLY. Ryan is one of the few vendors who offers a reasonably priced highsteer arm for my knuckles. He didn't have any arms ready when I ordered and said it might get out Monday (today) as he had to machine one so I don't know what he did but it shipped friday and arrived today. He also had the joint I needed to complete my setup in stock so I had him send one of those as well.
1.25" thick steel arm, with the 6th bolt and keyway for my knuckle.
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Back on all fours. Will be cutting the fenders for sure. Waiting on my countersink bit so I can get my crossover steering arm on the axle and measure for my draglink.
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Looking good
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Got my hoist back today from a buddy so I was compelled to take these. The front end has a lot more movement than I was expecting out of the leafs.
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A 203/205 doubler popped up on one of the Facebook for sale sites for pretty cheap, so I couldn't resist.
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Almost got my steering finished. Was attempting to finish plumbing it, and when I went to mount my steering cooler in front of my Radiator (original to the truck), the fins are literally crumbling off. It has also been weeping at the tank to core brazed connection so I guess it was time to replace it. Ordered up an aluminum Ebay special rad. It won't be wheelable but right now the plan is to at least drive to Toys for Tots.
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It will be great to see it in person.
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Did you do an rsk or are you just cutting the fenders to make those wheels fit? I just got an obs and I haven't decided how I want to lift it for bigger wheels
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I took a sawzall to the fenders. If your building a street/tow rig, check out http://www.skysoffroaddesign.com, they should have a decent setup for pretty much what ever height your looking for.
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Sweet thanks. Btw I have a set of brand new set brake pads for the sterling if you want. I'm doing a disc brake conversion and won't need them
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After the Work and wheel yesterday I was able to get the front fuel tank out so I went ahead and chopped it up today. I took 10" out in total. So the new wheelbase will be 123". I'm going to refresh the bushings in the rear leafs and I will be bobbing the rear of the frame and running bumper mounted shackle setup to gain some lift so I can lose the rear blocks that are in the truck now.
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Dropped the frame section off with the sandblaster today. Hoping to get it back together this weekend
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Wanted to say thanks to Brent for helping me out today. We were able to get the frame back together and outer fish plates welded on. The outer plates are 1/4", going to do 1/8" inner plates as well.
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Haven't updated this in a while due to working 7 days a week for the past 6 weeks on 3rd shift. I did manage to get my fuel cell mount done by chipping away at it a few minutes at a time. Rear suspension is also done aside from shocks and proper shackles.
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Built myself a cheap press brake for my HF press and used it to bend up the straps for the cell.
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No bed?
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Bed sides at the minimum. But don't think I'm going to run the whole thing. Probably just build a spare mount and some storage back there behind the cell.