Spent some time thinking about where to mount my PS cooler. Didn't want to take up any space I might use for a winch later down the road so I built a bracket for behind the grill. It sits about 1" away from the front of the rad and I can remove the rad without disturbing it.

Round rod is 3/16". A #8 screw goes through a washer, then the frame (which is has two larger washers welded to the round rod) then through another washer, a nut which sinches it down, through the cooler body I had drilled out then an outer nut. If you unscrew the outer nut you can pull the cooler off the mount and the middle nut keeps the hardware in place. I got stainless hardware from lowes. I am on this kick now of trying to use the least amount of metal possible for the job. Thr round rod is cool too because it doesn't block air from going through the radiator like a piece of flat would. Ok this is getting ridiculous I know....

Then the whole assembly is welded to the outside of the radiator mount. Had to trim the grill to fit.





Clucth slave bracket finsihed and installed. used the "gentle hammer" to make some room.





toy FJ40 rotor, IFS truck caliper on 84 axle. I love import stuff-- this brake setup is so god awful overkill for a tiny 4cyl truck it came off of... 4 piston calipers... need to put on some wheel spacers to make the wheels go on.



Kind of makes the rear setup look wimpy. (stock Isuzu 12 bolt) But atleast I don't have to do a "rear disc conversion" haha.




Skyy leaf spring hangers. Designed for under frame but I wanted to minimize lift so they went like this. This looks kind of scary but it is very strong. The hanger is welded to the outside and topside of the frame. The lower part of the rectangle I notched and hammered up. Same thing with the inside. Then I used 3" 1/8" bar and did a wraparound with it. I like this technique not sure what else to call it. Its when you take thin metal and weld one side then weld 1/2" at a time stopping only to hammer it into shape, around bends, etc. The welding heats the metal so no heat is required.

Top gusset is 1x2 .125 wall rect tube.





Now for some garage flex shots!!!





Got the back left tire 30" off the ground before lifting the other side. not bad. rear doesn't flex though. Maybe I need to cut down the leaves more. front does all the work.
[img]http://www.pup4x4.com/projectpup/33/11.JPG[/img]
[img]http://www.pup4x4.com/projectpup/33/12.JPG[/img]
[img]http://www.pup4x4.com/projectpup/33/13.JPG[/img]

Everything flexes out well. Front shackles work well, no binding and they let the leaf flatten out. Only problem is below. I have to limit flex on this side as the draglink hits the frame.

[img]http://www.pup4x4.com/projectpup/33/14.JPG[/img]

next is shocks & bumpstops