I took off the rear bumper , and have a couple pics of how bad the crossmember was.Half of it was rusted pretty bad , I put a hammer through it easily.The other half was actualy pretty solid , but its being replaced anyway just because its easy to do now while everything is exposed.





The next pic is the front end , which pretty much everything is coming off so I can prep the frame , then do the lockright , drop diff , new ball joints , tie rods , brake lines , etc.



Here is a pic of my tires all stacked up right now.The top one is just a spare I got the tire and rim for 40 bucks , nothing special , but as long as it holds air , its all good.



The next 2 pics are the steering box mounted on the frame.This was from the 89 with the 2.6 engine in it.I am posting the pics to see if anyone can tell me if its the same steering box as the 2.8 uses.I think I have to change the hoses that are on there right now , but that shouldn't be a huge deal.And if I have to change the whole box , I would like to do that before I get the engine and stuff mounted in there while its all very easily accessible.






I'm hoping Jerry will chime in about the steering box.Hopefully my workshop manuals will arrive early this week <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />