ILoveMyPatty

I painted my hood and from the rocker panels up to the horizontal lengthwise body groove on both sides of my Pathy with Duplicolor Truck Bed Coating, in black. It turned out awesome. I did two coats on the hood, sides, rear end and tire carrier and used 3 cans at $6 a pop. Very easy to blend and get an easy coat. I also added a 3/16" pinstripe between the bedliner coat and the stock paint to kinda break it up a bit. The hood: The two grooves were masked and I sprayed the whole thing and removed the tape. I left the grooves unpainted, and faded it on the front of the hood.

It's all sorted out, I took it to my mechanic and he figured it all out, AND did all my vac lines that I didn't do when I swapped motors. Fan clutch, vac lines, timing and labour for $320. Not bad in my books.

Alrighty guys, thanks alot. I really don't feel like messin around with that stupid fan until tomorrow. Thanks again. I'll get a pic of my truck up, in the pictures section in a bit.

Do I really need my engine fan? I'm driving 45 minutes and I don't have the time to screw around putting it back on after the body lift. Can I run the ol' girl without it for that period of time without running into issues, as long as I put the nuts and lock washers back on the pulley?

So, the b-pillar panel has to come off to get at that bolt. Is it covered up with a hard rubber/plastic grommet like the others?

As the title says, I can't find two of the mounts. Going from front to rear I found 1, 2 and 4, but I dono where the heck 3 and 5 are. Does anyone have a picture of where they are, or a description. I dono why I can't find them.. maybe it's the 110 degree heat. I have this picture http://www.citlink.net/~dboge/bodylift/boltlocations.jpg but it doesn't help me much.

I think 88 inverted some RS5000's and had troubles with them. Just zip tie the line to the shock body or something.

I'd be down for this if you could ship to Kamloops with Greyhound COD (only cause that's the only shipping company/payment deal I've gone with). Nice rack! haha

So, all it is, is the flange that the fan bolts up to? That's minor Gives me more time to do my body lift on my time off Oh and for those stupid nuts and washers.... When I did my swap and was putting my fan back on, I had a nut go in between the "crank" pulley? and a belt. Holy fruit did that piss me off. Had to take my belt off and everything. Anyway, I'll check in tomorrow and hopefully have an update. I'll get some before/after pics for the BL as well. Thanks everyone. Greatly appreciated.

Well, since I have my old engine, I've chosen to use that fan clutch instead of buying new. How tough is it to do this clutch swap? Seems to me like it's just the timing cover that needs to come off, then you can get to the clutch somehow? I removed the timing cover on my old motor, but can't see how to get at that clutch. I can't find my Haynes manual anywhere... so I was wondering if anyone could give me the DL on it. Thanks everyone.

For 87-90 applications, which most likely means that the rearmost body mount bolts will be too short, yes? Excellent. I totally forgot about that, until I just read the How-To on the BL install topic. Son of a... So now I'll have to go get new bolts... I wonder if they'll provide them... hmmmm....

Thanks for chiming in everyone, it's helpful to me. Does anyone know of an approximate cost for a new fan clutch? Now is when I'll ask the question... E-fan, or new fan clutch.....? What would be more practical financially and performance wise?

Alrighty well it sounds like the fan/clutch will get replaced asap then. Should be pretty straightforward, yes? Rad out, fan shroud, unbolt the fan and get to the clutch itself? I'll look in my manual and figure it out. Thanks everyone. Or do I switch to an e-fan... hmmmm.... With the fan going all the time I've really noticed a loss in power. Kinda sucks as I can't fix 'er right now. But I'll get on it when I can.

Well I swapped my engines and I've been running this one for probably 1500km now, but my stupid fan wont shut off. It's on all the time and it's really getting to my nerves. It's super loud, and dono what to do. Could the clutch be messed up or something? I have no clue. Any help is greatly appreciated, but I wont check back on this thread for 3 days... stupid boonies isolation... Thanks everyone. Hope all is well with all the members here, it's been a while since I frequented the board.

Hmmm okay, we'll see how it goes. Mabye I'll be getting a new windshield sometime soon... heh...

Did you just screw it into the strip that goes around the windshield or what, I'm kinda worried that I'll damage anything to do with the windshield security.

Welcome to NPORA, fellow Interior Pathy owner. I'm in the Savona area, half way between Cache Creek and Kamloops. We own a fishing resort on Hi Hium lake, if that rings a bell. I'll be in Kelowna in January for a Paramedic program... I'm also looking for housing. PM sent RE info on places.

Well, first off, I'd look for a rusty frame (rear wheel well area) and rust under the back seat. Also, check underneath your Pathy (so you don't have to pull up the carpet) for holes in the drivers footwell and underneath the rear seats. There have been several cases of rotted out floors. I'd make sure to check said issues, especially considering the amount of rust that is visible on the exterior of the vehicle. If it's gonna be your offroad rig, and you or a buddy has some experience with SAS... SAS the pig (if you're going to be doing more crawling than mud). Check the timing belt, to see when it has been done last. This would be my first fix or "preventative maintenence".

TTT. Still have no idea how to mount this thing.. so for now it's electrical taped to my door frame... talk about ghettro. Especially embarassed when my girlfriends parents saw it, first time they see my truck and I've got some contraption coming out of my fender and taped onto my door. Wow, a real winner. But my bumper sticker explains it all, including my redneckness "No Pavement, No Problem". XD

Alrighty, sounds good everyone. I took 'er on some minor offroad today, about 20 miles of harsh roads, so I'm going to measure each side and crank it up to where it was, or make it even now. The pass side is sitting a little bit lower, about 1/2".

Do you have a pic of your "homemade coilovers"? Kinda curious as to what they look like.

Oh, and I went with the shop vac hose in hopes that when it got cold in the winter it wouldn't crack. I guess we'll see. It may crack easier since it's a thinner material than PVC, but it might not because it's plyable. Hmm..

I think he meant "noob" by "nub". It's the "1337" way of saying noob.

K, well today I tinkered with the Pathy. Cranked the t-bars and made a snorkel out of 2.25" shop vac hose. Now, how has everyone here mounted it to the a-pillar? I can't figure out how to do it... it's also late so my mind isn't working properly.... well... it never is, but even worse tonight. :tonguefinger:

My digi cam broke, so I wont be able to get pics for a long time. Heh. It's really nothing special right now... haha. Yeah, still stock UCA's, but the alignment doesn't seem to be off that much actually.