Body Mounts

I am putting a 38 ford truck on a 88 ranger frame. I have the body mounting plates welded on. I am curious, do I need to put rubber body mounts in, or will some thick rubber gasket material I have work or just mount it solid? What did you guys use?

 

that should work.

 

Rubber bushings will help isolate vibrations and resonance from your chassis coming through the cab.
Also helps stop a lot of squeeks and rattles from develpoing over time.

 

is the ranger a front or rear steer? how about some pic's!

 

Use hockey pucks.

 

Some of the Jeep 4 x 4 shops carry these neat little round rubber bisquits that are about 2 inches in diameter with a 3/8 hole in the middle and they are about 1/2 inch thick. They are made to mount Jeep CJ bodies on their frames, I think. Cost from $ 1 to $2 each. They are hard enough that they don't squish out but soft enough to cushion the body on the frame.

Don

 

Thanks for the replies. As usual, work has been in the way of fun for me. The ranger is a front steer. What problems am I going to run into with that? So far it looks like I will have to modify the steering column. Here is a pic that I have readily available. I have more somewhere, but I'm not sure where right now.

 

I went to the tire shop and got some used tires. Cut them up to size with the sawzaw. Measured 1/2 inch thick. Free. Drilled holes in em with and they worked great for my 40 Ford

 

I went to a local truck repair shop and got a used mudflap off a semi trailer.I used a 2" hole saw in my drill press and buzzed out a dozen pads in a few minutes. free and easy!! .

 

Without boxing, the 88 Ranger frame is a flexy flier. The jeep rubbers sound the best for that, or box the frame as far back as the rear of the cab.

 

I would hope that a year and a half later he figured it out

And the issue I had with hockey pucks, they were harder than body mounts and when they started to crack, they just fell apart, where body mounts squished, cracked, but held together.