Tchajagos wrote:I was having a hard time finding them at the junkyard because it's so year/engine specific.

They all do the same thing. Find one with the right number of hose ports and get the bracket to go with it.

The junkyard has them for $0-10 depending on what you've got for pockets and if you're buying a bunch of other stuff you can put it in with. There's practically no reason to buy that part new.

That's the RABS module. If you unplug it your speedo won't get a signal and your trans might not shift properly. The thing on the frame is the control valve. The RABS system used input from the VSS that's located on the rear diff. You can think of RABS as basically being a self tuning proportioning ...

So let me get this straight....he bolted in the driver's bracket and then welded in braces to the frame. Why did he even bother to bolt it in the first place?

I have a Parker and would not settle for anything less. They go for $90 to 225 on line. Aerospace/aircraft quality and result in perfect flares with any kind of tubing material. The ones like referenced are really crude tools and will not result in good flares compared to Parker. Yup I have one of ...

IMO the best bang for your buck would be adapting the HMMWV system. Ford has done this on export market f350s for some time. Don't know whom to contact but have seen them installed and working Google says Ford equipped a hand-full with off the shelf (relative term)CTIS systems for testing and then d...

Look at late model vehicles that keep coolant looking great for up to 45,000 miles(not that I would leave it in my own car that long)... no filters. Yes. We can over-complicate a vehicle and have no problems. But we can also keep it simple, require less parts, less maintenance, and also have no pro...

dunc92 wrote:The passenger side stub shaft from early 80's dana 44 ttb's. I know when I was looking for parts, finding the larger u joint from the dana 50 was hard to find. I dont know the part number but the u joint size is a 1350.

Every TTB F250 after 91 has one....

You can get a filter head, filter, plumbing and fittings for ~$50 if you shop around. If that's "too much complexity" and "too many additional leak points" you should really reconsider owning a 20yo vehicle... I don't know where a convenient place would be on a V8 but on the 300 you can tap the hole...

Too bad I just sold a loaded carrier, if you need 3.08 gears I've got those You're gonna need to find some way to break the cross pin or the retaining pin. If you've got a cutting torch you might be able to torch the end of the cross pin where the retaining pin sits. Short of that your best bed migh...

Did the entire threaded portion come out? I'm not 100% sure the case prevents a direct shot at the center pin with a drill bit from the vicinity of the tube. If it does it would likely be easiest to drill though the center pin up to the cavity where the retaining pin hole is. You can rotate the diff...

Yes or no question, can an off the shelf 88-tbird caliper work with the stock cable setup?

While workong on my DD the other day I had a thought, which has lead to a question for the gurus out there. Has anyone considered using 2003-2006 Lincoln Ls rear calipers and the 1982 CJ5 rotors for a 9 inch rear disc coversion. I ask for several reasons: 1. The Lincoln Ls tips the scales at near 4...

So the longest piece I have is 35." No progress will be made for awhile.

For the love of all that is good...Galvanized pipe is for plumbing! Someone is building a giant saltwater pool facility for simulating the ocean environment for testing things. Almost everything in that building is either galvanized, stainless or aluminum since the air will be full of salt spray da...

Is it hard to source material where you are located? Judging by your first post this is a low budget slow moving build. I would recommend not complicating it with making the radius arms inboard. Why not go with the traditional set up, 3/16" plate radius arm mounts on the frame? If keeping with a mi...

Carefull fabricating with galvanized metals. Welding on galvinized metal releases naaaasty stuff. Outside on a windy day shouldn't be too bad. I just need to get better at stick welding first or have a friend do it. Strength is dependent on design. The further inboard your mounts go the stronget th...

I can cheaply use one of two things for my radius arm cross-member. The cross-member will be forward to the transmission cross-member and the radius arms will be in-boarded and mounted to it. Th arms probably won't be in-boarded all the way to the middle but they'll closer to the middle than to the ...

gunit wrote:This is a custom 300m snout that is D44 spec. If I were doing it now I would go with a D44/D60 hybrid

Let's see more pics of that knuckle and radius arm.

I'm still running stock steering but I also keep my tire size under 33" and don't have the space to hit the kind of speeds found in the desert. That said, frozen ground isn't as forgiving as sand and there's quite a few spots where I'm basically making a turns as I'm going over washed out areas and ...