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Well its been ahwhile since my last update. I have the whole doubler rebuilt & together, clocked & installed in the truck. Last night I finished the cross member. This is one HEAVY, long combo (probably 250lbs+).
The crossmember is built using 1-1/4" schedule 40 pipe using fj60 spring bushings at the frame. It mounts to 3 points; the trans adapter, the doubler adapter & the side of the 205. hopefully its strong enough to hold the combo firmly without bending. I need to replace the rubber bushings in the motor mounts with Poly to hopefully sychronize the engine/ trans combo movement.
Anyone know where to get Poly bushing to fit the crappy AA motor mounts?
The 205 is tucked to within 1/4" of the body (after clearancing of about 1" couretesy of my BFH) & the 203 hangs below the frame by 4". I would have had to cut the body to get it any higher.
The front driveshaft is going to be a HAD 1-ton CV @ 42" long & the rear is the same but only 29" due to the long pinion on the Sterling & the long drive train. one thing I found out, is that the Sterling is passenger offset by about 1.5" (roughly 3 degrees) so hopefully it will not give me a vibration.
Now I need to pull everything out & clean things up. Then I need to fab tripple shifters since the trans is costing 2x what I had anticipated ($1150, so prefabbed cable shifters will be out of the question).
I'll also be pulling the Sterling to clean it up & install the detroit.
I almost have the steering together & I should be able to post pics tommorrow. its pretty funky (the same as lifted Superdutys) but should work ok. This is the area where balljoint 60's suck because ther is no real reliable way to get highsteer. Tera makes some knuckles that may work but they are $800+, for that price I'd buy another 60 & install the parts on my axle from the 'C's" out.
Here's the pics:
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