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Called over to Skyjacker and am waiting for a call back for clarification on springs being different.
*EDIT* - Roger at Skyjacker got me straightened out and before they were shipped he was able to get the rear springs added to equal the front. I gave him wrong information on the shackle reversal which was my fault. Should be 2.5 of lift all the way around now. I also ended up purchasing a Monroe SC2915 steering dampener off amazon for $42 that I saw on a mud post and a guy was using as a direct replacement. Hopefully it works for my needs as its not that expensive. If not, ill just go the usual route that most do when replacing and spend the extra money.
On a different note, my friend dropped by to help me get the 40 over to his shop with his others so we could do some work on it. We could not get it to turn over but it did crank, we noted that fuel is getting to the carb but noticed that the wire leading from the ignition through the firewall into the carburetor solenoid was cut. We wanted to make sure that the wire was still getting power to it, but it was not after further investigation. Our next move is to more than likely replace the wire to see if that fixes the problem and if not we will pull a solenoid off another carb we have sitting.
More than likely I will end up getting a OE carb to replace it down the road but for now we just want to get it going.
I also have been looking at buying a brake booster for my 70 year model as it does not have one and just keep the drum brakes for now. I did however see that there is not much space for one since the pillar on the firewall runs right next to the brake fluid res. Any photos of someone having an issue like this?
Eventually I will end up replacing everything with disc or simply wait to buy another 40 that has them and keep the 70 for our ranch to ride around on since its not super important to have disc brakes out there.
Once we have got spark/fuel/oxygen situation figured out we will then go ahead and replace the old distributor and put in the DUI distributor.
*EDIT* - Roger at Skyjacker got me straightened out and before they were shipped he was able to get the rear springs added to equal the front. I gave him wrong information on the shackle reversal which was my fault. Should be 2.5 of lift all the way around now. I also ended up purchasing a Monroe SC2915 steering dampener off amazon for $42 that I saw on a mud post and a guy was using as a direct replacement. Hopefully it works for my needs as its not that expensive. If not, ill just go the usual route that most do when replacing and spend the extra money.
On a different note, my friend dropped by to help me get the 40 over to his shop with his others so we could do some work on it. We could not get it to turn over but it did crank, we noted that fuel is getting to the carb but noticed that the wire leading from the ignition through the firewall into the carburetor solenoid was cut. We wanted to make sure that the wire was still getting power to it, but it was not after further investigation. Our next move is to more than likely replace the wire to see if that fixes the problem and if not we will pull a solenoid off another carb we have sitting.
More than likely I will end up getting a OE carb to replace it down the road but for now we just want to get it going.
I also have been looking at buying a brake booster for my 70 year model as it does not have one and just keep the drum brakes for now. I did however see that there is not much space for one since the pillar on the firewall runs right next to the brake fluid res. Any photos of someone having an issue like this?
Eventually I will end up replacing everything with disc or simply wait to buy another 40 that has them and keep the 70 for our ranch to ride around on since its not super important to have disc brakes out there.
Once we have got spark/fuel/oxygen situation figured out we will then go ahead and replace the old distributor and put in the DUI distributor.
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Clay, you need to call your bank.