I expect your ROTW to have so many pictures it will feel like dial up when I open up the thread...
That's the only way I can excuse so little picture being provided now. I look forward to your write up as I will be starting my SOA within a few months.
I expect your ROTW to have so many pictures it will feel like dial up when I open up the thread...
That's the only way I can excuse so little picture being provided now. I look forward to your write up as I will be starting my SOA within a few months.
I would imagine that the IFS disclaimer on Trail Gear's website applies only to trucks and Runners produced prior to the 1986 model year. When I did my SOA, I thumbed through the United parts catalog at NAPA and found hoses with inverted flare nuts and a 10x1.00 pitch that were approximately 5 to 7 inches longer than the stock hoses. Just ask the employee to locate the specs for the stock hoses and then find the hoses that have the same ends but are longer by the aforementioned length. I may be able to produce the part numbers for the ones I used if need be. They were in the neighborhood of 25", the rear is slightly longer than the front if I recall correctly.
I'm running Rancho 9012 up front and I'm planning to run 9112s in the rear. Just like my FJ40.
I made the rear shock mount-I took a Ruffstuff perch, cut a slot, welded in a piece of 3/8 x 2 stock with a 5/8 hole. The 5/8 hole supports the shock bolt. I can get pics over the weekend when I get back to the project. Anyway, with the perches set up this way, the shock mounts in roughly the stock rear position only right at mid axle height. I could mount them to the axle, but this solution was cleaner. I borrowed the idea from Mudrak.
DG-It has 4.11s now. I may stay with that and run 35s for some rubber overdrive. I think I will pull out the H55f, and run the H41 that I have with a toybox/split transfer. I spoke to Marlin at SnT. He is tweaking the toybox a bit and moving the output by a few thousandths. I think he'll have the Toybox v 1.5 ready in a couple of months. Either that, or I'll swap in the 4.56s from my FJ40 and consider 36s or possibly 37s. I want to try out 35s first with the current gearing and see how I like it.
Well, I suppose that's not a bad-looking rig...for a 60. I'm thinking you need to take that on the wagon run Rubithon '09... Perhaps we will finally see if a 60 really IS better than a 55 "In every way" as you so often post.
We should discuss this on a Tuesday, with Miss Studebaker...
rig...for a 60. I'm thinking you need to take that on the wagon run Rubithon '09... Perhaps we will finally see if a 60 really IS better than a 55 "In every way" as you so often post.
