@offoradjunkie Thanks! It took me ~12 hours spread across a few days which includes having to cut the rear cross member for the ultra high clearance cross member with integrated hitch.
What have you done to your 100 Series this week?
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Put a new condenser in on Tuesday—that job kind of sucked. Poorly routed winch power cable rubbed a hole in the original…
And got new tires today—Falken Rubitreks in 235/85R16.
And got new tires today—Falken Rubitreks in 235/85R16.
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So "UN" with those gray steelies. 
New sunroof seal and sunroof drain unclogging / testing
Installed a new charcoal canister today, I have had one instance of fuel tank building too much pressure and a pretty strong fuel smell while refueling so I figured it was time.
Jelly, I think I need to do this...
I have a pretty strong fuel smell whenever I refuel and on startup, so I'll definitely try this at some point. The startup fuel smell is especially bad in the cabin.
I tried to change out my tensioner pulley only to find out they updated the tensioner and the pulley was a half inch smaller.
bummer. edit: I just responded to a message from a decade ago. Time to step away from the computer.
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The same serpentine belt will still work with the new tensioner pulley.
took a bit of a gamble and grabbed a spare HF2A out of a 91-92. Not sure if the output shaft from the A440 will match up to my current A343 but I am hoping to do a under drive, maybe a low range kit for my transfer case so I was hunting for a donor case.
The main thing though is I’m trying to get the input shaft with the underdrive kit so I can attempt to start a 8hp swap
The main thing though is I’m trying to get the input shaft with the underdrive kit so I can attempt to start a 8hp swap
Fairly certain that any swap for 8hp is not worth the effort on a 5300 pound truck.
But I believe that you’re talking about an 8 speed transmission swap..??..
Now THAT I find very intriguing. Care to share any details?
Papa Wickey is looking to do an 8 speed transmission swap using the 8HPZF transmission. They're usually found in BMWs and RAM trucks, and the gents in Australia have actually done the swap before on the 1UZ engine before, so there's precedent. I think also a dude in Spain did it as well. I'm very interested as well but that'll definitely be a mod for later years.
Thread 'ZF 8HP70 conversion IFS 100 series - anyone with experience?'
Have a whole thread on it
Replaced both original factory front upper control arms after 490k miles. Probably should've replaced before now due to bad ball joints but all good now.
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I’m in that thread most days lol. Once I get everything else figured out I may make my own thread.Thread 'ZF 8HP70 conversion IFS 100 series - anyone with experience?'
Have a whole thread on it
Yes I had lowers replaced a year or so ago.
The bulk of what I have gathered is from outlaw Mike in the 80 forum with some additional YouTube stuff from 8speedau.
The 8HP70/75 is factory equipment on the Ram 1500s and they’re around 5800lb. Mike has a turbo’d 1FZ and the Aussie folks have done it on an FTE diesel. All the parts are out there for me to do it I just need the funds to figure it all out. First order of business is getting an 80 style input axle/gear for the transfer case and then I can start looking for a transmission. Main options are ram 1500 4x4, 4.4L AWD v8 bmws, and a few M57 (diesel x5/335d) that would be best. I’m trying to keep the factory ECU for now but will also have to figure out the transmission codes I will inevitably get. I’m also probably going to need custom driveshafts
This helped the refueling smell quite a bit so I guess I was due. My hoses around the canister generally looked ok but I’ll probably do the easily accessible ones at some point just for peace of mind.
If it’s bad in the cabin maybe look into the hose in the engine bay that (I think) routes vapors into the intake? It’s connected to some vacuum lines I believe, if you look up the Partsouq diagram that includes the charcoal canister it’s a hose at the front of the vehicle.
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