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I had to sell some cattle off because of the drought going on here, and since I have been throwing money at my ZUK, I told my girlfriend I would use the cow money to buy her, her JEEP.We went and looked at this one Friday night and drove it home....
The guy we...
A good quality kit should come with everything you will need. The kit I got (don't remember the name) even had brackets to pick the bumpers back up where they belong. To answer your question though, yes you will need an extension for your steering shaft. Having an automatic you should be fine...
When mine in my Explorer did similar things it was because the computer went. Maybe not your problem, but I got a lot of the same codes (they were erratic though, wouldn't always show up at once),
Look at J.C. Whitney for the dually adapters. I had some years ago (for full floater rear) on my old 73 FORD. They bolt the inner tire on and move your outer tire out (duh). I never trusted these to haul heavy loads with (or will even work with the small FORD bolt pattern), but they might be...
Agreed. My hitch on mine digs in sometimes and kinda hangs me up
On this climb it was enough for me to have to back up and get on it a little, No big deal, because of what was dragging, but its there all the same
Here's my 94 with 35's. 4:88 gears (should have waited for the 5:13's) makes it close to stock-ish, 7" of lift (4" suspension-3" BL) and slight front fender trimming....
I know I haven't posted in a while, but this is what I have been working on lately....
Its an 87, I just got done putting a 6" SPOA with OTT (over the top) steering, 32" Pro-comp MT's (couldn't find any 32" Swampers) and Dodge Neon seats in it. this is how it started....
I've had this...
Make sure your child safety locks are not engaged (rear doors). They will prevent the rear doors being opened from the inside(locked or not). They are located under the door where it curves around the rear wheel well.
Its a DUFF bumper. I had to weld the loop on it(it came in 2 pieces). I need to make some new mounts for it though. The body lift brackets arent all that great, they mainly just put it up to the correct height, I don't know how much stress they could really take.
Heres a better shot of the...
I used 3" on mine.
I used to have the link for the ARB top, but instead of the 50/60 dollar price I just opted for a 8$ vent cap(mine still uses the stock filter box).
As long as the engine doesn't starve for air I don't know why the 2" stuff wouldn't work.
Sometimes on the old V-belts the pulley themselves would get wore out. The belt would slip on the pulley(new or old belt) and make the squeal. Check the grooves in your pulleys and make sure everything is lining up.
Mine is a KARR.....
Fairly easy to install, and it came with all necessary hardware(mounts for above the doors). I don't remember where I got it though. It was a site on the net, so maybe just do a search(google/etc.) and it will come up.:salute:
I'm just running the V-8 swap headers on mine (I forget the PN). The block on the 347 is a '69, but I have some '68 heads on it(they are more open than the later year heads, and I get a little more compression out of them). I don't have any problems with spark plugs or anything either. The only...
I run a set of Hedmans on my 347 and haven't had any issues with them. They are a little tight on the passenger side(run real close to the crossmember), but they worked well for my swap........
You will also need the axle drop brackets(both sides) and the Radius arm drop brackets(both sides) and for 4" I would suggest a dropped pitman arm. If you don't put the other brackets in your tires will ride like this \.../
I run SuperLifts extended arms on my Explorer and have more flex out of it than my Ranger without extended RA's. Your gonna have it all apart so it would be easier to do at that time rather than pull it down and do it later. The extended arms do put more stress on the lift brackets(make sure you...
Sounds more like a crack in the water jacket. Could happen for any number of reasons. I did have a 302 that the heads weren't torqued correctly(old specs) and it would blow antifreeze into the catch res. but never into the oil. Of course someone could have missed something on the new heads as...
Since I have some free time in the evenings, I thought I would do something productive, and heres the results.......
They are 1"ID pipe(1 3/8" OD). I will use them to help tie the cage together(when I start bending it). About 20 hrs and 30' of pipe in them......:chug:
It uses a odd sized roll pin(I ran into the same problem), I just ground the roll pin down(just enough to still fit tight) and thread locked it in place. I have done this on 2 lock-rights and haven't had any problems out of either one.
I have the SuperLift 4" lift on my Explorer with the extended arms. I have no issues with the arms , but the passenger side frame rail drop bracket will break(I have broken 2, 1 Ranger/1 Explorer)I have a write-up here...
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