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I found aftermarket in black, but with the oversize shipping fee, they're over $50 which is more than I'd want to spend knowing it may not fit like OE and the color probably won't be quite right. Yes, the physical parts are the same, but 2nd gen 4 doors never had black trim to my knowledge. I...

Looking for afront bumper lower valance from a '95-'98 Sport in black with fog light openings. I have '97 chrome bumpers on my '00 Sport and want the bumper trim to match the fender flares (my bumpers currently have brown/grey XLT trim). I haven't been able to locate the valance specifically...

The Sport is still chugging along, but it's gotten increasingly hard to start lately. I pretended it was the cold weather for the last few months, but that excuse isn't holding up now haha. I was also getting some weird stumbling under load on hot hot days last summer and suspect both the hard...

If you're getting white smoke, you're definitely losing coolant. If it's just at startup, I'm guessing your cylinder pressure is high enough to keep the coolant out while the engine is running, but once you shut off the truck an your cylinder pressures drop, the hot coolant at 16psi makes its...

Sounds like I'll be standing on the beaker bar haha! I don't have a torque wrench that hefty, but I can do the old body weight x wrench handle length = torque equation.

Got my knuckles off and LBJs pressed out. I didn't realize that pulling the knuckles from the axles would give me a chance to grease the inner bearings. So now my front suspension refresh is going to include fresh hub grease, brake slide grease, and caliper slide pin boots (a couple are torn)...

That's what I was starting to think. So basically disconnect everything but the tie rod and hang the whole knuckle off to the side? Are these CV axle nuts reusable? On my Honda they are single use as they get staked into the axle stub, but the nuts on the Mounty are not staked.

New UCAs and camber adjusters installed without issue. Broke one LBJ loose and hit a snag: It seems the LCA is hitting the outer CV before the LBJ is high enough to clear the knuckle. Do I just need to put a prybar between the knuckle and LCA and work everything apart (not sure how much tilt...

Sounds like positive news so far! Keep us posted about the intake porting too. I cleaned up the casting flash on my upper and gasket matched my lower to the heads, but I'm sure a real port job would be better. I did that at the same time as my TMH install, so I'm not sure how much (if any) of...

Licked. Going to want to clean this up with the angle grinder though

Here's the style of bolt that's giving me so much trouble Here's one I pounded apart after getting it off I swear these splines are more aggressive than lug studs. Here's the two-piece UCA The two sections don't even bolt to the same plane, definitely not something that can be flipped and...

Good idea! Yeah, there were some pretty sweet perks. Glad I stocked up on what I did before I left.

Also, I looked at the two-piece UCA and it can't be flipped to mirror the geometry. To many issues to list, I'll get a pic.

I was using the entry level TORCH blades. TORCH is just a sub-brand though, there's a lot of different models for cutting different materials. Fun fact: I worked at Milwaukee Tool for the last couple years that I lived in Milwaukee (miss that job, and especially miss the employee discount!). I...

Boy did I underestimate the passenger side camber bolts. Both of the pressed-on eccentric washers interfere with the shock tower and header when I try to back them out. I tried clamping the eccentric to the UCA mount and pounding the bolt out, but there's just no room to get a good swing (and I...

I'm saying just flip the inner piece, not the outer.

That's what I've done in the past too, but the camber plates/eccentric washers on my Mounty are actually press fit over splines under the hex head of the bolt. It's easy enough to push a bolt head past the EVAP line, but a whole camber plate not so much.

Well I'll be pulling off the two-piece passenger's side in the near future -- easy enough to check!

I prefer the one-piece design due to its simplicity, I just wish you could replace the upper ball joints. Odd question: can you flip the inner part of the two-piece passenger's side UCA to make it into a driver's side?

Finally got the driver's UCA off last night. I remember having to flex the EVAP line in order to pull the rear bolt out on my Sport, but on the Mounty I actually had to unbolt three of the clips holding the EVAP line. Wish I'd done this job before the headers went in! Better yet, when I still...

Sounds good. Once I pull the exhaust and the 4R70, I'll lay it all out and I'm sure have some questions! Here's the stock f150 grey plug: I don't expect it to match the Mounty, but we'll see. Here's the plug on my RWD M5R2 as well. There's a handful of differences I assume are all related to...

Been spending most of my weekend with a sick/sleepy baby in my arms or in a carrier so I haven't done any more work (she finally turned the corner today though). I started looking at old 4406M swap threads for pictures to help me understand how best to execute my Z shift lever. I wish I'd read...

Sitting at idle can sometimes be worse for overheating since the only air passing through the radiator is what the fan's pulling. I definitely think it's worth some investigation before you throw in the towel.

Sounds like a good situation for dryer tape, super sticky and keep the heat out.

That's what I tried with my heaviest ball peen, maybe it's just time for a bigger hammer haha Yep, that thought already went through my mind, but thanks for looking out for me! Middle of the Z just needs to leave room for the wire loom. You mean the heat mat is on underside of the trans tunnel?