034x4's D44 SAS thread...

[breel]

kartek.com can help you out on the fuel cell setup. you can also do a BII tank swap that will move weight to behind the axle. At one time you could get an aftermarket BII tank that was oversized 42 gal if I remember right.

 

[034x4]

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.

 

[redranger4.0]

im going to relocate my tank too i think. im pretty sure that with my 9" the driveshaft is going to rub on it.

 

[RockRanger]

At one time you could get an aftermarket BII tank that was oversized 42 gal if I remember right.

The 23 gallon one is hard enough to fit under a truck and will already become a rock magnet. I couldnt see putting a 42 gallon tank in there and still be practical. I am going to try the BII tank but might end up using a jeep tank. It is a little smaller and I think it might fit better especally in a short bed truck.

 

[breel]

I think the 700 dollar price tag would make a person shy away let alone the rocks. Besides I was wrong on that deal, it was for a full size Bronco. Must crush the bad info when I see it, even when it comes from me. The nice thing about us with the 91-94 models we'll have a working fuel gauge when doing the BII swap.

 

[Stic-o]

The 23 gallon one is hard enough to fit under a truck and will already become a rock magnet. I couldnt see putting a 42 gallon tank in there and still be practical. I am going to try the BII tank but might end up using a jeep tank. It is a little smaller and I think it might fit better especally in a short bed truck.

Matt may want to look at a S-10 Blazer tank too. This was what I was going to try.

 

[034x4]

I might just mount the stock tank in the bed for the time being until I can figure out a for sure way to use another tank or a fuel cell.

 

[breel]

why?

 

[034x4]

So that I can link it now, instead of driving around on the horse and buggy stiff rear end.

 

[breel]

makes sense, what about the horse and buggy front end? Maybe swap some leafs around to get the flex back

 

[034x4]

The front is nice and soft and flexes great. It's the rear end I don't like.

 

[breel]

Not knocking the idea of 4-linking the rear but maybe just swap some leafs around would free up some flex. Lot of down time setting up 4-link if this is your daily. Lucky for me, my work is a 10 minute bike ride from the house and set of keys to the company truck if I don't want to be seen in the grandma cruiser (grand marquis). Besides your making me nervous because I coppied your rear end on my truck. If you are keeping your body lift you can mount the BII tank up that much higher. Bed space is already a premium with it stock and the weight of 17 gals or more above the frame rails would make me nervous without being in a bladdered fuel cell. Look on some of the prerunner sites for ideas and cells. There's usually a few good size ones on ebay also. keep us posted, breel

 

[RockRanger]

My 63"s chevys flex great. I think the reason that 034x4 isnt getting flex out of them is cause he has no weight on the back of his truck. The bed has been chopped up so there is little of it left. Add a spare tire a small tool box and your icechest to the bed of a ranger and it will make all the difference in how it handles. Right now the bed of my truck is light so on the steep down hills the rear will unload a bit and cause it to come up in the air. moving the gas tank o the back would help as well. I want to see him link it though so I can get ideas for mine down the road

 

[034x4]

There wouldn't be alot of downtime linking it. I can weld the truss onto the axle with it on the truck, make the links and mounts and weld them onto the frame. Then one weekend swap in say a bII tank, then the next weekend pull the leafs and axle, finish welding everything and throw it back on and be driving it the following monday.

 

[redranger4.0]

make sure you get a good right up posted on the b2 tank as i want to do that swap as well

 

[034x4]

Of course, I'm a pic-***** ha.

Started sheet-metal'n the bed today.

Can't see too good, but I can now say if you have the chance, never weld 20 gauge sheetmetal. If you hold the puddle in the same spot for more than .0000009 seconds it burns through haha.

 

[Nick26]

are you using shielding gas or flux? stuff like that you usually have to continuously tack with the power up more than you'd think

 

[jasonb]

he's using stick...

On that that thin sheet, you're gonna have a lot of fun with a stick welder. Want to borrow my MIG? It's not too bad to weld stuff that thin with it as long as you do the stitch technique that Nick is refering to.

 

[034x4]

I'm using a flux-core mig welder. It's burning right through the sheetmetal. I have lay a bead onto the bed-sheetmetal really close to the zinc and the puddle will melt the zinc. Otherwise it puts huge ####ing holes in it.

 

[Nick26]

yeah I know what you mean how frustrating that is... I would honestly get a gas kit and a tank (argon co2) for your mig or borrow Jason's, it makes a world of a difference on thin stuff like that, plus hardly any splatter