Fogged408w said:
Hello. I'm working on an old AMC Rambler. Its getting a Cut down Explorer 8.8 rear end swap and I'd like to install an ABS system into the car.
I like your project...AMC Rambler. If you really WANT to put ABS in the Rambler you can do it, but...well...if you ask me, ABS is just another thing that can go wrong in a vehicle. If you are making the Rambler into a trail vehicle I don't know if I'd bother with ABS. Mostly street, I might.
If you are using an Explorer 8.8 rear end, then SHOULD have a rear abs sensor bung already in place. I don't know if your 8.8 came with the ABS sensor in it. Probably not? The rear abs sensor screws into the rear differential casing on the front-facing side of the diff, near the top. If you don't have the sensor, you should have a big hole where the sensor screws into the rear diff. That's not good.
Fogged408w said:
Do the Explorers have a stand alone ABS system that I could use for an easy swap? Meaning I would only need the main ABS box/motor, rear 8.8 sensor and front hub sensors? If I would need other parts what are they?
What axle are you using in the front? On Explorer ABS, the front ABS sensors are set in holes that are machined into the ends of the beam, and the rotors have a tone ring set behind them that the sensors use.
I'd say, based on what you've got already, for an easy ABS swap, you can get rear-wheel ABS fairly easily. But for 4-wheel ABS, it would be more difficult.
For rear-wheel ABS, you've already got the differential with the sensor hole in it, and the tone ring inside. All you would need would be proper wiring between the RABS sensor and the ABS computer, the ABS computer itself, the proportioning valve, and...I believe that's about it.
If you want 4-wheel Explorer ABS, like the 93+ trucks have, you'll need front sensors and their wiring, tone rings on the end of each front axle, and a way to mount the front ABS sensors such that they would be in the proper position to give good readings to the ABS computer. But again, I don't know what front-end setup you're using.