Project: RangerX gets full width D44 + 8.8

[RockRanger]

Any updates on your parts collecting for this project?

Also I was cleaning some stuff up and found your soldering iron I borrowed from you along time ago. I'll give it to you at truckhaven or next time I pass by your house at a reasonable hour.

 

[offroader_69_me]

hey bill hows the hunting going? I am working on a new write-up of my swap, its all a little fuzy as it has been a while but I will send it asap!

 

[RangerX]

Is it time for an update already???

I think I did mention this would take a while.

More parts accumulated! From Dannyboy, as seen in his pic on page 1 of this thread, extended radius arms, crossmember, tracbar, steering, coil bucket, shock mounts, bushings, etc.

Also, a few months back, I got a set of 4.88s for the 8.8 from Kris G.

More parts in a few days.

 

[RangerX]

I am working on a new write-up of my swap, its all a little fuzy as it has been a while but I will send it asap!

And how's that writeup doing? :

 

[Tbars4]

......So when is the start date of the build???

 

[RockRanger]

......So when is the start date of the build???

When my ranger gets pulled out of my garage his will go in. Work is super busy for me right now so I am not sure when I will get to my ranger.

 

[Stic-o]

Bill you have caps right? Didn't I give you a set...:scratch: I can't rember what I gave you.

 

[RangerX]

Caps? Not sure what you mean, Steve.

You gave me a swaybar and a set of hubs...

 

[Stic-o]

Caps? Not sure what you mean, Steve.

You gave me a swaybar and a set of hubs...

caps, for those arms you just got...you know the front part of the axle. I have a set if you need them

 

[RangerX]

Ohhh, CAPS. Yeah, I got those, just didn't put them in the pic. What I don't have is the coil plates, or whatever the bottom mount is called, that's in your picture. Got any?

 

[Stic-o]

Ohhh, CAPS. Yeah, I got those, just didn't put them in the pic. What I don't have is the coil plates, or whatever the bottom mount is called, that's in your picture. Got any?

I'll have to check...but I think I do The caps I have also have a shock mount on the top of the cap. Some of the bronco's came with double shocks

 

[94 Crawler]

Congrats man! I dont know how I missed this thread but I'm watching now.

 

[Kirby N.]

I am building some simular raduis arms with my buddy for his full size bronco. We also put a bend in the DOM we added. I will let you know how they work in a few weeks

 

[RangerX]

Interesting, Kirby. Let me know how they work, you'll be wheelin LONG before me!

Here's what I picked up today for $80. I really just wanted some roller rims, so I can start work on the axles, but a friend had these rims with tires. Tires are 2 BFG MTko, 2 ProComp XTs, and a goodyear on the spare. Tread ranges from 25-50%. The rim in front has a dent in the lip and won't hold air, from when he totalled his truck in the desert.

 

[Dannyboy]

nice score, any carnage pics???

Bill, one thing I really like about Kirby's setup is the plating on the radius arms, I think it was discussed in BKennedy's Dana 44 thread that the "I-Beam" style of radius arms can really work over the inner lugs of a tire, they get hung up and chewed up in there pretty bad.

 

[Kirby N.]

Those rims are sweet. I bet you can get just one to replace the bent one. There is also a shop that straightens them here pretty cheap- might be an option. The tires would make good spares too.

That plating was a pain in the butt to cut out with an angle grinder! It is all 1/4". When we got those arms done, my buddy said "I should have spent the $700 on cage arms!" We are using 2.5" Johnny Joints because I hate heims with a passion.

 

[Stic-o]

That plating was a pain in the butt to cut out with an angle grinder! It is all 1/4". When we got those arms done, my buddy said "I should have spent the $700 on cage arms!" We are using 2.5" Johnny Joints because I hate heims with a passion.

or should have bought my extra set of arms

 

[colindo94]

I got the lower coil seats and retainers. You can have them if you pay shipping.

 

[RangerX]

Sure, I'll take them. Shipping to 92054. Are they the same for all years? Mine's a 79.

 

[Stic-o]

They are the same