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    suggestions for "upside-down" front D60 shocks

    Typical shocks have the body attached to the axle with the shaft shooting up to the frame bracket. We have a need for just the opposite - shock body attached to the frame rail, shaft hanging down to meet the axle. Simply flipping the shocks upside down is a bad idea for twin-tube shocks, which...
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    another driveshaft length measurements request

    Your typical regular cab long bed IDI work truck, with a ZF or a 4-speed, and a BW1356 t-case with a slip-yoke rear output - need rear driveshaft length between centers of U-joint caps. This is a single piece shaft, basically just a tube with a yoke welded to each end. Managed to get a hold...
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    suggestions for 12"-14" pusher e-fan, preferably OEM for some vehicle

    Windstar e-fans behind tall-narrow radiator proved unable to keep up with maxed-out loads up steep grades for miles and miles in triple-digit temperatures. Mechanical fan with some fancy German clutch seems to (barely) do the trick, extra insurance would be nice. The mech fan is offset to the...
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    permanently plugging the thermostat housing bypass port/ball thing, what to expect?

    No we have no intentions of destroying a perfectly good factory thermostat housing. However we do have intentions of running a thermostat housing from an International S-series truck (for accessories packaging purposes), and it does not have the port with the ball inside it like the F-series do...
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    HF compression tester fail, some pretty awesome numbers, and a ghostly hiss...

    Our IDI's head gaskets appear to be leaking oil out the corners, so it seemed like a good idea to run a compression test before tearing into the thing - you know, to decide whether this engine is worth saving or whether to rebuild a spare one instead. Out the box the HF tester is a...
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    trailer lights wiring converter box

    The electronic brain box that's typically used when your tow vehicle has separate brake (red obviously) and turn (amber/yellow usually) signals while the trailer has the red combined S/T/T lamps, can that thing work the opposite way? Like if you got a truck with combined S/T/T lamps, but a...
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    starter needed, which type?

    Three choices available: - Mitsubishi offset gearing - Mitsubishi planetary gearing - Nippon-Denso with whole motor offset Truck has the offset-gear Mitsu now, but it's very dead (all of sudden too w/o any warnings at all, one day it worked the next day it just clicks and refuses to spin...
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    LUK/Exedy 07076 clutches

    This is what they look like: 11" disc, 1-1/4" splines (ZF5 size), supposedly for a DMF setup... However, notice the disc has springs in it! Most other DMF clutches have what looks like solid hubs on the disc, this however has the same spring configuration you'll find in your typical...
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    Regearing a ZF5

    The idea is to end up with a creeper-gear diesel transmission and a close-ratio gasser. Factory configurations are just the opposite. The diesel is the work horse and absolutely positively needs a low 1st, the gasser would be the go-fast toy and for it gears that are closer together would work...
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    ZF5 rollover noise with a twist

    So we all know the ZF5 behind a diesel with a SMF can be one noisy thing. Here's the twist tho, how loud are they behind a gas engine? Gas clutch is by default a SMF... This particular transmission growls/whines at idle, noise is coming from the middle of its body, pretty much right in front of...
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    Hydroboost/Saginaw PSA

    1) If you're getting a F-Superduty pedal from a salvage yard truck, inspect the weld holding the booster pushrod pin to the pedal arm. The fact that it's a factory weld doesn't automatically make it a good weld unfortunately. In a panic stop if you put down 200lbs force at the pad you step on...
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    hydraulic wheel lifts

    I'm considering loosing my rear fuel tank in favor of a wheel lift. Not right now, but not 5 years from now either. It'll have to be of the "sneaker"/"stinger" variety that does not come with a whole bed, but is instead a self-contained unit that bolts to the frame under the factory pickup bed...
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    cold-weather oil for old 4-speed

    A friend from the Great White (and as of lately apparently ridiculously cold) North asked me this, and I wasn't sure what to tell them so I figured I'd run it by ya'll first: The problem is that with their recent stupid-low temperatures 80w90 gear oil turns into such molasses that the...
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    anyone here drive a NP435 with GOOD synchros?

    If yes, how smooth does she shift? For comparison purposes I present my T19, where you clutch halfway in and put a slight pressure on the shifter and she just slides out of whatever gear she's in and right into the next one, smooth as can be. On the other hand my NP435 appears to do just the...
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    if you had a fuel filter head with a built-in manual primer pump...

    ...where would you install it? The filters available for it are 10-micron, 6-micron, and 2-micron, so assuming a 3-stage filtration system in these exact steps which one would you choose to install on said filter head and why? Thanks!
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    F250 4x4 front swaybar

    If your ruck has one from the factory, please answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge: 1) axle type, D44HD or D50? 2) swaybar diameter, 1" or 1-1/8" or even larger? 3) length of the swaybar "arms"/"wings" running under the leaf springs? If at all possible, a picture...
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    need a pair of A/T steer tires, throw in some suggestions pls

    Truck is a 4x4 dually. It either runs low speed empty down dirt/gravel roads, or 55mph at 11k on the interstate for thousands of miles at a time. Occasionally gets taken out way into the woods (cause camping in campgrounds really ain't no camping at all). Very little towing, nothing in the CDL...
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    coolant temperature switches needed

    For controlling e-fans. Need to be of the grounding type, like the one that triggers the overheat light on the dash. One should probably be something like 200-on-180-off, the other will depend on how well the first one works but probably something like 220-on-200-off. Where do I find such...
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    engine oil temp gauge

    Out of curiosity - who has one, where is your sender, and what numbers are you seeing?
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    4-spd clutch noises

    Firing up truck after T19 swap, got greeted by some horrendous noises from inside the bellhousing. Sounds like something is vibrating like a madman. Pushing clutch all the way in makes it stop. With trans in neutral letting off very slowly it doesn't seem to come back. Letting off quick (normal)...
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    Anyone have a 2wd cab-chassis F350 with a 1st gen ('86-'91) Sterling axle?

    If you do, please confirm U-joint size at axle yoke, 1350 or big-cap 1330? You can measure diameter of caps on the driveshaft side of this joint, 1.188 is 1350 and 1.062 is 1330. Measuring caps that go into the axle yoke is not ideal because Ford's 1330 joints use special larger caps there...
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    rear axle u-bolts

    So I'm needing new U-bolts for the Sterling in my 1-ton, and I get a hold of big spring shop I found highly recommended online, they say my truck calls for bolts with 3-5/8" tube diameter. I go measure my axle and it's 3-1/2" tube diameter. Spring shop swears their u-bolts will work fine, as...
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    Cracked 4-speed bellhousing? Try this fix.

    What it is: one 3/8" bolt and nut (grade 5), four 1/2" nuts (grade 5), two 3-1/2" long 7/16" bolts and two 7/16" lock washers (all grade 8). And the handle of a busted 1/2"-drive breaker bar. Obviously other materials can be used as well, for instance a combination of square tubing instead of...
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    Borg Warner 1356 carnage

    This was going in my truck, spins nice and shifts thru the ranges good so I was somewhat tempted to just bolt it on and go, good thing I decided to play it safe tho and opened it for inspection - I was hoping the case wear from the pump arm would be minor, instead this is what greeted me: 1)...
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    axle gears contact pattern - take a look and voice an opinion pls

    This is a front D60 with 3.54 gears. Gears were used but appear to be in good condition. Like a moron I pulled the factory 4.10s out before painting them so I have no idea what their contact pattern looked like... This is what I have now, pics actually show three different groups of painted...

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