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    What is this vertical bar tow hitch?

    Easy place to attach a strap to pull something out. I have one for my CJ5.
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    Possibly cavitated engine?

    Sounds like a cracked cylinder at the bottom of #4.
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    Throttle Cable Receiver Connection keeps "Popping Off" of the Injection Pump Arm

    Sounds like an alignment issue with your cruise control linkage to me. Can you manipulate the brackets so that the cable has a straighter pull?
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    Wild Dreams!

    Get in line! LOL
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    Source for quality rotors?

    I have no complaints for the new rotors that I sourced from Carquest for my 1990 F250.
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    That was some good insight about the Timbrens, I’ll keep that for future reference. The F250 does not have any overload Springs on it, but the F350 back in that I plan to eventuallyswap into it does. The nice thing about the airbags over the Timbers is that I can use those on both axles. Plus...
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    I wouldn't know what it's like to tow a load in excess of the trailers axle rating for 100 miles..... Note - the 6.4 F450 (not shown) pulled it just fine, and I too took my time.
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    Good old Kelsey Hayes axles! The industrial versions are a lot tougher than the mobile home versions, as I recall.
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    I'll definitely DM you about it (and thank you for mentioning it). You probably know more about this than I do.... but as I understand, I need to pull the side plate off of the transmission and count the teeth on the gear inside to make sure that they are a match for the model number of the PTO?
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    That's a good option to keep in the back of my mind as an alternative approach. If I stick with the passenger side PTO drive on the ZF5, all that I should have to fabricate is a somewhat longer drive shaft. This is probably my easiest method.
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    Well, you got me curious so I went and looked. The F250 truck tires are Michelin LTX 265/75R16LT with a single tire rating of 3,415 and dual tire rating of 3085. On my 37' dual tandem trailer I run a 16 ply ST tire, but that trailer was not close by. On my welding / mobile fabrication...
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    Thanks all for the feedback. Tires are Michelin LTX - around 3,800 lb rating as singles as I recall. I've been running these on some of my trucks (F350's and diesel Excursion) for 25 years with great results, and also on some of the tandem axle and dual tandem axle gooseneck trailers. I...
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    I just cruized Amazon and saw that air bag suspension augmentation kits have come way down in price. For only a couple of hundred bucks I can source something that I can use on the 250 now, and later transfer over to the F350 back end. Hmm....
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    Good question. My bottom line is time. The F350 is a cab/chassis truck, so transferring over the hydraulic dump bed is going to require cutting and welding the two frames together. This is not going to be a fast project because they are different widths behind the cab and considering...
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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    Later this year I need to make a trip from the East Coast to Phoenix Arizona and bring back a 100 year-old 15 hp Fairbanks Morse flywheel engine. The engine weighs approximately 2,400 lb and physically will fit into the bed of my truck. My problem lies in the fact that 2,400 lbs is greater than...
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