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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    No more FSV.... Plumbed the aux. bed tank and filled with 50 gallons of W80. Mounted and plumbed the manual 3 port valves. Everything works great and the truck loves the stuff thus far. Start and shut down on the main tank... Once up to temp, flip the valves. A few miles from home...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Thats the plan. Made a bit of progress today. Plumbed the aux. tank with the manual 3 port valves... Purged the air out of the system and took it for a drive. Got it up to temp and switched over to some home brew and it never missed a beat... Switched the supply a couple...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Glad this wasn't a pain or anything... Inner portion of lock-out was seized to the stub axle. Had to drill it front to back on both sides and split it with a chisel. (All snap rings that held the gear in place were removed). Anyways.. IF I can get the other side apart without...
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    Ok... so out to the driveway at 7am to try my idea.... Pulled the cap and big snap ring back off... Carefully center punched the center gear and started with a 1/16 bit. Same to the other side opposite of the first hole... Progressively stepped the bit up... I ended up...
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    They are already going to need some clean-up to get a new lock out in place. It may end up getting a new stub shaft down the road.
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    I wonder if I could drill through the gear front to back then split it with a chisel... Would save the hub if it works. May pull the cap back off tomorrow and give it a shot. Cant really hurt.
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    Project Big Red

    Chase the threads in the pan... I'd bet they'll clean up. If not, drill it a step larger and tap it for a slightly larger plug.
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    I read riotwarrior's thread from a while back.. he had a similar problem and he had to cut the hub apart and torch it off/pry it off in pieces... I really dont want to go that route. Lol
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Huh... I'll keep that in mind. Well here are some output shots... I'm impressed to say the least. Might need to put a relay on the reverse light circuit. The wiring isn't getting hot or anything but not sure how much juice that switch is rated for. Now just have to...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Good to know. I didn't want any on the front of the cab but was planning on one slightly bigger one for the front brush guard/bumper. Think it would cause an issue there?
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    Yup. Little screw, large external snap rings and the snap ring that holds the inner piece to the axle. I can grab the inner piece and it moves the stub shaft with it. It's seized on the splines.
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    Yes. The inner most portion that rides on the splines of the stub axle shaft. It won't come off the stub axle and I can't get the hub apart with it in place.
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Amazon for $48. They had good reviews so we'll see. Yeah.. I can't swing $500 in lighting. Lol
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Painted the tool box and mounted my work lights... waiting for it to get dark to see how bright they are. Currently have them wired to the reverse light switch but may change that down the road... I'll post a picture of their output after it gets dark.
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    So... any hints on removing a seized stub shaft from inner lockout gear?

    Im starting to hate this truck... Lol So I went to put my new brakes on today and repack the front bearings as they are DRY... Pulled the driverside lock out cap (one of the screws was broke but the broke piece was RTV'd in place so it didnt look broke).. Everything was dry and covered...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    The lowest reading on the gauge is 250 (VDO Vision Series) so at idle, its bottomed out. While driving, as I take off, I can go to half throttle and a few seconds will pass before the gauge will come up. Its apparently a common complaint with this specific gauge... wish I would have known...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    More progress... Received my VDO Pyro (not very happy with it... rather laggy response but I'll figure that out later..) So I decided to work on mounting my overhead console. Started cutting up the stock mount setup... Some 1/8" flat bar... Drilled a hole under the center...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    I'd like to keep it manual. If its a 4x4 trans, definitely see if he still has it. I'll gladly pay freight to get it here.
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    So far its doing good. I'm driving it every day and I get the occasional drip from it but oh well. I'll check the fluid level ever so often. Come winter, I'll most likely pull the trans and have the housing replaced and possibly just have it rebuilt. Either that or swap in a reman unit.
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    37" tires with 3.54 gear and a zf5?

    You'll also be fine towing with it. Keep in mind guys.. we are talking about a van and not a truck so no goose neck or HEAVY pulls most likely. Take off while pulling may need a bit more clutch work.
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Getting more done... I cut down and made mounts for the stack that was on the truck when I got it. I'm typically not a fan, however, I had some useless space next to the tank and it turned out decent. 3x3x1/4" angle may be a bit excessive for stack mounts... but I didnt have...
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    37" tires with 3.54 gear and a zf5?

    You'll be fine... A48WillyzGuy Care to comment?
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    Started on the rear tank... Cleaned the bottom and welded on new mount tabs... then painted the bottom.. Mounted... Started plumbing... I'm using the tank's drain as the supply and plumbing with 1/2". Cant wait to get the boxes fixed and repaint the bed and tank.
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    Project Big Red

    Maybe you already covered this... but why not pull the intake and have your new hat welded on (delete the hold down bolt) and then use the larger tube and weld it in as well? Without the center hold down bolt, it opens up a good bit of space to put what ever you want, tubing wise, on it...
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    '90 F350 Crewcab 4x4 "BFTD" Project..

    A bit more progress... Cut out all the janky wiring for the rear lights... ended up cutting back to the harness just before the rear tank on the frame rail as it had been hacked up pretty good. I found 10/3 house wiring just twisted together with the light connectors (no wire nuts or tape...

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