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    Seriously Dumb Rear Spring Question

    Are you okay? Did that hurt? Or are you not able to see how badly you humiliated yourself in your knee-jerk rush to berate and troll someone you obviously know absolutely nothing about? In case you weren’t aware, that’s exactly what you did. Your posture implies you are some sort of all...
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    Seriously Dumb Rear Spring Question

    You have no idea how I've debated posting this, but here goes. Doing the '24 SD axle swap on the '89 C350. Positioning the real springs on the axle. Does the "bottom out" stop go under or over the leaf spring? I did an AI search with six engines, and they were split 50/50. Did I ever mention I'm...
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    New dash is finished.

    That's impressive. Actually, any slight imperfections are what makes it perfect, and proves that you actually made it.
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    Gusset or Go Fish- Frame Question

    Got the left side spacer made and fitted. Here's the side view. I'm feeling a lot better about preventing possible vertical movement. Will weld it to the frame. Yes, I got a little crazy prepping for the weld and angled surfaces that won't be welded. Here's the back view. The hanger came with...
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    New dash is finished.

    Looks Great! Did you fab that from scratch or is that a blank that's available?
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    Gusset or Go Fish- Frame Question

    Does the frame slope down about 1 1/2' from the forward rear hanger towards the front of the truck? Thanks,
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    It's time, isn't it? I'm heading out there in the spring. Tired of the libs in Seattle and Tacoma outnumbering every conservative in the entire state. Good Luck on your plans, and Congrats!
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    Gusset or Go Fish- Frame Question

    I picked up some cheap 1/2" nuts and bolts to mock everything up because I only want to use the grade 8 with nylon lock nuts once, for the final install. Had the angle's set to within 1/10°. Inspecting it I realized a bottom horizontal plate of the Sky hangers, meant to support the hanger from...
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    Gusset or Go Fish- Frame Question

    Agreed. I bit the bullet and signed up for a AI search repository where I could query four at the same time, then do a comparison. After several question/answers I realized a horizontal fish is better for the load distribution, and far more practical due to the existing gusset overlapping the...
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    Gusset or Go Fish- Frame Question

    Appreciate the input. I knew the hangers were a tension vs sheer mount, but was more worried about the frame integrity. That's some nice looking work.
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    Gusset or Go Fish- Frame Question

    This C350 project axle swap opened up a nasty can of worms. It's exacerbated by my general ignorance of most things suspension, but I'm learning. I'd heard rumors they shortened the F350 frame to fit the Bronco cab, but I was told by Sky Offroad this would be a simple direct bolt on. That's not...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Added an inline filter in front of the Holly Red at the same time I deleted the mechanical pump and OEM water separator and installed a Racor 500 clone. Have run about 1/2 tank so far, mostly just testing out various mods and upgrades. The truck sat for 13 years. Checked the inline filter...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Indeed. City lights totally mess up the sky. Going up in the mountains on a clear night you can not only see the billions of stars, but you can watch satellites crisscross, and if you time it and know the coordinates I'm told you can see the space station go by. I've never personally seen it, if...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I'm in a semi-mountainous rural part of W. Washington. Last year my family begged me for some northern lights pictures. You get used to seeing them here, so you just never take pictures, until I did. A camera shows the lights in much more detail than you can see with your eyes. I was...
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    Rear RS Kit Install Question

    I agree. I could probably add a block, but that opens up a posture issue. That's what I thought at first, but will have to MIG the cab support due to the spacer going in. There's an aluminum spacer that sits on the bottom of the new hanger at the forward edge of the base. Hopefully the pdf will...
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    Rear RS Kit Install Question

    Yeah, they're at SEMA until next week. I'm not very impressed with their after sales support. After looking closer that crossbeam is for the cab. I'll run a couple spot welds at the frame then grind the rivet. I'm concerned about the leaf spring placement as the '04 axles have a different...
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    Rear RS Kit Install Question

    Started the axle swap and immediately hit a snag. The instructions say to use the three forward bolts from the OEM hanger, then drill the new forward holes. There's two problems with that on the centurion. First there's a rivet from the cross frame brace on the bottom that's keeping the new...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I was concerned about the increased return volume from the hydro unit, with skin effect restrictions, along with the turbulence at hard 90° fittings, the net result would be a higher return line pressure and a potential restriction of overall circulation, which was the main motivator for me to...
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    Radiator recommendations for a 1994 E-350 7.3L IDI V8 Diesel

    I picked up a 4 core AL radiator from Amazon. It fit perfectly. Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094HY9961?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2&th=1 I never actually just took a picture of it, but here's one with most of it showing.
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Did you T the two return lines, or use a hydro unit with two return ports? There's enough room on the top return to add another clamp. Haven't filled it yet, so might just do that. Appreciate the heads up. Thanks, spent the summer working on it. Dropped two box truck loads of stuff at a...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Finally got the garage straightened up enough to start the home run drive train completion on the C350. Insulated, organized, repaired the LP furnace, will be a lot better than shivering in a HF portable canopy this winter. Enough room to access, complete with flat screen for Sunday NFL...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    If they were made Bronco style, for sure I'd be interested. The bondo they use at the F350 to Bronco transition is over 1" thick. The roof is in heinous condition. Once the drive train mods are done I'll strip it and replace, at least well enough to stop the leaks. The headliner is gone, but...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Isn't that a law somewhere? You know, the one that states if you're driving a 7.3 without a load you keep it working hard, otherwise stuff just quits working..
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    Battleborn Brakes Master Cylinder

    Still in class a's after discharge I picked up a 1/2 pint of JD. Stepped out to the street in Monterey, CA. and stood there for a minute. Heard a whistling sound and got thumped in the chest with a drive through orange soda as a beat up sedan drove by and longhairs yelling baby killer. Was great...
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    Battleborn Brakes Master Cylinder

    I'm swapping out the PS to a hydro unit with the extra return port. Pretty sure those run at 1,800 psi, compared to the vacuum brake units that run about 1,500. Haven't started reassembly yet, appreciate the info.

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