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  1. The Warden

    BRICK NOSE BLOW OUT!!!

    Do you still have the Dash Mats? I may be interested in the one in front in this picture if you still have it: (Not too interested in the top one with the initials) Also, I'm good on dashes, but I'll take any good-condition blue brick-nose door panels (front or especially rear) or trim...
  2. The Warden

    6.9 idi in a 1972 Maverick

    Fair enough ;Sweet I just hate g@$ engines LOL
  3. The Warden

    6.9 idi in a 1972 Maverick

    You should be banned for saying that :rotflmao spark plugs are the root of all evil...seriously, I'm not sure I'd want a conversion like this for a daily driver, but I love my TDI daily driver...and, I've always thought that a 4BT in a Ford Expedition would make for a fun family vehicle ;Sweet...
  4. The Warden

    SF Bay Area memorial day weekend 2016 GTG.

    My vote would be South, just because I know how hot it can get up the Delta that time of year and this penguin will melt :rotflmao :rotflmao :rotflmao besides, then maybe people can laugh at me while I turn wrenches LOL I'm guessing Saturday or Sunday would be better, since many people have...
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    Possible trade 94 for 86

    Compound the lack of overdrive with the lack of a torque converter lockup on the C6. The C6 may be bulletproof, but you're going to be screaming at freeway speeds, especially if the truck has 4.10 gears. Unless you only do city driving, I'd lean heavily towards keeping the ZF5 and swapping it in...
  6. The Warden

    Greaseable or sealed ball joints?

    For what it's worth, I've been following the same practice with U-joints without issue. On the other hand, if memory serves, the marine-grade grease is tackier than normal stuff, so maybe it stays inside the various components better? I don't have enough experience with "conventional" grease to...
  7. The Warden

    sea foam at oil change

    While regular oil changes are best, doing an internal cleaning can be beneficial for a vehicle that you've just acquired and don't know the full history on. I've seen Seafoam clean sludge out of an engine that hadn't seen nearly enough oil changes in prior years. However, you should only need to...
  8. The Warden

    Greaseable or sealed ball joints?

    I imagine it also depends on vehicle usage. If you’re mostly on the highway, greasing every oil change is probably more than sufficient. If you're going off-roading and ESPECIALLY if parts are submerged, then absolutely greasing needs to be done more often...once a month for dirt road, and...
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    Greaseable or sealed ball joints?

    Does Spicer sell grease-able ball joints? I tend towards the grease-able side of the debate (although, for Mercedes and VW, I've heard that sealed OEM is best), but for something like that, quality is of the utmost importance, and if Moog really is having quality control issues as of late... :(
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    sea foam at oil change

    My high school auto shop teacher suggested a similar procedure on a g@$$er that has carboned-up cylinders, except using pure water and a spray bottle. The idea is the particles of cold water are supposed to shock the carbon bits into breaking off the piston tops. Tried it on my '65 Chevelle that...
  11. The Warden

    finally! the long awaited engine build.

    Will you be putting Russ's cam back in? Or did you get as far as pulling the cam out? OUCH!! Here's to hoping you can get your back duct taped back together soon. Back problems are really no fun...
  12. The Warden

    Red Head Group

    I THINK that that upgraded steering setup is only meant for Dana 60 trucks, but it's worth contacting them and seeing if it'll work with a Dana 50, possibly with some modifications. Let me get back to you, but I THINK that doing it at the end of this month or early April would work for me...
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    Red Head Group

    At this point, any thoughts on when this would be put into effect? I'm interested, but I'm not sure yet when I'll be ready to do the swap on my truck, and that may be more than 60 days away at this point (have a LOT of other things going on that need to be addressed first). So, if this...
  14. The Warden

    Here she is! Ambulance 6.9...

    Actually, with how accessible things are from under the doghouse, some light maintenance can actually be easier on a van. When I did the glow plugs on my old van, I just unbolted both front seats (4 bolts, 30 second job) and slid them back, removed the doghouse, and sat down where the driver's...
  15. The Warden

    Here she is! Ambulance 6.9...

    Did this come out of an E-Series chassis? Looking at where the fuel filter bracket is (assuming that's what I'm seeing behind the alternator), I'm thinking this engine came out of a pickup chassis, unless the pickup fuel filter bracket was added and the van filter bracket was taken off before...
  16. The Warden

    Project new tow rig, round two!

    What's the weight rating on the bags and on the rest of the suspension? Looks like an awesome setup to me ;Sweet
  17. The Warden

    OH, WHAT A CIRCUS,

    :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: Meanwhile, out here, we get "STORM WATCH" warnings for light drizzle, and 2 inches in a day is considered the Storm of the Century. On the other hand, we have our own custom foot massager...only problem is, we don't get to choose when it...
  18. The Warden

    OH, WHAT A CIRCUS,

    Glad all ended well! I got to see a major thunderstorm in Texas once...I think I'll stay out here LOL
  19. The Warden

    this is real tempting!

    Sounds good! Thank you so much!! ;Sweet Very curious to hear how much work the injectors ended up needing. I hear you re: work! I've been in Southern California dealing with family stuff for almost a month and a half now :shocked: still not sure when I'm coming home for good. Let me know...
  20. The Warden

    Axle bolts

    Here's a weird one for you...my '84 has a Dana 70 rear axle. On both sides, every other bolt appears to be the original for the axle. The others are the same size, but Allen head. I'm guessing sometime before I got the truck, someone pulled an axleshaft out and lost the set of bolts for that...
  21. The Warden

    this is real tempting!

    Offhand, I can think of needing two, one for each side of a Napa coolant filter head.
  22. The Warden

    this is real tempting!

    Interesting...that's the first time I've ever seen shut-off valves like that. Anyone know where something like that could be acquired?
  23. The Warden

    Question for old timers? Maybe youngins who know trailers

    Just double-checking...is that 27K for a towed trailer, or 27K for a single vehicle? I know that some states have different laws for intrastate, but IIRC many states limit a single vehicle to 26K and a towed trailer to 10K before requiring a CDL...
  24. The Warden

    Having trouble understanding tow ratings.

    Scott hit the nail on the head as far as far as explaining the difference between GVWR and GCWR. With that having been said, as I understand it, GCWR is not a legal designation in the same way that GVWR is; note that our trucks don't have a GCWR listed on the door jamb sticker, while GVWR and...
  25. The Warden

    6.9 idi best pilot bearing/bushing?

    If there's a grease-able throw-out bearing available for the ZF5, it's news to me. I bought a throw-out bearing with a hose and a Zerk fitting meant for a T-19, hoping it would fit the ZF5, and found that the T-19 throw-out bearing's inner diameter is too small and will not fit on the input...

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