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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – Test Fitting the 44 (figuring shackle length):
After doing some quick plating of the front crumple zone (I’ll do a separate post on that when I get done plating, as well as final mounting locations for the front leaf mounts) I did a few test fits of the 44. What can I say, I’m kind excited at this point so I’m jumping ahead a bit Since I didn’t really have any reference points to measure off of to being with (cab is loose from the body, and…
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – Leaf Mounts
Now that I’ve got this fancy used axle and used springs, I need to mount them to the truck. For the front-rear leaf mounts (mounts close to the firewall) I came up with a boxed in leaf mount. This mount will be somewhat outboard of the frame in this area. The mounts were made out of scrap ¼” material that I scrounged from the work dumpster. Parts: Pre weld: Welded (its been a little while since I’ve played welder, be…
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Garage Tips – Fuel Injector Cleaning at home
The Cookie Cutter TJ got a ‘new’ set of injectors thrown at it. I ditched the stock 53030778 Chrysler injectors for the Bosch 0208155703’s. I came across a little tip on cleaning out used injectors that worked pretty slick. You take a 5ml syringe, pull the plunger out, and stick a red stray in the other end. That straw will attach to you can of carb cleaner. Nab an injector harness from the junk yard and rig up a momentary…
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – D44, leafs, and D35 Tear out
Why buck the trend of just doing Radius arms and coils? There are a few reasons, I’m cheap (Links got expensive), and leafs should work just fine for the wheeling we do out here. The additional bonus of leafs is that it will make it retarded easy to put a D60 in if the D44 Gives me too much trouble. Why run Full Width axles? This goes back to the reliability portion of this build. While I can narrow the…
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Quick and dirty axle storage stand
It seems like I’m always collecting parts around my garage. Some of the larger items that tend to hang out are axles. As of the time of this writing, I have a Dana 60 and 14 bolt that came out of The Lone Ranger waiting for their next home to appear. In the mean time I needed to get them in a position to take up less of my valuable real estate in the garage. So I started with another…