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Valley View Glades 8-11-14
With all the rain recently we were hoping to finally catch some flowing water at Valley View Glades this weekend. But no dice. Apparently you have to be down there while it’s raining to actually see the waterfalls in action. We rode down in the lap of luxury:
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The Mighty Merc – Rear Leaf Setup
For the rear of this project, I am using the typical GM 63” leafs, but with a slight twist. Or maybe just a bit more knowledge expansion on my part. In the Ranger, I started out with an older (Late 80’s) 63” pack. That pack wound up being too soft, so I bastardized it a bit by cutting down a main leaf, and adding an add a leaf to get where I needed to be. Unfortunately, I had managed to…
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Royal Gorge 7-6-14
We ran out and did a quick hike at the Royal Gorge on the 4th. It’s a new trail down in Arcadia Valley near Ironton MO. Headed out in the foggy morning: … in the fuel miser baby hauler: Strapped a kid to my chest: And headed out: In some spots you could squint your eyes and pretend you were out west: The boy particularly liked the water: For lunch, we stopped at Baylee Jo’s for some good BBQ: After…
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The Mighty Merc – Oil Filter Relocation
You run into a bit of a clearance issue when running a traditional steering box in the Gen II frame with the V8. Mainly, there isn’t any room to get a filter in its normal place as the box occupies all that space. Thankfully, there is plenty of room to get a remote filter setup in there.
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The Mighty Merc – Steering Shaft Hacking
After removing the IFS, and hacking in a traditional steering box, I needed to come up with a way to connect the box to the column. After a little trial and error, I wound up hacking the IFS steering shaft up some and placing a Borgeson Universal on the end. The part number to match up with the Ford box that I am using is 013464, which has a ¾”-36 spline on one side and a smooth bore ¾” on…