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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…
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Graham Cave State Park 6-30-14
We went to a wedding in KCY Friday night, so on the way back home we stopped at Graham Cave state park to stretch our legs some (About 20 miles east of Columbia MO). The Cave:
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The Mighty Merc – Shifting the Mess (Part 2)
After bench building all the linkages, it was time to see if they were going to actually work. But before I could do anything, I had to cut some more out of my beautiful rust free floor. I started by hacking up the cover plate:
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Ferne Clyffe, Bork Falls, Burden Falls, and Garden of the Gods 6-8-14
South of us got a ton or rain this past week, so we snuck down to see some of the waterfalls and such. We put a little over 350 miles on the adventure mobile.