Mike,
I know you have an axle and are waiting on coils, coil towers and various
brake parts. Since now you are considering a coil suspension vs. your original
plan to do a leaf spring setup, how are you doing on the track bar, radius arms
or links, C-Bushings (if your using radius arms), shock, track bar and radius
arm brackets along with various steering linkages and ends? I assume your
going to have the front driveshaft made. Are you finalized on a plan or are you
still shooting off the cuff? What else are you going to need? Anything you need
help locating?
Walt
http:\\www.Walt-n-Ingrid.Com
In article <A571F0D6-E207-11D8-B7D6-000393129EB2@tepidcola.com>,
dml@tepidcola.com (Michael Maskalans) writes:
>
>
> got started on assembling my crossmember far too late this evening,
> and recently ran out of welding wire. I got the outside mounts 90%
> welded, but still have to do the inside mounts and the brace that runs
> up to the trans mount, so there's a bit left to do. I might get it
> done before I leave tomorrow, I might not. As long as I leave here by
> noon I've got plenty of time to run my two errands before work at 1600,
> so if I get up and get to work I could do it....
>
> for the moment it looks real "official" though - in spite of a couple
> boogery welds where I'm working on my filling-huge-gaps-with-gas-MIG
> technique (my experience is almost entirely flux core gasless MIG, so
> caring where the tip of the torch is in relation to my puddle is new,
> but I'm picking it up very fast)
>
> in other news, the ramcharger ate way too much time today with what
> turns out to have been an unnecessary water pump swap. the grinding
> noise was actually the fan clutch bearings, so I locked that before
> putting it back in. now it won't fall apart on me when I don't want it
> to, and hopefully my temps will be down (I kinda doubt that clutch
> works, since I've never noticed the fan go on or off). I'm also seeing
> blessedly increased oil pressure from the 10w40 I put in - hasn't
> affected the leaks from the pan gasket or valve covers though =) I
> also got the rearend accessible and changed it's fluid (required an
> hour with the sawzall to "mod" the remains of the hitch a bit more).
> both difs were a tiny tiny hint milky (i.e. wet) but both sets of gears
> look brand new (good and bad since gears aren't cheap, but 3.21s just
> SUCK: I need 5.38s and 37s ;-) ). only thing left to do on that truck
> is the trans fluid. going to drop the pan next week, do the filter and
> install a drain plug, and then when the Dak is on the road I've got a
> shift kit to put in it, which should take care of the rest of the
> marginal-at-best old fluid.
>
> tomorrow's schedule:
> hit up NAPA to see if I've got brake pads.
> also see about more lug studs and lug nuts
> see if I can get a pan drain plug kit
> hit up TSC for some welding wire
> race to the finish! with the crossmember. I may leave the inner mounts
> for next week since they'll be a bit complicated to mark holes for
> since they're aiming for existing holes.
>
> next week I need to get some 1.75"x.25" 1026 round DOM tubing and
> some 2"x.25" flat stock to hopefully complete the materials I need for
> fabbing. Adam - your skid plate is seeing good use here! (I do plan to
> use about 1/4 of it for a skid plate running from my new trans
> crossmember back to the old tortion bar mount, so some of it will see
> familiar duty, but so far it's made 4 wonderful mounting brackets for
> that crossmember.)
>
> that's all for now. hopefully my tent will get hotter than hell nice
> and early as usual, and kick my ass out of bed at a useful time in
> spite of the currant hour. shouldn't have spent so much time writing
> this - or drank so much Dr. Pepper <g>
>
> g'night, all!
> --
> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
> '84 RamCharger Daily Driver '98 Dakota under the knife
> mobile.612.618.4652 home.585.935.7129 fax.360.364.3930
>
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