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I understand the tires will cause x amount of lift to fit but was really wondering how much lift a straight front axle is going to raise up the van. This is somewhat determined by oil pan clearance I guess. Did not know how much the stock solid axle is dropped for clearance from the factory...

On larger vehicles it is common to have multiple transmissions, well it was in the old days when we did not have so many gears in the transmission. Biggest thing I would worry about on a transfer case or something is adding a lot of weight for not much benefit. With a stickshift you are...

There are still a lot of the vehicles made in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 0? out there using 15 inch rims. From fullsize stuff like a caprice to half ton trucks or fullsize suv like bronco or blazer or burban a lot of vehicles are still on the road. CJ, yj, and TJ used 15 inch rims as well. Over...

I would have it professionally fixed but instead of matching paint the bottom stripe of the van would become white or grey bedliner of some sort. To some extent I would seriously consider opening all bubbles up and making sure all rust gets primed with rust convertor first, then...

Biggest problem with having a big flip open hatch would be sealing it, was looking at mine and with how it is inset a bit to roll up it won't be that easy to really make it from the stock parts unless I cut em all down. The big picture made me smile. Has anyone messed with an enclosed car...

Got a roll up door that lets a lot of air in and I own a step van so the noise is annoying as well, lots of movement in roll up door pieces. For most anything I do I am thinking I would like a shade over the back, mine has a liftgate on it and is more of a tool shed right now than anything...

With a boat winch or any hand crank setup you are dedicated to being right at the cranking spot. If you rig up a remote device for the winch, I don't know how well this would work for a little winch compared to being common on the larger warn winches, you can help guide smaller loads while...

Old tool case, I have several where someone had a tool die or the tool got stolen but the case was left behind. Like a dewalt cordless drill or something. I buy straps I like, I do have a couple different sizes but I mostly tend to pack a case with some specific stuff, like one type smallish...

Go play on rv.net and you should run across some stuff. As pickup trucks got taller and taller and taller and now the half tons are getting taller bedsides it became very common to have to lift up a fifth wheel trailer. I figure you should run across some similar suspensions to yours, I missed...

I have a tj wranlger and on one of the jeep boards I read a thread by jscherb on most of the stuff he made for the tj and tj-long. I don't own anything by him, but I consider the stuff well done and will own some once the budget recovers from a few hits from basic life. He did do the exo-gate...

In the jeep section, or just run a google because he pops up on jeep sites, jscherb has some options that might interest you. I mostly read about his tj stuff because I own a tj. But for the following I think he has a setup for the wk. Anyway, he has some side mount jerry can holders. Not...

I know more on fords than general motors but I did some searching and reading on this a while back. As I recall the van chassis won't be close to letting the tank from that be a bolt in. The body on the burban may be an issue with the side saddle tanks. If you have a body lift then you have...

Run a search for what the 6 cylinder engines put into vans you are considering had for power output. Ford straight 6 had 220 ft/lbs towards the end of its production cycle. Losing 40 ft/lbs of torque is a lot when you are playing around with such low numbers to start with. The van has a lot...

Transfer case is probably using that space. But it is well worth looking. My used ford truck taught me a lot. Between the 2wd and 4wd pickups and the ford bronco you have some options on what you can do. I had a leaking tank, rust hole, so I did some reading and since I did not want to buy a...

I tend to keep a small bright flashlight around for my use and the maglight is a good one to hand to someone needing a light. They can't forget it very easily. Maglights also tend to keep some folks attention better than other lights. Lately I find that I want stuff in the vehicle but mostly...

Have to have, a full tank of fuel and some time. GPS, I am going with a garmin that is still smarter than I am until I finish learning what all it can do and I will get something else for off road use. Lifetime maps and me hating cities makes a garmin kind of handy so I got one on sale a month...

viair 90p here. No vibration from the air pressure gauge here, but when running it reads a higher pressure than when I shut it off. I have not compared to a real tire gauge yet. I just got it and took it out to play today. Stock wires and air hose length allow it to do all 4 tires on a...

gvwr for the 2014 fj is 5570lbs. tow rating for all models is 4700. Since gvwr has to be split between the front and back axle somewhat decently I think the c rated duratracks are still going to offer a lot of capacity. I understand about overloading and this and that, I own a tj. I put c...

06 tj with 6 speeds and 6 cylinders. Unloaded and going to work I treat it like a diesel. Shift well before 3k rpm and in tight turns I might be in 5th gear at idle rpms, but the turn leads into a downhill so gravity and a touch of throttle bring the rpms up nicely. I have stock 3:73 gears...

i had an awd oldsmobile bravada, just an awd jimmy basically. More upscale and awd instead of 4hi and 4 lo. That awd setup did not handle a lot of slippage. It did wonderfully in the snow and that is what it was made for. It did great on farm roads and stuff where you are not really off...