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you could split the difference in size and go with a FJ80. I see those going for decent prices if you don't mind the high miles.

I like my old truck. Yes, you have to work on it, but you CAN work on it also. Everything on my old dodge is simple and serviceable/rebuildable. The only thing that scares the crap out of me is the injector pump....... I probably only have about 5K in my truck, maybe a bit less. It has been...

I have a lead on a replacement set of tires by San Bernardino, Ca. Is anyone in that area watching this thread, love the build, and want to help me? I need someone to pick up the tires and help with the shipping back to Colorado. I can pay for the help.... Thank you.

Rerouting the exhaust would suck, but my exhaust ( and up to 4" ) fits between the np205 and the frame with a passenger drop axle. Seeing that the GM frame is really similar I would think it would work. The old JB conversion lo-max, 205 based, transfer case with the 3:1 low range would be...

With as crappy, old, and abused as my battery is I have a hard time thinking one of the nice big sears batteries wouldn't work just fine? I did some digging on the Odyssey site. They list a group 31 battery and a 31-M battery, the later being a 'marine' battery. The specs are identical as far...

That is interesting on the battery. The die hard platinum batteries are basically re-badged Odyssey batteries. I didn't think they made a deep-cycle battery? They have good deep cycle recovery, but the CCA rating should stay the same. Could the alternator be overcharging the battery? I have...

I didn't want to worry about it....ever.....

Thanks, I am trying to keep it going. My old '42 willys is getting total rehash so if you need build fix you might check that one out too :) The DoItAll will probably never be 'done', if you run out of ideas to improve it it's for sale right......

Here was the quick blueprint I used for when I started to machine the arm. Its not super complete for hole tapers and such, but the arm just dropped right on the knuckle when I installed it..... Also, remember that this arm has the 'springless' adjuster, not the pocket for the factory spring...

Here are a few pics of the finished crossover conversion before I paint it...

That is a big long list.... Few notes. With the wider D60 front axle your going to need to watch the backspacing on the wheels. Too little and the tire is going to stick way out and swing into the body work. This will require a LOT larger wheel opening in front. Most of the pressed H1 wheel...

I'll just leave these here...... These are from this project.... http://www.chaosfab.com/projects/blazer/blazer.html I'm a firm believer in using the big tire little lift system. While I agree that you will have some work to do in the axle department....it isn't anything a set of 4.56...

I re-finished the steering up this weekend. I ended up using the entire re-built box. After I swapped the top cap to get it home I found that it leaked a lot. If your swapping the top cap you pretty much have to have the box off the truck in order to get the o-ring under it into position..... I...

Yes, on both the dana 20 and Dana 18 the input gear bolts to the transmission output shaft. I just need to know what it locates against. I don't have anything original to check in the yard....

Does anyone happen to know what part 33 locates against to set the depth of the gear tooth contact front to back? Thanks.

Question.... Does anyone happen to know what provides the 'location' on a Dana 18 input gear in a factory application? Does the input gear hit a step on the transmission output shaft, or does it just hit the bearing? Or?? Need some input here. Thanks.

Thank you. There really hasn't been much building yet.... :) I designed the frame to use 'rear' springs at all 4 corners. These will be the narrow flat-fender style springs. I will most likely be using the 1" lift version from Superlift. I will be using some slightly longer shackles to 'tune'...

Note: If I had an even-fire engine I would be very tempted to try adapting a mass-air 3.8L v-6 ford injection system :)

The odd-fire buick is a weird one to put fuel injection on. You generally have to run a crank trigger for RPM 'sense' for the computer. The odd fire pattern won't clean up enough from the distributor. Fuel injection requires too many electronics for a basic vehicle like this IMOO. Don't get me...

Yup! While I am tempted to do things like fuel injection, I always come back to the fact that keeping things SIMPLE is almost always better. I do like the HEI ignition. While it is basically a small computer, I carry a spare module, coil, plug, and a wire or two. I'm going to try and keep it...