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Thanks, and you a most likely correct about the shocks. The "commercial" Fox shocks would sorta be nice as they are rebuildable, but gotta make sure they are the right fit. Also, the King "Smoothy" shocks are not terribly much more expensive and they have an external reservoir. Our plan is to...

Hey all, so while doing our parabolic spring swap I took the quick, dirty and inexpensive route in replacing our worn out shocks with standard Monroe truck shocks. I knew at the time that they were not the right or best option but trying to get the truck going and livable helped make the...

It was a couple of years ago for ours but I do not remember a ring being removed. Maybe it depends on the rims being installed?

I looked into an entry like Neil did, it does add a bit of work/expense to the build but is really nice. We ended up with a compromise. We have a small (just wider than the door) sliding platform with 2 steps on it. Easy to pull out and we can both make the big step without anything else. If we...

I would think your truck would be in the EPC/WIS (EPC - parts, WIS - workshop manual) you can download off Ebay for around $10. It is what I use for work on our 1120 AF. If you send me your VIN I can plug it in and see.

Well, ride quality is subjective and our trucks is 32 years old (and I have only driven ours, so nothing else to compare against). After completing our build the rear helper springs were resting on the stoppers. So something needed to be done. After talking with DFF (Harald) he said they usually...

Can I assume you are getting these from DFF? If so they are bolt in. So, the fronts bolt in and increased our front ride height about 30mm. On ours the top of the front spring just touches the inside of the spring holder fitting. Does not look to be an issue but thought I would bring it up...

Ok, I am trying to follow along. So I think the parts diagram I attached was the input shaft from the transmission (80). This is why there is no output flange. The diagram below is the shaft for the front/rear with the expected output flanges.

So here is a pic from the EPC of the gears in the transfer case, #20 is the front gear and #41 is the rear gear. From the picture they appear different. Other than taking things apart and trying to put them back together I know very little about this, so this may be off base. But, is there any...

You see our truck, we are roughly 11k lbs on the rear axle and 9k lbs on the front. This is fully loaded with water, diesel, food and toys.

I had just assumed after looking at the rear axle ratio for our truck in the EPC that they would be the same front/rear. Well your post prompted me to check, and it just so happens we are setup with "mixed" axles also with the same ratios you have.

Forums like this one are a great place to share ideas with other like minded people. Not all of us are experts (or even amateurs) in all parts of building/maintaining these trucks. So you end up getting to "know" various members online persona over the years. Way back at the Virginia Overland...

We got our parabolic front/rear springs from DFF in Germany. They are aftermarket and not OEM. Harald there are DFF will ask for your front/rear weight balance. We ended up with a 4 spring pack in the front and a 4 + 1 helper in the rear. Depending on your expected final weight you might be able...

I "think" our 1120 is full time 4wd with all open diffs. We have lockers rear and center. I think low range is just low range. While the front wheels are jack off the ground, if you spin them the front drive shaft spins. Our 1120, fitted out with a rail on subframe, composite habitat and...

Your speedo will now report a slower speed than you are traveling at. Bonus is your top speed will increase by a few kph ?. We also noticed a better ride with the larger tires.

Rough rule is 80% of GVWR. We have an 1120 and fully loaded we are right at 80%. I have never driven a 917. One nice thing about the intercooled engines is a bit more power for the hills. Plus there is an available turbo upgrade to bump power up (not sure if it is true but have been told the...

Ours also lock, my guess is yours are not disabled, just never used so gummed up. What are they doing? Ours are not perfect and still need adjustment, sometime takes a little jiggle to get them to work.

Found our electrical issue. Ended up the negative battery post nut had loosened. It is an aircraft style lock nut, the ones with the plastic insert. Going to work on strapping the batteries down tighter. Glad to get that fixed, it was causing a lot of issues. Off to Arches National Park for a...

Not Fat Bikes, Flat Bikes ?. https://flatbike.com/product/812/ they are folding mtb. Pretty much need to fold to get them to fit in our gear locker. Always a compromise living in a small space.

We ended up using wood blocks with bottle jacks to lift the firebox up enough to drive the truck out from under it (we did it in a boatyard and unfortunately the crane was out of order that day). The PTO is connected via a "prop" shaft to the fire pump. We disconnected it at the PTO by unbolting...