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damn making these ****ers eats up time. i make a 3/8 cover for the bushing to weld to. yes, the tube had a gap. no, i wasn't going to make a new piece or make it pretty. i was lazy and didn't want to go back and forth from the bench to under the truck again.
i have an idea how im going to do the torque strap. just haven't started it yet.
Karl- i wasn't going to put one there. i figured it didn't need it with a front and rear.
I know what you mean, when I was setting up my shifters I bet I was up and down 30 times until I got it what I felt was right. If I had a second person there it would have taken like 30 minutes, instead I was up, down, up, down, etc... The cross member is even more a pain.
All that being said, I am very happy with the doubler. The decision between this and a Stak or other option comes down to cost. For me the gearing is great and I found a doubler in the range I wanted to pay. While at Clayton I spit rear driveshafts every time I blinked, the control added by the doubler was awesome.
So I assume your not going to support the middle of the setup using the holes that ord/nwf put into the adapter? Im not saying yours isnt going to work, im sure it will be fine, but I figured they put them there for a reason and utilized them in my setup.
you wouldn't happen to have an extra ford 205 laying around would you/
crossmembers look great
yea, i thought about tying those holes in somewhere but didn't. it should be fine. i'm about done being under this ****box for now. i plan for that skid plate to have the **** beat out of it and be self clearancing.
creighton i had an extra that i got from travis, but it was locked up and i scrapped it.
before you buy a complete steering shaft, look at the borgeson individual parts at summit or something. it was 75 cheaper for me to buy the parts and build it myself.
back together. mostly.
cruised lonestar round up and congress last weekend.
Did you take it off the trailer?
duh. it drove from buda to the show and congress.
my rubber fuel pickup hose idea didn't last in the fuel cell i built, so i'm going to try this with steel line. the supply and return are going to both be at the tip of the sump.
That skidplate is low. But I think I will find out that mine will be almost as low.
I think supporting the 205 at the PTO cover, like you did, or at the output, like the TMR Customs bracket allows, is the best way. If you use the holes in the adapter, the weight of the 205 is still hanging out there, with the only extra support being from the 'torque mount.'
How does fuel enter your sump? Is there a ledge it has to go over?
this is what it looks like. the sump doesn't go all the way to the wall of the tank.
yea, it is lower than i would like but with 42s its really not that low. it has some room to get smashed up to the 205 also.