What did you do for your ford today?

[rattle_snake]

Na your good, but bigger tires would be cool.

 

[holdmypocket]

start your own fuckin thread for this already


37s? Will the tires rub the arms with those outriggers keeping the arms more out and more parallel? I had to bend my arms to make room for tires with arms under frame.

Running 40’s. Not sure about rubbing yet but it looks like it will be fine just eyeballing it. Yeah, probably time to start a build thread.

 

[Levigarrett76]

Oil and tire rotate on wife ride. Washed engine

 

[arse_sidewards]

Who was it that was asking about 4.9 throttle bodies?

2/2 have holes and that’s not even counting the ones that are on engines.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Yes I know the pic doesn’t show holes in both. No I don’t care.

 

[rockota]

Grill guard removed.
Light bar removed.
Replaced Tremor valence with 2wd valence
Neighbor brought over a laptop and forscan… reset transmission adaptive learning, enabled “Bambi” mode, turned on gauge numbers, increased steering wheel heat from 80f to 90f.

 

[Jbevs]

Got the detroit installed for $300 including pinion seal replacement. Happy to have it installed. I'll have to see how much I like having it. Rainy all day today so I was scrubbing a tire almost every turn I took, regardless of being on or off the gas. Not much scrub on dry pavement though.

 

[Provience]

installed a joint with the grease fitting facing the yoke instead of free air

 

[Ummduh]

Put the winter shed up on jackstands for the winter

 

[CDA 455 II]

installed a joint with the grease fitting facing the yoke instead of free air

The story of my life...

 

[USMC Gunny]

So had to take the bolts off the up pipe at the manifold to get them all tight at the collector. Now the question is should I leave the bolts at the manifold loose to give some wiggle room when I put the turbo in and then tighten them. Or tighten them first before turbo goes back in?

 

[CDA 455 II]

Does the hydro brake booster cause more heat in the PS pump?🤔

If so how much more percentagewise?
I'm wondering if I'll need a bigger cooler.

 

[Provience]

Does the hydro brake booster cause more heat in the PS pump?🤔

If so how much more percentagewise?
I'm wondering if I'll need a bigger cooler.

Should not add much, can't imagine it'd be worthwhile

 

[Trick95]

Rear in, old ubolts, funky 5" blocks we had lying around, once the front is in can measure for springs. Started stripping down for the trans swap and found some rust by the doors (not sure it's fixable, may be too far gone, not sure what to do).

 

[Provience]

Brutal rust super jealous

 

[CDA 455 II]

A lot of fog the last couple of weeks:

 

[Ummduh]

A lot of fog the last couple of weeks:

What's with the scrap sheet metal on your grill? Seems like an odd attempt at a winter blocker..

 

[CDA 455 II]

What's with the scrap sheet metal on your grill? Seems like an odd attempt at a winter blocker..

Sheet plastic Winter blocker is correct.

Although the consensus here is a dying radiator thermostat.
So I'll be replacing said thermostat.

 

[Ummduh]

Sheet plastic Winter blocker is correct.

Although the consensus here is a dying radiator thermostat.
So I'll be replacing said thermostat.

Ah. I've never used one in WI, we don't generally see below -10 or so at all, and don't see a whole lot below 0 for any decent time frame.

 

[holdmypocket]

Been slow going but got the lower radius arm measured and welded up so I could put the coils on and get this thing at ride height. Gotta do the upper radius arm link, track bar, drag link still.

 

[rockota]

Finished ware pump yesterday. Filled with 5 gallons of distilled water. Drove it to TSC to get the correct coolant this afternoon… drained the water and refilled.

Debating dropping the pan and replacing the trans filter. But it only has 20k miles on it… all easy.

Then thought about replacing the PS filter and fluid,,,, but the reservoir is mounted in a “I’m going to spill this crap everywhere if I try to remove the filter” location. And has similar low miles on it

 

[Provience]

I asked the all knowing hammer if I should remove my fuel tanks.

 

[Code]

Started building some half doors for the explorer. Now I'm have a beverage and watching tony angelo on the shop TV lol

 

[F***roads]

finally got around to buying the Calvan 38900. this past weekend had the pleasure of repairing the second spark plug blowout on the same cylinder. previously done with the Helicoil sav-a-thread. gotta love reaming, and tapping a hole over the fender of a lifted shitbox
hopefully its the last time, for that hole anyway I love my 2v 4.6, I swear.

 

[Loki89t]

Replaced my blown out water pump gasket and leaking timing cover.

 

[Provience]

Took apart my sending unit to see if I can make it better

 

[Provience]

Flooring came in today and apparently the sick wife wants me to take a cat to the vet, so not doing much

 

[arse_sidewards]

Took off the bed and started getting it down to the frame rails so I can begin repairs.

Last owner was some flipper douche who had to sell at what was probably a loss or close to it (because we all know I don't pay market price for shit) because the frame was fucked, but not before he laid the paint on thick.

 

[Provience]

That's not as bad as I expected, spring hangers and crossmember look to be the worst of it

 

[arse_sidewards]

That's not as bad as I expected, spring hangers and crossmember look to be the worst of it

Those spring hangers are replacements. See the bolts instead of rivets.

It's really not too bad. Four spots in the driver's rail and two in the pass rail. The spots that don't have holes aren't substantially thinner than my rust free "reference frame" so I call that a win.