How ya doing this morning, truck is in the shop , my friend putting my transmission back in found this crack in my front passenger frame, getting it welded
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You should not just weld the crack. A couple of 1/8" plates on top of the fix would do you good.
I had a crack in one of my old Dakotas and I welded the seam and also bolted plates to the top and bottom of the fix.
Pain in the ass I know but makes for added piece of mind.
The only thing that holding it together is just the top cracked on both sides and the bottom , is the a flat surface for a plate, seams to ha e uneven surface on the frame
Hey arrow , question. on my 3.9 has a 2 1/2 diameter exhaust pipe , I need a new exhaust so putting dual exhaust on it, off the manifold to under the back of the cab with a set of Flow Master muffler and coming out in front of the back tires , but want to use the same exhaust with the 360 that will be up around 475 horsepower but with headers on the 360 , what diameter exhaust pipe will the 360 require, can I enlarge the pipe on the 3.9 and have it still run ok , this motor hasn't even hit 4000 miles on it yet
Hey , I have a fully rebuilt 42re transmission , were the speedometer gear goes , there are 4 notches on it. does anyone know which not h it is that it gets set to , on this one the speedometer don't work. And I Also have a Magnum 3.9 V6 crate motor with just over 4800 miles on it, with in the last week it feels like when you give it gas it feels like its holding back , and if you floor it it hesitates then takes off , can a injector cause it to hesitate on take off and acceleration
I want paint the whole underneath of thr truck with gloss black paint , and paint rear end , drive shaft, leaf springs , gas tank , bottom of the bed and cab with gloss black paint , and the whole front suspension, the engine well is painted black already, already pressure washed the whole underneath from the front bumper to the back bumper and used oven cleaner all underneath too , so what's the thought on either sanding or sand blasting everything underneath, which is faster and does the best job taking surface rust off. Last question, would I be better off buying a few quarts of automotive auto body black paint or $5.00 spray cans of paint .
On the speedo drive - unscrew the VSS from it, and then check the number of teeth on the drive gear (hint: It'll be embossed into the gear).
The range that the tooth count is in (of the four ranges on the speedo drive gear holder, that thing with the four notches) points down.
(Makes sense; the 24 tooth isn't as big around as the 42 tooth, for instance, so the outlet is non-concentric with the housing, allowing for some adjustment.)
To do from bumper to bumper everything, how many quarts will it ruffly take to do a nice coat , and I'm sorry but I'm gave a little hard time understanding the speedo gear , you talked about 24 teeth and 42 teeth and count the teeth , my neighbor helped me put the transmission in and he put the gear in but not in the right spot but now he's back working a lot of hours, so I'm using digital speedometer on my phone for one , need to do it myself but not quite understanding it sorry
There are varying numbers of teeth on the speedometer drive gear. That's used to adjust for different tires and rear gear ratios.
The more teeth, the bigger the gear is.
So the adapter is non-concentric (i.e., the center isn't dead center of the outer!) so it can be adjusted.
As to how many quarts - are you doing it frame-off or while the truck's assembled? And I don't know for sure; my nephew is the ASE body guy, I just buy what he says. But I bet Eastwood can answer your question if you call them.
Do you have the 1996 factory service manual? If so, the speedo gear is covered on page 8E-18.
Do you know how much a gallon of black chassis paint runs should I sand blast the frame or just use a wire wheel , need to use oven cleaner one more time for the last bit of grease residue before I paint it , my buddy and I are going to start back up on the bodywork and he's going to cut out the last 5 small rusts spots and weld new metal in. then it will rust free again, new crate motor, rebuilt transmission just was put in just the motor. transmission and 100 % brake job all the way around cost me close to $9000 plus getting the ac to blow at 34 degrees and body parts I'm close to $10470 now , once the whole frame is done , and the bodywork and paint the truck will be 3/4 done , and for the speed gear. I have 235/75/15 with a 3.55 gear
Do you know how much a gallon of black chassis paint runs should I sand blast the frame or just use a wire wheel , need to use oven cleaner one more time for the last bit of grease residue before I paint it , my buddy and I are going to start back up on the bodywork and he's going to cut out the last 5 small rusts spots and weld new metal in. then it will rust free again, new crate motor, rebuilt transmission just was put in just the motor. transmission and 100 % brake job all the way around cost me close to $9000 plus getting the ac to blow at 34 degrees and body parts I'm close to $10470 now , once the whole frame is done , and the bodywork and paint the truck will be 3/4 done , and for the speed gear. I have 235/75/15 with a 3.55 gear
No, I don't off hand, but you could check like Jegs and Summit and other places on line (don't forget Amazon!) for what they sell it for.
For the speedo gear, according to Mopar's tables (subject to correction by real world!) it should be a 33 tooth, table in the parts list at page 21P-110.
Why, yes, they actually DO have parts lists that list stuff like that ...
My friend and I are hoping to have the whole truck painted by November top to bottom and this is the color blue and silver for the decals, Dakota for the bottom of the 2 doors and mopar on the tailgate, then all is left for now will be the interior, and will drive the V6 for a while until I build up a 360 and 46 re for more power later then will swap the motor and transmission out later and sell what's in the truck now ,
Mine is a continuing work in progress; I'm needing to get the rear bushing on the transmission replaced since it leaks like a mofo. And ATF+4 isn't dirt cheap ...
I'm planning on a nice blue for mine also.
If I were to win the lottery (HA!) I'd do a frame off on it; get the frame properly powder coated, then rebuild all lines etc. on it.
The top truck is how mine is going to kinda look like lowered 2 inches in back and 1 1/2 inches in front and 15×10 in back and it sure if 15×8 or 15×7 on front, and with the adapters will let get these rims , and my friend and I are moving the colum shifter to the floor and putting bucket seats in building it up for a nice healthy motor up in the 400 hp range and transmission later for it long term
I been having to pay a friend to work on it , my back is really getting bad my surgery is still almost 1 3/4 away and I have to get a handicap tag and using a cane now it getting hard to walk , I'm really trying to get my last one built to have fun with, but my body is just breaking down on me , going on my 25 surgery and the surgeon already said there is going to be a 26 surgery later on me
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