Grease Monkey Garage

[Hulpio]

Just an example. I have never ever seen a commercial vehicle with a gas engine.

And been watching 51 yrs. Thats how diesels are here.

 

[Moparmyway]

Dose anyone have a recommendation for a posi unit for a gm 10.5 14bt ff. Was wanting a cable selector unit (ox locker) but they haven’t made one. Don’t really want an arb. Was also hoping for usa made! Want good street manners and not a ratcheting unit!

I’ve ran Lock Right and LA Lockers on street cars without any issues except a chirp, squeal, or every once in a while a clunk from the rear end. I love them and with a very minimal experience curve, can be driven very very silently, even with big wide sticky tires

 

[davidwyby]

@Bigmac tire size and truck usage? I always ran detroit full lockers. Ok with an auto, weird with a stick.

OR I think Detroit makes a tru trac? Which is a geared posi that locks if you tap the brakes or park brake in the case of the rear

 

[davidwyby]

My buddy ran one of those in the front of his jeep and I ran one in the back of a 4runner.

 

[Bigmac]

I am running the strange worm gear unit in the camaro, love it, I think it’s a tru-track or tru-track style.

It’s going to have 35” tires and an nv4500 5speed, 4:10 gears, mostly sand dunes and gravel logging roads, nothing too serious. Hopefully going to do links’s and coil overs up front and probably 63 real leafs.

 

[Moparmyway]

Gave her some sunlight today and vacuumed out her bay. She drove back in, up the apron on her own motor. Going to run stainless brake lines next with a proportional valve. Thinking about residual pressure valves for the front and rear since they are disks all around now

 

[Steve]

Gave her some sunlight today and vacuumed out her bay. She drove back in, up the apron on her own motor. Going to run stainless brake lines next with a proportional valve. Thinking about residual pressure valves for the front and rear since they are disks all around nowView attachment 395328View attachment 395329View attachment 395330View attachment 395331

Nice! I'd love to hear her idle!

 

[davidwyby]

I am running the strange worm gear unit in the camaro, love it, I think it’s a tru-track or tru-track style.

It’s going to have 35” tires and an nv4500 5speed, 4:10 gears, mostly sand dunes and gravel logging roads, nothing too serious. Hopefully going to do links’s and coil overs up front and probably 63 real leafs.

On one tons? Go 37s and 4.56…maybe deeper. ORD makes a link setup. 63s are good stuff.

 

[davidwyby]

Yeah, 4.88s. One tons are heavy and overkill for 35s, and hang down low. Unsprung weight. My k5 was a pig in the sand when I went 1 tons

If you wanna mob the dunes and have a decent ride, go 3/4 ton and 35s

 

[Bigmac]

Yeah, 4.88s. One tons are heavy and overkill for 35s, and hang down low. Unsprung weight. My k5 was a pig in the sand when I went 1 tons

If you wanna mob the dunes and have a decent ride, go 3/4 ton and 35s

I hear you on that, the nv4500 has pretty low gears, have had a th350/205 same setup an 37” plus tires for years, not ideal. The th350 has a 2.52 first and the nv has a 3.04 second gear, and 5.61 first, pretty low, the rear is the same on the 3/4 ton weight wise, except the brakes. but ya the Dana 60 is heavier, I got it cheap, and is way cheaper to do crossover steer. Im getting older, and 35’ s are an attempt to be able to get into it later! Lol
I could do the 3/4 brake conversion up front and save some weight that way,
I like the look of 37” tires, but would need to set it up with more down travel. And setting kinda low like the newer Jeep’s, not a bad thing.

I like the ord kit, it’s pricey though

 

[davidwyby]

I think we should have an off road thread…

 

[redline4]

I think we should have an off road thread…

My car would rule the "it lives on jackstands" thread.

 

[Woodslasher]

My car would rule the "it lives on jackstands" thread.

Pfft, I'm way ahead of you, all mine are still on their tires. For as often as they move they might as well be on jackstands, but they're not. But, I just got approved for a 2 week vacation from the 13th-26th so I'll hopefully be able to stuff my new front axle under my Ferd soon.

 

[Moparmyway]

Nice! I'd love to hear her idle!

 

[redline4]

Pfft, I'm way ahead of you, all mine are still on their tires. For as often as they move they might as well be on jackstands, but they're not. But, I just got approved for a 2 week vacation from the 13th-26th so I'll hopefully be able to stuff my new front axle under my Ferd soon.

I bought it in 2000.
Drove it a few miles and took it apart.
It hasn't been on jackstands the whole 23 years, but close..

 

[Moparmyway]

I bought it in 2000.
Drove it a few miles and took it apart.
It hasn't been on jackstands the whole 23 years, but close..

I purchased my house in 94, and put the Mustang and my Challenger on jackstands. The Mustang is closing in on paint, believe it or not,

The Challenger is still on the same jackstands.

Mathing puts the Challenger at 29 years just setting there

 

[redline4]

I purchased my house in 94, and put the Mustang and my Challenger on jackstands. The Mustang is closing in on paint, believe it or not,

The Challenger is still on the same jackstands.

Mathing puts the Challenger at 29 years just setting there

You win!

 

[Moparmyway]

You win!

Win the trophy for being the least motivated ?

It’s a crutch, not a crown.

I’ll say that we did have a few conversations about selling one or both cars along the way, but now that we’ve paid off our house, we’re looking forward to finishing up one and then starting on the other

 

[stretch5881]

If you lived closer, I could take care of that smooth idle issue for you.

 

[Moparmyway]

If you lived closer, I could take care of that smooth idle issue for you.

It’s as rough as the handbrake is willing to put up with. Idle was up around 900-950 just because she “doesn’t like it so bumpy”………… women ?!?!?!!!!