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Hey everyone and thanks for having a look at my build thread I'm a newb to the ranger station but have owned my 92 4.0 OHV 5 speed Ranger for quite some time now. 
As of late (the past year or two) this little jewel has been sitting around in my backyard collecting dust and bird crap
. I have recently decided that I wanted to get back into wheeling, I bought a few acres of land out in the boonies and there are multiple off road parks within a stones throw. Anyways enough with the small talk I have had these Dana 44s off what I was told was a late 70's model f150 laying around in my garage for along time, I picked them up for $75.00 a pop.
I originally was thinking about doing a leaf sprung sas but after a little research I have come to the conclusion that it would be in my best interest to go with radius arms and coils. The dana 44 that I purchased has front radius arm mounts that are apart of the axle itself which would make it difficult for me to do leaf springs anyways at least that is what I have come to understand after allot of reading. I have never attempted a SAS on my own lucky for me my roommate is a mechanic and is going to help me the whole way through. Any suggestions or input from forum members would be greatly appreciated. I was considering purchasing some progressive rate coil springs and Stage 3 Tubular Long Travel Radius Arms made by James Duff http://www.jamesduff.com/eb/suspension_components.html . But if I could use the stock arms and purchase some bolt on radius arm mounts and save some cash I would defiantly consider doing that. Another question I have is will the stock tubs on my ranger line up with the coil perches on my dana 44 or will I need to purchase a aftermarket part such as http://www.jamesduff.com/broncoII/dualshock.html... Im kinda at a stand still I have the money to order the parts but I want to make sure I purchase the right stuff so Im not just scratching my head with a bunch of parts that don't work for my application. So any suggestions as far as parts to buy or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
As of late (the past year or two) this little jewel has been sitting around in my backyard collecting dust and bird crap
. I have recently decided that I wanted to get back into wheeling, I bought a few acres of land out in the boonies and there are multiple off road parks within a stones throw. Anyways enough with the small talk I have had these Dana 44s off what I was told was a late 70's model f150 laying around in my garage for along time, I picked them up for $75.00 a pop.
I originally was thinking about doing a leaf sprung sas but after a little research I have come to the conclusion that it would be in my best interest to go with radius arms and coils. The dana 44 that I purchased has front radius arm mounts that are apart of the axle itself which would make it difficult for me to do leaf springs anyways at least that is what I have come to understand after allot of reading. I have never attempted a SAS on my own lucky for me my roommate is a mechanic and is going to help me the whole way through. Any suggestions or input from forum members would be greatly appreciated. I was considering purchasing some progressive rate coil springs and Stage 3 Tubular Long Travel Radius Arms made by James Duff http://www.jamesduff.com/eb/suspension_components.html . But if I could use the stock arms and purchase some bolt on radius arm mounts and save some cash I would defiantly consider doing that. Another question I have is will the stock tubs on my ranger line up with the coil perches on my dana 44 or will I need to purchase a aftermarket part such as http://www.jamesduff.com/broncoII/dualshock.html... Im kinda at a stand still I have the money to order the parts but I want to make sure I purchase the right stuff so Im not just scratching my head with a bunch of parts that don't work for my application. So any suggestions as far as parts to buy or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
. A friend of mine who runs a local salvage yard has a ford Np435 with a 205 case on it waiting on me if I could ever get some time off work to go pick it up. My 3 inch body lift from bronco graveyard showed up today along with my JD extended radius arms.
