Armadillon's FW Ranger D44/Ford 9"

[deathbypsi]

No its not a line lock. Its a parking brake you plumb inline to your rear brakes. I had one on my B2 and it worked great. Putting it on my truggy next

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Park-Lok-Hydraulic-Brake,1970.html

 

[armadillon]

I was able to grab the correct backing plates from the junkyard and I cleaned them up last night. I had all of the shoes and hardware already, so it was $40 for the plates.

I may do the disc brake conversion in the future, but I want the project to keep rolling along.

and PS, junkyards are so pricey nowadays! Yikes! They wanted $40 bucks for some ancient drums that were attached to the backing plates.

 

[country0001]

Sometimes it is better to buy new when the scrapyards want next to new prices.

Keep up the good work, starting my SAS soon.

 

[armadillon]

I used that rust converter stuff on the rear axle, welded my perches then made them prettier with grinding. Gloss black paint and then mounted it. I may decide to use a 2" lift block just to get the front and rear a little closer.

My brother gave me some coils off of a B2 (Possibly 6" lift coils?) and it lifted my front even MORE than the coils I had before. On the plus side, they're WAY more flexy.

Still need to:

Plumb rear brakes
Set up parking brake cables (may need to fab a bracket)
Weld on shock tabs and brake line tabs

I ghetto connected the rear driveshaft. I used one of the 1 1/8"x 1 1/6" U joints so the stock shaft would mount to the rear 9. I may have been tired/drunk/poisoned when measuring. I say this because the 1 1/16" end, which fits the Ranger driveshaft, is a bit too long and I couldn't use the E clips. My caps were sticking out about 2mm on each end.

Since my apartment complex hates me already, and they would throw a fit if they saw a truck with no driveshaft connected, I VERY temporarily solved my issue. Tacked the caps like a boss.

 

[armadillon]

Grrr, if it's not one thing it's another.

I had a set of 4 rollers until I get better tires. My back left tire had a destroyed inner lip. I didn't notice for over a year until I actually mounted it on the vehicle.

Found a guy out in round rock who has 2 35x12.5x16s for $25 each. He said they hold air and that's all I care about at the moment. I just want to be able to move the vehicle.

We've decided to find a new place to live so I can't have an immovable vehicle come move-time.

 

[AgPete139]

Hey Phil,

How's it coming along?

 

[armadillon]

Many years later, just a final follow-up.

Eventually moved out of Texas and sold the project to a brother's friend. I think he may have just taken all of what I added and put it on something else.

A sad end, but I'll never forget!