Not saying your wrong just never seen a build thread, post, etc out there on them. Just said to my knowledge. Granted I didn’t choose this route to be a “ 1/1build” I just don’t care for the zf5,and I like the 300 and have a ranger with no drivetrain and I refuse to run a big body lift
None the less if you favor serviceability, hate body lifts and refuse to hack up the firewall or rad support you end up where I’m at lol. I’m sure I’ll iron out a solution for for now just get it all hung and see what works and most likely what doesn’t and go from there.
I’m changing back to non ac hvac lol that was just a lazy attempt to keep rodents out of the cab and water out while it sat for 5 yrs
I don’t hate the idea of like a Toyota box or similar but I’m not sure it would be any better: but maybe. It’s something to look more into. Eitherway and thanks lol like I said I’m just trying to do the swap some justice.
I believe I’d mentioned already I’d be running a Volvo pump as I refuse to pay 500$ for crackers to fit a Saginaw pumpLocal dumb guy gonna chime in for a single post (that's me. I'm the dumb guy.).
To save some room on the front accessory drive and get some extra oomph pushing around the front rubber, look into the Volvo EPAS swap for your power steering. They'll run any steering box out there by just swapping it in place for your standard belt drive p/s pump. They are adjustable with a controller as well, so you can adjust the amount of assist you have from inside the cab with a rotary knob. When I initially did mine, no one had hacked the canbus system on it, and I ran mine in limp mode. Made 31s on a whooped 1988 steering box run very smoothly, even at 70mph on the highway (no more getting sucked into another lane when a tractor trailer would blow passed me)
Theyre $40 in the boneyard around here. Adjustable controller is just a pile of electronics parts, or ebay on the cheap. If you run them in limp, there's two 8 or 10 ga. wires to hook up on a relay to battery, and a single (grey) wire to hook up to key on. One metric hose, and you're done. It took me an afternoon to do when I did mine. Bonus is they can be remote located anywhere if you need room.
Ok. Dumb guy gonna go back to the back of the class and watch.
But your absolutely right lol if I can beat scalpers the Volvo pumpLocal dumb guy gonna chime in for a single post (that's me. I'm the dumb guy.).
To save some room on the front accessory drive and get some extra oomph pushing around the front rubber, look into the Volvo EPAS swap for your power steering. They'll run any steering box out there by just swapping it in place for your standard belt drive p/s pump. They are adjustable with a controller as well, so you can adjust the amount of assist you have from inside the cab with a rotary knob. When I initially did mine, no one had hacked the canbus system on it, and I ran mine in limp mode. Made 31s on a whooped 1988 steering box run very smoothly, even at 70mph on the highway (no more getting sucked into another lane when a tractor trailer would blow passed me)
Theyre $40 in the boneyard around here. Adjustable controller is just a pile of electronics parts, or ebay on the cheap. If you run them in limp, there's two 8 or 10 ga. wires to hook up on a relay to battery, and a single (grey) wire to hook up to key on. One metric hose, and you're done. It took me an afternoon to do when I did mine. Bonus is they can be remote located anywhere if you need room.
Ok. Dumb guy gonna go back to the back of the class and watch.
Want me to add you to the pull list?
I appreciate it man but probs not lol I rarely have cash these days
it’s a low need on the list right now as the engine won’t even be running until probably next fall or later lol
