Armadillon's FW Ranger D44/Ford 9"

[armadillon]

Looky what's coming in on Thursday from Maine...

Yup.

 

[armadillon]

Oh yeah...

Ive got a 1993 3.0 that I'll be shoving my D44 and Ford 9 rear in. I'll be extending the arms with DOM and RS heims. When I get around to it, I'll be doing rear discs with parking or a linelock (prolly ball valve). Along with EB 3.5" coils in front and most likely 4.88s. So far I have a mind to have a separate spool to swap in for the rear when I go on trips and lunchboxing the front at all times.

I'll be running DDing either 35s or just snagging some 33 A\Ts for onroad stuff with the 35s for the fun stuff.

 

[chrwilkins30]

Seems pretty far. What's the shipping rate for something like that?

 

[armadillon]

I thought so too, but the shipping was around 140. Pretty good when he was selling both axles for $250. Unfortunately no pick and pulls here have anything older than maybe the early 80s. Cheapest I could find on CL for either axle by itself was around 400, so both together for that is perfectly fine

 

[armadillon]

Update: Moving to a new apartment next month with an attached garage and stained concrete floors! It even has a small driveway! I'll be running a 220v extension cord from the utility room to the garage for the welder.

 

[chrwilkins30]

That's actually not a bad price especially for what your getting out of it.

 

[armadillon]

I hope so! My girlfriend really isn't too thrilled about the idea of me undertaking a project this large, but she wasn't around for eight of my motorcycles and a couple of cars.

I thought it was funny; we were walking back to my truck while leaving a store and she said "I have to admit, your truck would look a lot better with some sort of a lift or bigger tires..."

HA!

 

[armadillon]

We finally moved into the new place with the attached garage! Hooray!

Since I last posted I've collected:
C-caps from PlumCrazy
C-Bushings (I was told they were 7* but they sure as heck say 4* on them)
Upper coil buckets with coil retainers
D44 Spring perches with coil retainers
F250 shock tower mounts
63" Chevy springs (Will pick them up hopefully tomorrow)
Ruff Stuff 1.25" Heims/bungs/misalign spacers

And I'll be making a trip probably to San Antonio tomorrow. I may have found some 3.5" EB coils and some large crappy rolling rubber.

I'll probably be using the stock D44 steering and reinforcing it with DOM, unsure though. I think the stock steering will hold up pretty well for a time, since my wheeling will be hella light.

As for the drop pit, the 3.5" EB coils will net around 6" lift, should I look at the 5.5" skyjacker drop, or will a 4" from somewhere else work fine?

It's pretty tough shopping first. I have to scan threads and look to see what I need, but I don't have the luxury of having the project on blocks in the garage to take measurements.

 

[armadillon]

Took a trip down to a junkyard and then on to San Antonio to pick up some stuff

I got four 32x12.5x15s with white triangular rims for rollers: $80
2x Chevy 63s: $34.50
2x 3.5" EB Coils (never installed): $60.00

 

[deathbypsi]

When I get around to it, I'll be doing rear discs with parking or a linelock (prolly ball valve).

I use this on my truck and it works great.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Park-Lok-Hydraulic-Brake,1970.html

 

[armadillon]

Yeah, I did a lot of research on it, but I'm almost positive it won't let me pass inspection here. I'm going to stick with drums in the rear for now. I may upgrade later, but we'll see how it goes.

 

[armadillon]

New toys!

 

[kryptonitecb]

In TX (and just about any state for that matter) requires a separate, mechanical parking brake. So no line locks for us texans. I've toyed with designing a t-case mounted brake system but it would be all custom.

Sent from the road while ignoring traffic

 

[scooter]

In TX (and just about any state for that matter) requires a separate, mechanical parking brake. So no line locks for us texans. I've toyed with designing a t-case mounted brake system but it would be all custom.

Sent from the road while ignoring traffic

We dont have inspections anymore, so you can do just about anything around here!

Edit: Oklahoma

 

[88_Eddie]

i thought i scribed to this already

you may commence to working now that i am lol