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Originally Posted by msgross
nice build... Did you consider a 2-4" lift and cleared the pan...
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thanks, i'm trying to build something that makes me drive it rather than the toyota
.i just skipped over some of your build,54 pages! i've always liked the 327 too.
i did want to run the truck pan but when you mix in keeping most of the stock crossmember with a 10 bolt that has larger yoke/u-joint and webbing than a d44,plus stockish height so pulling 10,000+ lbs isn't scary on mountain roads and i went for the 5 quart job. i try to justify it by planning to run the oil cooler and a big oil filter to keep some oil capacity.
when its done a lift and tires might be in the future later though.
todays mishaps-
better pic of bracket,hopefully its not so stiff it causes trouble with the tailhousing?sturdy though.
and the 14bff steam cleaned and brackets gone. a buddy just gave me some 3/4t chevy 63"s left over from a toyota crawler project i helped him build so now i need to decide if i should use them instead of the newer 2500 springs before i can mount this hunk of iron?
and i need to research the easiest way to do a pinion seal on an otherwise leak free axle.
can i pull the 5 pinion support bolts to remove the pinion assembly, or does the carrier need to come out so i can use an inch pound wrench for final pinion bearing preload when tightening the pinion nut to spec?