2wd 4.7 dakota SAS F250 D44

[TireFryerSS]

Looks like I need to come upto Phx to go 'wheeling.

[dobbers84]

Originally Posted by nick02

well, the suprise fell through. I called on a kingpin HP d60 early yesterday, said to the guy I had CASH IN HAND, could be there in 40 mins willing to pay his price no haggleing, ready to rock N roll, lets go

so he said that some guy was before me, hes 4hr late to pick it up, hasent called back; but was still holding it for him

he said call back at six, I call at 6:00, said he still couldent contact the guy, but still wants to hold it for him; he said to call in the morning. I was like u sure, i'am ready to go man, lets roll!

I call at 9:00am he said he still hasent heard from the guy, he said he's giveing him till 11, guy calls and is picking ut up tonight; even tho i'am ready to fucking roll. this sucks BIG FUCKING DONKEY DICK

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

/rant

I cannot even express how utterly disappointed I am, I am going to go cry in a corner now with my weak ass 44.

i might be coming down to your neck of the woods in a couple of months.
i have like six hp kp 60s i could bring one down.so if you havent found one let me know and how much are you gonna pay

[nick02]

something bad happened

I removed the bodylift and unknowingly cut through one of the wireing harness, fitting in shock towers.

The gas gauge wasnt working, PRND indicator not working, CEL's up the ass, truck wont move, wont start easy.
Fixed the harness, most of the codes go away; only have reverse no foreward; tranny is makeing loud noise in P and N

there goes weelin this weekend

It's throwing a code that the TCM is not communicating.
I go and get a new TCM, same problem.

I probe deeper, find a pinout of the TCM wireing diagram, and I discover one of the grounds and two of the +12V are dead. I trace them to no avrail, all relays are good/fuses key on/off does crap, key switch is ok. So I splice in a switched 12v and a new ground.

it WORKED, after ~20hrs of no sleep I sleep

it drives! but I have one more code p0700.
I need more sleep, cant pass emissions with a CEL

EDIT replaced the TCM, have the standalone power, it works great no codes!

[nick02]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mindless

hardcore panhard!

the links will bend - probably not catastrophically though. My 36" light duty links are bent to shit but not kinked just yet (1.5" x .250 DOM)

I should have listened

[nick02]

went to the metal store had a SHITLOAD of rem DOM and Cromo cant disclose what I paid, but it was shitload cheap got 70 lbs of the shit.
So I sleeved .375" Cromo with another .375" Cromo for the drivers side.
gonna sleeve the unbent pass DOM with a .375 cromo.
I dont think the shit will bend now.
sleeved the left with the right

[nick02]

some pics from this weekend, i'll get more up later when other people post em.
Did some trails that tested the open front
I did some WOT bumps, somehow had the 44 survive.



wahhh sliders are needed

[nick02]

I want to cage or dovetail the rear, but I loved haveing a campershell for camping and storein stuff...

the solution

too bad the camper was trashed

but the bed is pristine

my old camper has a big hole in the front, gonna sell it and find one with a window



lol, first thing I did was an SOA, got some extended shocks from an 94 k2500 chevy (fits perfect)


on a 37"

gonna find another 16x8 and throw another 35 on it

brazed pinion cover lol


gonna get rid of this sketch shit....
got some 2x6" 1/4" wall to extend the frame.

[Mr. Mindless]

Originally Posted by nick02

wahhh sliders are needed

it'll be fine!

[nick02]

went to "cruise on central last night" and did lots of burnouts for the crowd
they love to see the 39's spin... but my driveshaft didnt
MVI_0982.MOV - YouTube

why do I keep bending everything?!!!

how thick should I have them make my new driveshaft?

[Mr. Mindless]

you bent that just on the street, spinning tires?

get a better driveshaft shop, that's embarrassing.

[nick02]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mindless

you bent that just on the street, spinning tires?

get a better driveshaft shop, that's embarrassing.

I found out why.... it's my fault. Plus the new one is going to be .250 wall


I simply did an SOA with the 2wd dakota leaves, they are currently flat and starting to neg arch, flex unreal tho

Anyways, my pinion angle is damn near perfect, upon pulling the DS I found that my 14b straps were spread wide and damaged out, and the 1350 DS yoke smashed on the ends...
I belive my axle wrap was so bad, the pinion rotated up, bottmed out the u joint and caused the driveshaft to bend, it was bent in plane with the yoke ends too.
I put the truck in 2wd and in park, pushed it back and forth and yep, that pinion moves like nuts.



I NEED a fucking traction bar

I also need to lift the rear 3" or so
so some solutions come to mind
#1 swap dak 54's for 63" chebbys
#2 long Add a leafs to the dak spring pack
#3 custom 54" spring pack

what do you guys think?

[zainyD]

Option #1, 63" Chevy packs.

[nick02]

well, the new driveshaft is the shit... many said I couldn't run 1/4" on the street, never could get it to balance etc..etc
those fawkers be wrong
had it up to 85 no issues; and my wierd 65mph vibraton is now gone.
once again, I shoulda listened to people online in the first place...
painted the trailer (damn trailer now has a better paintjob then the truck),fixed the sketch shit, and did an SOA on 35's

this means I dont need a bed anymore

[nick02]

So the trailer fabrication and paint is all DONE
time to add the good stuff..



This leaf spring is not happy

and time to fix the truck... going to drop the bed down, and add some 63's
$41 bucks out the door for both at pull-a-part. There's like 20+ chevys but the idiots set the trucks down on the axle or leaf-springs; found a one ton chebby missing the 14B, with the five leaf pack, centering pin and overload missing but I didn't give a fuck, much better then dropping an axle to take the springs. 10 min job and I was outta there!
bling bling

here's my shackle/hanger design; going to cut up my old shackle and put the bushing sleeve inside, it is going to be bent 90deg for the fishplate to the side.

front mount

shackle .375" btw

[stickbug]

Can I get more info from you on the dakota digital setup on your truck? What year is your truck and how exactly did you piggyback the rear vss to the one at the transfer case?

I need to get my speedometer working and all the info you can share would be helpful.

Another option that I am looking at is to adapt the Ford 8.8 vss into the 9 inch housing but that seems to be alot more work than just messing with a few wires.

Oh btw I am diggin the trailer build.

[NorCal_Dakota]

Trailer is

Why use the factory shackle bushing? Just use a piece of DOM and some standard bushing so they are simpler to replace - http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/...t_Code=BUSHDOM

[nick02]

Originally Posted by stickbug

Can I get more info from you on the dakota digital setup on your truck? What year is your truck and how exactly did you piggyback the rear vss to the one at the transfer case?

I need to get my speedometer working and all the info you can share would be helpful.

Another option that I am looking at is to adapt the Ford 8.8 vss into the 9 inch housing but that seems to be alot more work than just messing with a few wires.

Oh btw I am diggin the trailer build.

When I took apart the 45rfe to add the 4x4 converter piece I found that a sensor reads off the parking sprag gear, I simply found the signal wire and ran that to the input for the dakota digital. (2001 dakota 4.7L auto 2wd btw)
If you cant find an output sensor on your tranny simply weld a bicycle gear or something similar to somewhere on the driveline and make a bracket to hold your old VSS somewhere to read it; I saw some local guy do this on his 1500 ram SAS

[nick02]

Originally Posted by NorCal_Dakota

Trailer is

Why use the factory shackle bushing? Just use a piece of DOM and some standard bushing so they are simpler to replace - http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/...t_Code=BUSHDOM

My bad, I forgot to mention that it's an aftermarket lift shackle bushing so the piece I am cutting off is round and steel with a nice rubber bushing inside with a zerk too. I dislike poly stuff because we have had nothing but bad luck with poly stuff cracking and smashing at work; and since I am saving for a D60 I'am trying to keep the entire leaf spring swap cost under $50 bucks LOL!

[stickbug]

Originally Posted by nick02

When I took apart the 45rfe to add the 4x4 converter piece I found that a sensor reads off the parking sprag gear, I simply found the signal wire and ran that to the input for the dakota digital. (2001 dakota 4.7L auto 2wd btw)
If you cant find an output sensor on your tranny simply weld a bicycle gear or something similar to somewhere on the driveline and make a bracket to hold your old VSS somewhere to read it; I saw some local guy do this on his 1500 ram SAS

Great info nick thank you very much. I am going to try and make this my weekend project. You have me thinking about a trailer build. Built one years ago as a utility trailer but something similar in design would make a great place to stay dry and play some cards while camping in the bad weather.

[nick02]

Hovertruck
That's not my bed sagging, that's mad frame flex yo!
one day i'll chop all this crap off past the cab... hence the need for a trailer

dakota vs chevy.. gonna use three of the chevys.


The rear shackle thing I made.

Here's all the parts for the swap I cut on the waterjet out of scrap metal I had around.


SEMA all this week for Local-Motors...
then I turn 21 on the 6th..... FAIL! why couldn't I have been born a week sooner??? arrgghhh!

[nick02]

Didnt get the 63" swap done on time, leaveing for SEMA in 10 mins... I'll bring back pics

[stickbug]

Get some pics of some hot girls.

[nick02]

Originally Posted by stickbug

Get some pics of some hot girls.

Just for you

[nick02]

some more pics
I drove this pile on the strip

This guy had the best costume

PORTALS! from the yeti truck

Pulling our car into the show... it was interesting

One of our guys that came over from factory five... and helped design the GTM


WANT!



DO NOT WANT!

[nick02]

Our booth

Dennis Anderson and myself at apex.

the hydro drive air suspension buggy thing from here on pirate

a cut up jeep body that fits on a ram chassis

this thing was sweet

drag neon

clean!

nice sign

snow on the way back to phx???