Thanks Doc.
Still waiting on more parts to show up but I was able to bench bleed the Durango MC and fit the Thunderbird front calipers to the 44. They have a slightly larger diameter piston and should help stop the Jeep after swapping the larger Durango MC. MC was bolt on and needed no modifications to the booster.
Thunderbird calipers needed some casting clean up to clear the Reids and to fit the caliper brackets.
Ran into a issue when swapping the bigger calipers as they use a larger diameter banjo fitting than the Dana30 and f150 Dana 44 calipers. I spent almost all Saturday running around town to several Napa, Winchester auto, and orileys before saying **** it and went to pick and pull with a pocket of wrenches and looking for the right banjo off full size trucks. Did some research and it seems that they use a 7/16-24 which is a step finer thread than the typical 7/16-20 banjo fittings that most auto parts stores carry. Bough them on summit so when they come in I’ll see if the larger MC made a difference.
Got the rock lights installed on the front and wired into the cab to a rocker switch. I put two lights in each front fender and all four lights to share + and - leads into the cabin to the switch. Each light is rated at 3W so all four lights would pull 2A max which the switch could definitely handle without needing to use relays.
I’ve got two KC cyclones that I may install in the rear fenders but we’ll see. I kinda like these cheap little lights.
Spent today, Sunday, getting the power steering system drained and hydro assist installed. Went with a 1.75” body 3/4” rod 6.75” stroke PSC unit with their cooler and lines/fittings. Got it all set up, just need to mount and plumb the cooler. Haven’t gotten to drive on it but I wouldn’t expect it to be 1 finger steering so I’m curious to see how it’ll work in the rocks.
PSC says to keep the heims in the same plane unlike how I have mine clocked 90 degrees from each other. I can’t see any binding issues when cycling the steering so I’ll leave it. I’ll have to throw on an external stop on the ram since I wasn’t sure how accurate the advertised stroke length was versus what they actually stroke. They’re accurate for anyone not sure.
Waiting on banjos for the front calipers and front shocks.
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