Robert Horne
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I did not use any porportion valve or residual pressure valves. Brakes are working great since I installed the 95 Ranger 3.73 rearend....
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Sorry i missed your brake upgrade posts. On my 38, I used an aluminum 80s Dodge MC, the small one, for 10 years. I had to cut some off the MC mounting area to have room for the pedal to go all the way down. I used a Mustang MC on my 48 Dodge. The MC points rearward on the 48, works good...
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One thing I noticed about my springs when I took them apart, was the end of the leaf would wear a grove into the spring above it. This could make for a poor ride. My springs had 65,000 miles on them. I ground a bevel on each spring before putting them back together. My 37 Sedan has the original wrap around the springs, I guess to keep in grease and keep out water... I see some modern springs have some type plastic inserts near the ends..
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Your new springs look great. Are you using the original bump stop? If you go lower, the axle may get close to the bump stop...
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Your truck sounds similar to my friend's 52 Studerbaker truck, barely get 50MPH, with the original setup. My 38 Coupe has a 218, a 1987,5 speed Ranger trans, and a 95 Ranger 3.73 rearend. I am very happy with this set up. 1st gear is a little lower than stock normal, and the 5th gear overdrive is excellent.. I have a 86 Ranger 4 banger rearend, 3.25 ratio, I feel would be to high for my setup.
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There are inline filters available for folks that would rather have a complete throw away filter, rather than have to deal with a cartridge type filter...
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I believe the Ford fuel gauge I used was from the 1995 Ranger I junked.....
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Congrats,,,, I have a 1956 engine sitting in the shop for many years, plan on using it in my 37 Coupe. I believe the 56 had around 130 HP, alot more than my 80 HP 1937 engine.....
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You may have good luck with a voltage reducer. I am using a Ford fuel gauge, with my 38 Coupe's face on it, a Datson sender unit, and a voltage reducer to 6 volt. Has been fairly accurate....
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In my 38 Coupe, I have been using 10w-40w whatever is on sale, oil for near 20 years, but lately I use Rotella 15w-40w, only because it is free. I use Fram C3 oil filter, from Tractor Supply. I believe the Napa oil filter is a 1080, not sure..... There are several different sizes canisters, so watch which gasket you need....
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I can not remember whom this engine belongs too. It sure is beautiful....
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Tim, you sure got that right. A funeral home called, and ask when was I going to pay my bill. I told him I was not dead yet, that I know of. Someone with the same name as I, had passed away. The Dodge dealer called and asked when was I going to pick up my new Dodge truck. I told the dealer to just deliver the truck, because I did not have a driver's license. Someone with the same name as I was buying the truck.....
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Thanks Wayfarer. I may add also that the 4 speed TK4 will be good also. The 4th gear is 1 to 1 ratio on the 4 speed, and the 5 speed 4th gear is 1 to 1, and the 5th gear has the overdrive, that I do not recall the ratio.... Another big plus for me, was I got to use my original speedometer. There are several of the Ranger speedometer gear drives that can be changed easily to get the original speedometer more accurate....
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I started a thread, "5 speed not T5", that was about my install of a TK5 Ford Ranger 5 speed, Toyo Kogyo 1983 to 1987. It was an easy install, is working very good with the 3.73 rearend.
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I just used a piece of steel rod I found in my shop. I believe about 9 inch long. I made the bracket out a piece of angle iron.
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I believe the joke was, "a drunk goes into a gay bar",,,,,,,,,,,,but my hearing is not very good.....
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The MC
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Brakes;,,,, On my 48 Dodge I installed a rebuilt Mustang II master cylinder, used a longer rod going through the original MC, and made a small bracket....works good,,,,,
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The text is ghosty looking, Not easy to read with my poor old eyes...
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I spent a year in Colorado Springs many year ago, very beautiful country.....
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Those make a very nice ride...
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Tim, your firewall idea is very nice. I did a Ranger firewall install that looks very similar, but probably will use the Jeep firewall instead...
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My 38 had a 3.9 rear, and would do many RPMs at 55MPH. I installed a 5 speed TK5 Ford Ranger trans, 1987, and the 5 gear was very good with the 3.9, but 1st gear was very low. I installed a Ranger rear, 3.73, now the 1st gear is ok, and 5 gear is great also.
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I believe my Jeep 6 has 190 HP, which is a big jump from my 80 HP Dodge 6.......
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Dan, this is what I was thinking on the radiator,, was to buy a good quality radiator to fit into my 37, with the Jeep 6. Fan in the front if necessary.
