I'll be watching for updates!
Which sending unit did you end up ordering? the shorter one?

 

Ok so here it goes.... finally swapped the fuel level sending unit. I ended up ordering the 10.5" length from Speedhut. Was a really straight forward, mounting it was the hardest part because the holes are in a slightly different pattern than the OEM style. Nothing the dremel couldnt take care of. On to the pics

Whats in the box



Comparing mounting holes to the OEM style gasket


Holes after some massaging, not pretty i know.


Wired up a little pigtail


Everything back in, reset the gauge to read the senders ohm range and loaded with ~4 gallons of fuel

 

Trail gear fill plug, fits the drain location too


And heres a few of these

 

Had a thing happen yesterday on my way to cars and coffee. Getting it replaced under the warranty.

 

Forgot to post, got the replacement shock delivered last week. Gotta love warranties.

 

Welp... the replacement shock broke on saturday. Its obviously something to do with the truck not a faulty shock.

Not sure if the mounts arent straight enough or im getting some side to side movement on the axle.

I swapped the other KYB for the air shocks i had on before. Lets see what happens with these

 

Id take and weld come gussets on them for strength for any future use (back ups?).

Love the truck man. I actually touched my 78 today.

 

The mounts are more than strong enough, i know i rushed welding one pair of upper tabs and im sure theyre a little off from lowers. Just need to go over it all

 

Are the shocks bottoming out to do that? I’d imagine the mounts would have to be pretty far off to do that

 

No they still have about 5 inches of travel. Its either that the mounts are off or the fact i didnt use the metal sleeve in the lower bushing thats messing it up. Idk. Still havent had a chance to mess with it sadly

 

Hmm I’m thinking a shock would be able to compensate mounts being slightly off since it pivots and rotates, no? Perhaps not using the sleeve is causing binding on that side and it’s not moving like it should as the suspension cycles

 

That and i had the bolts on stupid tight, wasnt letting the bushings do what they do. Im guna cut the mounts off today and realign them

 

Good luck hopefully this resolves it

Hey BTW - what height are your tires on the 17s? I couldn't find that info in your build. Also wondering what your F/R height is from center axles to bottom of fenders since you're lower than Mighty Max springs drop height, right? Thanks

 

Im going to try it out tomorrow. Hopefully my fix works.

Im running 205/40/17 Achilles tires. They're smaller than 24" tall. My wheel wells are right around 24" from the ground and frame is about 6" off the ground

 

Awesome - thanks!

So you're only at around a 3" drop? I thought it was a little bit more. I took a tape measure to my truck last weekend and saw I'm ~27" from ground to top of wheel well in front, ~15" center axle to bottom of fender. I'm thinking a tire just smaller than 24" would be the appropriate fit with a 3" drop.

How much off is your speedometer now and what sort of RPMs are you at on the highway?

 

Have you done anything about the oil pressure and water temp on the gauge? Also, which size did you buy (sorry mine is buried right now). TIA!!!

 

@Perkolator The Speedhut speedometer i have is actually a GPS unit but my RPMs at 65mph are around 2500 if i remember right. Im running a W58

@Dan McBoost i have the water temp and oil pressure on a quad gauge from Speedhut i posted pics of it a few months back if you want to take a look

 

Ah that's right the Speedhut is a GPS speedo. Fancy

Dang I'd love to be at only 2500rpm at 65mph, sounds like I'm a little bit higher at around 3k at 65. My W50 has a lower 5th gear ratio than your W58 so that would explain some of it. You have 4.10 gearing too, right?

 

@Perkolator yea it should be a 4.10

 

I just scrolled back through your build and watched your videos - OMG I literally had to backtrack because I thought I saw myself, like easily could be mistaken as brothers hahaha