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02-04-2005, 01:43 AM
Well finally getting started on this little project. Along with school and work I have not been able to get but a few hours to actually work on it. Heres the skinny:
This is an 8.8 out of a 2001 mercury mountaineer with 40K miles on it, was in a front end collision. I bought it from a junkyard for $200 without calipers and the gears to match my front end.
I just pulled the D35 yesterday (not really pulled, just unbolted and let fall to the ground, kicked it around some, took a dump on it) and took it to my buddy's shop. After ALOT of measuring, and ALOT of grinding and cutting I got the 8.8 tubes sparkling and the nice brackets off the D35.
I opted against the M.O.R.E. bracket kit for the TJ because $300 is pretty ridiculous to pay for a set of brackets especially since the spring perches are the only ones that dont have to be modified to work.
So today we finished by tacking on the new brackets at the right place and at the right angle and welded the tubes to the diff to prevent the tubes from spinning. Measurements were kind of vague because one axle tube on the 8.8 is longer than the other by about 2" but we measured from the backing plate on the d35 so all should be well.
Saturday we are going to finish welding on the brakets and plumb the brakes, needs hardline, and the 2 rubber hoses going to the calipers. Anyway here are the pics, I know imagestation is probably the worst place to host pics but its all i got. If they dont work just reload the page or check back in a minute.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2131248465
^all pics can be found there however these are just some of my favorites.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/p836be050f845fecb073d4cb9b4e58e39/f5406f84.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pa82ac25e90402ff45c7f912e67163335/f53dd16b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pe8f15d32e08453ccbe0c15cbe91798c4/f53dd15f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/p3364c539e7adf7ac4d2904666d467071/f5406f7d.jpg
and of course the obligatory flipoff pic...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pf94469db86890946a1f1d9cf3615f1ca/f5406f74.jpg
This is an 8.8 out of a 2001 mercury mountaineer with 40K miles on it, was in a front end collision. I bought it from a junkyard for $200 without calipers and the gears to match my front end.
I just pulled the D35 yesterday (not really pulled, just unbolted and let fall to the ground, kicked it around some, took a dump on it) and took it to my buddy's shop. After ALOT of measuring, and ALOT of grinding and cutting I got the 8.8 tubes sparkling and the nice brackets off the D35.
I opted against the M.O.R.E. bracket kit for the TJ because $300 is pretty ridiculous to pay for a set of brackets especially since the spring perches are the only ones that dont have to be modified to work.
So today we finished by tacking on the new brackets at the right place and at the right angle and welded the tubes to the diff to prevent the tubes from spinning. Measurements were kind of vague because one axle tube on the 8.8 is longer than the other by about 2" but we measured from the backing plate on the d35 so all should be well.
Saturday we are going to finish welding on the brakets and plumb the brakes, needs hardline, and the 2 rubber hoses going to the calipers. Anyway here are the pics, I know imagestation is probably the worst place to host pics but its all i got. If they dont work just reload the page or check back in a minute.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2131248465
^all pics can be found there however these are just some of my favorites.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/p836be050f845fecb073d4cb9b4e58e39/f5406f84.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pa82ac25e90402ff45c7f912e67163335/f53dd16b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pe8f15d32e08453ccbe0c15cbe91798c4/f53dd15f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/p3364c539e7adf7ac4d2904666d467071/f5406f7d.jpg
and of course the obligatory flipoff pic...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pf94469db86890946a1f1d9cf3615f1ca/f5406f74.jpg