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Let the Hacking begin!

Monday, June 29th, 2009

I haven’t been over there to look at things yet, but here’s what I’m hearing from Jeff over at 1st Place: The engine is longer than we anticipated. (I think it’s the crankshaft pulley that I overlooked) The Ranger oil pan is as “low profile” as you can get, and it still doesn’t clear the [...]

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At Last, Some Progress!

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Okay, I’ve been holding out on you. The bell housing arrived about 2 weeks ago. Looks like a well-made piece, the only issue so far was that the supplied bolts that mate to the transmission had heads that were too large to fit in the machined recesses in the bell housing. Turns out the holes [...]

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