it also allows you to monitor the pressure in the cab under a load to calculate filter restriction

 

and how does one find said unit?

 

Autometer or Isspro

 

wow, those are some fancy gauges casting a lot of coin

i think i will skip that for now, i am sill trying to save up for the important things like:

transmission
tires
Lift
Ice cream sandwich
Turbo
Mahle Monotherms
Rods
AF Cam
Injectors
etc

after i get all of my items and completely broke then i will make the cheaper list if items to get

 

ice cream sammich is much important

 

its amazing how many forget that in their builds

 

 

update, got the lift kit and tires installed

here are some photos. tires are Nitto Dura Grappler. very nice riding. didn't even get them balanced yet and they have no vibrations that i can feel. i dropped the pressure down to 50 psi all the way around when empty and they don't bulge or show. may try 40~45 psi. i will need to see how they wear. these tires have a load rating of 128, that is some serious waight

hauling them to the tire shop


close up of the tread


tire size


tires stick out a little. it looks worse than it really is. i am thinking of trying to install some fender flairs, but as there doesn't seem to be any made for a dually i may have to modify some to fit


gap between tires with my 2 inch spacer


tires installed


this is one you guys, and gals, should like. m18 x 1.5 wheel studs. long enough that the spacer doesn't need to be bolted on separately. install first wheel, slip on spacer, put outside wheel on and torque nuts down. i am also using Disc-Lock
Locking nuts (http://www.disc-lock.com/assets/pdf/...ocking_nut.pdf)


also, as mentioned earlier. i put a lift on. it is a cognito 4-6. i have it as low as it will go right now for good CV angles


here is how she looks now


i also did a little steering mod. i ground a little off of the pitman arm where it would hit the frame and put some washers behind the steering box. as it seems that the steering box can turn a bit more to the left, i moved it out from the frame a little to give the right just a little bit more help. then with grinding the pitman arm it can now rotate all the way left and right without the pitman arm hitting anything. then just center the steering linkage and enjoy the better turning radius. that is of course your spindles aren't hitting the stops





i hope you enjoyed

 

additional update,

just put in 4.56 Yukon gears in the rear diff. still need to do the front so i can use fwd. drives great, need to tweak the shift points but seems pretty good right now. no ABS lights so far after making the updates in Efi Live

sorry for not doing any photo documentation on this, was running short on time and was having enough trouble getting the pinion bearings on and off. i wrestled with just getting the pinion out for almost a whole day

anyways, i will see if i can get some photos of the front diff when i start that

 

well, no photos of the front diff. only had the weekend to do it myself in the driveway. cumbersome little bugger.

works great, no noise. still breaking in the gears so no spirited driving

now i just need to come up with a front drive shaft that can tolerate higher angles and the torque of a diesel. hmm, what about modifying a front CV axle?