Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
getting my ass handed to me by rusted fastners on this diff and suspension swap, but moving along, about halfway. Every bolt has had to be extracted as rusted in the bores of the bushings, major PITA. Fuel tank has to come down to remove driver side spring hangar, which is a real chore, but on the plus side, I needed to do that anyway to make my angle iron cover adapter above the fuel tank so it matches the battery
here is my new diff on the left compared to the original on the right-
my new and beautiful heavier capacity steel leaf springs-
and part of the fiberglass monoleaf attachment. The spring is a little fractured in this component. To swap to steel leaf, I remove this entire hangar arrangement and put in something much simpler