1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

@JKO1998

 

you gotta hand it to him

no I mean you literally have got to hand it to him, he can't reach it

 

You're gonna have to link it to me!

 

I guess I remembered the definition incorrectly. It's more in reference to music and movies not literature

 

Amazon algorithm is really weird sometimes

 

Is that

rust all over the bumper?

 

looks like the glump pine needles make after stewing in a winter worth of snow melt and thaw

 

@Wulf

 

me when i escape the retirement home

 

@Wulf thinking about a Dana 60 for you, have you checked any of the yards for an E250? Be "slightly" easier than buying a whole can lol

 

yeah, I check every now and then. The econoline ones with 32 spline and 64-66" width would be pretty good for a tacoma application I think....

I'm lazy so I'd prefer a take out that I can pick up from someone's shop or house lmao. But when I get serious about actually building one I'll probably have to wrangle some help to pull a junkyard one. That's my other flaw. I habitually refuse to ask for help (or accept it when offered) but I'm getting a little better about it

 

I really need to add a front facing camera to the Tacoma. Some of the hills around here that immediately turn at the crest really make me shit my pants and that's not a good place to be wheeling by braille.

 

What does one look for when iso a Dana 60

6 lug Dana 60 Chevy rear axle 6x5.5
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/66194341

 

Fucking state mandated "safety inspections". This shits coming right off as soon as I get home, in the meantime bask in the awesome fab work.

 

full float vs semi float -- full float is preferred

spline count -- a lot of the older stuff is only 16 or 23 spline -- if you want to regear and add a locker you'll likely have to buy new 30 spline shafts too. The housing may not accept 30 or 35 spline shafts. some of them can be machined (you can even use a hole saw) to clear the shafts but the tube may not be thick enough to allow it

 

Id hang on to it for next year.

 

Glad to hear you're getting better, I'm trying to do the same in that regard lol

I've never tried to look into changing gears on a Dana 60, but some research should be done to figure out if you can put crawler gears into a Dana 61. I don't see why not, but I do know the 61 is slightly different on the inside to accommodate better highway gears so those E series pigs got at least a little good MPG. I know the 97 E250 I had was a Dana 61 which came with a factory limited slip but 3.03 gears

 

Yea my 61 was a semi float

 

@Abeyancer they told me this bracket is t made no more so i gotta save it. Been working at my dads shop today instead of a store lol