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Check all the steering linkages. Tie rod end and ball joints. Also steering shaft u joints. The bottom steering column bearing is the one that goes bad the most.

Yeah I hear you, I did the work myself, hard to find anyone interested in rebuilding. Everyone wants to install a crate engine.

Ordered all the parts to rebuild my 258 this past summer from Summit and had them the next day.

No hoblo

Don’t knock it till you’ve fried it!

My guess is synchronizer for 5th since it will go in easily while sitting still.

I have used a length of chain from the rear head bolt stud to one of the pressure plate bolt holes. I use a longer bolt in the pressure plate bolt hole and the chain keeps the engine from turning while torquing the bolts. Still have to get the flywheel up on and bolts started, and that sucks.

Yours actually doesn’t look that bad compared to mine.

Never heard of them. Do they sell Spam?

What they are called is fender flares. Quadratec is a good place to look.

I think it was the claymore that done the most damage.

Small bit of RTV maybe?

Yes it is a lot to do. And I do have quite a bit of 1 1/2 x 3/16 angle bracing holding the shape as much as possible on the top side but on the lower side it would be in the way and just make things too difficult. Your way is the best if you are able to do it. But I have done everything by...

One of the lunchbox lockers will be the easiest to install if you are not changing gears. Spartan is a decent one.

Replacing my floor also and thought of using the full floor but decided against it. The reason being I am doing it all by myself, and that is going to be a large heavy piece. But the biggest reason is that it will be hard to keep the tub shape true when all of the floor is gone. Granted your...

Finished the rebuild on my 89 258. Rings, bearings, valve lap, and new Comp Cams rock crawler cam. Got the ol pig fired up and run for the 30 minute 2000 to 2500 rpm cam break in. Oil changed, no H2O in oil. Looks to be ok.

Just measure the new ones or the old ones you take out.

I have saw them come with just bolts and spacers where you reuse your mounts. And saw them with new mounts spacers and bolts.

Well the body lift kits are sized at that much over stock height. A 1 1/4 is 1 1/4 inch over the height of stock mounts and so on.

1 1/4 or 1 1/2 inch