Recent content by mikeatx

I'd love a set in black if possible.

Thanks all!

Looking at a 2005 sport edition. Trying to avoid a flood car and know that something to look for is non stock upholstery. Thanks

Yes, remove the panel and the storage compartment. It's tight but you can get back in there. I made the bracket to fit the swing arm brackets, welded the nuts to the bracket and then slid and fixed the bracket inside after drilling holes (using the swing arm as a template) in the body...

They are not there. I swapped tailgates and added a stock swing arm assembly to my '91 using an internal support I welded up and maneuvered inside the rear quarter panel. It has held up really well and was pretty easy to do.

Pretty straight forward - just pay attention to the direction of the vanes. They have one side concave and the other convex. You might take the opportunity to cap off the idle up valve to simplify things while you have the pump out. Here's a write up...

I swapped tailgates for a cleaner look and the reverse lights. It really wasn't too bad. I painted the tailgate shell to match and then just swapped everything from the old one over to the new one. Start to finish took about 5 hours to have everything closed up and working. You'll have to do...

I swapped tailgates and added a stock swing arm to my '91. Some folks cut out the stock bracing. I made my own out of flat stock and a piece of angle iron. No problems. It really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. Go in from the passenger side storage compartment. If you make your own...

I had a similar noise but on the passenger side of my '91. Primarily happened when it was cold. It would sometimes stop if I hit a bump. Turned out to be the spindle bushing needing to be lubricated. I took take the passenger side down to the knuckle to access the bushing - it's brass. The noise...

Assuming it's not the bearings - brass spindle bushing needs grease.

The lines come out of the passenger side firewall with the connection fittings coming up in front of the charcoal canister that's there.

That's good to hear dogojoe96, I've been a bit concerned about the end result. The conversion was going smoothly until I went to replace the expansion valve. One of the 5mm hex bolts was completely stuck. Breaker bar, torch, pb blaster. Nothing worked. Went to drill it out and tore up the...

3VZ-E. Searching for the line that sits just under the expansion valve and connects the evaporator to the lines on the other side of the firewall. Help me out if you know the specific part name or, if you have one laying around from your a/c delete let me know. Must be from an r-12 system as the...