Welcome back Carter

[SixGun]

Finished the front suspension today and as soon as i cleaned up, in comes three boxes from FedEx for my steering rebuild. The inner and outer tie rods, new sleeves, center link and idler arm should be a breeze.  In case anyone is interested, the front fender lip is now 7-1/4" above the edge of the tire. I'm riding on P235/75R15's.

Here's a before and after pic of one of the rims. A little wet sanding and wow what a transformation.

[SixGun]

Finished the steering today.  So much easier when you get new adjusting sleeves. Just laid out the old linkage and built the new linkage and sized it up and bolted it in. Greased everything up with Green Grease. Its synthetic and waterproof. I used it on the front suspension and to pack the front wheel bearings.

Picked up a new battery from O'Reillys today.
http://m.oreillyauto.com/mt/www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/SSB7/34EXT/07053.oap?year=1985&make=Dodge&model=Ramcharger&vi=5003551&ck=Search_battery_C0423_5003551_2382&redirectkeyword=battery&pt=C0423&ppt=C0005

[ProjectPW]

Yep that is the only way to do tie rods....money well spent  Cant wit for the shake down run report 

Finished the steering today.  So much easier when you get new adjusting sleeves. Just laid out the old linkage and built the new linkage and sized it up and bolted it in. Greased everything up with Green Grease. Its synthetic and waterproof. I used it on the front suspension and to pack the front wheel bearings.

Picked up a new battery from O'Reillys today.
http://m.oreillyauto.com/mt/www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/SSB7/34EXT/07053.oap?year=1985&make=Dodge&model=Ramcharger&vi=5003551&ck=Search_battery_C0423_5003551_2382&redirectkeyword=battery&pt=C0423&ppt=C0005

[SixGun]

Knocking out gremlins and found a couple of items in the gas tank. One is the filter sock off the pickup tube. The other item I'm not sure about. Looks like a piece off a gas nozzle or maybe used to siphon the tank and fell off. I say that because the tank was bone dry. Also found some debris and what looked like bark. Not sure how or why though. So a couple of things I'm wondering about.

1) have any of you ever fabbed a sock before and how did you do it?

2) would using zip ties to hold it in place work?

3) Is the pickup tube pointing too high?

They sell new ones but they run $120 and up. Seems a lot for a filter sock.

[crazzywolfie]

are we going to get some pictures to tell you if your pickup tube is pointing too high

filters sock it $120? can't you get a new sending unit for about that? i am pretty sure you can get a new filter sock for a lot cheaper. this might work or they might have something that would work
http://www.cjponyparts.com/filter-fuel-tank-sending-unit-1979-1985/p/FSUF2/

[SixGun]

Lol I guess pics would help. The $120 is for a whole new pickup/sending unit.

http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-mopar/4075382?mobile=0

[ProjectM880]

I did a search and couldn't find anything cheaper then what you already found. Have you thought about taking yours to the Auto Parts store and trying off the shelf socks? Maybe find one that will work.

[SixGun]

Didn't know they sold the filter sock by itself. I'll  have to look. Thanks.

[ProjectM880]

Didn't know they sold the filter sock by itself. I'll  have to look. Thanks.

You can also use the plastic filter type that attaches to the tube if you can;t find the sock

[crazzywolfie]

before you go buying a filter sock you might want to test the gas sending unit and make sure it works. it almost looks like the sending unit might be shot.

[ProjectPW]

Lol I guess pics would help. The $120 is for a whole new pickup/sending unit.

http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-mopar/4075382?mobile=0

It looks like the pickup is bent up to me ...... it should be about 90 degrees Air tex p/n fs254 should be the right filter sock

http://www.amazon.com/Airtex-FS254-Universal-Strainer-Sending/dp/B006I442FG/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1408931222&sr=1-1&keywords=fs254

[SixGun]

Ordered one off eBay for $10. Hopefully its easy to change out. I figure the pickup should be about level with the float.  I read a writeup on Dodgetalk about adjusting and checking level.

http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=363738

[crazzywolfie]

did you verify that the sending unit still works?

[SixGun]

Hopefully get that done today or tomorrow. 

[crazzywolfie]

i just figure you would have done that first before ordering parts. that way if your send unit is dead you haven't wasted any money on it.