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A cab swap isn't difficult to do, especially if you use an identical cab. I did a Dakota cab a few years ago. Swapped a Dakota club cab model for a Dakota quad cab. This was a bit more difficult to do because the quad cab used 6 mounts as opposed to 4, which the club cab used. We removed the two...

My take is, it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that a modern (smaller displacement) diesel engine design can exceed the output of the 27+ yr inline six. By today's standards, that 1st generation Cummins was pretty lackluster. (A modern Cummins is good for twice that) But by the standards of...

Swapping from the cross-over type steering box to the push/pull type is not a great upgrade. It's not that it won't work as you expect, but, if you have any future plans for lifting the truck, the push/pull steering box will result in significant bump steer. The achilles heel of this arrangement...

Anything is possible, but trying to add free spin hubs for front and rear is going to be very expensive. If you want no wear on the drivetrain, your best options are to pull the driveshafts, which is free and limit the wear to the axles. Or buy a trailer. I would say the trailer would be cheaper...

The stuff sounds too good to be true. You say the tires are weather checked… How bad? If there are deep cracks, I tend to doubt that such a product will help you get more life out of the tires…But then again. I'm really curious myself on how good this product works, or if anything, maybe if...

I don't reload my own. Don't own any equipment to do so either, although strangely, I do collect my brass. You know, I forgot to mention dry firing. Theres also a nifty little laser practice round that can work too Ed

It's Ok, I don't mind responding. :D Sadly I wish I could afford 10-20k rounds each year, because I do love to shoot. But ammo does get pretty pricey after awhile, especially with several types of firearms to feed. So in my case, I'll admit. I just shoot off a few boxes of ammo every couple of...

I can relate. I try to hit the range as often as possible and I set my targets out to max distance (Indoor range 45yds) The AR is not a problem, the challenge is with my 45 and 380. If you can hit the targets consistently at this range, anything at the 15 yd line is a breeze, which seems to be...

Smoke is not a great thing to have, it's only gonna get the feds wanting to shut us all down. It also screams "Look!! I'm way overfuelled!" As I was watching this, I was thinking with all that smoke, that it might have the wrong turbo for his application. Turns out there might have been another...

Anything is possible. Before you start the swap, look into the legality of the swap. Usually, it's not legal to put an older engine into a newer truck. If your state requires emmissions testing, or inspections it may not comply with the rules. If such is the case, there maybe legal loopholes...

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For self defense it stays loaded with 90gr. Hornady Critical Defense lite, but whenever we were on the range, we were running some cheap 130gr. FMJ thru it. Admittedly for her, it was a bit heavy. For me, I have no problem and it usually feels as if it's got no more kick than my .45 and I've...

Don't know if you ever found what you were looking for but I'd thought I'd share my experiance. I purchased a sidearm for my wife for Christmas, two year ago. She is a small woman with tiny hands, and no firearm experiance. We chose to go with a little J-frame Smith & Wesson in .38 Special for...

And the idea has actually been around for a long time too. But apparently the announcer doesn't think so because towards the end of the video he says. "It's so revolutionary, so simple, you'll wonder why it was never available before" Sorry, thats not exactly true, it's an idea that been around...

Smith & Wesson M&P15. If you can live without a foward assist and dust cover, the M&P15 is a great value for the dollar. Likewise Mossberg, has an entry level AR that includes the dust cover and picatinny rail/grip in a similar price range as the S&W. (Which is below $1000) Not all AR's are...

Yeah, I've seen something like that before. I remember seeing something like that sold thru the old JC Whitney catalogs, long before the internet. Do a quick search, and you can see a few ancient examples. It's a simple idea, but it has a few drawbacks. One, unless you have a locking...

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Uh, I would have to disagree. Personally I have never seen anything listed in any parts catalog for a Dana 71, 20yrs ago. Perhaps I am wrong, but has anyone ran into any Dana axle with a "71" cast into it? About the only place where the Dana 71 designation exists is on truck related forums when...

Thought I'd chime in here with a slight correction. Not to be nit picky, but there really was never a Dana 71. It was likely that people concluded that there was a Dana 71 because there is a Dana 61. The Dana 61 is a modified version of the Dana 60, differing in pinion offset to allow tall 3.07...

There is a conversion company, I don't know the name, which can convert any vehicle to wheelchair accessible. It's a rather unique set-up where the two doors on the side move out and up, while a floor drops to the ground, hydraulically. Ed