Ford 3910

jacain · Mar 28, 2016

Richard,

Do you have a picture with the telescopic stabilizers in place? I ordered some but I have the straight brackets like the pick you posted and I'm not sure if I should order the angled version so there is no binding. Thanks in advance for your help.

Happy Gilmore · Mar 28, 2016

jacain said:
Richard, Do you have a picture with the telescopic stabilizers in place? I ordered some but I have the straight brackets like the pick you posted and I'm not sure if I should order the angled version so there is no binding. Thanks in advance for your help.

Cool deal, looking forward to the progress!

ovrszd · Mar 29, 2016

I dont have a good pic but yes you need those angle brackets they'll clamp to the axle housing outside of the fender clamps. I'll try to remember to get a pic today.

jacain · Mar 29, 2016

ovrszd said:
I dont have a good pic but yes you need those angle brackets they'll clamp to the axle housing outside of the fender clamps. I'll try to remember to get a pic today.

Thanks for the info! I'll just give them a call today and have them change the order so that it includes the bracket and u-bolts. It's actually 15 to 20 bucks cheaper per side to buy the kit. I think they are waiting on one part before they ship everything (I'm not in a hurry). Glad I thought about it before they shipped everything.

Happy Gilmore · Mar 29, 2016

Here is a pic of the stabilizer and bracket.

jacain · Mar 29, 2016

Happy Gilmore said:
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Here is a pic of the stabilizer and bracket.

Thanks for the pic! That helps a lot. I went ahead and got the angled brackets and u-bolts. Now I just need to source a nose cone and grill. The prices on ebay seem to be all over the place on the grills. I found a couple for around $40 to $50, but I'm a little worried about fitment issues. There are no part reviews on ebay that I'm aware of so I'm kind of taking a leap of faith if I order something.

fried1765 · Mar 29, 2016

Happy Gilmore said:
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Here is a pic of the stabilizer and bracket.

Ouch!
That is a rather ugly looking valve stem area.
CaCl is apparently eating your rims from the inside.

ovrszd · Mar 29, 2016

Thanks for hookin him up with the pic Happy!! I'm at the farm now and just remembered the pic ordeal. Thought I'd check TBN to make sure I got the pic he needed. That's exactly what I would have taken.

jacain · Mar 29, 2016

ovrszd said:
Thanks for hookin him up with the pic Happy!! I'm at the farm now and just remembered the pic ordeal. Thought I'd check TBN to make sure I got the pic he needed. That's exactly what I would have taken.

You guys are awesome! Thanks again for all of your help. I can't wait to get the hitch parts. The first thing I'm going to do is bushhog my field (can't wait). Will make sure to take some good high quality video and post it up here.

Justin

Happy Gilmore · Mar 29, 2016

fried1765 said:
Ouch! That is a rather ugly looking valve stem area. CaCl is apparently eating your rims from the inside.

Good eye, I checked it out tonight, valve stem had a slow and I'm guessing intermittent leak that had probably gone on for a while. The tool end of the cap had rotted off and the calcium chloride must have occasionally leaked out through the hole, it was dry on inspection. I pulled the removable core, wire brushed everything and replaced the core assembly. Rim had rust scale on the outside around the stem, but seems solid after I got the scale off. Glad you noticed it!! That's the beauty of this forum and sharing!!