Yeah, and you're at low elevation so you'll have more power. I think you'll find the stock engine in your truck will be surprisingly...adequate for daily driving. If you've ever driven an FJ40, a 715 with its 230 will be very familiar.
360 miles is a drop in the bucket: Don Cavey drove his coast to coast, IIRC.
Wow coast to coast?! That’s a trip...yeah I think you’re right about the stock engine. I’m going to check the compression on it when I get some time off next week and see how it’s looking. One problem I can see right out in the open is the wiring is a birds nest of a mess, so I’ll post some pics and see what y’all think. Also the bed that came with it is in pretty bad shape and looks like it’ll need quite a bit of work to save it. I’ll post more detailed pics of it tmrw as well. I was thinking about putting on a utility bed or one of those aluminum beds that have the fold down sides you see on those Home Depot trucks you can rent. I’d like to save the bed if possible though because I want it to look original, but it would definitely need an all new floor and some work on the sides.
Might be the picture of the speedo with my truck going about 80-MPH in Germany
We had a member from New Jersey that drove to Seattle pulling a M101. Then back again one summer several years ago.
Remember if you didn't build it you can't call it yours.
6.2 powered M715, 5 M1009's, M416, 2 M101's, 2 M105's, 3 M35's, M1007 6.5 turbo Suburban project called Cowdog.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCz...HGkBCfhXZ5iuaw
Like Venominjected said, the brake hardware swap isn't that complicated.
I think I paid 150ish for the 32 spline flange and a new yoke. And 60 to have the 200 bearing retainer milled to fit the 205. And had the new flange milled, drilled and tapped for the brake drum to mount on... Don't remember what that was (not a lot) because they were doing a lot of other machine work for the engine I was building.
There isn't a complete "how to" thread on doing it and that makes it a lot harder than it should be.
Once you get familiar with your truck and get more wrenching experience you'll be up to the job.
I figured cost of the divorced 205 into my ranking. They're starting to get rare.
Might be cheaper and easier to find an old wrecked Blazer or GM pickup with a married 205 or 208 and use the trans and transfer case for it, if you go with a 350 swap.
Unlimited options with these things...
I think you were thinking of randygar. He drove from Eureka CA to NJ. He has some of his trip here on the zone and a blog on it.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour..._kVBj90EI1GJfy
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