{"id":1460,"date":"2012-07-21T22:50:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T05:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2012-07-21T22:50:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T05:50:57","slug":"drive-shaft-and-fuel-tank-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/2012\/07\/21\/drive-shaft-and-fuel-tank-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive Shaft and Fuel Tank Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finished up installing the drive line by bolting in the drive shaft. Once I had the rear u-bolts tightened I noticed that the new yoke that was installed when the 9&#8243; was rebuilt was a bit longer than the one that was used to measure the drive shaft. I used the long jack stands to take the load off of the lift to see how much free play was left on the front yoke. It looks like I have a good 3\/4&#8243; left with the drive shaft close to horizontal. I will need to check it with more weight in the wagon, but it looks like it should be okay.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Drive Shaft Installed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While I was working at the rear of the wagon I decided to install the gas tank to see what else would need to be done to get it operational. I used some super glue to to attach some pieces of 1\/16&#8243; rubber pads to the inside corners of the mounting straps. After I got the tank in I noticed that I will have to reposition the fuel module and I also need to find the male connector for the fuel module. I am pretty sure I saved it from the Durango, but not sure where I stored it&#8230;<br \/>\nAlso I think I will use some of the rubber pad material to protect the top of the aluminum tank from the bottom of the floor.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Fuel Tank Test Fit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finished up installing the drive line by bolting in the drive shaft. Once I had the rear u-bolts tightened I noticed that the new yoke that was installed when the 9&#8243; was rebuilt was a bit longer than the one &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/2012\/07\/21\/drive-shaft-and-fuel-tank-install\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[16,30,49],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-1956-dodge-sierra-wagon-build","category-drive-line-1956-dodge-sierra-wagon-build","category-projects","tag-install","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8JCW3-ny","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}