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Changed wheels on the astro.new tires now the slider don't work,anyone have ideas on extenders?

Last weekend I reunited the engine and trans with my 75, they have been out for over a year.

Today, I mocked up the serpentine drive.

Wow, that serpentine system is wild looking.

That is a sweet looking engine!! Love the serpentine conversion. Aftermarket? From where?

Yesterday I picked my van up from the shop, fuel pump died last week on the way down to Portland. Had it towed to my buddy's shop because I would not have had time to fix it myself until April. And I didn't want to figure out how to safely drain, lower, and refil that big (and mostly full) gas tank...

- Rich

Yes, it looks wild and cool...too bad no one will ever see it... : ) It is made by a company called CVF Performance. I bought it because I was going to need all new accessories anyway. This one came with the water pump, 160 amp alternator, PS pump and AC compressor.

1. I temporarily siliconed around windscreen because that little leak was dripping onto my fuse box. Fuel pump shut off twice yesterday, so I had to...
...2. Take apart and clean my fuse box.
3. Put my summer wheels on. The van lowered by 1 inch coz my summer wheels are 17in with low profile tires vs 15s standard height.
4. I lowered my van again! Cut one full turn of each of front coils and that dropped ~2 inches. So between my lower wheels, 2in drop spindles and cut coils I have total of ~5 inch drop at the front and 1 inch at the back. For the back I'll take out 2 leaf springs (one is overload one that does nothing) and raise the bracket mount what should drop the back around 3 inches, the max drop I can do without C-cutting into the frame before airbags go in.
I'm officially grounded, no more going over the speed bumps diagonally as clearance between the road and lower A-arm is 2 inches and a wee bit:)

Cool, that is pretty low. How is the clearance for the oil pan? you might need a skid plate : ))

Oil pan is above cross section, I'll hit lower A-arms and cross section first before oil pan. I'm worried more about my future exhaust :))