Not sure which old school members are still around but for anyone who remembers Socalli v8 ( Darren Cole ) we have sad news to share that he passed away back in April of 2023, I couldn't see any other posts about this so thought I'd share it here.

Congrats on finding such a well preserved van, they are almost all gone to rust and dust in my part of Canada these days ( Ontario ) they were a great van for many people for a long time, good to see one found a good home with an owner who wants to mod it up a little.

When it comes to suspension on these vans always go Moog,

Moderator please explain how I can do a search the phrase "engine cover". Two words using the (+) sign does not seem to work. I tried t with and without quotes and or the suggested plus sign and it doesn't seem to work for me, Thanks in advance. Ray Also try the term doghouse.... or look ...

mdmead wrote:

Astrophysics wrote:Hi,

The Journeys Off Road guys in AZ have a test Adtro with Jeep solid axle installed. Very interesting with photos.

AP

You can't post this without a link!

https://www.journeysoffroad.com/astro-a ... build.html

Cool build, thanks for the link Matt

Thanks for that info Herbie, I've often checked in to see if Tom had posted or if there were any updates on his health, he was a credit to this community and seemed liked a really good guy, very sad to hear he has passed

How do I make a contribution to the site? I have already learned much about the A/S vans, and I am just getting started. I have spent many years as a mechanic and as a shop owner, but mostly working on a lot of older imports ( pre-90's) with emphasis on Subaru, VW and Volvo. Rod Johnon aka WE7X Iss...

Ryan, thanks for posting that link. P.B has ruined many good forums.

Here is a link for the chrome ext... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... ated?hl=en

can't say for sure but more than likely they were reinstalled backwards

Yes. photobucket has ruined many forums with their buy or else demands, hope those fires keep there distance from ya

That's sad news, appreciate the post Roboto.

To all my Canadian and American friends...

I always recommend an aux tranny oil cooler especially if you live in the hills and are going to be towing

Cool beans bro, been a long time since we had a build, will check back to see how you are coming along

Good to see my 11 year old thread still has some relevance today... :supz: Looking back at the pics, I can't see what difference it would make if you just capped the manifold ports as compared to removing the whole thing. I removed the manifold because I was getting rid of the old leaky lines as wel...