:cheers: Thanks, @Herbie, for the scoutwork. For my 1997 SLE, I'm looking long-term at dropout-type full-floats with unequal-length shafts and tubes to match the stock powertrain offset to starboard. The 9" Currie, which introduced major improvements long after Ford Motor Company discontinued 9...

:cheers: Sorry to bump an old thread, but I've info for @Logan on other candidate gears. Richmond Gear/Beloit once produced a ROD six-speed, which I reckon would have made the best installation, as all forks use a Long Machine & Tool external shifter; I'd have advised the 22:37 input/fifth gears...

:cheers: Sorry to bump an old thread, but I've a related parts hunt. My 1997 Safari SLE shipped with the Guide/GM composite headlamps pre-installed (also true with the Astro LT and Safari SLT and SLX), but I need to drop the marker/park/directionals to where they are on all Astros (plus base Safaris...

I ran across a Japanese second source: We know about the AC-Delco MU1782 (GM P/N# 19180091; FRU# 19331282, 25178736), a design upgrade for my 1997 SLE. But apparently NIPPONDENSO wants in on the backport action, and their Fuel Pump and Sender Assembly SX2774 is advertised as having an improved pump...

Concerning the 6-on-5-1/2" spindles, would I have to backport the 2003-05 steering knuckles to my 1997 SLE to use them? Whereas my current set-up uses Passenger (viz., Caprice/Roadmaster) spindles, 2003-up saw C/K-1500 spindles forward. Of course, the larger lug pattern would better accommodat...

My approach would be more old-school. As part of an AWD-acquisition contingency, I's investigating what aftermarket hub locks, if any, were available for the S-10/Sonoma to cross-port to the Astro/Safari chassis. I'm also used to manual-shift transfer cases, both chain- (e.g. NP231) and gear-drive ...

:cheers: Sorry to bump an old topic, but thanks for the detail photos. My down-as-of-16-September-2018 1997 Safari SLE's gearbox is coming due for an overhaul and I see a LOT of things that could use major upgrade. R Performance Transmission and Driveline Specialties (Oakley, CA, USA) can do the flu...

:D Either or both, depending on the engine. The G20 has the room for any of the Detroit Diesel V8's or alternately the Duramax 6600, which I'd back with an 11" dual-disc clutch and an EATON® FO-8407 single-overdrive with dual PTO provisions. The Astro is trickier; my practical set-up would use ...

:cheers: Sorry to bump an old thread, but thanks, @chemist, for the briefing. My 1997 Safari SLE packs a High Voltage Switch, and the spark coil's probably on the upper intake near the CSFI injection manifold assembly. Upgrading to a sextet of BOSCH® PLATIN+4's and ACCEL® 8.8's off a stock-replaceme...

I've a need to harden my 1997 Safari SLE against semi-corrosive fuel. California is infamous for major-brand gasolines that make small-engine survival a SNAFU, and I suspect the pump gas as a contributing factor in the recent "went down HARD" of my 1997 Safari SLE - had ca. 18 gallons 87-...

:cheers: Sorry to bump an old topic, but I've an add: Most Chevrolet Turbo-Fire 262 and Vortec 4300 installations in the M-body (e.g. my 1997 Safari SLE) had the engine oil filter awfully close to the headpipe. I'd first used K&N® Performance Oil Filters in two generations of Ford E-series, and ...

Hi Everyone, Very good info. My 2003 AWD has 130,000. I have changed fuel filter every 25,000 miles or so. I may cut a hole in floor and install hatch. We should post a card board scaled template to show where to cut the floor. Thank you all for great ideas. AP Smart thinking, @Astrophysics! On 199...

Thanks for the advance information on the procedure. As of 13 September 2018 my Safari SLE went down HARD enroute - engine suddenly died and would not restart, on an uphill. No DTC's thrown when it happened. I'd previously changed out the Delphi fuel pump in a now-retired Ford E-250, but the pump/s...