Elco 300 Utility Wagon

[DRIVEN]

Just attach a section of hose to it and clip the other end up in the frame somewhere. Something like this in the other end. You just don't want bugs or water to get in.

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[fleming442]

I put one of those happy-@$$ Scummit billet jobs in, but you just don't want water getting in. Driven need it.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

Got my shock relocaters and brake line hold down tabs welded on the housing yesterday. Got it prepped for paint, be doing that today .

 

[Doug Chahoy]

Got the housing painted Thursday, installed it Friday. Glad I left the control arms loosely connected to the car. It was still a b*tch getting the housing ends lined up. Atleast being empty I was able to lift and jiggle it around to get the long bolts through the other side. I ordered this on 12/23, it’s coming in 3 separate shipments. According to tracking, either the axles or the chunk are arriving today. The other package on Tuesday. So far as what I have I don’t understand what will hold the axles in place. They don’t have C clips like GM. Hoping when the axles show that there’s a bracket that fits on the Fbody billet tube ends.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

It’s been awhile since I’ve added to this thread. Got the center for the nine inch installed without any issues. Got the correct size u-bolts for driveshaft to yoke. Had a tought time finding a shop to press my bearings and retainers on my axles. Then remembered an old garage 2 miles from my house. Got that done for $40.00. Axles went in nice. I sure wish they had detailed directions for these rearends, for people like me that AREN’T mechanics and never done this before. Would have saved me alot of stress. Atleast QP has ALL the answers to any questions I had. Got the little vent that I was suggested to get. Little things that needed done became a PITA, like having to cut down the stainless wheel studs that at 2.5 were a quarter inch to long for my Vision wheels and closed end lugnuts. Just kicked the speed on the sawzall down a few notches and cut right through. Then readjusting the brake lines and reinstalling the brakes. Got it on the ground ( finally ) and just drove it back and forth for now. Gotta go over a few small things like figuring out why my serpentine belt is squealing. Then get it state inspected. I told the guy at the garage where I had the axles done, that I’d bring it to him. I told him that everything for safety is NEW, complete brake system, steering system, suspension and lights. He said he doesn’t care about the body mods with the rollpan and changing it from a titled truck to a wagon. Now I just have to get back to work from this hopefully short layoff to replete my bank account.

 

[Firetruck1]

Those Explorer style rear brakes are amongst the best bang for the buck in disc brake conversions around!

 

[Doug Chahoy]

Those are 98-02 GM Fbody brakes. I paid extra for the Fbody billet housing ends.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

I finally got my E-brake straightened out. Today after waiting 7 weeks for my UMI shock tower brace, it finally arrived. Then the fun started. The new hardware that came with it was bigger. So that meant taking the shocks out and enlarging not only the holes in the frame but also the upper shock mount. A 15 minute job turned into well over an hour. I had also bought the UMI control arm braces, I tried for 4 hours to get them on BUT my Pypes mufflers were in the way. Summit refunded me. For the rear brace, I copied the frame brackets that I saw online then used an actual weight lifting bar cut down and welded that to the mounted brackets. Real heavy duty, use what you have.

 

[pagrunt]

Today after waiting 7 weeks for my UMI shock tower brace, it finally arrived. Then the fun started. The new hardware that came with it was bigger. So that meant taking the shocks out and enlarging not only the holes in the frame but also the upper shock mount.

When I got mine I just got longer bolts, didn't use what they sent. All is good & tight.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

When I got mine I just got longer bolts, didn't use what they sent. All is good & tight.

I thought about doing that but figured they sent the fatter/stronger bolts for a reason. All done and tight tho. Just wish I could have moved the mufflers enough to get the control arm braces on. Trying to move the exhaust took most of my time.