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Excellent, Glad to see someone else going to crossover and documenting it. Here is a video of mine if anyone is curious. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nptYGglpiA

How deep down this rabbit hole do you want to go? Feedback / feel is controlled by the size of a torsion bar inside the input valve assembly. If you do a nice job of cleaning off the splined input shaft on a full size GM steering box you will see the splined shaft, and a smaller 1/4" ish...

No dampener needed with hydraulic assist. The other plus about hydraulic assist with crossover is that it locks down the steering on the axle itself. That knocks any future crossover caused death wobble out of the picture. The deal with crossover is that if you can have sort of a cyclic...

2nd on Stahl. Made in USA - steel 2" bolt on hub centric spacers with stock HMMWV wheels. I run Stahl spacers front and back. The Dually front hubs are good too, but for me I wanted my wheels tucked in as far as possible. The Dually hubs are like running 3" spacers.

More pictures. These show what gets in the way with high steer

I run the polymer kingpin springs. Crane Axle makes them. They are stiffer than the steel springs but still have some give unlike the spring elimination kits that use a jackscrew to preload the kingpin bushing. Personally I think the original kingpin design is pretty ingenious and I like the...

I have crossover with high steer and hydraulic assist. Here is what crossover will do for you... 1) It eliminates the pull to the right under hard braking. 2) It allows full lock to lock left and right under full compression and full droop. 3) It lessens bump steering. 4) Can cause “death...

Increasing positive caster helps return to center. If the yoke on your front axle was clocked up with the 6” lift that would reduce your positive caster, possibly take you into the negative caster range. I concur, have someone check your caster or do it yourself with a DIY allignment set...

Most of it is 3/16” line with 3/8-24 nuts. I’d suggest plain old galvanized steel line or Nicop for ease of bending and flaring

Doh! $900 is pretty steep. There are lots of internet options, one being Badger diesel...I think. I have used both Oregon Fuel Injection out of Medford and Redding fuel injection out of Redding CA with good results. That being said... no garuntees of positive results for you implied... My...

Yes - both short and long. They are PDF files so I am not sure how to post them. You can download the manuals from Midwest Steering, they were nice enough to post a HUGE tech section online. The Saginaw 800 series stuff is 2nd from the bottom on the page. Might be worth adding the PDF's to...

There are lots of solid suggestions posted. My input is that if you decide to adjust your steering box read the TM, some of those youtube videos are pretty far off from every single Saginaw service paper. Not saying you can't have good results that way, but it is very easy to tighten the box...

Looks good. Did you by chance own a mini truck in the early 1990's?

You can clean everything up and pull the top off the pump if you are curious. Read up on placing the top back on, when you do make sure the shaft is at the idle position, and you place it on with sort of a swooping motion to make sure you don't get the shutoff solenoid wedged behind the...

Here is a bit of info again. The DB2 pumps had a urethane weight retainer on the governor weight ring inside the pump. The urethane bit would come apart and cause all sorts of havoc. Stanadyne made / makes an upgrade kit that used a totally different governor weight retainer that was all...

I used -6 or 3/8" PTFE braided stainless. Ran from transmission to aftermarket cooler to radiator to transmission. I don't recall what size cooler I used, but I wish I would have gone larger. On a hot day I can get the transmission above 240 in the highway mountain grades, some day I'll swap...

Time is a real pain sometimes. I'm also of the opinion that you should assemble it yourself or find a reputable shop. I know that eats up a bunch of time, and if that is time you don't have maybe roll the dice on a used engine? Finding a reputable shop can be a bit of a black art. Ask around...

You indicated that the timing is “set perfect”. How do you know that? How does it start when cold?

You can make one out of a glow plug if in a hurry... and you have some welding equipment.

It is a spring loaded pin. Try pushing on it if you are curious.