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Finished mounting the rag top today, mounted hood latches. Found a home for the fuel tank filler neck and got my gears for the rear axle, so will start regearing and installing the lockers this week.
Then the remaining list would be:
Make rockers
Raise body mounts
Fix lights
Make an exhaust system
Make a cold air intake
Remove wiper mechanism
Remove heaterbox
Run airlines
Install air tank
Mount winch
Wire and plumb lockers and onboard air
Make some frame tie ins for the roll cage
Some tow points
Go wheelin
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Started on the rear axle gears yesterday, will have to run out to Unitrax in Anaheim for a crush sleeve and some seals today.
Bearings are all good and came of without problems. Should have the rear axle done tomorrow. I was worried about the gearing since the axle was marked 4.56 and the gearing was way to tall, turns out it has 3.73 gears in it. makes me feel better about running 5.38's
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Got the gears and the ARB installed in the rear axle. All in all worked out well 2 tries and it was all happy. Then on to the crush sleeve which left me just about crushed. The darn thing did not want to crush with a 3/4" impact gun and that thing puts out close to 1100 ft/lbs.
So a 6ft cheater pipe and a lot of moaning and groaning got that done. Drilled and tapped the hole for the air tube and got her all buttoned up for the day. Next week gears and locker in the front axle.
Oh yeah in the mean time put some christmas lights up
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Fixed the rear brakes today, amazing the difference a pair wheel cylinders make.
Also 5.38 gears and a 5 to 1 transfercase make a decent crawl ratio, works a lot better than the 3.73 gears that were in the rear axle. Tomorrow I will start on the gears and locker in the front axle, pfft there is light at the end of the tunnel and some fine rocks in the near future.
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What a shiny looking york! Looking good Art!If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?
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