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A moderate gust of wind blew my heep off of jack stands and into my wife's WJ. No injuries, just a $2,400 lesson.

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You can just buy my truck. :thumb: Since I'm running an LS-engine with hydroboost it was actually VERY easy to find the parts at your local auto store. The 4.3L and LS-engine power steering pumps are in similar locations, you may be able to use the same setup actually.................... If, you fi...

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HenryJ wrote:Good investment. Looks like a simple fix. Call the 800 number and I bet they FedEx out the needed parts. The video makes it look simple.

Agreed. I will call in the next few days.

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...........Reed! Got your recall notice yet?........... Those compressors are catching fire! Hell no! It's only been almost 4 months since the recall came out. That was an awesome "catch" to pick up on that and once again, I'm indebted to you. Almost nine years with that compressor and it has done ...

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HenryJ wrote:
crewcabs10 wrote:And now it is for sale. if there is anyone in Mass or around here its $150. i wouldnt ship, sorry!
What happened?

+1

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Looking good! Those wheels are begging for the 1st Gen center cap treatment.

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HenryJ wrote:Well done! Bravo

X2

Where did you come up with the idea of using the '80 3/4 ton MC?

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Summit dragged arse along with my orders for wheels and tires too. If, no tracking number is given to you........
Call Desert Rat! Once I called Summit back to cancel my order due to the availability with Desert Rat, Summit literally beamed the crap to my door step inside of 2 days.

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Who in the H*ll is gonna notice? They can't see both sides at the same time. Fix the dents and then worry about the sliders. I've got two used half doors on the heep and no one has noticed that the interior trim is different colors

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...................Reid, did you need to do any modifications to yours? It was also found that the passenger side one is about 1/8th shorter than the driver side one overall length. I didn't have any issues concerning length with mine. I do remember Chris telling me that I may have to "oblong" some...

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Looks like your ears are stretched on the axle shafts. Mark them when you install the new ujoints or tack weld the caps to check for movement.

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That sure is a lot of rotella. U must do a lot of services? Not really. My wife's and my heep require 6 qts each oil change, minimum. I'm running a large filter that adds over a qt. Her Jeep racks up the miles for medical runs and the such. Seems like her 5K service reminder is going off, almost mo...

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HenryJ wrote:Scored a 43qt Edgestar 12 volt freezer fridge for $220 delivered!

Awesome deal!!

Ummmmmmm, 10 gallons of 15-40w Rotella for $30.

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Horsehammerr wrote:Sure would like to hear about your wheels. Size, brand, back spacing, you the details ? Please ?

They appear to be Camaro wheels but, I could be wrong.

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blaz wrote:.............I'm located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ...........

I didn't leave "nary a footprint" when I HINTED to you to help us assist you by telling us your location. Please fill out your profile. It helps us all and who knows, there could be a fellow CCer nearby that could lend a hand.

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........ http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj269/05blaz/IMG-20121103-00356.jpg I'm genuinely impressed with your build and the effort that you have put forth, in doing your research. I've wheeled with Miles, in a couple of different states, and his hardheadedness has amazed me throughout the years...

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Okay, here's the pics of the parking brake relocation and the attachment of the slider to a CC/ZR5 with a 2" BL. The first shows, that I need to redo and rethink the angle iron used to raise the e-brake cable. I need stronger material and have it welded due to the importance of that one point. All o...

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HenryJ wrote:......................... If I find a spare bar, I may do some playing?

This stuff isn't getting any simpler, Brule.

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Any consideration to a quick disconnect mod like we did on the CCs?

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Sounds interesting, Doug. Anxious to see it.

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Thanks for the picture. It doesn't look like that would not be a problem at all. Maybe if the coil came out of the bucket under extreme flex and came back down, missing the bucket, but that's unlikely. Do you have limit straps? Or are the shocks the limiting factor?............ No limit straps. I c...

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ApproachMedium wrote:Pictures of the welding etc would be appreciated. Im trying to find out how I am going to get these things on if my friend at the body shop cant do it.

Will try to get them posted tomorrow. Hang in there.

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..............But anyways, off on a tangent... Could you get me a picture of how your C's are gusseted, please? I'm pretty sure my buddy has it all figured out in his head, but I would still like to see how yours is. Oh and when the front axle breakage happened, do you remember what the u joints we...

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It was suggested to me that I weld them to the frame maybe instead of bolting them on. What do you think? I am not too crazy about drilling thru a frame with 255k on it and possibly causing any frame integrity issues. Reed, you welded your on didn't you? (pretty sure you did). and you ran into prob...

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You're doing some hard work, where others have tread before. I hope it works out and thanks for keeping us posted!!

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ApproachMedium wrote:Yes sir you are correct! It just happend to work out that the seller and I were going to be around the same place at the same time.

You did well! My memory is failing but, I think those were originally over $500 new with shipping.

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HenryJ wrote:Those would be the long stranded set for sale in the classifieds would they?

Those have to be. Only two sets made for CC and only one with the stand off rail.

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Apparently the OP lost interest or discovered that his/her volume knob works wonders.

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That looks fun! Do you have a picture of the carnage up close? Did you do anything to straighten the C?...................... No real close ups. Check out those ears on the chromoly axle shaft. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QRDRPnIZW4M/Tre8szO80tI/AAAAAAAAG0I/ySsMdg7jgnI/s800/IMG_0240%255B1%25...

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rlrnr53 wrote:................. I feel blessed.

Hang tough! You guys are in our thoughts.

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rlrnr53 wrote:Rotors appear to be good, if not, it'll have to wait until the money situation improves. A mild heart attack and some medical problems my wife had in late June have put us way behind.

I feel for you and hope that she is recovering well.

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...........If you have the unit bearing broke loose already, they aren't too bad to change out. I keep telling my buddy we need to break them loose on his girlfriends tj before we break a u joint while out and about.............. They're are easily broken loose. Check out Stu Olsen's site. . Apply ...

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............................If you are gonna go big, go BIG. I don't see the reason to swap a 30 for a 44 when you can't upgrade the joint. Sure you can put the latest and greatest in u joint technology in it with the best whiz bang axle shafts out there, but the joint and ears on the shaft still a...

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I know that it sounds ridiculous but, this site has saved me in so many ways that would boggle your mind. Save the info on the things that you might need in the future. Thank Brule, Walt, Benie and so many others that have passed through here throughout the years. It has been an excellent forum but,...

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I'm currently polishing an xj Dana 30 for my yj. I'm curious what ball joints you have in the rubi.......... I'm running XRFs right now. They were quite the rage before Polyperformance started making theirs. Early reports on the XRFs came out shortly after I installed mine and they are not good, de...

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F9K9 wrote: Makes me wonder what I did with my stock flares. I haven't a clue if, I sold mine or they're hiding somewhere. Surely I would have come across them in the six years since my MML was installed. Getting old sux! I have them, you sold them to me. I never put the bumper ones on. They didnt ...

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PATRICKH wrote:..........@_STUCKY... Dana is the only way to go!

Don't you means Spicer?

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.........To the best of my knowledge the CV - half shafts on a ZR2 are longer......... I just finished performing a very quick search and I can't confirm or disprove that they are longer. I can't prove it but, I suspect they're the same. Bravadas share most other parts with the S10. How would the s...

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Makes me wonder what I did with my stock flares. I haven't a clue if, I sold mine or they're hiding somewhere. Surely I would have come across them in the six years since my MML was installed. Getting old sux!

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Nice! Welcome to the forum.

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http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/jeep-non-hardcore/1015658-first-thread-pirate-jeepforum-refugee.html I didn't re-read much of that, but basically 1 guy says something they don't like and they just go on and on and on about why they are so much better at everything and anything. They may have nice pr...

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crewcabs10 wrote:............I didnt want it to happen again so i coated every piece of my frame, bed, and cab.

With................?

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:shock: you have some money invested, especially in the savvy stuff! The guys that run that place, or at least who ever is on pirate representing them, is a rude SOB that I'd never hand my money to. They have very nice stuff, though............. I'd be interested in seeing links concerning this one...

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I was gonna say, "why not put in a hi pinion from a 96+ xj?" But.... Now real panic is setting in because, I figure the housing is toast. Money is limited and every Heep owner in the world is looking for used Rubicon Dana 44 axles and driving prices up. You have a Rubicon?.............................

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X2!!!!

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Thanks everyone for the replies..................................The reason the SES light is one, per the shop, is that a heater that preheats one of the Oxygen sensors isn't working. They told me not to worry about it as it will be a costly repair and it will only slightly reduce fuel economy whil...

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I figured you guys might need an update on this chapter of my luck and migratory water fowl. With the use of Brule's case spreader we replaced seal and copper air line. We set the carrier preload and pinion preload. Ran a few gear patterns and buttoned it all back up. I cleaned up the case spreader,...

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HenryJ wrote:I keep hearing people touch up the damage after salt with POR15 ? Is that the best thing to do?

POR-15 is good but, there is a new kid on the block. I have a request PMed to a friend on another forum and will post up the answer when I get it. I believe it is from the makers of Sharkhide.

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northsnoma wrote:What kind of step bars are those?

Stock ZR5 bars.

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Welcome home!!

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Still wet with ATF underneath and no drops. 3K miles later. They doubled up on my wife's radiation treatments so, this ordeal deal was over with in 6 weeks instead of the projected 7-9 weeks. The CC made the trip effortlessly. Lowest mpg was 17.6 and one tank got over 20 but, that was in Alabama and...

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HenryJ wrote:.......If you are planning the MML, there is no other choice.

+1
We learned to search for this perfect set up after racing against the sun setting in Moab.

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ApproachMedium wrote:True. Well the reason why I asked about a body shop is a friend of mine owns one. I could go there and pick his brain about it and its where I probably will take it to do the work myself anyways, since he has every tool under the sun.

Now, that sounds like a plan.

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If I took it to a body shop, might they have a clue? Unless you have more money than time, I would do it myself. Here's what a quick search using Google produced. I focused on videos but, using the web search will give you some excellent instructions. Don't get overwhelmed with some of these jobs. ...

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Bump duly noted.

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You're going to have to get some "nutserts" and do a little research on how to install them. No special tool on installation if, you research that too. Not much help, I know but, I know the info is out there.

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A little grinder dust to prep for new rattle can. Also the 4th POS Optima laid down on my wife in Houston. That's three red tops and one yellow top in 8 years. Never again!!!!! I don't know what the Platinum Diehard cost but, I told her to ignore the sticker shock and never look back! https://lh4.go...

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Awesome write up!! Thank you, Brule!

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ApproachMedium wrote:LOL are you afraid? I guess I am taking some risks at doing such work to a vehicle with a quarter of a million miles on it.

Not afraid of anything but 1,000' plus drop offs......LOL

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It should work. That's a quarter inch more BS than my US Wheels came with. There's no more sheet metal to cut at this point. You'll be on the frame IIRC.

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ApproachMedium wrote:Began Stage 1 of project new life for my Crew today. ............

This is going to be interesting.

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I believe you're over thinking this. Finding an ideal backspacing will be almost impossible, Get close and then deal with it through spacers and or have some one lay down a bead or two on your oem steering stops. My preference is to deal with a rub. I prefer to have little tighter turning radius whe...

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It looks close but, you will lose .25" of back space. I rub with my set up. That being said....if, you decide to order them, I would insist on the installer pull the wheels straight from the boxes and put them straight onto their balancer. Chances are you will have one or more that is not true. I wo...

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Jongo88 wrote:I moved the tow hooks to the bottom just for looks.... I would never use them...

You should be golden then. You might want to tell the future buyer (after the deal is sealed) about the possible drawbacks of using the hooks as a recovery point if, you end up using spacers.

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.............I'm finely getting a brush guard... Do you have a BL??? If you do what did you do to get the brush guard to fit??? I hope to get it tomorrow... I have a PA 2" BL. I had to lose my 2nd gen. tow hooks. I picked up some 1st gen tow hooks and had the brush guard modded by a shop to work wi...

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Spent a couple of hours on the Rhino tail light guards removing the flaking powder coat and prepping them for painting. I used a Dewalt grinder with a 80 grit flapper wheel, a wire wheel on a drill and a Dremel barrel sander and hit it with a couple coats of primer. I'm unsure on what to use as the ...

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_STUCKY wrote:......This guy is interested!

I'll see what I can come up with.

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Could you get me a picture of the leaf setup, please? I want to see the shackle angle, with the longer shackle. And how much difference in height do you have between the front and rear? As in the "rake" of the truck. That's going to have to wait awhile. My CC is in Houston and some 1,100 miles away...

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To be honest with you, this was my first forum......period. I didn't think of a build thread, until I was finished (actually just paused for now), and began building other rigs. I don't believe that I even have stock photos of my rig. I could probably assemble some pics in various stages if, anyone ...

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_STUCKY wrote:I'll bet with more reading I could find that out myself ..........

Yep, looks like you found it. I apologize for not seeing your questions earlier. BTW......if, I had a "do over", I would have done the Boise Spring Works rather than the shackles and AAL.

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Non OEM replacement sensors and the likes often seem to create issues. It's been well documented. It happens, more often than not. I replaced my wife's Governor pressure sensor & Solenoid in her Grand Cherokee tranny with upgraded versions and continued to have the codes reappear. After having our l...

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paintballrocker wrote:F9K9, whered you get your tail light gaurds? ive looked everywhere but cant find any

I purchased from "Doc" he was a member here. He deployed shortly after I purchased them. They are the "Rhino" brand.

BTW. are you getting my PMs?

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ApproachMedium wrote:.............Was yours a Linden built truck?

Yes. Isn't that the only location that they were built at?

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