Search results

Oh, something else "fun" dawned on me while removing things connected to the engine as we pulled it: my oil gauge is the old tube to the back of the cluster type... Doesn't look like the electric model will swap straight over so I gotta figure out the cheap(est) way to square that away... I'm...

Every little step takes you closer to the next one making sense...

Well, the more I get this thing taken apart the more I feel like I'm doing a frame-off resto here... I'm already planning on replacing the body mount bushings, so I'm at least gonna have to have the body disconnected at some point... So now I'm thinking why not just put the body on rack, roll...

LOL, "beer rental." Nice. No, he's moving the junk pile from inside to outside so we could get the cherry picker out the door.

Engine Removed Well, as promised the engine was removed last night! Having my buddy Rodney around to help out has been invaluable. I don't think I'd be half as far without him. The transmission mount gave us some trouble just because of how much of a hassle a few of the bolts are to get to, but...

Sorry guys, kind of disappeared there for a bit. But I'm back at it again this week. A buddy is lending a hand to really move things along. Last night we pulled all the A/C bits (I'm putting in new everything), the brake MC and booster (going hydro), the rear drive shaft, all the exhaust and the...

Sorry to hear that. Yeah, IRLP has turned out to be rather difficult for people to get access to. I'm still trying to get the repeater trustee on our end to get Echolink setup. That'd be a far more useable setup for folks from afar. Hope you can find a node you can connect to in the mean time!

So far we haven't had anyone connect from elsewhere. Which repeaters are you looking at using? If they aren't connected to other repeaters then you can likely just get on, say, "This is [callsign] and I'd like to connect to IRLP for a net if there's no other traffic." Wait a minute and if no one...

Awesome! Do you have an IRLP node close by there?

Alrighty... got the NP205 parts ordered. As I suspected, the other, more expensive adapter from NWFW included a bunch of parts to adapt the small bore case to the large bore input shaft. However, Kris said that the adapter bearing would decrease the strength of it. So, upside: no machining...

Gotcha, then yeah, I'm already committed to DBW since I have the harness in hand. C'est la vie. I am curious what's so great about having front and rear H/N/L separate on the twin sticks... when is that useful?

Really didn't make any progress on The Bus this weekend. Allergies had me practically incapacitated on Sunday, but Saturday I spent re-working the hydro-assist cylinder mount on the Dana 60 on my '87. The mount I'd previously used from DIY4x was hitting the engine crossmember when the driver...

I appreciate the recap! I have been over it a few times, but it is dense, and there's a lot. So I appreciate the refresher. I've been going back and forth on this. I think you've convinced me to keep the stock clams and get the ES inserts. I have them on the '87 already and they're great. I...

Trip to Chassis Unlimited So I went over to Livermore over lunch today to pickup a new diff cover for the Dana 60 that's presently under the '87. I'm switching from high steer back to the regular tie rod mounting location in front of the axle for a couple reasons. First, the tie rod and drag...

Progress Day 3 Finally have the front clip fully off. Not too bad overall. Fought a couple bolts where the captive/welded on nuts came un-captived. But overall pretty mellow evening. Oh, forgot to mention this the other day, but this thing has long tube headers. :smiley_drive: So far, 3 days...

Hey guys! We're gonna be on again tonight in a couple minutes! IRLP is live tonight :D

Yeah, I've seen that... still a fair amount of effort to adapt... The appeal of the Black Box or Magnum Box is that they're basically bolt-on. Looking like the cheap option will end up being the following: - Switch input shaft on the NP205 to the long 32 spline option that's out there for about...

A bit... and I'd like to get it to the point were I could take on harder trails. That's the direction I've been headed with it. But you're right... $2K is an awful lot, and I'm already gonna be super tight on budget. Trying to figure out if there's a way to only change stuff in the 205 (input...

Progress Day 2. Seriously Don? Hoping this isn't a sign of things to come. Someone replaced the headlight bulb socket and did this to connect the wires. Grill removed. Radiator and battery and other stuff removed. Power ratchets are an absolute godsend. What on earth did I do before I had...

So, being that I'm not a fan of doing things twice, and not super interested in spending a bunch of money on changing out parts in the trans or transfer case, I'm feeling pretty confident that I'll be going with NW Fab Works' Black Box underdrive and their 3-stick cable shifter setup. It seems...