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Everything I like about rusted out Dana 44 ball joint preload nuts .

I didn't take any photos in process because I had bearing grease, loctite and sillycone all over my hands, but it's back on rollers. New bearings and seals in the hubs. Everything went fine except, one of the axle bolts pulled the thread right out of the hub when I tightened it. It must have...

More work on the rear end. The hub seal was leaking on one side. Everything was caked in baked on gear oil mixed with silt and some rust. First I took the brake brackets off, cleaned them up and hit them with STEEL-IT. Then I chased all the holes, cleaned up all the threads on the bolts and...

After getting heatstroke a couple times, I have a hard time once it gets in the teens myself, but I would rather be too hot than too cold. Either way, you need to be careful in remote areas. Both extremes can be killers.

OK, rear end housing is back in and I didn't drop it. All new suspension bolts front and rear, new ubolts, all new bushings. Now it's time to move the Trooper out of the garage and the blazer frame inside. I have to put the 14 bolt together and tear apart the front dana 44. The front end will be...

LED disco lights

WoW! The paint I used on the rear end housing is a named black stainless metallic. It looked black in shade, but in the sun it's really farkley. I hope it doesn't look too disco. :ROFLMAO: No work will be done today. It's over 100 degrees out. I have to wait until the sun sets behind the mountain.

Made some progress. I replaced all the leaf spring bushings; front and rear. Had some trouble finding the correct ones for my 1990's Rancho leaf springs. I was trying to be all gentle, but I discovered the secret was to use the lube and send them home with a good old BFH. I made a new set of...

I burned out a ballast on my HID headlights. I was looking through my parts stash and found a box "F350 headlights." It was a new set of clear lenses. My old ones were all yellowed and barely translucent so I swapped them out. Had to replace the clear bulbs with ambers. Not sure I like them, but...

I spent years in the desert photographing off road racing. It was usually either too hot, or too cold. Every once in a while it would be just right. Which do you prefer? Too hot? Too Cold?

Well, I hit a snag. Scumbags broke into my shop and stole parts and tools. I had to spend money on fortifying the garage, better locks, installing cameras and other deterrents; then replace the tools they stole. Pretty heartbreaking to look for something and then realize it's gone. Today I went...

Get a cab and chassis. The frame is flat behind the cab. Much easier to mount a box on. Most are 2wd though.

Something comparable, but maybe not the GVW you are looking for would be a cutaway van. I have an older chevy. I love the turning radius.

Don't they have GM drivetrains? Can you get the same parts but from chevy or gmc? I don't know, just asking.

All trails are becoming UTV trails.

It's spring time in the desert.

I'm getting such a pirate 4x4 vibe from this thread.

I had a chance to check out the free truck I got a while back. I could barely see a holley carb sticking out under the air cleaner. I knew this was supposed to be an EFI truck. I hoped there was some trick set-up, but boy was I wrong. The holley carb was a 600cfm street carb. Too small in my...

Took her out camping. Bed was comfy, but I really need it insulated. BRRRR!

Actually did some work on the camper. I've decided to spray foam insulate it. I waited a while to see if anything leaked; it doesn't. Fixed some old stuff, did a bunch of wiring and got the diesel heater plumbed and wired. I had to create some bulkheads to get the hot air from outside the camper...