What have you done to your rig today?
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Nice. It’s a win win. Now you got complete spares. It’s amazing the size difference in them. If hubs were affordable it’s pretty cool to leave hubs attached to spares so you just gotta unbolt the 4 hub bolts and roll. If I part any axles out anytime soon I will let you know and give you a hubThanks @Noel for making me spend more moneyI found them even cheaper on summit and they have them in stock supposedly View attachment 438525
Shreddinlettuce
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Careful with summit, sometimes it says in stock then They tell you it’s back ordered and drop ships from the supplier and the suppliers inventory wasn’t correctThanks @Noel for making me spend more money
it’s happened to me 3 times. If they don’t give you shipping info in 2 days call customer service
Hokie_YJ
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Thanks @Noel for making me spend more money
Summit is where I ordered the ones for my LJ build. They were the cheapest I could find then too, and I had them in a couple days. Looks like they’ve gone up a few bucks since then, but still a nice cheap-ish upgrade.
I received both of the shafts today. One came from Atlanta and the other from Columbia SC.Careful with summit, sometimes it says in stock then They tell you it’s back ordered and drop ships from the supplier and the suppliers inventory wasn’t correct
BNielsen
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Put the rebuilt starter in, still nothing. All my grounds are good, battery is good, positive cables, the trigger wire for the starter is good, engine bars over freely; I'm stumped
Hard to explain the difference?!?
CarolinaHD
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I had ignition modules go bad in them that caused the same issue
BNielsen
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I've vowed to be buried in this truck, so if it sits as a yard ornament while I figure it out so be itSell it to me so you don’t have to worry about it anymore
Plus my wife wouldn't let me sell it even if I wanted to
The ignition module is a DUI one that's about 2 years old; I may swap a good factory one on just to see
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Reinstalled the rear sway bar, mounted the winch, reinstalled the fender liners and fender flares, gave it a good bath, and drove it around a little bit.
orange150
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Got the exhaust mocked up, have to go to a cookout so I can’t weld any of it which is eating at me.
I tilted the muffler so I could hopefully gain some clearance. I’m also putting three bolt flanges at the muffler and catalytic converter to make it easier to make changes down the road if need be.
I tilted the muffler so I could hopefully gain some clearance. I’m also putting three bolt flanges at the muffler and catalytic converter to make it easier to make changes down the road if need be.
Clubbs
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I can't ever seem to get those 3 bolt flanges to seal, even with the fancy soft aluminum gaskets, stacked gaskets, or whatever combination I've got at the moment.
Id say just weld it. If you have to take it out sawzall and then weld again... Beats leaking exhaust.
Id say just weld it. If you have to take it out sawzall and then weld again... Beats leaking exhaust.
skyhighZJ
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Either that or v-band clamps at the joints.
orange150
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Hmm that’s kind of disappointing to hear. I liked the idea of being able to easily pull it apart if need be
Brakes on Uncle Ralph ('56 Willys truck) Its been a long time since I actually did drum brakes other than replacing everything on a trailer wheel that comes pre assembled. . The adjustment on these is an eccentric bolt to push the shoes out as needed. No automatic adjusters here. Slow going but I'm in no hurry on it, just another thing to check off the list. It runs and drives, it just quit stopping... lol
untchabl
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As mentioned, v-bands are the way to go.
Clubbs
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Looks like a well thought out system, you ordered all the parts and clearly have a plan. I've only used those flanges at header collectors where there's lots of movement happening. Maybe they'll be fine where you have them, but since you haven't welded it up yet... Consider ordering the v bands and waiting to melt it together this weekend?
Too much work has gone into your rig to have it hissing and spitting out the exhaust...
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Finally put some sxs tires on the sidekick.
skyhighZJ
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I don’t know your kick was a party bus?!!
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Party on wheels
BNielsen
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Got it revived; I've had the battery tested two times prior to pulling it out yesterday. Tested from both side and top post and tested good; well the shop called me and said "battery is good" so I went to pick it up and asked it they tested the side posts; bingo! Intermittent failure!
Ordered a set of top-post adapters, got them and installed them today; truck fires up now albeit a little cranky since it's been sitting for a while.
It's still going into semi-retirement while I start throwing parts at it but at least it's mobile and I can drive it to keep the cobwebs out of it.
Ordered a set of top-post adapters, got them and installed them today; truck fires up now albeit a little cranky since it's been sitting for a while.
It's still going into semi-retirement while I start throwing parts at it but at least it's mobile and I can drive it to keep the cobwebs out of it.
orange150
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I was wanting to post up here all full of myself that doing the exhaust was pretty easy just because @Noel said it always bested him.
Wellllllllll I was ready to start tacking things together when it dawned on me that I’ve had the transmission jacked up higher than where it will sit on the cross member this entire time. Once I dropped the trans down on the crossmember the exhaust hung low enough that it was holding the drivetrain up. Dammit.
Back to square one with the exhaust.
Also now that the trans is down on the cross member the bolt holes aren’t quite lining up, which is annoying. Was thinking it would be a tad more plug and play.
Wellllllllll I was ready to start tacking things together when it dawned on me that I’ve had the transmission jacked up higher than where it will sit on the cross member this entire time. Once I dropped the trans down on the crossmember the exhaust hung low enough that it was holding the drivetrain up. Dammit.
Back to square one with the exhaust.
Also now that the trans is down on the cross member the bolt holes aren’t quite lining up, which is annoying. Was thinking it would be a tad more plug and play.
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orange150
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And on the loaner car front, the front end has been vibrating at highway speeds pretty much since I picked it up in November.
Turns out ball joints were bad and aren’t serviceable.
So, new control arms and fancy control arm bushings are going in this week.
Turns out ball joints were bad and aren’t serviceable.
So, new control arms and fancy control arm bushings are going in this week.
I got some .23 wire so I can give it a go, but I got a local guy that usually only charges 2/300 for a full exhaust. But I definitely wanna get it figured out for patch work and converters. Looks like you just need to shift the trans over some for that to line up. Hopefully all goes well for you trying again