97 Doing well and even was driven by the wife to come and get me from the hospital after surgery, more than 100 miles one way. Needs a new windshield as it's worse than any I've ever owned.
91, still searching for a new owner, was gonna build it, but I'm in no shape to do so at this time and when I get full use of my knee back, I'll be deploying, and would rather not have an unserviceable vehicle sitting in front of my house for months while I'm not here. Going cheap!
03, Need to fix brakes again as after less than 10K miles they make lots of noise, again. Weird noise coming from AWD rear, hopefully it's just a U-joint or it just needs new fluid, but it's unsettling to say the least. The cosmetic damage to the tailgate looks like crap, but isn't worth fixing.
Hummer: brushed 2 feet of snow off and started it up for the first time in over a month.
Suburban: slight leak of brake fluid somewhere in the rear brakes.
today was a good day and i had alot done ..
the 83 hilux frame is now cut into many peices and loaded up in the tacoma waiting for me to take it down to the scap yard ..
got the garage cleaned up and waiting for the cj-5 to come in so i can start getting her road worthy ..
verified she ran today but not getting fuel .. i think the tank filter or pick up may be bad .. tried both manual pump and good electric pump but wont pick up fuel from tank ..
so i used a temp tank and she fired right up 1st hit of the key and idled right down ..
so i still need to fix the d30 front axle and weld the d44 rear and fix fuel syttem than onto the cosmetics for april .. the cj's name will be April's Fool ..
also found that one of my fixed scout fans fit the amc pattern so thats in the works too ..
thats about it for today ..
oh yeah with this massive warm air here today my garage keeps flooding :mad:
need to fix my drive way bad ...
sometimes im so dumb i even suprise my self .. the rear axle was a 2 peice amc20 i saw the nuts on the stub shafts and figured it was like my scout dana 44 ..nope
and its toast it had locked and spit out pinion bearings and locked it up ..
the front d30 was even worse and missing 45% of its teeth ..
i have a lead on 2 more axles ,,but dont know if ratio matches or not ..
Fix_It Wrote:sometimes im so dumb i even suprise my self .. the rear axle was a 2 peice amc20 i saw the nuts on the stub shafts and figured it was like my scout dana 44 ..nope
and its toast it had locked and spit out pinion bearings and locked it up ..
the front d30 was even worse and missing 45% of its teeth ..
i have a lead on 2 more axles ,,but dont know if ratio matches or not ..
WOW! I would like to see pic's of that damage.
86 frame is on jack stands, rear axle, springs, fuel tank, tranny, tcase have been removed, IFS has been cut out and I am working on cleaning all the old mounts off the frame, my HF grinder finally gave up the ghost, I have beat and abused that thing so much I have to take my hat off to the poor ol girl, I bought 2 new ryobi's at HD. I got in the hi steer kit, front and rear diff armor, front axle truss. still waiting on the 4 link brackets to come from Ballistic FABS, I called them and they said the packages were being shipped today VIA USPS flat rate boxes so they should be here sat or Monday. Pretty broke now so gonna be a long weekend lol I still have to build the spring hanger, I went to Alaska Steel and got all the steel I needed, I have been going there allot and they have started to give me the good ol boy price, I am happy with there selection and prices. this weekenhope to get the front axle hung and all the measurements for the 4 link rear.
I pulled a nate today.
Broke UCA bolt at the rear axle end of my ZJ. 1/2" drive, 18" breaker bar on a bolt that takes a 15mm socket.
here u go .. i donr think a d30 ring gear should look like this ..:eek:
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Wayne - file her down and put some amsoil in - you'll be fine.
Justin - :eek: - didn't know you were still alive! :lol: Good to see ya.
see i was thinking of molding some quick steel and letting the pinion shape the ring gear again and let it dry .. should work right i saw hold 2 semis together ..this is just a jeep lol ...
New power steering line
No sway bar
Fresh oil and filter
thanks to Ron, there are heated seats in my jeep and my carry-out can stay warmer on the way home.
yestrday i picked up 4 axles for 50 bucks to make 2 good ones for the cj ..
Front 60 is in. Rear 10.25 is lincoln locked will be going under the truck tomorrow morning along with new brakes. I will also be installing some longer SS brakelines on the front and reinstalling my winch. If all goes well it should be ready for the groomer trial run on Monday.
Turdinator= Spring Hanger is built and hevy tacked in place, all IFS brackets are grinded off, Going to build front axle tomorrow
Skitzo is back in the garage...
Second carrier is welded up (so I'll have a spare carrier, ring and pinion for the rear axle should something happen to the first.
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78calico Wrote:Front 60 is in. Rear 10.25 is lincoln locked will be going under the truck tomorrow morning along with new brakes. I will also be installing some longer SS brakelines on the front and reinstalling my winch. If all goes well it should be ready for the groomer trial run on Monday.
I thought you were going to run a D70 in back, guess I need to reread the Calico rebuild thread.
I thought it was going to be a 14 bolt :twisted:
He is putting a D70 in but the suspension needs worked out first so for the stampede run he's running this axle.
Well that makes more sense.
Must be tuff when you have to decide which 1-ton axle to run on the trail ride next weekend. :bowdown:
zuki- rear shocks fix, can't find why the front wheel wasnt spinning think it was a hub problem so i packed the spare set of hubs, spare front axles and travel shaft packed and ready to go, motor mounts, tcase mount replace , tranny mount was ripped in half put a new one in. all the strange noises are gone.
Started the bumper build. Got the front bumper off...
Started making template with carboard and duct tape. got mad cause I didn't like the design and tore it up. Just have one real issue with getting the angles the way I want them. Hopefully a cpl days this week and sun afternoon I'll get a lot closer to being done.