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10:09 am
June 13, 2011
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slander
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Like the title said, what are you guys doing to your trucks prior to the badlands? My plans are to drop my tcase and tranny, replace the clutch. Im going to be rebuilding my crawl box, and building a new transfer case, installing a CB, and if i have time making a new center console. Oh and trying to get my winch to work. Hopefully i can get it all done and make it!
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2002 Toyota Tacoma extended cab TRD, V6, 5spd. OME 882s, winch, sliders, skids, 255/85/16 BFG KMS, Marlin/inchworm Dual transfer cases with 4.7:1 gears. 12:1 Rules!! Still in all of its IFS glory!!
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3:44 pm
June 13, 2011
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Tony M
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^^^^Holy Crap!! Why don't you just build a new truck while your at it????? :)
I'm going to put a lighter spring in my carb for the secondaries, and maybe up the nozzle a size. Then grease everything, and an oil change and she should be good.
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5:55 pm
June 13, 2011
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Trouper
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Let's see … I have a bunch of stuff to do on the truck to get it trail worthy:
- Finish fixing the aux fuel tank and function test (I friggin hope it works … I don't want to drop the tank AGAIN)
- Install CB antennas/radio
- Put interior back together (firewall, dash trim, radio, wire harnass, HVAC)
- Install new radio and stereo wiring (gotta have tunes for the 4+ hour drive)
- Install new wagon door seals (leaky)
- Replace front R/L ball joints
- Buy $1500 of trail sparts of EVERYTING (Front R/L halfshafts, Rear halfshaft, 1x upper/lower ball joints, tie rod, CTIS limp home kit, idler/pitman arms) – the idea is that parts for this thing are REALLY hard to come buy and I don't want to have to get this thing towed back to Grayslake, IL (up by the cheddar curtain)
- Fill it full of 52 gallons of gas + 10 gallons in spare tanks
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Hummer H1 – HCMS (Wagon), Vortec 454 gasser, 37s, more problems that Mike's jeep.
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6:23 pm
June 13, 2011
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Adding coil spacers and new tires. I bought Falken Wildpeak A/T's (for daily driver use) and we're going to see if these tires are as awesome as many of the Jeep magazine's have claimed.
Other than that, just the usual pre-trip checklist.
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8:49 pm
June 13, 2011
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jknutter
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Install new axle seals in front D44, install billet aluminum axle tube seals, replace front U-joints (if needed), and replace oil in both axles and t-case with the purple stuff.
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9:14 pm
June 13, 2011
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Axiom
| | McHenry, IL | |
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I won't be able to make it to the Badlands due to the fact that I'll be driving the JK to Denver that following Monday. Didn't feel it was a smart idea to wheel her then take her on a 1000 mile trip the day after. Wheeling in the Rockies = WIN!
I hope to have an aux trans cooler installed and possibly a new front bumper with winch.
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Mark -
2011 Wrangler Sport
2.5" Teraflex coil lift, Bilstein 5100 series shocks, 33" Goodyear Duratrac's, K&N Intake System, Rugged Ridge XHD Stubby, Warn M8000.
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9:47 pm
June 13, 2011
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Xjay98
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I was going to fab up full quarter guards but bo time. I did accomplish Aux. fan bypass switch. Hope thats it
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9:47 pm
June 13, 2011
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Moparboy
| | DDO West Chapter Reaper Crew | |
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Lets see….
Install new flowdaddy header
install rear bumper
take old sliders off, install new ones
install ZJ steering brace
fluid check
drive to badlands
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Evans
DDO West chapter (Reaper Crew)
1999 Jeep Cherokee-Trail Rig
I Love Haters
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4:53 am
June 14, 2011
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StinkyMud
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Post edited 5:42 am – June 14, 2011 by StinkyMud
RE-Install my winch on the TJ,
MML,
Skid plate lift back to stock,
LOF,
Change rear diff stinky stuff and possibly the trans and transfer case,
Pull rear seat and sub,
Replace current firestick CB antenna with a brand new one,
Rotate tires.
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Jeff & Angel "Git-R-Done"
04 TJ (Lil Smokey)
02 KJ – DD
01 Escape – DD
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4:23 pm
June 14, 2011
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oddball
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@ Moparboy - Your not going to rewire the winch?
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9:27 am
June 15, 2011
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slander
| | Bolingbrook, Il | |
| Daily Driver | posts 164 | |
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Tony M said:
^^^^Holy Crap!! Why don't you just build a new truck while your at it????? :)
I'm going to put a lighter spring in my carb for the secondaries, and maybe up the nozzle a size. Then grease everything, and an oil change and she should be good.
hahahaha!! Actually i think the clutch is going to wait until the end of summer, it still works, and i dont want to change too many variables right before an offroad trip. The crawler, tcase and cb are a must though!!!
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2002 Toyota Tacoma extended cab TRD, V6, 5spd. OME 882s, winch, sliders, skids, 255/85/16 BFG KMS, Marlin/inchworm Dual transfer cases with 4.7:1 gears. 12:1 Rules!! Still in all of its IFS glory!!
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12:36 pm
June 19, 2011
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slander
| | Bolingbrook, Il | |
| Daily Driver | posts 164 | |
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Got the lefty tcase im building halfway done, hit an impass in the build. I chiped the tooth off one of the gears that i need to install in my reduction box, because i had a brain fart and used a hammer to smash it off a shaft that i need to get to a bearing that was under it. Hopefully i have one at my parents house, or ill have to get one overnighted here. Gonna mock up the tcase and crawler combo tonight, and measure it up to see how much i have to mod the driveshafts. Dropping the driveshafts off at the shop to get modded tomorrow. All i need to do is finish building my tcase (hopefully tomorrow night) build the crawl box, swap into truck, mod the shifters, make a new floor, lock the front axle disco into 4wd and i should be good to go for at least one day at the badlands!!!
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2002 Toyota Tacoma extended cab TRD, V6, 5spd. OME 882s, winch, sliders, skids, 255/85/16 BFG KMS, Marlin/inchworm Dual transfer cases with 4.7:1 gears. 12:1 Rules!! Still in all of its IFS glory!!
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6:59 pm
June 19, 2011
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oddball
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Did everything I needed / wanted to do this morning for the trip. With one exception – Those Wildpeaks look weak on my Rubi. If I had a stock Sport or X model, they probably wouldn't look so lame. I'm sending them back. So I'm hoping my MT/R's will give me one more trip before I order the KM2's.
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7:36 pm
June 19, 2011
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JasonZ
| | Hillside, IL | |
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I'm just hoping to get it back from the shop tomorrow with the new clutch.
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8:51 pm
June 19, 2011
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Tony M
| | Grand Rapids, MI | |
| Mud Slinger | posts 545 | |
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Anarchy said:
Did everything I needed / wanted to do this morning for the trip. With one exception – Those Wildpeaks look weak on my Rubi. If I had a stock Sport or X model, they probably wouldn't look so lame. I'm sending them back. So I'm hoping my MT/R's will give me one more trip before I order the KM2's.
I was going to say something……. I saw a couple of them with those tires and thought the same thing.
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12:47 pm
June 22, 2011
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slander
| | Bolingbrook, Il | |
| Daily Driver | posts 164 | |
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Got the crawl box built and the tcase is 95% done, just have to change some seals and bolt it and seal it up. After that its mount the tranny to crawler adapter, and bolt the crawler to the tcase, swap into truck (ideally tonight but i doubt it), pary i measured right on the driveshafts, mount up shifters, see which ones need to be modded, and make a floor, rig up my axle disco so my 4wd will work, install a CB, test drive, hopefully drive it to work friday (55 between bolingbrook and midway is harder on a vehicle than anything at the badlands lol!!). I ideally would like to head down and wheel on saturday, but depending on what i get done i may just be heading down and wheeling on sunday.
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2002 Toyota Tacoma extended cab TRD, V6, 5spd. OME 882s, winch, sliders, skids, 255/85/16 BFG KMS, Marlin/inchworm Dual transfer cases with 4.7:1 gears. 12:1 Rules!! Still in all of its IFS glory!!
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