justice
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Operationg on a top secret tip from lordtrunks the Wife and I were able to pic this up from Pheonix on Sunday...The crome accessories are making a huge pile in my garage along with the bra and henious seat covers...its starting to look like a Montero again..33's are on order as I type this..
This is what she looked like shortly after pick up..note the roof rack and "light bar" were already removed at this point.
Hours of chrome and sticker removal..
Now a few beers later...the crome crap on the bottom, left behind a rubbery residue similar to double sided tape..anyone have any tips on how to get this stuff off? If anyone wants my double crome winshield wipers they're all yours for the cost of shipping 
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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DRaider90
Body Damage is Cool
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Loc: Charlotte, NC
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Nice looking truck you got there  . I encountered that black stuff on my boss's truck when I was helping him put the 04-07 styled F-150 emblems on his 99 truck. Just takes a lot of patience, scraping, and a little bit of luck not to damage the paint. Best of luck to ya, can't wait to see it on 33's.
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88 Raider(Silver):No 2.6/Bad KM145 Parts/Project
88 Montero(Brown):No 2.6,4.88s Parts/Project
4X4 STICKERS,SHIRTS,ETC:
4WD Stickers AT COST.
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LRJ4x4
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Nice! try some Goo-Gone on the sticky stuff.
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96 Toyota Land Cruiser, fully locked Mall Machine :-)
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Angelo
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That will be a great lil project.. as far as the sticker and crap on there.. I've tried Goo-Gone, but didnt work on those side decals that came from the factory on mine.. GOOF-OFF is the best. Works very well And a heat gun will help tremendously!
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99JAOS2"& OME 2"body 4.90s ARB HS9500i Skids&Ladder 16"315BFG JAOSRemote& Rack 3Row Rad IPF back& Searchlite 33TSL StreetLock HID Overhead Console/CB switchPanel FrARB RrLocker TJMSnorkel 160AAlt Sliders 2nd Tranny Cooler QuickAirII& Tank Rear frame/tank Lift
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toddstidham1
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Check with a local body shop or two. one of them may have a decal/glue remover or you can buy one to go onto an air whizzer. It's a soft rubber cup that spins and contours on the body where the goop is. the friction removes the adhesive and doesn't damage the paint.
Removal tools look about 1/2 way down for the tools. They work great.
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1987 Montero 2.6l 5-speed (Sold...but I still miss her)
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport 4x4
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JAVYPRO
Body Damage is Cool
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Hey I'll take that bra away from you if you don't want it.  I don't know y'all but I like it.
Let me know
Javy
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stony-man
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Yeah, nothing wrong with that.
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justice
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Me and the Wife spent about 2 hrs today getting off the black stuff..got about 90% done on one side. I bought a heat gun and yes, I could not do the job without it. Thanks for the tips..The goof off works good to get the remaining sticky residue off.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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off-roader
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Looking good Justice!
Wow, another v6 SWB... cool.
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96SR (3.15:1 xcase, 35's), 89 V6 SWB (33's)
96SR Build Up Thread
Old web page
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rxinhed
The Mitsubishi Parts Guy
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Total jealousy here!!  All these V6 SWBs showing up...I'd still trade my other Monteros for one. Got my eye on a 4-door LS, hope to have news on it soon. 
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96 Montero LS 24V DOHC 3.0L.
98 Montero 24v SOHC 3.5L, factory rear locker, Winter/tow package.
63 Jaguar XKE 3.8L FHC
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madmitch
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So, I can't tell from the first picture, but is that a 4x4?
Looking much better. BTW, are those the Sport wheels?
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"Give the bully another point."
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justice
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Loc: Coastal N Carolina, USA
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Latest progress of exterior...gunk off the sides and superwinch hubs..the auto hub on the left side had trouble disengaging..
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Ok Now the fun begins...33" Goodyear MTR's on American racing Mohave's I waned the black ones but they were on back order..nothing rong with polished alum I guess..
As usual the clowns at the local tire shop said this would not work..."just shut up and mount em, I dont care if you needed a 5" lift to mount 33's on a bronco this aint a Bronco"
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
Edited by justice (03/24/07 12:40 AM)
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StockRaider
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Quote:
"just shut up and mount em, I dont care if you needed a 5" lift to mount 33's on a bronco this aint a Bronco"
I love that when people tell me I need to lift my Raider or Montero to fit 33s under it. Someday I will get money for them and prove them wrong
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1989 Montero - SR coils, SR steering box, 31" Wide track Baja
1989 V6 Auto Raider - SR Rear, LSD Front, Superwinch Hubs, 33" BFG Mud terrain KM2
1987 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6turbo Start of my tuner addiction
1983 Honda XL600R - Supertrapp muffler, EBC Brakes, K270tires
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LandRaider
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Quote:
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"just shut up and mount em, I dont care if you needed a 5" lift to mount 33's on a bronco this aint a Bronco"
I love that when people tell me I need to lift my Raider or Montero to fit 33s under it. Someday I will get money for them and prove them wrong
Yep. Back before I had my own tire machine, the tire store idiots said. Uhh those 31's are not going to fit on that truck. You need 4 inches of lift. 
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87 Raider 4.3 700R4 NP231CHD
Solid Axles, Selectable Lockers, 36's
87 Raider 4D56td v5MT1
Almost all stock.
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lordtrunks
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looks good man
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Grandpa's Cadillac
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justice
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Thanks again Lordtrunks..Junkyard score today...two genII trailing arms and coils and an oil cooler along with a few interior odds and ends. I didt have the right tools to get the front upper A arms so I'll be back for those.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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FrankR
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Loc: Columbia, SC
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Justice, you might like a set of Gen1 LWB springs better than the Gen2 coils..... at least they won't fall out.... they'll give about 1.5" of lift.
Frank
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'89 G-Raider Supercharged 3.0L, MegaSquirt 2, lockup A/T, 2.5" exhaust, 155k, Cibie H4s/Oscar SCs, Hella Micro DE fogs, Cobra CB, Superwinch hubs, LSD rear/Aussie Locker front, Bilsteins, 165A alt., Lifeline AGM, Rust-Oleum
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justice
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Thanks for the tip frank.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Tag
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Wow! looks good.
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89 2dr 3.0 AT, manual hubs. 33x12.5 MT
gen 2 coils,Cranked front tbars
Dons rocker protection, Front/Rear Bumpers. ARB rear locker, 2" BL, Beefed up skid plates/trailing arms. Gen II uca, 2 Bouncy seats www.youtube.com/TagGeorge
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cmonty72
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Am I the only one that blinked while he finished all his Mods to that thing? Your an animal!
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96 Montero LS 24V DOHC 3.0L.
98 Montero 24v SOHC 3.5L, factory rear locker, Winter/tow package.
63 Jaguar XKE 3.8L FHC
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rxinhed
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What'cha going to do with the Sport wheels? I shot photos of the seats and door panels for you, they're coming your way...
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1987 Raider (Roxy), 1988 Mighty Max turbo (Pearl), 1987 Ramcharger (Ryan), Sundry parts and parts cars
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justice
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I am currently trying to get rid of the sport wheels/Tires..maybe we can trade
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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rxinhed
The Mitsubishi Parts Guy
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Sport wheels are 16"? What is the backspacing?
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justice
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yea they are 16" not sure about backspacing. I'll measure and let you know.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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JAVYPRO
Body Damage is Cool
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It looks awesome What are you going to do with that bra?
Javy
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88 red Montero with the Dakar Special Edition decals, 438,000 miles (As of 7/23/2012) some occational blue puffing but still strong and counting!!! I am going ppsshhh (turbo), Stay tuned =) ...
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Quinnchuck
Getting the Wheeling Fever
Reged: 04/19/05
Posts: 95
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 I see what a difference a day makes! I like the clean look better ,no garbage all over the truck  .look'n good look'n good whoooooowheeeeeee!!!
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89 POWER RAM D50 4X4 XCab 2.6L
91 Grand Prix GTP 3.4L
87 Jeep YJ Laredo 4.0L EFI
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justice
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Just bumping this thread for the sake of keeping my progress on this project updated and documented.
Since the last update:
-Changed out the timing belt, front main seal, cam seals, tensioner bearing valve cover gaskets, intake gaskets.
-Swapped in a locking rear end assembly from 96 SR to include coil springs and trailing arms.
-Wired up switch and plumbing for rear air locker
-installed KYB Gas-adjust shocks on all four corners
-swapped in junkyard auto tranny from a 91 Montero(lock-up torque converter)
-Replaced door Panels
-Replaced front windshield
-Installed CD player/radio
Still Need to Do:
CV boots on Passenger side fron axle
-Repair exhaust leak
remove blue carpet and install brown
remove blue headliner and install white.
Also need to armor her up and lock the front
She has a nice stance with the rear springs
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
Edited by justice (12/31/07 12:32 PM)
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rxinhed
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Forward progress is always worthwhile! Looks great.
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hazy_daze
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She sure looks sweet!
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Mad_Scientist
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Looks awesome I'd love to have a SWB.
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'97 Montero 'LSR' - 4.6 gears & factory rear locker, 33" Procomp muds on 15x8 steelies, 50mm coil spacers, T-bar crank, Airlift, sans rear sway, 50mm rear frame & fuel tank lift, Aisins, ARB front bumper + 10k lb winch, 50mm DIY body lift, rock sliders, cut rear quarter panels...
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gtrotta
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Reged: 02/18/02
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Loc: Brooklyn
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Looks awesome, Justice! Nothing like the classic clean lines of a Gen 1.
Am shopping around for a new brown carpet for my own 89 2dr.
Believe I saw a good OEM-matching one for 100 one and bookmarked it on my office machine.
Are you doing any kind of fender flares?
gt
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2000-2006: '89 black Raider stock 6-cyl/auto
2007-?: 89 black Raider, 6-cyl/auto w/(at last!), bouncy seat, power windows and cruise.
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justice
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Yes if anyone knows of a good proven source of molded carpet, let me know. I would hate to order from an unproven source as I've heard horror stories of non fitment.
I dont plan to put on flares unless I start to get tickets. There are so many of the these fake pre-runner type trucks running around here in so cal that this truck looks pretty mild and does not stand out to the cops. So it will probably stay as is.
-forgot to add replaced alternator x2 on my list. The secong auto-zombie unit is holding up well(so far)
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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FrankR
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I used this molded carpet set:
Metro Carpet
It was cheap - about $130 - but it wasn't easy to install. It fit ok, but required a lot of effort. Maybe they're all that way. I had them make mine with a loop fabric instead of pile. Here are some pictures:
I have a feeling that all of the molded sets are from the same manufacturer, but I'm not sure. The front went ok, but I had to make several cuts in the wheel well covers to eliminate bubbles. Also, the edges aren't finished and no snaps were installed. After a whole lot of work, I'm satisfied for the price, but if a shop could do a decent cut/sewn carpet that fit well and had finished edges for around $300, I'd pay it and think I had a bargain.
Frank
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'89 G-Raider Supercharged 3.0L, MegaSquirt 2, lockup A/T, 2.5" exhaust, 155k, Cibie H4s/Oscar SCs, Hella Micro DE fogs, Cobra CB, Superwinch hubs, LSD rear/Aussie Locker front, Bilsteins, 165A alt., Lifeline AGM, Rust-Oleum
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justice
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Thanks for the info Frank. I have that same feeling as well (they're probably all ultimately from the same source.)
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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gtrotta
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Reged: 02/18/02
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Thanks, Frank -- I agree with Justice!
One of the vendors (A1Auto, I believe)
They're asking I believe 176 plus 28 s&h for a complete carpet set.
http://www.1aauto.com/1A/Carpets/Mitsubishi/Montero/1ACCS00239/6846
But you can only get four colors:
7769 SADDLE / BISCUI CUT PILE
801 BLACK CUT PILE
825 MAROON CUT PILE
816 LAKE BLUE CUT PILE
Automotive Interiors of Belcherville, MA wants 194 plus 24 S&H for the set:
http://www.automotiveinteriors.com/carpetsuv/dodge/raider2dr87_89acc.htm
They will send samples, and they also include the jute underlay.
One other vendor whose bookmark I can't find actually had an instruction sheet where they claim the only cut needed was an X-shaped one for the shift knob, but it's always good to hear about your real-world experience with the wheel-well bubbles.
You loop style adds a nice custom touch to your beautiful truck.
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1987-2000: '87 black Raider stock 4-cyl/5-speed.
2000-2006: '89 black Raider stock 6-cyl/auto
2007-?: 89 black Raider, 6-cyl/auto w/(at last!), bouncy seat, power windows and cruise.
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FrankR
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Quote:
One other vendor whose bookmark I can't find actually had an instruction sheet where they claim the only cut needed was an X-shaped one for the shift knob, but it's always good to hear about your real-world experience with the wheel-well bubbles.
Yes, I had to do that. The best way is to lay the old carpet set on top of the new and use it as a pattern for where to cut, but you have to be really careful not to cut too far.... leave the cuts a little short, then adjust when the carpet is in place.
There's very little extra material on the sides, so care must be taken to avoid coming up short on one side.
Once you resign yourself to slitting the bubbles in the wheel well covers, it's no big deal, but the cut pile carpet masks the adjustment better than the loop style.... the loop style shows every cut. It would be much better if the covers were made to snap onto the wheel wells.
3M adhesive is your friend.
I used a double layer of automotive carpet pad.... cut in strips and glued to the low areas of the corrugated channels in the rear floor, so I can kneel without ruining my knees. 
I also took the piece for the rear cargo area to an automotive upholstery shop and had them bind the edges.
If you ask, they'll make any color or fabric style.... just might take a while longer and cost a few dollars more.
The main thing is to take a lot of time to measure before you cut anything.
Frank
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'89 G-Raider Supercharged 3.0L, MegaSquirt 2, lockup A/T, 2.5" exhaust, 155k, Cibie H4s/Oscar SCs, Hella Micro DE fogs, Cobra CB, Superwinch hubs, LSD rear/Aussie Locker front, Bilsteins, 165A alt., Lifeline AGM, Rust-Oleum
Edited by FrankR (01/05/08 09:08 AM)
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justice
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Here's an update..been making some progess since the two or so weeks since I've been back.
Decided to put the Gen II jump seats that I have in my garage to use. My welding skills are not yet the best but getting better..
Plate welded to the front of the frame to mount the Jump-seats.
Now if I could just get rid of that blue carpet
2.85 T-Case gears are here!
Dirtdriver's going to help me put them in next week.
need an adapter to mount the regulator to this CO2 tank that Jon sent me when I was gone..
On the List to get done these next few weeks before I get back to work..
-fix passenger CV boot
-replace trans cooler line
-Install tcase gears
-Herc bottom of body panels
-install gen II steering box
-2" BL is on order, install when it gets here so I can armor the rockers.
-Beef up the skidplates
-Start on custom rear bumper..
-last but not least actually wheel the rig but right now its cheaper to mod than wheel...
I'm still deciding how I want to do the front bumper...I might go with someting different maybe more of a desert pre-runner type tube bumper..with provisions for a winch of course...someting like the all pro toyota bumper. ARB front locker and a winch before summer. I want to take it on the Con next summmer with 35's we'll see
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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JAVYPRO
Body Damage is Cool
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Justice,
That is looking awesome, I love the rims and tire setup. Are the tires noisy? Also, Im still interested on that bra, what did you do with it?
I got to get my Monty back in shape. Yours looks good.
Javy
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88 red Montero with the Dakar Special Edition decals, 438,000 miles (As of 7/23/2012) some occational blue puffing but still strong and counting!!! I am going ppsshhh (turbo), Stay tuned =) ...
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justice
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The Tires are a little noisy on par with any agressive mud terrain type tire.
Sorry I sold the Bra on ebay for $75 and used the money for KYB's..
Next up this week:
94 SR steering Box
2" Body lift
we'll see how much progres I make with these two things and I'll start making the rock sliders.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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-Replaced the leaky trans line last week.
-Found a hood safety latch I was missing and put that on
-Installed 2" RB body lift
Been in the "lab" learning to weld and making sliders. Made some decent progress. But I was waiting for my Body lift to arrive so I can figure out the proper height for mounting. Put in the body lift yesterday, but I think I'll complete a rear bumper before the sliders, as I just cant stand to look at the rear with nothing on there and I hate seeing low mounted stock bumpers. I'll post some more pics soon.
Tac'd together..
Hiding my sub par beads with the grinder.. I think they'll hold..Im not ready to weld on suspension components yet but these sliders should give me some practice..
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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Lookin good braddah! Feel free to make 2 sets if you'd like! I happen to know a Raider that they'd look good on!
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Looks awesome Justice! Looking forward to more pics as I'm in the bare-ass boat with you since I put on my BL  And, yeah, it looks terrible. I see it every morning when I go to my truck. Since it's too tall to go in the garage now and I back up my driveway.
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Hiding my sub par beads with the grinder..
Don't worry, that's what grinders are for.
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1992 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible: 3.0/A
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justice
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Here's my dirty  T-case out before the trip down to Dirtdriver's house. Thanks to his assistance the gears are now in and the T-case is in the Montero. Man what a difference. So thats what I've been missing all these years...whoa!
The body lift came promply and I installed it. Note white pucks.
Decided to put the sliders on the back burner for a little bit and make a bumper for the rear. Inspired by Don but with my own twist to suit my taste and ability. The goal was to be ultra low profle and to protect the rear quarter panels a bit.
I still have tons of grinding to do as well as drill and paint it. The frame ends will be trimmed and extra brackets cut off as well.
Need to add a small gusset to the inside corners to make a smoother turn around the corners...
The tailpipe needs to be trimmed now as well I need to see how I can move it up a bit...busy day for the cutoff tool and angle grinder tomorrow
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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Here's my dirty T-case out before the trip down to Dirtdriver's house. Thanks to his assistance the gears are now in and the T-case is in the Montero. Man what a difference. So thats what I've been missing all these years...whoa!
The body lift came promply and I installed it. Note white pucks.
Decided to put the sliders on the back burner for a little bit and make a bumper for the rear. Inspired by Don but with my own twist to suit my taste and ability. The goal was to be ultra low profle and to protect the rear quarter panels a bit.
I still have tons of grinding to do as well as drill and paint it. The frame ends will be trimmed and extra brackets cut off as well.
Need to add a small gusset to the inside corners to make a smoother turn around the corners...
The tailpipe needs to be trimmed now as well I need to see how I can move it up a bit...busy day for the cutoff tool and angle grinder tomorrow
Dayum Justice!
Time to change your sigline now that the gears are in!
Wanna move into my house for a few weeks?! I have some welding projects on the drawing board! 
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Looking good. Glad you got those gears in.
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aaronmjr
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Cool project. This has been a fun thread to read so far! I love the before and after. Afer looks kick ass
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Justice, dude you're rockin' on that thing. Keep it up brother! I can't wait to see it when I get back!
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1987 FJ60
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justice
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cut off the ends of the frame and the brackets off the tubular cross member.
coat of primer:
painted and mounted:
it would have been perfect had my angle iron for the mounts been 1/2" wider the bottom bolt is a little close to the edge.
rear view, I'm going to box off the ends of the frame to cover the holes and probably add a tab for D shackles on each one. Thats a project fo another day though.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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Lookin' good brother! That thing looks hella different from the first time I saw it...
Um, you need to fix this...
89 SWB Auto-33's Gen 2 SR: Rear end, Locker, Trailing arms, coil springs, and F/R Brakes. 2.85 T-case gears awaiting install... 
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As seen on Expedition with TX plates: VEGETARIAN - An old Indian word for poor hunter
Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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off-roader
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Excellent design and execution.
Gonna have to have one made (since I don't have a garage or the tools to learn to weld). 
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96SR Build Up Thread
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justice
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Thanks. I don't think its too bad for my first real welding project. Still have lots to learn. Sliders are next.
Tomorrow I'm changing out the CV boots on the passenger's side front axle. Then at least I can take it in the dirt in 4wd and test out that T-case. 
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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That looks incredible, Justice!!! It's awesome that you're making such progress on it. If it's ok with you, I may borrow on some of your design for my back bumper.
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justice
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Blew a coolant hose last night on the way back from San Diego yesterday...I forgot my tool kit that I usually have in the back at all times..gas station was of little help. No tools there to buy and the lady threatened to call the cops on me for trying to fix it in the light of their gas station I guess service stations these days don't like to help out too much temp fixed it with a dime and and a key as screwdrivers to reposition the hose clamp on a small hose on the throttle body. got out of there in the nick of time,,,how dare I break down at the gas station
Anyways, I had to pull the plenum to get at the other end of the said hose. figured I should replace all of them while I was at it, we dont want this to happen again.
Well, I figured since I had the plenumn off now was a good time to put on those valve covers I have in the garage with the correct hose outlets and oil filler cap in the right spot.(someone swapped in 3.0 with FWD covers) ...then I figured since I had the valve covers off I might as well do the valve guide seals and take care of the smoke at idle....What the hell? I thought I was just going to replace a couple hoses 
Crappy camera phone pics:
cam journals look good and it doesn't look like the valve guides have dropped, good sighn but that's the only one I got off today, waiting for the seals to get here in the AM so I can do one Cyl at a time. Note the Rope.
Here's the rocker Assembly out with the compressor tool. Used the fingers of latex gloves per the write up in the archives (Pmontero?) to keep the lash adjusters from falling out of the rocker arms.
before all this happened I mounted a Nippon Denso auxiliary fan from a Mazda MPV behind the grill but haven't had time to wire it up yet..I'll talk about that after I get the Valve guide seals on and the, valve covers and hosed replaced...
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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StockRaider
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Great job on the bumper, Mind if I borrow your design? Also, I am kicking myself for not using the rope trick when I was in engine... I ended up chickening out (Raider was still my DD then)
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1989 Montero - SR coils, SR steering box, 31" Wide track Baja
1989 V6 Auto Raider - SR Rear, LSD Front, Superwinch Hubs, 33" BFG Mud terrain KM2
1987 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6turbo Start of my tuner addiction
1983 Honda XL600R - Supertrapp muffler, EBC Brakes, K270tires
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cjsmontero
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Nice job on bumper bro!!!!! I really want a Don's bumper, but may have to copy your design! Could you draw the specs and angles, cut list, size of tubing? I know Im asking so little!!!! Thanks......great build, Im certainly envious.
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justice
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2" Tubing all 45 degree angles. Sorry didnt write anything down. I just held up pieces to the truck marked and cut. Use whatever thickness you see fit this one is .120" I wanted to keep it light and with the low pro it wont be getting hit much. Keep in mind this exact design wont work without a 2" body lift.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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I spy something black, metal, provides protect.... ah hell, its sliders and trailing arms in the back ground sitting in the garage. Is that to the SR or the Raider? The trailing arms modded?
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justice
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I spy something black, metal, provides protect.... ah hell, its sliders and trailing arms in the back ground sitting in the garage. Is that to the SR or the Raider? The trailing arms modded?
Angelo, the sliders are for my SWB Montero (it's not a Raider). I'll be finishing those up after I get the engine back together, hopefully this afternoon. The Trailing arms are a set from a gen 2 SR I got out of the junkyard for Jon. My 89 already has 96 SR trailing arms that came with the 96 SR rear end that I scored off E-bay for $100 and swapped in last year. As you probably know the Gen 2 Arms are the same with the exception that they are a bit thicker at the weak points.
Why weld on gen 1 arms when you can just swap in Gen2's? Thats my philosophy at least. about 26 bucks for the pair at the yard I think..
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Well I was making good progress today untill I got to cyl # 5 at which time I got careless and dropped a retainer..looked for it for 3 hours...Looks like I'll have to pick one up from the stealer tomorrow so I can get her back together...
Here's an old seal next to a new one. Note the hole size. Felpro gives you a couple of nice plastic sleeves that go over the valve stems while you install the seal. Once the seal is on you pull out the sleeve. It keeps you from damaging the seal on the retainer ridges.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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StockRaider
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I REALLLY have to do that in the next week or so... I can't let my Raider idle for more than a minute without the engine becoming my own personal fog machine.
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1989 Montero - SR coils, SR steering box, 31" Wide track Baja
1989 V6 Auto Raider - SR Rear, LSD Front, Superwinch Hubs, 33" BFG Mud terrain KM2
1987 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6turbo Start of my tuner addiction
1983 Honda XL600R - Supertrapp muffler, EBC Brakes, K270tires
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justice
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Yea..I need to do my SR next..not looking forward to that one. I'd rather pull the heads on that one I think..no room with those cams and twice as many valves.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Boy, talk about a picture saying a thousand words. Easy to see from that pic why they blow smoke when they get worn.
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Big Truck 1: 95, MT, >Gone<
Little Truck: 87, 2.6T I/C, MT, LSDs, Tonneau Top
Her Truck: 03, 3.8, 20th Anniv, 29k miles!
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justice
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Valve guide seals are done...now getting those hoses replaced and everything back together.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Well, got her back together today. I accomplished a lot with the engine that I needed to get done. Valve guide seals, Montero correct Valve covers, with new gaskets and cam plugs. All new coolant hoses in the back to the heater core and the throttle body. Those little ones in the back are not easy to get to.
It sure is nice to be able to put oil in the engine with out using a long funnel now that the right valve covers are on and the il filer cap is in the right place.
I think this cam plug was the main culprit in the variety of oil leaks that I'm slowly tracking down and fixing. someone got a little over zealous with the RTV. Yuck!
A half hour of idling and look at this. No Smoke...Amazing!
Still loads to do...SR steering box and UCA's are in the garage waiting to be put on and I need to finnish the sliders and design a front bumper..
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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89IsMine
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I'm currently slowing going through the process replacing my valve stem seals (work and life keep interfering ). Out of curiosity, how did you install your new cam plugs? Did you put them in before putting the rocker arms back on, or did you put the arms on and torque them down, then install them?
Eric W.
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justice
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I'm currently slowing going through the process replacing my valve stem seals (work and life keep interfering ). Out of curiosity, how did you install your new cam plugs? Did you put them in before putting the rocker arms back on, or did you put the arms on and torque them down, then install them?
Eric W.
I put them in before re-installing the rocker arm assembly. Seems like it would be hard to get enough room pound them in with the engine in. I applied just a dab of sealent at each corner of the rocker assembly per advised in the FSM.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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89IsMine
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Thanks!
Eric W.
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justice
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Got her out for a few hours yesterday on a trail not too far from here. Easy trail with some optional climbs to test out. Rear Locker works great. I still have a few bugs to work out here and there, and I need to get those sliders finnished. She runs a little warmer than I would like when crawling, nothing near an overheat but the needle creeps to half way and holds when I'm not at speed.. I think I'm going to get an extra radiator from the yard and get it rodded or re-cored to 3 rows.
Lordtrunks and or Toasty, are you guys still offering the 3 row 4 cyl/6cyl hybrid radiator for sale?
Got a couple other bugs to work out as well. More later.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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aaronmjr
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that thing looks so bad Wonder what the previous owner would think if he/she saw it!
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justice
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Made some progress
Hooked up an auxillary fan behind the grill. Its a Nippon Denso out of a Mazda MPV that was in the yard. wired it to the batt with a toggle in the cab to turn it on and off when I flip on the toggle both the condenser fan and the auxillary fan will run. Still plan to replace the radiator just for GP..It's been soldered on before and I dont trust it..
Sliders are almost there. They're all welded up now..just need some final touch ups and paint and they will be ready to weld on.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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StockRaider
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You evil bastard... your progress with this thing is making my head spin! You doing this is just giving me more confidence to do more to mine.
Sweet looking sliders too!
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Richard E
1989 Montero - SR coils, SR steering box, 31" Wide track Baja
1989 V6 Auto Raider - SR Rear, LSD Front, Superwinch Hubs, 33" BFG Mud terrain KM2
1987 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6turbo Start of my tuner addiction
1983 Honda XL600R - Supertrapp muffler, EBC Brakes, K270tires
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off-roader
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Nice. I especially like your rear bumper design.
Any thoughts on the gas tank?
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96SR (3.15:1 xcase, 35's), 89 V6 SWB (33's)
96SR Build Up Thread
Old web page
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chuck
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so far WD40 as been a solution for problems like that
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justice
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Nice. I especially like your rear bumper design.
Any thoughts on the gas tank?
The gas tank..yea that sure does hang low..looking at it theres no way I can see to move it up like you can on a gen2. The frame fits around it too tight. I'm planning to build a heavy duty skid for it. Hopefullly when I get some 35's it will keep out of the rocks most of the time.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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once you go 35's there's no turning back trust me you won't want to go back to 33s ever again.
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hazy_daze
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Nice. I especially like your rear bumper design.
Any thoughts on the gas tank?
The gas tank..yea that sure does hang low..looking at it theres no way I can see to move it up like you can on a gen2. The frame fits around it too tight. I'm planning to build a heavy duty skid for it. Hopefullly when I get some 35's it will keep out of the rocks most of the time.
I'm working on a design plan to raise the tank as well as incorporate a beefy skid plate. 34 or 35's will be my next size tire too...
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justice
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Nice. I especially like your rear bumper design.
Any thoughts on the gas tank?
The gas tank..yea that sure does hang low..looking at it theres no way I can see to move it up like you can on a gen2. The frame fits around it too tight. I'm planning to build a heavy duty skid for it. Hopefullly when I get some 35's it will keep out of the rocks most of the time.
I'm working on a design plan to raise the tank as well as incorporate a beefy skid plate. 34 or 35's will be my next size tire too...
Cant wait to see it..I dont think a LWB design will work with the SWB though..Mitsu made the V6 SWB tank larger than the 4 Cyl so its packed in there real tight. The only way I see to move it to the top of the frame rails would be to remove the body from the frame first. The seams are outside the framerails on the SWB V6
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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hazy_daze
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Reckon they could be ground down to make the room? Or maybe slid in from the rear above the frame?
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justice
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Not too keen on grinding on the tank but maybe highlift the body and slip the tank in..it would need quite a lift to make that much space though. I'm just going to armor the Pi$$ out of it.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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hazy_daze
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I've looked at just armoring mine too. I'm going to try to lift it first, then armor it. I'll be going with either 3/16 or 1/4 plate coming straight down from the frame with 2 135*'s to a horizontal under the tank. Kind of a box without square edges. Dunno if that explains what I'm thinking or not.
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justice
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Yea..the LWB is a whole different animal. I'm going to go check out a metal recycler out here that sells scrap and see what I can find for material and go from there. Going to try to keep it as close to the tank as possible in order to maximaze clearance since I cant move the tank up.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Well, I finished putting the sliders on..then my camera batt died so pics will come later..not sure if I'm satisfied with the design..we'll see how they do. If they turn out to be rock magnets I'll cut them off and make new ones..
Also last night mounted up a 115A Alternator out of a DOHC Diamante...Also an experiment. Got a new fan clutch, I think that was the main problem with my low speed cooling not being as good as I wanted.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
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J, definitely let us know how that alternator works out! I've been thinking a lot about electrical as well lately...
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Yea..the LWB is a whole different animal. I'm going to go check out a metal recycler out here that sells scrap and see what I can find for material and go from there. Going to try to keep it as close to the tank as possible in order to maximaze clearance since I cant move the tank up.
Just let me know if you'd be willing to and what you'll charge to make a second one of your final design!
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justice
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Yea..the LWB is a whole different animal. I'm going to go check out a metal recycler out here that sells scrap and see what I can find for material and go from there. Going to try to keep it as close to the tank as possible in order to maximaze clearance since I cant move the tank up.
Just let me know if you'd be willing to and what you'll charge to make a second one of your final design!
Yes I'm willing..Just not sure if I'm able But yea we'll have to see how it comes out got lots to do before I get to that one, but I'll get to it.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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Yes I'm willing..Just not sure if I'm able But yea we'll have to see how it comes out got lots to do before I get to that one, but I'll get to it.
When I was looking at this, my non-engineer mind was thinking... since the tank has rounded corners, I could make a frame using 1" square or bent round tubing on all 4 sides of the tank. Then weld sheets of 1/8" plate steel to this frame. If needed, add 1/8" thick reinforcements strategically welded to the plate effectively making it 1/4" steel in areas. This would minimize weight while hopefully offering rock ready tank protection.
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justice
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OK Got some batteries for the camera...
Sliders are now done..
They stick out a bit but are still well within the outside edge of the tires, so they should protect while keeping from getting hung up on stuff. We'll see how they work out.
Also, I scored a good looking spare transmission at the yard out of a 91LWB for 145 bucks yesterday..
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
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Saw a DOHC Diamante in the yard and grabbed the altenator off it...I thought it was the 110 Amp unit, but after looking it up I think its only 90 Amps as the Diamante didnt upgrade to 110A ontill 98 or so..this one was out of a 95...You can see the size difference side by side. Diamante on the left Montero on the right. The pulley on the diamante unit is the same diameter but has one more V groove. I had to get a longer belt to fit over the pulley since the bigger alt sits up a little higher.
I cut the rear ear off the Diamante alt..and used the steel sleeve in the cut off portion as a stand-off to get the alternator aligned with the engine pulleys. Also drilled a second hole in the front ear to get the alt to mount lower in the bracket. I'm not really satisfied by this mount and I have thought of a better way to do it with retaining the rear ear. I have a few hundred miles on this set-up so far and it seems to work well though..It was more of an experiment. I'll re-do it once I find a 110A unit.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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Ive had this metal in my garage forever..leftover from my rear bumper project on my 95 SR...Decided to make a front bumper for the 89 out of it
Cut a notch in the front of the frame for the bumper to sit in. Measured and marked.
Cut and bent,
I wanted to keep it as close in as possible to maintain approach angle. The winch will eventually be mounted back between the frame rails.
Boxing it up..That's as far as I got today I'm going to run 2" back to the wheel wells tomorrow and atach mounting brackets.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Looks awesome! Like the tight design on the front. Good work on the alternator, too. Interested to see how it works out for you. I still have the 140A GM one waiting for a donor bracket to try my hand at it.
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Larry -
I might have a bracket for you next week. I just bought a lot of 42 cars, one of which is a 3.0L SOHC Diamante from which I plan to claim the block. I don't remember if the Diamante SOHC has the same alternator bracket as the truck, but I think it does.
There's also a 2002 Galant 3.0L DOHC in the group. I was hoping to pull the crankshaft out of it, but I see from CAPS that the crankshaft is different from the earlier DOHC engines - not sure what's different about it, though.
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Getting there..lots of grinding to do..the neighbors must love me
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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Cool Frank, I may need more than one, depending on how my grinding skills hold up
Looking awesome Justice! Are you thinking about any kind of brush guard addition? If so, are you thinking square to match or round for contrast?
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justice
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I think I'm going to have someone bend a "hoop" out of round DOM for me. Nothing too high but something I can mout a couple of lights to. I also want to mount some shackle tabs but I"m not tooo sure about relying on my welds for a recovery point just yet. The bolt on ones are close to 100 bucks..more than the whole bumper costs to make ..If anyone has any suggestions on good recovery points for this I'm all ears..I would prefer bolt on that way I can put bolts all the way through with a reinforcement blate on the back side out of sight..
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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These are nice but 80 bucks plus shipping for a pair..no thanks..
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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why don't you consider doing something like this: $25
Link Here
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why don't you consider doing something like this: $25
The Answer is,
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I"m not tooo sure about relying on my welds for a recovery point just yet
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I would prefer bolt on that way I can put bolts all the way through with a reinforcement blate on the back side out of sight..
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That's a bolt-on mounting bracket for an air or hydraulic cylinder.
Find a local fluid power house...they may have a few scrap ones.
It's called an MP4 bracket for an NFPA standard cylinder. You're probably looking at a bracket for a 4.00" diameter bore.
They should run you around $20 -ish. New. Cheaper if you can find scrap.
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justice
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Thanks for the tip..when I did a search under "eye bracket" I came up with a bunch of better better prices.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
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Love that bumper You're giving me a need for welding Got to move first though...
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justice
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Thanks, Finished up the welding yesterday and got a good amount of grinding done. I actually managed to execute some decent looking beads yesterday. Should finnish the basic bumper by the end of the weekend if the rain stops.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Finnished grinding and got a coat of black on it..needs another coat, but that can wait until I get the light bar and shackle tabs welded on.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Looks good, J! I'll see it in person in February! My orders finally came in...
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1987 FJ60
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justice
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Took the 89 for a Shake down run on its first "difficult" run this weekend. I was pleased. With the new fan clutch and the Dual condenser fans the Temp guage never moved. The crawler gears take the rig to a new level. I was able to move through tight turns with ease and with the SWB and 33's never touched a skidplate or a slider. Granted, Pinion mountain is a Difficult trail but on the bottom end of "difficult" in my opinion. The real test will be Holcomb/John bull/Gold moutain trifecta in the spring. I need to get busy on the gas tank skid.
The wife bought me a carpet kit for Christmas so I'll be putting that in soon and getting rid of the blue stuff. Anyone tried Dynamat to reduce road noise?
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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I've used Dynamat in the past on some different things and it works great, but is ESPENSIVE. Also, removability damn near doesn't exist if you want it out later. If you're ok in those two areas though, I say go for it! Rig looks great, too, by the way!
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Justice,
That is one sweet rig! It makes me want to drive my '87 Montero diesel out there for an Extreme Makeover when it's done!
-Pmontero
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justice
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Yea that would be fun. Cant wait to see it! I was thinking of selling some of these bumpers if anyone is interested. But I need to first get the whole winch mounting thing figured out so I can make sure it all works together correctly. I'll be welding on some shackle tabs soon. I think I'm good enough to make it work. The next bumper I do, I'll put the shackle tabs all the way through the tube, so I can weld them on front and back.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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First projct of the year. Albeit a small one. I got some shackle tabs from A to Z Fabrication. Fast service and good price. I chose these because they are 1" thick and 3 1/2" wide which gives me 9" of weld area.
Shackle tabs Tac'd
Welding them on:
Beads are starting to look halfway decent:
All Done, adds a little bit to the bumper, but I'm still not done with it yet...
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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hazy_daze
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Looks good, as usual, Justice. And, BTW those are damn fine looking beads. Don't see nothin wrong with em
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Don't see nothin wrong with em
I do and I am not a welder.
The problem is that they are on his Bumper instead of mine.
Looks good.
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Dons rocker protection, Front/Rear Bumpers. ARB rear locker, 2" BL, Beefed up skid plates/trailing arms. Gen II uca, 2 Bouncy seats www.youtube.com/TagGeorge
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The problem is that they are on his Bumper instead of mine.
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Marcus2113
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I got some shackle tabs from A to Z Fabrication.
Yes! My recommendation I think. Looks great BTW. I can't wait till i have a welder.
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justice
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I got some shackle tabs from A to Z Fabrication.
Yes! My recommendation I think. Looks great BTW. I can't wait till i have a welder.
Yes thanks!
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Here's what I did today with some experimenting with a Harbor Freight Pipe Bender that a friend lent me.. The Dies didn't quite fit right and I ended up wasting about 2 feet of tube. I think they were marked for ID pipe and not OD tube. But in the end it came out decent once I used a smaller die.
I also picked up some metal for a Bumper I'm building for "plh". I'll chronicle that build in a separate thread.
I swept it forward just a bit so I can possibly mount lights to it. Not sure exactly how or if it will look right. I ran out of daylight.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Testing a new way to post photos...
Here's it done:
Note the "Don" bumper on the white 90. That thing is built to survive a nuclear blast all 1/4" channel. I wanted a bit more approach angle, hence my pulled in design.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Mad_Scientist
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Looks great. Was it one of those hand-pump hydraulic tube benders?
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justice
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Looks great. Was it one of those hand-pump hydraulic tube benders?
Yea, It's a "hydraulic pipe bender" I believe the dies are made for bending galvanized pipe which is why they dont quite fit for bending tube. It got the job done but it wasnt too kind to the tube, leaving some little dents in it.
looks like this:
I think I'm going to invest in a real bender soon. the bender isnt too bad but the dies are extra$$$. Keeping an eye out for a used one.
Want to get one like this:
Edited by justice (01/20/09 09:03 AM)
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Mad_Scientist
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Yeah, that would be nice to have. I guess you might have better luck with the cheap bender if you used a spring or mandrel in the tube.
Good to know the dies aren't sized quite right for tube
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Oyaji_Jon
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Justice, check Pirate. I've noticed a few for sale in the Tools section there.
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aaronmjr
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I didn't see it covered in here, what width are your tires and wheels? I am assuming those are 15's and your sig says the tires are 33's. Your truck looks amazing!
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justice
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Thanks, 33"x12.50 on 15x8 AR Mojave rims.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Very nice build justice, i built a similar front bumper out of i think 12in 1/4 thick C-chanel cut down to about 6 or eight wide. I should have used boxed steel like you, would have been way stronger but i had this laying around, i also built some rock sliders they hug and wrap around the rockers quite nicely i can get some pics up if you want. Are you using a 110v welder or 220v. Also did you crank the t bars any after the gen II coils, mine is soon to have a brand new 4.3 (sittin in the shop)and 36 swampers. kudos on the build
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justice
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Thanks man, Still lots to do. Took it out on a trip last Sunday...From Anza Borrego out Oriflame Canyon.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Put a snorkle on today:
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Nice!
John B.
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'95 Montero SR, 35x12.5/15 BFG M/T KM-2's, Rock sliders, Qtr panel chop, gas tank lift, 2" BL, Aisins
'86 SWB Auto, 2" BL, 33" BFG KM-2's
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justice
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Thanks,
Here's a link to my 96 SR rear end install:
96 SR rear end into 89 SWB
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Looks great!
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Glock24
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That truck look great! Congratulations! Man, you really rescued that Montero...
Could you post the blueprints for that bumper please? I want to make a custom bumper for my Galloper (a Gen I built by Hyundai), since an ARB costs over $1500 here.
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justice
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Blueprint?
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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LOL, that's funny Justice.
BTW, been meaning to comment on your build. Looking awesome man!
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Blueprint?
Yes Justice, we want blueprints, with a full parts list.
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GrassCat II, 1998 Gen 2.5 Locked and loaded. Ran off with Hector.
GrassCat I, 1991 Gen 1 Ran off with Justice.
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justice
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Blue print:
Buy 2"x 5" tube, 2" x 2" tube, cut and bend, weld. Use your truck as a template to adjust to your measurements. Use 2" wide flat bar stock to box up the openings. Use angle iron for the mounts to the frame. Order some shackle tabs from a fab shop and weld those on.
Grind, then grind some more, sand, primer, filler primer, light sand, paint black.
Thats pretty much it in a nutshell.
Not laughing to be an I just dont have any blue prints as I've pretty much just winged it using my 89 as a mock up to ensure a good fit. Hope this helps, the progress pics should give you a good idea
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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builthatch
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love the save you made on that truck.
re: one of the initial pre-body lift pics, that wheel/tire combo fit no prob, eh?
BTW, gotta love the boxer dog/ swb combo. our boxer actually owns the montero, the boxer has his own box! perfect dog beach/park/etc transport mobile vs. sand, spittle, etc in our new cars ; )
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justice
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Heres the one I built for Jon last week:
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Ver' nice. I'll send you a PM.
John B.
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Oyaji_Jon
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J,
Any luck getting those pics of the front frame notch for me? I wanna get this thing on the rig before school starts.
Thanks.
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
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justice
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Jon, I'm out on a training op in the desert right now. I meant to take the pics before leaving but things got a little messed up when I had to get a new garage door put on at thevlast minute. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak home and take a pic for you soon.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Don't sweat it. Whenever you get a chance. Take care and good luck with the op...
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Grampa's Trooper
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1987 FJ60
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Oyaji_Jon
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J, what radiator did you end up using, and is it working good? The Raider is running a bit hot and I want to get the right one to rod out...
Thanks.
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-Jon
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justice
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Jon, I backflushed mine and soldered up a leak myself. It's been working good since, but I still want to replace it. I replaced the fan clutch and that made a big difference. I also rigged an extra switched AC fan for crawling.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
Edited by justice (03/22/09 08:03 PM)
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Oyaji_Jon
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Ok, I've got to do something. Thanks. I'm trying to find the thread I started on mine to lay out the initial impressions of the black one.
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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Glock24
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I'm not a native English speaker, so maybe blueprint was no the best word to use :P
Well, what I wanted was some measurements, some instructions on how to build the mountings so it is stronger than the factory bumper, and maybe some kind of diagram.
Looks good. I'll give it a try when (and if) I have the time.
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Blue print:
Buy 2"x 5" tube, 2" x 2" tube, cut and bend, weld. Use your truck as a template to adjust to your measurements. Use 2" wide flat bar stock to box up the openings. Use angle iron for the mounts to the frame. Order some shackle tabs from a fab shop and weld those on.
Grind, then grind some more, sand, primer, filler primer, light sand, paint black.
Thats pretty much it in a nutshell.
Not laughing to be an I just dont have any blue prints as I've pretty much just winged it using my 89 as a mock up to ensure a good fit. Hope this helps, the progress pics should give you a good idea
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Oyaji_Jon
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Jon, I'm out on a training op in the desert right now. I meant to take the pics before leaving but things got a little messed up when I had to get a new garage door put on at thevlast minute. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak home and take a pic for you soon.
J, you back at the house? Any chance of a pic of that frame notch? If not, no problem. Whenever you get around to it...
Thanks,
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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Jon, Im still out here in the sand supporting WTI near Yuma AZ. I might be able to get home next weekend but that is still up in the air...Its up to the old man to decide if we are going to get any libo.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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No problem, brother. Thought you were back at the hacienda already. No rush, take care out there!
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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OK jon here are the pics of the frame notch finnally:
Overall view cut an L shaped notch in the front of the frame horns. This retains the stock captive mounting bolt holes on the sides of the frame rails.
side view cut 1 3/4" back :
Front view: cut 1 3/8" down:
Dont forget this is for the 2" body lift. PLH you will need to cut strait down since you have no BL.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Sorry for the delay..I've been out on an operation. Willwinchforfood, the snorkle template will be sent back your way shortly.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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Thanks Justice! That's perfect.
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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Got a winch this week. I'll see about installing it this weekend. I'll take some pics of course..
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Installed the Shittybuilt XRC8000 winch that I got for Fathers day. I was pleasantly surprised with what seems to be a quality unit for the price. Came with grade 8 stainless mounting hardware and a nice fairlead. Controller is similar to my mile marker. I have yet to try the MM controller to see if it will work but I suspect so.
tacked a piece of 3/8 steel between the frame rails
Welded the main plate to the frame and then put some gussets on for added strength. Made sure I could still squeeze the winch in there..
Welded up after test fit
I needed to add a place to mount the fairlead, since the winch cable was below the bumper. I made a mount out of a piece of angle Iron I had.
Edited by justice (06/22/09 01:24 PM)
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justice
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Welded to bumper...now its time to grind.
ground and painted.
Wiring..I had no room for the control box, I decided to mount it to the sheetmetal under the grill, we'll see how this works out. I thnk I'm going to rewite with an in cab controller soon.
Pretty much done for now. I'm going to get some synthetic line soon and an aluminum haus(sp?) fairlead. I think It will look a lot cleaner once I do that. Plus I'll get my approach angle back.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
Edited by justice (06/21/09 02:18 AM)
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justice
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Here's the side view. Its about as high as up and as far back as it can be without cutting the sheet metal and relocating the trans cooler. Its cenered between the frame rails so I think thats good.
Cant wait to test it out Just from playing around with it, its a lot faster than the 12K Mile Marker on my 95.
EDIT: picks not working..I'll have to figure out why later..
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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Lookin' real good, brother!
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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plh
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Looks great! MAKES ME WANT ONE REALLY BAD!!!
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- 88 Raider: Header, 5 spd, 4.62 LSD F & R, Weber, T/L, OME Dakar Rear Springs, 33/12.5/15" MTZs, PLH LOs, Justice Bumper #2, Dual Bouncies, planning 4d56T
- Gen 2 1992 RS M/T
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- http://www.tuffpans.com
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Mad_Scientist
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Yeah that looks great Very low profile.
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'97 Montero 'LSR' - 4.6 gears & factory rear locker, 33" Procomp muds on 15x8 steelies, 50mm coil spacers, T-bar crank, Airlift, sans rear sway, 50mm rear frame & fuel tank lift, Aisins, ARB front bumper + 10k lb winch, 50mm DIY body lift, rock sliders, cut rear quarter panels...
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hazy_daze
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Looks effin awesome J!!! Love how you tucked it
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justice
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Thanks Hazy. I like how it came out. I think I'm going to take apart the solenoid box, and extend the cables and mount the control solenoid under the hood with an in cab controller. Project for another weekend.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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hazy_daze
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Quote:
I think I'm going to take apart the solenoid box, and extend the cables and mount the control solenoid under the hood with an in cab controller.
Thinking about doing the same thing with my 8274. I think mine would look nekkid though. It's not tucked like yours.
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justice
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I want to be able to keep the solenoid dry during water crossings.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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Any progress? I know you've been doing SOMETHING down there...
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-Jon
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As seen on Expedition with TX plates: VEGETARIAN - An old Indian word for poor hunter
Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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My daughter helped me put on the door panels last night that Ghostraider sent me. I'll put up pics later. Thanks Ghostraider! I'll keep you in mind the next time I go to the yard..What do you need??
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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ghostraider
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Quote:
What do you need??
I would prefer a blonde but at this point i am not being too selective.
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justice
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Here's the Door panel pics
BEFORE:
DURING:
AFTER:
Edited by justice (07/02/09 07:47 PM)
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Oyaji_Jon
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Justice, either you're teasing us, or my computer's jacked up. I only see white space where the pics should be...
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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K_Raider
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Same here....
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88 Raider- sitting on a full size Chevy frame with 35.5x11.50x16 Dyna Torque II tractors
89 Montero- stock 2.6 M/T 30-9.50 BFG all terrains on American Racing Wheels
99 2500 Ram- 285-75-16 Uniroyal all terrains,straight pipes with no cat (yes its loud)
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justice
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OK should work now..Weird, it workd last night and not this morning....
EDIT: Not working again..this is getting annoying..my webspace provider changed a bunch of things...I'll figure it out later.
EDIT TO THE EDIT: Should be working now.. Thanks for your patience!
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
Edited by justice (07/02/09 07:50 PM)
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Quote:
EDIT TO THE EDIT: Should be working now.. Thanks for your patience!
Thats something you dont hear everday
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justice
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Quick update...
The wife put some new shoes on her while I was in Afghanistan. 33" Goodyear Duratracs boy are these nice on the road..We'll see how they do in the rough stuff soon. I think they'll do well.
I had an exhaust leak in the muffler since I hit it in a rock in Big Bear when I was out with Nick R, Ghostraider, and Dirtdriver last year. I had the muffler shop tuck this one up closer to the body. The 2" body lift gives you some more room to work with. This muffler has a nice tone to it not too loud but has a little bit of a rumble to it.
Also, I had a radiator that Ghostraider sent me, It looked good but I had it rodded out just to be sure and put it in. Too bad the guy put the side pieces on in reverse and I had to fix it myself. I took the time to re-drill the mounting holes so I could lower the radiator 2" to compensate for the 2" BL. Now its running with a full shroud as it should be.
I've been reading a bit about cooling systems, and its amazing how much efficiency you lose if your running without or with only half a shroud. Something to consider if your running a body lift without dropping the radiator.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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Justice,
What muffler are you running? I'm running a Magnaflow on the Trooper behind a header, and it sounds pretty annoying sometimes with the 2.6.
Also, were those tires pretty reasonable? I'm trying to decide what to get for the Trooper.
Thanks.
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-Jon
KJ6GVM
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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Muffler is a Flowmaster. Its not too noticeable on the street but when I took it out on the dirt at Palomar Divide it had a definite rumble to it when I was putting around in low range.
The Duratracs are pretty cheap comparative to BFG MT's or The Wrangler MTR's. I see tire rack has them for 153 ea for 33's. Not sure how durable they are, but the neither the BFG's or the MTR's Ive owned have impressed me with sidewall durability as I punched holes in both. Only with the cheap General Grabbers I had was I never able to poke a hole in the sidewall..Go figure. The traed compound on these seem a bit flexible, but that might be due to the siping. I bet they would be killer on the slickrock in Moab.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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That's cool. I found a set of "70-80%" BFG ATs on CL I'm going to look at tonight. I'll be interested in your experience with these tires. I just wish they offered them in a 33x10.5.
Thanks for the muffler info.
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-Jon
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Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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Small project this week but its progress. I put in a set of Hella Conversion headlamps. I almost went with the crappy Ebay ones but glad I didn't now.
Side by side comparison
Made in Germany. That cant be bad.
These things kick compared to the Sylvania Silver Starr conventional lights..Good mod in my opinion that should be on all Gen 1's.
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89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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JohnnyBfromPeoria
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That's cool. I found a set of "70-80%" BFG ATs on CL I'm going to look at tonight. I'll be interested in your experience with these tires. I just wish they offered them in a 33x10.5.
They do.
Tire Rack Specs
John B.
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justice
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I think He was refering to the GY Duratracs. The selection is a bit limited with those as they're pretty new.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Oyaji_Jon
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Thanks, JohnnyB, I've been pricing those already. As Justice mentioned, I was referring to the GYs. I'm thinking about going with the 33x12.5s.
Justice, those lights are "Hella" better aren't they (yuk yuk)? I put them in the White truck and Black truck and LOVED 'em! Glad you're wrenching away on that rig.
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KJ6GVM
As seen on Expedition with TX plates: VEGETARIAN - An old Indian word for poor hunter
Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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Dylan
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Welcome to the club! So far I am finding the Duratracs to be far superior to any BFG AT I ever had (not that they were ever outstanding in desert traction anyway), and at least comparable to the M/T's in dirt traction. Clearing seems to be good too, though I haven't found much mud yet. They paddle sand just like a paddle wheel too.
As for sidewalls, well I did crack one this weekend. Unfortunately nothing fun, a guy decided to drive into the side of my truck in a parking lot. Awful hard to see a tire taller than your hood when it is carefully hidden directly in front of you, I know but still...
That being said, the sidewall did crack just above the bead. The funny thing is that he hit me hard enough to shove the whole truck three feet to the left and yet the tire held air though the night. Best I can tell, some piece of his mangled grill pierced it, but the leak was really slow. As pressure dropped through the night, it cracked to a final length of about 3/4". It really was a pretty hard hit though so all in all I was pretty impressed it lasted long enough to get the truck towed home. Now Discount has that rim and will be replacing the tire. All it costs me is $23 for a new warranty. So far I think these tires were the best choice out there if one doesn't want to go full M/T, or needs better street manners anyway without sacrificing much off road.
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JohnnyBfromPeoria
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I think He was refering to the GY Duratracs.
After re-reading that...yep. Oops.
If somebody wanted real pizza cutters, you can even get the BFG's in 33x9.5's, too. Way to slice the wind.
FWIW.
John B.
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Guns_and_Roses
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Small project this week but its progress. I put in a set of Hella Conversion headlamps. I almost went with the crappy Ebay ones but glad I didn't now.
These things kick compared to the Sylvania Silver Starr conventional lights..Good mod in my opinion that should be on all Gen 1's.
Not so long ago. I sold those light for a living as well as other stuff. They are quite an improvement over most any lights you can buy. I think they still offer sealed beams upgrades too?!
Those lights you got were always a possible illegal upgrade here in California. It would depend on the bulb. 55/65 i think is the legal one. but guys would buy 90/100 bulbs and go and blind people as they drive.I sold even higher wattage bulbs than that too!
Those Hellas are quite durable Justice. You made an excellent choice.
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MI_Mitsu
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Small project this week but its progress. I put in a set of Hella Conversion headlamps. I almost went with the crappy Ebay ones but glad I didn't now.
These things kick compared to the Sylvania Silver Starr conventional lights..Good mod in my opinion that should be on all Gen 1's.
Not so long ago. I sold those light for a living as well as other stuff. They are quite an improvement over most any lights you can buy. I think they still offer sealed beams upgrades too?!
Those lights you got were always a possible illegal upgrade here in California. It would depend on the bulb. 55/65 i think is the legal one. but guys would buy 90/100 bulbs and go and blind people as they drive.I sold even higher wattage bulbs than that too!
Those Hellas are quite durable Justice. You made an excellent choice.
:)
I bought the same bulb upgrade from Dan Stern - whole kit incl relays and everything. He suggested and did some prevous forum members that the OE wiring would not hold up well to the H4/E-code Hella/Valeo bulb conversion. Hence the OE wiring would be used solely to activate a relay directly voltage direct from the battery to the new bulbs on newer & heavier wiring.
Still hadnt completed my switch over on the 89LS, suspension and brakes first! would be interested to read others thoughts on using the OE wiring
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89 Montero LS 3.0L/Auto
91 Montero RS 3.0L/Auto
87 Dodge Raider 2.6L/Auto
90 MightyMax 2.4L/Man
Parted/gone - parts available!
89 Montero LS 3.0L/Auto [Blue/Blue] (identical to my 1st), 88 Conquest SHP
Others: 37 Lincoln
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Oyaji_Jon
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I ran mine on OE wiring in both rigs with no problems whatsoever. I did not change the wattage of the bulbs, however, and could see potentially overloading the existing wiring quickly had I changed out the "stock" Hella bulbs.
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As seen on Expedition with TX plates: VEGETARIAN - An old Indian word for poor hunter
Grampa's Trooper
1974 FJ40
1987 FJ60
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justice
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Today I put some synthetic line on the winch today.
Took the cable off.
This is the shittybuilt ne 10K rope. It has 2 protective sleeves. One that goes over the first wrap around the drum to protect from heat and another out the hook end for protection from abrasion during pulls.
Polished Aluminum fairlead
Done
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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justice
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Been prepping the rig for the Dusy trip coming up this week. I installed the Masterflow compressor that I tool out of my old 95. Yesterday I dropped the diff and today took the ARB airlocker out of the Gen 2 housing and installed it in the 89 housing. Got backlash set right at .005 on the first try..
Tested to 100 PSI and no leaks.
Got the diff bolted back in and the passengers side suspension back together..tomorrow, re-assemble the drivers side axle and related parts and done..whew...
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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hazy_daze
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Good stuff
Pics of your compressor setup?
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justice
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Good stuff
Pics of your compressor setup?
ehhh, maybe once I get it sorted a little better, I kinda just threw it together in order to get it in there before I leave to the Dusy trip. It dont leak though, and that's half the battle..
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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DocPaj
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Reged: 08/05/10
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hi justice, i have been looking on the net for some time now for some that has done a diff swap from a later model ie.. gen 2. and i came across your build thread, i just wanted to ask you if you had any problems at all with the swap or was it pretty strait forward? i have a 89 gen 1 V6 auto LWB and my diff is cracked so i want to swap it out but i can only find a gen 2 diff. i have heard they are wider than the gen 1 but am unsure. your help would be awsome.
regards from australia,
Mick
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'89' LWB V6 EFI, AUTO, FACTORY 'LSD', SUNROOF(dont work), UHF, RHINO RACKS, WOUND TB'S, GU COILS, REAR SWAY BAR DELETE, 31' M/T's ON 15X8 PATROL OFFSET SUNNYS, 2.5" SPORTS EXHAUST = FUN FUN FUN!!!!
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DocPaj
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sorry for dbl post, but i found your diff swap thread and read all about it. doesn't look that hard to do and the extra 1 1/2" wide track is not that noticeable either.
your truck looks awesome by the way, gave me a few ideas to work with. i love the montero's/pajero's(aus model) they are a better 4wheeler than alot of people think.
Mick
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'89' LWB V6 EFI, AUTO, FACTORY 'LSD', SUNROOF(dont work), UHF, RHINO RACKS, WOUND TB'S, GU COILS, REAR SWAY BAR DELETE, 31' M/T's ON 15X8 PATROL OFFSET SUNNYS, 2.5" SPORTS EXHAUST = FUN FUN FUN!!!!
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justice
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Mick,
Welcome to the wire. No problem with the diff swap its a bolt in swap. Scroll through this entire thread and there's a link on one of the pages to a detailed write up on the diff swap. this should get you the info you need.
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99 Gen 2.5, fixing, awaiting build
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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DocPaj
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thanks justice, i found your thead link, good write up and pics. unfortunately my diff housing cracked all the way through now and i have had to replace it with a standard 89 diff, the good thing is that i found one that has the LSD that i have in the broken one and its out of a V6 auto too so its the same ratio. i will be one the hunt for a later model one anyway as i want to do the swap but i have not seen any here for sale with the locker in them as they are hard to come by over here. but i will keep looking.
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'89' LWB V6 EFI, AUTO, FACTORY 'LSD', SUNROOF(dont work), UHF, RHINO RACKS, WOUND TB'S, GU COILS, REAR SWAY BAR DELETE, 31' M/T's ON 15X8 PATROL OFFSET SUNNYS, 2.5" SPORTS EXHAUST = FUN FUN FUN!!!!
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