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pointsnorth wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:26 am
im surprised that 4r100 lasted as long as it did
That 5.4/4r100 has defied the laws of physics. Henry Fords 6.0 rage blazes in that 5.4 :gears:
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Tie rod and trac bars getting the beefcake treatment. Tired of bending tie rods 1.5x.250” DOM should take care of thatImage

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At $21 a foot you measure 5 times and cut once. Damn hyway robbery
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Drilled a 1/4 hole to get a plug weld on the inserts

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3/4” heims on steering 7/8” on the trac bar

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Got Ray Charles, some coat hangers and burned them in
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Grade 8 hardware with safety washers, Stovers and red misery
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Trac bar and tie rod in with temp ram mount. Plumbed the ram and bled the steering system. Still have to build the drag link

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Slammed the Tcase in. Will have to shorten both shafts I have
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HillBilt wrote:Trac bar and tie rod in with temp ram mount. Plumbed the ram and bled the steering system. Still have to build the drag link

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Slammed the Tcase in. Will have to shorten both shafts I have
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Had to take 2” off the front shaft and put it in. Pulled it out for a block lap and see how it feels. Aside from some fender rubbing everything felt good
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WelfareDuty wrote:Keep up the good work! It's looking awesome. Well it's still a Jeep but the quality of work is awesome Image

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Pretty rad minivan. Glad to see it moving

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Scoobienorth wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:27 am Pretty rad minivan. Glad to see it moving
Thanks man, feels good to be getting close. Feels pretty spicy with the V8 and 4.88 gearing. Ill get some better pics next time out, get the fenders trimmed and do some flex testing at the mall :banana:
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Took some holidays but back on it. Plumbed the air lockers just need to mount the solenoids for them. Also built the drag link and did the steering alignment
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Also stated building the steering clamp for the ram. Milled the top flat/ drilled out a hole in it and was going to build a threaded insert and my lathe shit the bed :headbang: . Blew the start capacitor so ordered one off Amazon. Might just go to my buddies shop to finish it up. Here’s the clamp before I drilled the hole. Cleaned it up with a flat bastard to hide my shady milling skillz :flipoff:
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Made up a simple bracket to mount the Air locker manifold. Mounted a crusty old gauge there and will run a line into the cab for another gauge also. Ran the wiring harness from the compressor and manifold into the cab.
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Took some time away from the tedious jobs to mount some overly ridiculous lights, because what’s a mall crawling minivan without some LEDs :flipoff: These are actually DOT approved, was going to go with a 9” but they covered half the head light. These 7” will be plenty :pimp:
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Compared with the old yellowed out headlights those LEDs are going to be as bright as the sun. :lmao:

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you could polish those lenses with some super fine sandpaper and get them looking a little better

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Decided against going the stover/loctite route, as I think a trail repair could get shitty real fast. So drilled and castled all the steering fastners

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Also started plumbing in the trans cooler. Pulled out the factory check valve in the cooler lines. Doing some research I’ve found that lots of trans failures were tracked back to blockage in the valve. Dropped the pan and found some metal in there, most likely the first service it’s seen since new I’m assuming. Napa gave me the wrong filter kit, no surprise there.
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With that at a stand still I started plumbing the compressor and front diff vent, pretty much complete just need the quick connect for the air line.
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Aside from some final trac bar adjustments and tie rod ram mount the front axle is all final bolted in.


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