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- sacramento
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- Thread starter GordoSmasho
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- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Three break in cycles and other than the normal crazy noises the jeep makes the rearend is smooth and quiet. Need to realign the steering wheel and drive it around a bit more. One thing to note. These tires are freakin heavy. Huge difference in power. It was rippin pretty good with the old set. Now it feels supper sluggish. Could so be im used to driving my truck. It has been a while since i drove this beast.
- Location
- Campbell, CA
Awesome buddy.. You gonna change the fluid before weekend. I always do after a little bit of mileage!
- Location
- sacramento
Yeah tires can make a big difference. So can driving other cars then driving your rig
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Im not sure ill get 500miles in before this weekend. But i do have a few spare quarts of fluid. I can do it quickly before bronco in the morning. My housing has a drain plug so i dont even have to drop the cover.
I didnt feel like they were that much heavier than the previous set when I was rolling them around. But i new there was a difference. Of course the suburban also feels super sluggish when i drive it after my truck too. I also havent driven it much since we moved. I wonder if its the elevation and its still getting used to it.
Super pumped to wheel with everyone this weekend. We will be missing the sat run as we have my nephews graduation. But we should easily be back in time to help with the bbq if needed.
I didnt feel like they were that much heavier than the previous set when I was rolling them around. But i new there was a difference. Of course the suburban also feels super sluggish when i drive it after my truck too. I also havent driven it much since we moved. I wonder if its the elevation and its still getting used to it.
Super pumped to wheel with everyone this weekend. We will be missing the sat run as we have my nephews graduation. But we should easily be back in time to help with the bbq if needed.
- Location
- Campbell, CA
I never drop the cover. I have a super sucker pumper thingy. BlondeJon told me about them.. haha. Anyways I suck out the old and put in the new. Bam!
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Just an fyi for anyone who is coming to the bbq after bronco. I have a pile of crap that needs homes elsewhere. So there will be a table of garage sale items. Super cheap deals
There is an adjustable trackbar bracket and two braces. Adjustable upper control arms. Lots of tail lights. A few stereos and amps. A sub. Tools. Tool organizers. Tool boxes. Hdoffroad no lift relocators. Camp stove. And tons of other stuff. If your interested bring cash.
There is an adjustable trackbar bracket and two braces. Adjustable upper control arms. Lots of tail lights. A few stereos and amps. A sub. Tools. Tool organizers. Tool boxes. Hdoffroad no lift relocators. Camp stove. And tons of other stuff. If your interested bring cash.
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- Location
- Virginia City, NV
It Begins...
I think he has had enough. Poor little guy. Hung in there for a long time
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
After some measurements and a call to atlas, it looks like i got sold the wrong input shaft for the 4speed. So i trimmed it.
Should be ok. The tcase i had in there was trimmed similarly. It was out of a tj. Came with the long input shaft and needed it to work so i trimmed it. Its been fine for three years.
Should be ok. The tcase i had in there was trimmed similarly. It was out of a tj. Came with the long input shaft and needed it to work so i trimmed it. Its been fine for three years.
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Wow this place is dead.
So i started today by cutting out the beat to hell cat
There was really not a whole lot left in there.
Then i got it mounted to the trans and checked for interference with the floor
And proceeded to persuade the floor to receive the atlas.
I had enough clearance but the tranny was jammed up in the tunnel and i still had room for the tcase so i clocked it flat and did some more persuading and ended up with this.
The straight bar is on the higher bumped up section of the frame rails and the tcase is hanging 3/4” below the frame. Im happy with that. Ill be either building a new crossmember which i have plenty of steel to do it. Or ill be ordering the stinky fab crossmember.
I wish i would have know how goofy the atlas shifters are. I can see they would work well if i had the tcase lower but ill be fabbing together something for that as i dont want my tcase shifters taller than the trans shifter. I think the range shifter will work fine though being cable driven.
So thats where im stopping today. All in all im at 3hours of work so far. Now that im fabbing a few things it will likely take a bit longer than expected but thus is jeep life.
So i started today by cutting out the beat to hell cat
There was really not a whole lot left in there.
Then i got it mounted to the trans and checked for interference with the floor
And proceeded to persuade the floor to receive the atlas.
I had enough clearance but the tranny was jammed up in the tunnel and i still had room for the tcase so i clocked it flat and did some more persuading and ended up with this.
The straight bar is on the higher bumped up section of the frame rails and the tcase is hanging 3/4” below the frame. Im happy with that. Ill be either building a new crossmember which i have plenty of steel to do it. Or ill be ordering the stinky fab crossmember.
I wish i would have know how goofy the atlas shifters are. I can see they would work well if i had the tcase lower but ill be fabbing together something for that as i dont want my tcase shifters taller than the trans shifter. I think the range shifter will work fine though being cable driven.
So thats where im stopping today. All in all im at 3hours of work so far. Now that im fabbing a few things it will likely take a bit longer than expected but thus is jeep life.
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Spee...MI-YfIw9762wIVwrbACh19oQL5EAQYASABEgIPY_D_BwE
Found this little gem that ill be using to make my shifter assembly. Anyone need some atlas shifters...?
Found this little gem that ill be using to make my shifter assembly. Anyone need some atlas shifters...?
- Location
- Campbell, CA
Looks good. Flat belly with the atlas is gonna be sweet!
- Location
- Sacramento, CA
That's awesome. Mont know if I'll ever get that far in my build but an atlas would be awesome.
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Not gonna be flat. But at least not a huge issue. First crossmember down not sure i stoked on how it turned out but i had the time and material. Started with 2x6 box tube. Tapered the ends and recessed the middle. I may recess the mounting points and raise it up a bit. Or ill just spend the $250 and order the stinky fab and mod that one to fit the atlas. I dont know. I was hoping for less drop at the crossmember as im only at 3.5” lift. I was limited with my trans mount. I may look at getting something different for a mount to see if i can tuck it up higher.
- Location
- sacramento
I like it . Looks good
- Location
- WA state
You would need to cut out the center a bit, and box it in to have a flatter crewmember. Do some through holes for the trans mount like stock. If you box it in, should have decent strength. Are you using stock mount or something like stinkyfab?
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Yeah its a bushing style mount like stinky fab. I was looking for lower profile mounts. There is a company that makes one for a tj thats about an 1 1/2” tall. Still thinkin about it. Im going to get it on the road and worry about it later. Im working on linkages for the shifters i bought today.
- Location
- sacramento
ah linkage was a pain on mine. I hope yours goes easier.
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
I think i got my linkage figured out. I used those shifters from speedway motors. I might have it in and finished up next weekend. Im working in the bay for a few days this week so no working on it during the week.
On another note. We are celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary today. And my wife surprised me with this.
Its a Sig Sauer Extreme Full Size 1911 .45. I am no gun expert or even enthusiast but i am told it is an awesome gun. So freckin awesome. My wife rocks!
On another note. We are celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary today. And my wife surprised me with this.
Its a Sig Sauer Extreme Full Size 1911 .45. I am no gun expert or even enthusiast but i am told it is an awesome gun. So freckin awesome. My wife rocks!
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