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Good choice and good luck with your plans. :thumbsup: Willy

I missed what's going on with the freeze plug. Looks like you replaced it with a sensor? Thanks, Willy

Seriously? :doh: That is a reason not to buy anything from Rusty's, not justification for buying Rusty's. You will end up spending more replacing Rusty's crap than if you just bought a quality kit in the first place. You even have personally experienced their crappy quality. If you want to save money, buy a quality product. If you like to waste your money on something that will need to be replaced, buy Rusty's. :hmm: Willy

Yes, the 231 yoke bolted right on. I didn't have to change anything besides have the shaft shortened. Willy

Yes, the 231 yoke bolted right on. I didn't have to change anything besides have the shaft shortened. Willy

Thanks. All that will do is get you fined around here. Willy say's who? mine stick out.. :dunno: Been to Evan's Creek lately? Officer Dan loves to write tickets for this BS. There's also a Kent cop that enjoys ticketing for anything he can find. We've been lucky so far, but it seems like everybody I wheel with has at least one similar story. :thumbsup: Willy

Thanks. All that will do is get you fined around here. Willy

It's the stock bracket that the shift linkage pivots on. I just drilled a hole in the appropriate place in the brackets and welded a bolt in for my shifters to pivot on. The shafts that come up through the floor? They are solid rod I picked up at the hardware store and bent to the necessary shape. Also found the shift knobs at the hardware store. Willy

:agree: The design strategies and physics are quite different between a three and four link. It's not as simple as just adding an upper link for on road driving. 3 link You need to eliminate all of the bushings and run heims, etc. With bushings you end up with a lot of axle dive. 4 link You need the bushings to prevent binding and allow the axle to articulate. Eliminating the bushings in a four link will result in the twisting forces transferring to the axle, which will result in bad things. :add bomb smiley here: It will be interesting to see what they come up with to address these issues. :hmm: Willy

In my opinion that is definitely NOT worth the effort. They used a TJ Rubicon D44. I consider it a downgrade - low pinion, rides on the coast side of the ring gear, and the same D30 outers. You end up with the same weak link, the 760x u-joints. Willy

All of the Teraflex kits I have seen only use longer lowers. I don't care for them because of this. One of the members of the club I wheeled with in TX owned a shop that could get great prices on Teraflex lifts, which resulted in a lot of TJs and XJs in the club only running longer lowers. In my opinion this results in pretty nasty changes in pinion angle as the suspension cycles, similar to running a shackle reversal on the front of a leaf spring suspension. It also puts a lot of stress on the upper control arm body mounts. I've actually seen one start to rip apart on the trail. I always tried to steer anybody looking for a lift away from this type of kit. Willy

The JK axles are still made by Dana, not AAM. They are still referred to as D30, D35, and D44, but most things like gears, etc. were redesigned and are not interchangeable with other earlier axles of the same model. Willy

Not sure this statement makes sense. :hmm: He has a 2000 XJ which does have an open cooling system. There is no need to fill it through the radiator hose. Just fill it from the top of the radiator. I don't think your problem is air in the system. I think you may have a vacuum problem. The vents are vacuum controlled. If you have a broken vacuum line or if the vacuum canister has gone bad it will result in air coming out of the wrong vents or possibly not working at all. Willy

Yes, we are using it. I also have a second one that will go in front of an Atlas in a Scout I am building. This is what I did with the shifters. Lots of other pics in our build thread. Willy

What kind of tie downs do you use to attach the camper to the bed? Willy

For all of you who enjoyed the walk along El Camino Del Rey in Spain, here is another one to add to your list - The Huashan Hiking Trail. :bowdown: . - good perspective of how high and narrow the walkway is. :D Some great stories here. For some reason, reading the husband's story about their trip made me want to go even more - just not in the winter. :yes: Willy

I've got a long bed and was able to fit a 35" tire. Willy

Our LWB sliders have been out for about a week now. More info can be found on our website. Do you have any pics of the LWB sliders? How it mounts, etc.? You web site uses the SWB slider pics for both the SWB and LWB slider listings. Willy

That looks like a bad situation just waiting to happen. I would suggest replacing it with the stock PS and belt set up. :thumbsup: Willy

Hey Willy, where was this taken? It looks pretty high. Top of the World trail NE of Moab. Here are a few more pics taken from the same cliff. It may help give a little perspective. :brows: Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Willy

Can you get a better picture? That one is pretty small and it's hard to tell what is going on. It would be interesting to see the PS unit and the modifications to the radiator hose. But, regardless of what is currently rigged, 1 and 2 are not even options. If a PS or radiator hose is zip tied to the control arm get that stuff out of there. Go to the junk yard and replace the mess with the stock set up. Willy

Most vehicles - manual or automatic - made within the past 20 years do have a NSS. I had a manual '84 Volvo that had no NSS, or, if it did, it no longer worked. But, turn the key on a newer vehicle with a manual and you'll get a whole lot of nothing. :brows: Willy

Those are some incredible pics. :clapping: Mine don't compare, but here is one. Willy

Yes, manuals do have a NSS. They are required in many states. Willy

Yes, it is pretty much guaranteed to be the NSS. This is another write up for cleaning it. It's not at all hard to do and doesn't take very long. It is best to do it now in your garage instead of waiting for it to strand you in the middle of nowhere. Willy