Pete M

Well, you'll be in my trucks' neck of the woods anyways. I'm at WSU for pretty much all of Mondays. I hate Mondays. :(

Well, your name is spelled Rokhound if it matters. :teehee: I gave you a temp password of "comanche" so lemme know if it still doesn't work for you.

They had some great young pitchers, but inexperience trumped raw skill this time. Plus there were simply too many errors. Oh well. But it beats a 100+ loss season, that's for sure. :D

I can't wait to get my laptop back. My old home computer won't play the vid successfully. :( It tries, but fails miserably. I still hold out hope that I'll be making a trip down to Tellico in January. :D

From what I remember, the big leak on mine was the driveshaft seal, but would only apply to 2wds.

Are we talking about autos or manuals here? You can swap out the electric speedo thing in the t-case for the mechanical one. You might have to swap the little shafts inside them though.

Yes, yes I can believe that. But only because I've done similar. Heck, on that last trip the trans was literally dry (after it blew a hole through its side) and it still got me home. :D It was noisy enough to hurt your ears and the last few mile I was stuck in 3rd, :roll: but still...

After the 90 is up and running, one of my first projects will be seeing if I can get an Explorer rear bar to fit. I've got several of them left over from 8.8 sales, so I figure I might as well. :D

Drums suck. That's all you really need to know. I bought new cylinders and installed them. What a pain in the butt. And this was the easiest work I've ever done on drums. After the initial bleeder issue, nothing gave me any hassle. Nothing was rusted stuck and nothing snapped off and flew across the room. It was a straight forward install... and I still hated it. Stupid drums. :headpop:

Are you talking about that suspiciously cheap 5" ebay kit? I'll say the same thing I always say about that one, I highly recommend staying away from any kit over 3" that doesn't address the lower control arms. It tells me that that they don't know what they're doing.

I buy only used tires these days. :D

Do you have a need for overdrive? :D

Oh the joys of working on old trucks. :roll: So is this easier to drill/dig it out from the outside while the axle is on the truck? or is it easier to remove the axleshaft and everything so I can pull off the backing plate and then drill it out? Or is it screwed into a part that's easily replacable? The factory shop manual mentions nothing about this for the Dana 44.

That ProComp sale is perpetual. It's been going on for months now and even if they did stop it soon, they'll restart it again in a little bit. ProComp is 4wheelparts' own brand and they push them as much as possible since they make the most money on them. :D

Good news! (for my trans that is.) I found a few quarts of semi-synthetic 10-30 in the garage! :D Don't know how old it is though. I found it at the back of a shelf.

What about a lifted Explorer pack? If a stock packs lowers by X amount, then a lift pack of the same amount should be stock for us right? I can't say for certain about the lift pack, but a stock Explorer main leaf pushes an MJ rear axle forward by 1/2" and the eyes are just a bit different. I would probably recommend using the MJ main leaf if it's in good shape and put the Exp pack underneath it.

Yup, me too. I dug out an old extension that didn't stay on the ratchet anymore and ground down 2 sides. Make sure you only take off a little at a time, as it's really easy to end up with a 7mm and round out the hole. Don't ask me how I know. :oops:

My only experience with a 4.0 rear main was horrible. The first try I accidentally put a small nick in the seal when installing it. But I kept on going anyways and sure enough, it leaked worse than before. So I did it again. And once again it leaked. So I did some more research and noticed that the repair manual called for RTV in certain places around the seal. I'm not sure why I didn't notice that the first time, but I tried again with the silicone. It STILL leaked. Now I was getting pissed but figured that I didn't leave enough time for the RTV to cure. So I did it one more time, used lots of RTV (be careful, as you don't want chunks to break off and get into the engine), and waited overnight. That apparently did it for me and I haven't had any issues since. :D Well, with the rear main at least. Later on I fixed the valve cover, but I still haven't bothered with the oil filter adapter's seals. They leak pretty bad.

What color were they? lift? tires? I know they weren't mine (since none of mine work), but maybe we could recognize them.

Oh the humanity!! :headpop:

Hell no. I'm using whatever cheap crap happens to be in the garage. :D

Aren't the bushwackers like 6" wide? Should be easy enough to measure your truck (minus the stock flares) and add 12". :D I think Bushwacker even has an MJ of their own. You might be able to ask them directly. XJs are the same up front too.

These 2 MJs have the same engine, yes?

An SOA will deliver about 5-6". It varies depending on the leafs used, how saggy they are, and how tall the spring perch is.

:yes: :teehee: Couple questions. Does that one sign say that they have a wishing well? And what's with the ?Bigfoot? sign? :hmm: