Pete M

I used to have a picture of that too, but cannot find it.

if your batt cables are original, now's the time to change them out too.

30mph is a crazy low speed for DW. did you throw a wheel weight? lug nuts all tight?

yeah, that's a sexy truck right there.

you can use a bolt to brace as shown and then use the power steering to push it out. I recommend having a second person to do the steering while you watch the progress.

can you ask him to start a new thread so I have something to link to?

so I admit I don't use the phone much for CC, but I don't see a choice anywhere for a ding or not a ding.

drool worthy, that's for sure. but for $34k, maybe fix that dent in the bumper? maybe flip the grille?

I stripped gear teeth off my ring and pinion on a 2wd daily driver with 30" tires. I hate them so much I'm swapping the one out on my MJ trailer.

he's on our site guys. just go ask him. if he agrees, I imagine we can put together a new thread to gather interest and see if we can meet his minimum for a "group size".

sometimes you're looking for a thing, and then something else catches your eye and you're like, wait what? so just in case anyone was wondering, there's a website full of images like this: and in keeping with the educational vibe:

3x5 or 2x6 if you're going that route. from a visual standpoint, 2x4 looks kinda small. I think mine is 3x5. I skipped the "weld it pretty" step.

are you looking for an offroad bumper or a more traditional bumper?

and a towing bill.

if you have an open diff, when traction fails, the one tire will spin, but the other acts as a rudder to keep the truck straight. If both tires spin, you start drifting... usually uncontrollably. also, snow tires should be used if you want real traction in the snow. way better than 4wd with regular tires.

a posi involves changing carriers, and new gears, and setting up those gears... I... I can't imagine a bigger waste of money than throwing all that at a 35. buy an axle that will survive into the future and invest you money into that. I would start with a Liberty 8.25 and build that up. I would also avoid the factory TracLok if at all possible. I also hate a posi in the snow, but the only posi I ever owned was a 2wd truck, so I haven't experienced both a posi and 4wd at the same time.

you can find SMS's thread in the Vendor's section of the classifieds.

crap, I didn't even think about that when I was at the 'yard.

junkyard wars again. make a new truck look old. you've got 2 hrs.

good question. the postal Jeep I saw was 2wd.

I've got no idea what he means by that. should be worth it to go find out though.

it was a ton of work, but it turned out spectacular