Pete M

if I lived in AZ there's no way I'd trust an ancient radiator. new one all the way. don't skimp on the important things.

Collins brothers 14k mile special

85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92... I count eight calendar years of manufacture. technically 85 and 92 are half years so 7. I guess that's roughly 9. still, it's a gorgeous truck.

lucky number 13. plus extras including rockers, headrest bench, and a rear frame.

the blue one parked in front of the american flag is a photoshop.

even being a dana 35, the 4.10s is a great upgrade over 3.07 or 3.55. I'm sure someone would love to have it.

I put 200k miles on my Liberty (in AWD no less) before I had to replace a single moving part up front. unlocking hubs are just another overly complicated thing that will eventually break. a few years back I had to help a buddy replace one in his ford (on a brutally cold day of course) because otherwise he had no 4wd.

um, just leave them locked. tadaa! they are deleted! old school is indeed cool, but old school can be a real pain in the finger tips when the hub is jammed and won't fully turn to lock and it's -10* outside and I start to question why I chose this overly complicated solution to a problem that didn't exist in the first place.

no, they are a pain. if I didn't have the stupid minispool up front I'd have locked them and left them that way long ago. I apparently needed to learn some lessons the hard way.

yeah, I've had my fill of locking hubs what a pain in the butt they can be.

the real question is still, does all that effort actually give you more than you can get with just upgraded shafts/joints in a dana 30? the dana 30 is no slouch and the late model ujoints are the same ones found in a 44. and when it comes to failures, the joints are by far the most common I've seen (not counting failures due to lack of preventative maintenance)

sounds promising!

you should start a build thread in the projects subforum. not many are going to read the registry and keep up on your work.

keep us posted!

the AMC 20 has a perfectly round diff cover. like basketball levels of round.

that's a dana 35 you'll love the 8.8

Love it! couple thoughts: -you can't legally tow any more than the truck was rated for at the factory. nothing you add can change that number. -nothing you're planning will need frame stiffeners of any kind. this is a truck, not a station wagon like the cherokee. the frame is plenty tough.

aaaaannnnnnnndddd we've got a new rover on Mars. good stuff. looking forward to some sweet photos.

I hope to not have any around long enough for that to be an issue. just need this winter to be over.

not sure. my guess is a reused code for something like a block heater. being an AK truck, it would make sense.

I think we've all been there with that one screw or bolt that is a tiny fraction of an inch of clearance from being easy and thus becomes a huge nightmare. comes with the territory of working on trucks.

talk to Jeremy. I'm rockin' one of his refurbs with the added AUX input. then I slapped a bluetooth dongle into the AUX for uber modernity (and yes, that's a 92 XJ radio in an 06 KJ) just don't buy a radio made in Korea. the ones made in Japan are superior.

sexy

and there are 2 different sizes of brakes for the dana 35.