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DirtyComanche

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  1. The camber, yes, but also the axle itself looks physically bent. I'll snap a pic tomorrow after class so you can see or correct me. I have to bring it to a mechanic shop to have them sign a paper verifying that the engine is installed properly. Maybe they can check somehow. Have you tried putting it in 4wd and seeing it anything explodes?
  2. What's gas at? Prop? Here's it's .92/L for 87 and .46/L for prop (as of the hillbilly gas station by the airport). AvGas was only at $1.18/L. Not bad!
  3. They're open for 20 minutes.
  4. Unfortunatly it's odd-ball. Only the FSJ guys run anything like that... That really decreases its value. I'd ask $100~.
  5. Phone. Actually, phone randy's ring and pinion. I know they stock a couple. Full and mini. Ask who makes them if you care. Oh, there's the lincoln if nothing else.
  6. Properly setup you will lose no horsepower. Milage decreases slightly, BUT, given that propane costs me half as much as gasoline I don't care. If you shave your heads to increase the compression ratio, you can get even more power out of it... It's equivalent to 105~ octane. You have true all-angle operation, decreased wiring (almost ziltch if you want), and it atomizes far better allowing for a lower idle (and lugging), and decreased carbon buildup and emissions. My whole setup so far has cost about $100 or something. 180L~ tank, regulator, vac lock off, mixer... Just need to build that adapter and crimp some hoses. I'm going this route as I hate wiring, have a leaky gas tank, and find I don't get enough capacity out of a stock tank anyways. And all the vacuum hoses can be eshewed. Is it worth it for the kit? Up to you. One last thing to consider is how easy it is to get a fill. All the major gas stations carry it here, but, elsewhere is different.
  7. There's one nipple that has to be capped I think. But it was a long time ago I got rid of mine.
  8. The camber is totally f'd? That's a set of bad unit bearings. And possibly ball joints...
  9. How'd you determine that? The XJ/MJ/TJ/ZJ/WJ axles will all bolt in. Vac-disco was done away with in 92 I think, narrowing it down to XJ/MJ axles... Personally I'd get rid of the vac disco, as all you have to do is pull off the vacuum lines that go to the tcase and throw them out/cap them as needed. You'll lose the indicator light. Then any newer 4cyl axle will work. Look for one with 297X u-joints.
  10. Well, they only travel a couple inches normally... But, the shocks actually allow the suspension to travel quite a lot farther. Both upwards and down.
  11. You can soften them out by triangulating the crap out of them. Look in my thread in the projects, there's an @$$-shot of my truck if you want to see what I mean.
  12. White with black cow spots. Cowmanche. It looks cool.
  13. Aren't those pretty much the cheapest shocks you can buy? Take 'em off and go for a little spin and see how things are.
  14. Yes... Umm, I found the stock springs to be very soft. What are you running for shocks? You 'feel' the shocks more than the springs a lot of the time...
  15. Hi guys, I had a guy asking about this kit (and chewed me on the $$$) and the reason our kit is more $$$ is due to the fact we include the new parking brake cables and conversion yoke with our kit. As in a slip-yoke eliminator? No, spicer part number c2-2-****, it's the companion flange. Hell, I could get you the part number and get the part from the spicer dealer for $30... Or GET IT WITH THE AXLE!
  16. That's MORE. They're @#$%ers.
  17. In the US you're more likely to see propane on forklifts or other machinery. Never caught on like it did here; as the government used to offer a tax rebate when you converted your vehicle that was valued at $1000 - it would cover the conversion easily. What do you want to know? I'll convert my 4-oh as soon as I get off my @$$ and make an adapter for the TB...
  18. Well, it doesn't actually have a differential. It's a planetary gear set. Part time and Full time are the same other than it does some magic to bias the torque (I THINK it is wheel speed actually). But, off-road using it in part-time works best. (Yeah, it has part and full time) Now, if you wheel a newer jeep with a part time/full time tcase, full time is useless off road. The viscious couple simply slips and you have a nice one tire spinning effect and then I start swearing at the stupid luxary 05 WJ thingo that I borrow from my mom to go wheeling in because I figure dying young will at least not be boring.
  19. DirtyComanche

    My house!

    Yeah, definatly different construction to me. All we do is take off the top soil until we find somehting hard (rock, glacial till, etc) cut a couple deep holes in it for frost-free footings, then lay out the rebar and start with the concrete. But, congrats. A flat lot is a good lot.
  20. Eye candy is good. Oh, the trucks pretty nice too.
  21. Don't say honda, don't say honda, don't say honda....
  22. Actually... The NP242 does not use a differential. It uses a planetary gearset that splites the torque between the front and rear in 48/52 bias or 'something'. I've never tore one down. But they don't work like newer full-time tcases that use a differential or a viscious coupler.
  23. Most re-use the stock pump in a fuel cell... Summit sells some nice inline pumps. Just has to have a decent flow rate and put out 50psi or so.
  24. My height-sensing loading valve BS doesn't work. The 8.8 worked fine with disks with all the stock stuff.
  25. That style of brace only helps so much. Make it as strong as you want, but the bolts for the steering box will probably still pull through partially then loosen off. Leading to bad things. Hydro-assist. It's the answer.
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