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49 minutes ago, Ωhm said:

 

OT: Love that vintage six drawer Craftsman's top box. I have the same one and it's still in use. Got mine in the late 60's'.

I've got the matching bottom too.  I came across a lot of great estate sale finds during our time in western WA.

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4 hours ago, Pete M said:

this is brilliant!  :D  I know the day is still young, but you win the internet for today.  :L:  I love simple solutions to complicated problems. :banana:

 

 

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It's only simple after the fact.  There was a lot of deep thinking trying to figure out how to get all that crap to fit in the space I had.  :L:

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Another snow run in February of 2021 on the forest service roads SE of Wilkeson.  This was the first trip with the RCVs installed.  After a couple of hours the passenger axle shaft worked its way out and I had to turn back.

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I tore it apart when I got home and discovered that the snap ring that holds the inner shaft to the CV ball had popped out of its groove.  It ended up shoved passed the splines on the axle shaft which allowed the CV ball and shaft to eventually separate.  Thankfully RCV covered it under warranty.

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Not much happened with it for several months.  Towards the end of 2020 we started shopping for a house.  We found a great place in western NM.  The end of 2020, beginning of 2021 was spent closing on the house and making plans.  We made a trip with the red MJ in March of 2021 and spent a couple of months in NM.  We went back to WA in May for a few months and then permanently moved to NM in August.  The blue MJ and Samurai made the August trip to NM.

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Since I got back from Moab it hasn't been used much.  We've been focusing on a lot of projects at the new property and I'm not moving anywhere near as fast as I used to.  But, I did get some Christmas presents in 2021 for the next phase.  Some of which I am working on right now for another Moab trip at the end of April.  The rear link kit will have to wait, but the ACOS and front sway bar are going on now.

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Last spring I had the transmission rebuilt.  The original rebuild was complete crap.  It would not shift into overdrive.  I dropped it off at Precision Transmission in Amarillo, TX on the way to visit a friend in OK.

 

Loaded up and ready to go.

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Here are a couple of videos of what they found.

 

 

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