Recent content by Buddy_Holly

I?m hardly on here anymore but for the peeps that don?t follow on social media, here?s final product. The strap was temporary, I have the wheel bolted down now. Ordered some Bilstein 5100 struts which are height adjustable. I?ll be able to take the spacer out to bring the front down an inch or...

Ran out of time and parts. But it?s getting there.

I couldn?t resist?

Trans service went well. The 545rfe is a cool design because it has two filters. One for the sump and a spin on filter for the trans cooler return line. My coworker Jeff tig welded one of our Ford 9? housing fill plugs into the pan so I have a drain plug now. We had some Motul fluid here for...

I also forgot to post about the headlights.  It had cheap smoked Amazon housings so those got replaced for stock replacement units. From this: To this:

So with a full day of ownership under my belt the parts ordering began. These have a weird hydraulic fan that is run off the power steering system. The PS pump made noise so I ordered all the own hoses and a reman pump with a filter. It also leaked from the valve covers so I ordered gaskets...

Greetings, peeps. Long time no post. This is one of those threads that I?m not really sure where to start so I?ll go back a couple years. You guys all remember the glorious BMW wagon I had that burned a helluva lot of oil: I decided I wanted a truck. So I sold the BMW to a hipster couple and...

I drove up to the hill to hang out and camp. Beasley and I got drunk and played with fireworks. Fireworks: 1 Shirt: 0

After 5 years of ownership and 92k miles, we hit a big milestone yesterday.

Well the time has come to update this thread. A few of you know, but a while back Hannah got into a minor (for the jeep, anyways) accident in Blurpie. She now has a TJ to drive as a replacement. Greg called me one day and asked if we would be interested in Blurp and I jumped at the opportunity...

Sitrep: Pearl in fact does not drive fine. Very scary on the highway. Ended up swapping back to my Currie uppers which fit much better. This means I had to pull the axle back a little bit but it?s still stretched 1? or so. Need to get rebuild kits for the Johnny Joints but it drives fine again...

Removed the upper link on the drivers side. Shocked at how much more body roll is present. I guess that extra link really helped with it. Oddly enough, it seems like there is less bump steer from uneven surfaces? I?m keeping it as a 3 link since it still drives fine, I just have to actually...

Done

It begins.

Progress! Gears are mostly installed and done. Have to swap the setup bearings for normal ones and confirm carrier preload is good. Then onto getting the housing dressed and ready for install! Ring and pinion are really sharp looking. Shame that nobody will ever see them. Re-used the pinion...