Recent content by AK-RWC

The other pic of them is too large to upload. Either way, these things are beef. But I’ll need to throw probably $3K at them now since I want 5.13 and lockers rather than 4.88 and spools, and they have absolutely no outer/brakes/hubs/shafts.

And, an update. I’m tired of breaking my front axle. My buddy with the Ultra4 car (post #37) wasn’t ever able to break his Jrat Sixty9s in RuffStuff housings, and was tired of kicking his spare axles around. It wasn’t cheap to get them from FL to AK, but they arrived today:

Man; it's been more than 7 months since I logged in here! Sorry! The only mount set that I had an issue with was the one just forward of the gas tank. I ended up cutting some additional spacers for those two body mounts.

What ever happened with this conversation?

Minor updates: the vibration continued getting worse which coincided with us moving and my putting all my tools and worldly possessions into storage where I didn't have regular access, my family being more-or-less homeless, and the addition of another vibration coming from the front somewhere...

Sorry; went into a hole for the last 8 months. Shortly after the last post we put an offer in on a real house with a yard and a bigger garage and stuff, which required immediately selling the condo and being homeless for a month+ and putting all our stuff into storage yada yada yada. Closing...

You can, so long as it meets factory I/M for the original vehicle that the newer engine came from, AND you get it passed by a California referee. When Anchorage had California I/M, it essentially ended legal engine swaps because you'd have to take the vehicle to California to a referee station...

#4 is a custom one-off. There was no factory half-cab for the postal. An owner cut down a postal World Cab to make that one. As to other tops, Whitco also made a factory half-cab for full hard doors.

I got a Kilby skid and it's been great!

They've got bigger tubes and 1-piece shafts, so yes, they are stronger. The only "weak" point they still retain is the relatively small amount of engagement between the tubes and the cast diff housing itself, but it's not that bad. Guys build FSJs and keep the stock axles all the time...

Another shot of the tailgate. With the BesTop seal in place, it actually doesn't even want to close all the way. And another shot of the windshield frame. Emblem close-up. Proof of concept: I hate how I have to carry a 1/2" on an extension to fold the windshield frame down, so...

I did eventually get the driver's side door worked out. And my buddy painted my "new" hood. It's a pre-'81, so it has the divot for the blackout light, but whatever. I admit I was slightly disappointed with the paint, but he wanted to finish the buffing in the spring when I was ready to...