Rig Status, show us your pics and what you need to do for Cruces 2009

[bigun]

my new wheeler!

Talk about slipping over to the dark side!!!!

[jeepdreamer]

done...?

GrumbleGrumbleGRUMBLE...sigh!

I really gotta stop bouncing between projects. Im starting to be like a monkey on a football....!

[Tad]

Need to go through and find the short that took out my brake lights from the April trip...

DONE

...refresh some basic stuff...

DONE

...figure out the clunk/tweak noise coming from the left front when backing up at an angle...

Another bent front spring
Time to just break down and order some new ones.
Bushings are looking a bit ratty anyway, probably 1-2 more good runs in them.

[fulsizjeep]

Another bent front spring

Bummer - What is up with that? They just old and worn out?

[Tad]

Bummer - What is up with that? They just old and worn out?

Right now I am running the backup main springs from the '66, first one replaced after that Silver hole and the second after the local run last November. Probably right around the second drop/bump.



I don't think these older springs can handle it anymore.
I'd love to go custom ($$) but it's gonna have to be some off the shelf 2" lift springs for the time being.

[fulsizjeep]

ouchy Tad... it is always sumthin...

now trying for Ouray...

Las Cruces seems so far away at the moment.

[misfittom138]

I'm close, if I can afford the gas and food!



Just need to finish my hydro assist steering:





Mounting ram right to the 3/8s thick cover and to a clamp collar for the tie rod I got from Ballistic Fab.

[Michael]

I sure hope you can make it this year. Save up all your nickles and dimes.....it is worth the trip.

Here are some updates on mine. Just Hydraulic steering is left and a bunch of bs stuff.

[jeepdreamer]

mmm, cruces!

Lookin' good guys! Everybody but me is making progress! Still have no clue if i will make it due to training/deployment...But im gonna try and at least come hangout and imbib a lil!

[Heimeken]

Haven't done much to the chop-top in months. Except replace the hitch and x-member which got bent up last year during the rescue effort .

Putting in the D60 soon, that means swapping xfer cases (to passenger side drop for chevy 60) and new/modified exhaust. But if I had to, it could go today.

[Tad]

Well this is how she looked on the last trip out. Not much new besides the shoes.



Found this when I got home.



It looks worse in person, all the previous welds are cracked around the hanger.
I'll be removing all 4 front spring hangers and replacing them with some I make.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s80/tadsal/ttsfabworks/StuffIMake/SpringHangers.jpg?t=1243940109

Not just as a repair, I'll be moving them so I can run the longer 74-91 front springs which flex better, are more common and cheaper.

For the time being I'm just going to beat it back into position and secure it with some small welds so I can do some local stuff.

[Michael]

Redneck Ram assist installed...trail tested next weekend.

[mcjeep80]

looooong way to go

thought i would post some progress
so far i have boxed the whole frame with an old bent frame that was on its way to the scrap yard
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mohawked the front and rear
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welded the new centers in the H-1s
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put some tires together and threw them on one of the axles
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only a few loose ends to tie up. like a rebuild on the trans, new drive shafts, the FI454, the pinion brakes, weld mounts for the full hydro steer, weld on spring hangers for the rear 63s, figure out a fuel tank, and build the front and rear antiwrap bars. you know little stuff like that ANYONE WANT TO HELP??
and before you ask NO that is not my new body lift. and that will not be my ride hight

[Sambo]

noticed you grooved your tires as well irving
hey couldnt you use the blazer tank???

[mcjeep80]

it will fit in the hole. not sure about the rockwell clearance. i will know more by tonight