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  1. DaveB

    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    Just got back from helping my rancher friend dock and brand about 900 sheep. Something a bit different.
  2. DaveB

    Spotted

    Saw a cool rig Saturday in Highland and wish I had taken a picture but I was too busy looking at it. It was a 6x6 Jeep Gladiator, very long but looked fun to drive.
  3. DaveB

    60" wide Dana 44 for YJ

    Grand Wagoneer from the last years of production, roughly 61 inches wide, driver drop, spring under. Don't remember the spring perch width. They are 6 lug and also have a nice centered rear 44.
  4. DaveB

    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    Over the last couple of days I finished up fixing my brother's enclosed trailer, went up to my friend's ranch and swapped a hydraulic clutch assembly on one of his old Dodges, fixed his John Deere tractor that wouldn't start, removed a blown up belt in one of the Polaris Rangers, and diagnosed a...
  5. DaveB

    Spinoff: Do your kids (or you) drive a manual transmission?

    I learned to drive with a 59 Chev Apache 4x4 truck and a 68 Camaro which both had manuals. The 59 also had no power steering and driving off road taught you how to hold the wheel so your thumbs wouldn't get ripped off when you hit rocks. My oldest daughter drove a manual toyota and my son has...
  6. DaveB

    High School TJ build

    I wonder if the torque converter lockup is close enough in voltage to fool his current computer (as long as it is only sensing the signal and not driving it). I had an AW4 in my Scrambler and it worked great. I swapped it when I did an LS conversion. Even have a couple of spare AW4s in the garage.
  7. DaveB

    What vehicles to avoid buying, teenager style.

    I found a good one for my granddaughter. I have a neighbor that had a 2001 XJ that he towed behind his motor home. On a trip back from the Swell he lost the left front wheel and dragged it a ways. He ground through a good chunk of the rotor and steering knuckle, and bent the front fender. The...
  8. DaveB

    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    Had too much fun on Saturday. I spent the morning on my brother's enclosed trailer that disconnected from his truck out in the desert and took a dive. It bent the stub shaft on the axle, bent the rims, bent up the hitch coupler and damaged the front sheet metal and fiberglass. I cut off the old...
  9. DaveB

    1980 Jeep CJ5; Back to the beginning

    I'll have to ask my friend.
  10. DaveB

    1980 Jeep CJ5; Back to the beginning

    If you do decide to do a soft top I have a friend that could use the hard top.
  11. DaveB

    Agility Customs RME Pricing!!!

    I'm swapping winches on my Scrambler and want to check out synthetic ropes and fairleads for the Warn 9.5 TI that is going on it.
  12. DaveB

    Snowblower hard to start

    The CCR 2500 is a two stroke, no valves
  13. DaveB

    Snowblower hard to start

    Check the primer bulb and hoses to the carb, sometimes they crack and you can't prime it which makes them hard to start. I've fixed lots of these if you need help.
  14. DaveB

    Wanted 1.25-1.75 HREW tubing

    I have some tubing in various lengths. How long do you need ?
  15. DaveB

    Scam or not ?

    Luckily I never got that far since the site wouldn't accept the VIN.
  16. DaveB

    Scam or not ?

    I have the Jeep Cherokee I built for my daughter on KSL and I have someone who wants to buy it unseen for the full price but I have to use carfactsverifier.com to send him a report. I tried to enter my VIN but it said it wasn't a good VIN. I tried several other VIN check services and the VIN...
  17. DaveB

    LS Swap '04 Jeep - Brake switch wiring help

    These switches have two types of contacts in them, normally closed and normally open. The brake lights hook to the normally open switch so that when brakes are applied the lights come on. The TCC is on the normally closed position which feeds 12 V to the torque converter lock up solenoid. When...
  18. DaveB

    Is it ok to have a "make light of" thread?

    I saw an advertisement on a Mexican restaurant for "Purina el polllo" which sounded like something to feed the dog. The online translator came up with purify the chicken. Maybe I misread it....
  19. DaveB

    Rust spots in the cylinder

    I pulled the heads on the engine in my Commando to swap on some aftermarket heads and found issues in three of the cylinders. This motor has very low miles on it but it would appear that some moisture got into it at some point and left some pits on the cylinder walls. It is always garaged and...
  20. DaveB

    Here we go... 1969/70 Chevy C10/K20 projects

    Greg, I notice in your last picture that you have the thermostat bypass hose connections blocked off. Normally there is a hose from the top of the water pump to the front of the intake manifold. Did you drill holes in the thermostat to compensate ? On the old 350 motors the bypass is in the...
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