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  1. DaveB

    Jeep 4.0 in 81 cj

    I put a 99 TJ 4.0 into my 84 cj8 and it works very well. There are times I wish I had a v8 (except at the gas pump). They are great for crawling on rocks but if you like to mud bog or do lots of sand the v8 would be better. I used the wiring harness and fuel rail from a 93 cherokee. If you want...
  2. DaveB

    Quadrajet rebuild? is it do-able?

    I have a Qjet feeding my 502 and it works fine. They are quite easy to rebuild.
  3. DaveB

    Boulders/Capital Reef/Goblin Valley through the Swell

    The South Draw trail comes into Capital Reef on the west side of the park. The trail connects the Tantalus Flats road that goes by Lower Bowns Reservoir and Pleasant Creek to the Scenic Drive road that goes south out of Fruita. It turns out that the Rosebud ATV trail is in the same area and was...
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    Boulders/Capital Reef/Goblin Valley through the Swell

    The fishing was good, nothing huge but plenty of them. I love fishing on a stream that hasn't been fished to death. This area is very scenic and I have more pictures of the stream. The farther we went into the canyon the more scenic it got. I wish we had more time to hike way down the stream.
  5. DaveB

    Angela Thompson Fundraiser Garage Sale / SWAP MEET!

    Would have liked to come but we were out wheeling in Southern Utah. Hope you made a bunch of money.
  6. DaveB

    Boulders/Capital Reef/Goblin Valley through the Swell

    Yeah it was a fun trip, now I have a lot of clean up to do.
  7. DaveB

    Boulders/Capital Reef/Goblin Valley through the Swell

    We just got back from a long three day wheeling/sightseeing trip. We started out by going to the Boulder mountains to a little spot I know just outside of Capital Reef along Pleasant Creek. We set up camp did some fishing then took the South Draw 4x4 trail down into Capital Reef. We talked to an...
  8. DaveB

    Truck shakes when turning ?

    I'll add checking the rims to my list.
  9. DaveB

    wanting to know..

    I just fixed up a 96 ZJ for my wifes mothers day present, it is currently stock. I'll add things as she lets me. But since I already have other wheeling rigs it may stay stock.
  10. DaveB

    Truck shakes when turning ?

    I checked the tie rod ends and drag links and they seem fine for the most part. The pitman arm drag link has a bit of wear but it isn't that bad. I'll have to check alignment to make sure. I checked the shock on the side that had tire wear and it is in good shape.
  11. DaveB

    Truck shakes when turning ?

    The right front tire that I moved to the rear did have some scalloping on the outer edge, I thought it was due to the kingpin bushing being a bit loose on that side. I'll check the shock when I get home.
  12. DaveB

    Truck shakes when turning ?

    They were replaced a year or so ago when I went through the axle trying to fix the original shake and wobble. The shake I feel is like a wheel balancing issue not so much a binding problem. I rotated the tires hoping that would help me determine if I had a wheel problem but it made no difference.
  13. DaveB

    Truck shakes when turning ?

    The front axle on the truck is a stock d60 with no lockers or LSD. The steering linkages, springs, and bushings have also been replaced over the last couple of years.
  14. DaveB

    Hydro Boost Brakes?

    They do work very well. I have the hydroboost brakes on my 85 chev 1 ton 4x4. One trip to the Gorge I had to lock up the brakes at 55 pulling a fully loaded truck and boat when a dog ran in front of me. I left some pretty good skid marks and luckily missed the golden retriever.
  15. DaveB

    caster vs pinion angle

    5-7 degrees is about right on caster angle. You don't want the pinion angle to be equal to the drive shaft angle, you need some operating angle on the ujoint in order for it to work properly. If you are running a normal driveshaft the pinion angle should equal the angle on the transfer case...
  16. DaveB

    Edge Trail Jammer

    The newer 4.0 heads have smaller valves and bit less power.
  17. DaveB

    yj wiper problems.

    It might be a short between the turn signal and wiper wires in the column. If his YJ has delay wipers you could try bypassing the delay module and see if it has any effect. Sometimes a wiper module can do wierd things. It turns out that the YJ and the XJs use the same delay module so if you...
  18. DaveB

    Warn hub warranty question...

    Call Six States they are usually very good at waranties on them. They warranty them in pairs and one time when I was down there they let me take a couple of the scrapped good ones for trail spares (dumpster diving for off road spares).
  19. DaveB

    May Giveaway!!!

    I'm in
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