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May 20, 2010 | 12:54 AM
  #196  
how the quality of the hoses and ram?[/QUOTE]

the hoses are nice thick hydraulic lines. everything seems to be good quality and tough. the ram itself weighs more than it looks. tapping the box wasnt that bad. althoug to get a good thread going on the bottom hole i had to cut the tap just about in half to get the full thread depth for the fitting to fit.

friday i am hoping to have the steering mocked up and close to being in place.
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May 20, 2010 | 08:02 PM
  #197  
picked up a cooler for the hydro assist. its a tranny cooler off of a ford explorer. it should keep the power steering fluid a little cooler and save my steering pump. also got my steering box back together with the fittings in place. wasnt that hard to get back together. just make sure you have all the pieces. and my tabs to mount the ram came today from balistic fab

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May 20, 2010 | 08:23 PM
  #198  
Quote: picked up a cooler for the hydro assist. its a tranny cooler off of a ford explorer. it should keep the power steering fluid a little cooler and save my steering pump. also got my steering box back together with the fittings in place. wasnt that hard to get back together. just make sure you have all the pieces. and my tabs to mount the ram came today from balistic fab
Of those pics the only thing that I could install on my own are the stickers
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May 21, 2010 | 01:05 AM
  #199  
dont worry we have all been in your shoes! lol i was there not too long ago. im only 19 and still learnin. i have taught myself most of what i know along with some help from my dad. the best way for me to learn this stuff is to just jump in and do it. i mess up all the time but thats how ya learn.

got the steering box mounted back in the jeep, mounted the power steering cooler in front of the radiator, ran all new hoses from the steering box to cooler to pump. now i just need to get the ram mounted and run some fluid through everything. the only picture that came out decent was this one of the cooler mounted

 

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May 21, 2010 | 07:38 PM
  #200  
here is a little inspiration that i found to help you out. we are in lake jackson i looked up craigslist..


http://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/1700103919.html
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May 25, 2010 | 07:23 PM
  #201  
Quote: trailer queen is the only way to go. wheel all day, load up jeep on trailer and then get into my rig with heated leather seats! love it!

FYI heard Evan is going to limit axle width to 72" or 73". Stupid idea but FS says it will be enforced soon.......
well this kinda sucks. im on 31s with stock axles. im about 70"-71"
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May 25, 2010 | 09:41 PM
  #202  
Quote: here is a little inspiration that i found to help you out. we are in lake jackson i looked up craigslist..


http://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/1700103919.html
There is no way that thing will sell for 14000
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May 26, 2010 | 12:27 AM
  #203  
Quote: well this kinda sucks. im on 31s with stock axles. im about 70"-71"
just heard the other day thoughts on this might be changing after a meeting with PNW reps.
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May 26, 2010 | 12:29 AM
  #204  
Quote: There is no way that thing will sell for 14000
lots and lots of money in that rig but its hard to see someone pay that much for a XJ
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May 26, 2010 | 12:59 AM
  #205  
Quote: just heard the other day thoughts on this might be changing after a meeting with PNW reps.
are they makin it bigger, i hope.
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May 28, 2010 | 03:14 PM
  #206  
Can you take more pictures and show what you did with the rear tail lights there? I didn't see any photos of that mod in your album.
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May 28, 2010 | 03:52 PM
  #207  
Quote: are they makin it bigger, i hope.
hopefully.... we will see.
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May 29, 2010 | 04:47 PM
  #208  
Hi Wide XJ in Bonney Lake. I need 4.10 diffs for my XJ and I only live in Gig Harbor. This is my first ever day/post on this site. Would be so cool to get diffs from you and talk about the suspension maybe too. I'm keeping mine a bit lower for street/DD/Stroker to come soon. I used to live in B Lake and my Brother Gary does now, way behind the Alberstson's where you can see Mt Rainier in his backyard.
I want to keep with a D30/only built a bit with 4.10 and a Chry rear would be OK for what I'm doing with my 300lb of off-idle 284 inch prior 4L.
Email me at gigmasterd@yahoo.com or call at 253-884-1345 if interested in making a deal, or email just for a local link to a guy who's way behind you in the build process. I did buy a all steel cowl induction hood like in QuadTrac mag ads and really like your armored corners.

Don H. Jr
94 Hunter Green XJ
3" OME lift with 2nd set of Nitro Shocks
31" Dick Cepek Muds
Owned 15 years now, 270,000 miles/one valve job/had never burned oil...yet!
Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula North...way, way out/WA
SFC, US Army/WA Army Ntl Guard Active Duty, Ret 2002
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Jun 1, 2010 | 01:49 AM
  #209  
Quote: Can you take more pictures and show what you did with the rear tail lights there? I didn't see any photos of that mod in your album.
its cuz it wasnt part of this build. i have had those for a while now even before i started the full width build. cherokeefever made them for me. he did an awesome job on them. they are quarter panel guards with steel tail light housings all in one

[QUOTE=Don H Jr;554591]Hi Wide XJ in Bonney Lake. I need 4.10 diffs for my XJ and I only live in Gig Harbor. This is my first ever day/post on this site. Would be so cool to get diffs from you and talk about the suspension maybe too. I'm keeping mine a bit lower for street/DD/Stroker to come soon. I used to live in B Lake and my Brother Gary does now, way behind the Alberstson's where you can see Mt Rainier in his backyard.
I want to keep with a D30/only built a bit with 4.10 and a Chry rear would be OK for what I'm doing with my 300lb of off-idle 284 inch prior 4L.
Email me at gigmasterd@yahoo.com or call at 253-884-1345 if interested in making a deal, or email just for a local link to a guy who's way behind you in the build process. I did buy a all steel cowl induction hood like in QuadTrac mag ads and really like your armored corners.

i dont remember saying anything about 4.10s? i dont have any suspension parts or axle parts laying around. sorry man
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Jun 2, 2010 | 12:40 AM
  #210  
Thats kool but can you take some pics and maybe put them in a profile album, i would love to see them better, and maybe attempt to do this myself.. unless cherokeefever has more of them to sell.
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