McCaffrey

Thanks. The manufacture hasn't given me shipping info for the tank armor. Except for that Stage 1 should be complete tomorrow afternoon.

My buddy came over yesterday to help with the front. I did the rear by myself but the front was a lot more work. What I have left today:
- Track bar
- Steering adjustment
- Shocks
- Sway bar disconnects
- Trim fenders

McCaffrey

Tamadrummer

Awesome build so far man!

McCaffrey

Front fenders are cut. Again I had to overcome the feeling of destroying a perfectly good auto before I could start. The marks are just duct tape residue. And the "Pioneer" fell off from all the vibration. I'll have to glue that back.

McCaffrey

Also put together the Quick Disconnects. I felt like if I wasn't a Lego expert this might not have been possible.

McCaffrey

Yet one more thing that needs to be adjusted.

McCaffrey

Had about 1 1/2" toe-in after the lift. Adjust that, the track bar, centered the steering wheel, adjusted the swaybar links, and as a bonus, replaced the rear window wiper. Drives much better now.

Driftunit

Nice, i like the discos. How did you get the pin out on he bottom mount? Thats the last step i have to do to mine and cant get them loose. Also if you need any parts let me know, i decided to part out the orange jeep i bought. Its gonna be too big of a job to get running so im just gonna scrapthe whole thing.

McCaffrey

Torx tool from Sears. The upper arm mount on the axle use the same tool.

Was working on brake stuff today on my MDX and this rolled by. Who would have known my dad's neighbor had this in his garage. I thought it was a Jeep but apparently not. M151 Mutt.

McCaffrey

Bought a matching size BFG All Terrain yesterday for real cheap. 30-40% tread left and looks good. It has an aluminum wheel which I'll take to the recycle center. Problem is: It's 10 years old and no tire shop will mount it. They said it's unsafe. I tried a few and then one finally told me it's a California law. What a load of BS. I'm sure the law was driven by tire manufactures.

Not to worry. I've been watching videos today. One guy did it with dish soap, a small screw driver and only using one hand because he was holding the camera. Pretty sure I can handle it. Challenge accepted.

zjjerk

That's bs. I work at ntb (big o tires in california) and we will mount any tire on any rim if that's what the customer wants.

McCaffrey

Thanks for the info. I haven't tired the Big O yet. I'll go by after work. If they refuse I'm taking it home and doing it myself if it kills me.

McCaffrey

Big O to the rescue. No questions asked.

zjjerk

Yessir. That's how we roll!

McCaffrey

NV242 and was messing with it. Nothing other than normal use. Now the lights don't come on sometimes, come on when they shouldn't, and even the wrong lights come on. I don't have vacuum disconnects on the front axle. From messing with it and making sharp turns to determine if it's in 4wd or not I'm pretty sure it's working correctly and in the position marked next to the lever. The lights are on crack though.