thedoughboy

One that doesn’t leak gear oil into the knuckles after 10k miles.

I ended going with a DERALE 13615 Series 9000 Trans Cooler Kit. This is their largest unit. It's a bit smaller than the stock, but I don't rock crawl so I think it will be fine. I will report back if I encounter any issues. It mounted up with...

I used general kind of oil cooler that fitted in place of paper clip it works perfectly every cooler you will use will be better the OEM

@Squeegee what size Derale are you running?

Bring your registration and license to your local dealership. They'll cut you a factory grade key based on your 80's VIN. This worked for me.

Found the issue. Both front motors are Chinese replacements and are both full of water. I don't understand where this came as they are supposed to be sealed.

POR 15 or Rust Bullet work great. Sand, apply, and seal with touch up paint.

It sounds like your switches are worn out. It happened to mine. The plastic "pin" that pushes down on the circuit wears with age. I had good luck with these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284945486810

@Ronald Rooij Are you saying the individual up/down switches are not functioning?

When you say pulsing, how aggressive are the pulses? ABS will be aggressive. A warped disc will be moderate. I had moderate pulsing, which was corrected by having my discs resurfaced. But, they'd pulse again after ~5000 miles. Finally...

Yes the new mounting brackets will fit older racks. My rack is the first 80 Series prototype rack and is slightly different from the production version and the new mounting brackets bolted up just perfectly. The new brackets are definitely...