Recent content by bpm

Updated album with pics of the interior following some requests. :cheers:

Not sure if you'd consider this one egregiously modified, but Phoenix isn't too far away. Asking a little more than you mentioned. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/grand-junction-co-1997-fzj80-triple-locked.1352858/

Hi all! I have for sale my 1997 FZJ80 with 203K miles. I've owned it since 2019 and put pretty minimal miles on the vehicle since it's not my daily driver and I work remotely. I'm selling due to some major lifestyle changes. We're moving out of Colorado and will be doing some long-term...

Now it's almost 2025 and after all of this work, Im considering selling her. We're considering some big life changes that will result in long term international travel and it pains me (and my frens) to see it not being used for what it's built for. More on this later... Additional things I...

I suppose it's time to update this thread. It's been a few years and I've changed a lot since so it would be good to circle back on what's happened. First, the noise that I was hearing and reported here. I ended up purchasing and downgrading to the intermediate springs for the slinky kit...

@digitalmarker has recorded some issues he's having with pinion angle and tried a wide variety of radius arms/caster correction parts. Thread 1: Help me diagnose a driveline vibration - Slinky 3" lift -...

Thanks for the tip. I should mention the list of things we've done to troubleshoot: Have locked the center diff and pulled front shaft out. Noise and vibes are gone in that state. Have tried swapping T-case with a friend. Noise still present. Have tried a DC shaft in the front. The DC shaft...

Alright fellow mudders... after some financial austerity and scratching our heads on why we're hearing vibration/noise at 50mph and above after installing the slinky long travel kit I think we're getting close to working on and maybe actually using this thing for its intended purpose...

I started working on fabrication of a rear bumper with my brother this weekend using a shop that he worked at previously and the help of a family friend who owns the shop and knows the plasma cutting table/software better than we do. We started out by designing most of the structure using large...

A spacer about 7/8" tall and 1/2" deep could sit on the ledge of the battery to bridge the gap. Here's another image. The front lip is curved and the back is more flat.

We began implementing my dual battery plans with @ab0tj's help! My end goal/design consists of: - 2x deep cycle AGM batteries in parallel in the engine compartment for starting, winching, lighting, lockers, 12V compressor, dual band ham radio with APRS, and other normal vehicle operations...

The spacers had to come right back off due to clearance issues. As it turns out, 35x12.5-R17 KO2's on stock suspension and spacers creates a wheel well rubbing issue when the wheel is turned about 20-30 degrees. After taking the spacers off we found that there was enough room for the tires to...

Finally finished up the gears/lockers/knuckles/brakes/tires/wheels project this weekend. Filled the diffs with Super Tech 75w-90 gear oil for the break in period. They will be filled with Mobil-1 75w-90 after 500 miles. Drained and filled the transfer case w/ Mobil 1 75w-90. Installed the...