Recent content by gettocruiser

i know everyone is busy but any more ideas on an april run?? i've met up with the rmlca guy, they seem like a great bunch of guys. they are talking about a run in the next month or so. it would be sweet to organize something with them, tough i know. bush whacking by nature is chaos driven. eric

i bought a planet-x pitbull when my dually packed it in. it is bomb proof. a nice compliment to my team chance... wish they where still around.

put a set of 33" m/t's on a 40 series cruiser and get it up to 80-90k on snow covered roads... i dare you, make that a double dare. sipe the s*** out of them if you want and 4wd won't help much either. i spent all winter driving on s*** covered roads, i love the m/t's but not in the snow. the...

i don't know about a/t's, but m/t's are a nightmare with even a bit of snow on the road.

i'm no expert but 16 oz. sound bloody huge to me. if those mtr's are that much out of balance from new....??? that's a pound out of balance. sorry about your luck. hope you find a fix. is your truck soa? if so could the cut and turn be different from side to side? i guess a four wheel alignment...

if you own a 30+ year old 4x4 you should really learn to wrench a little bit. it will save you thousands, and give you skills that will prevent minor problems from leaving you stranded. also free you from unscurupulous mechanics. prepare for bloody knuckles. :wrench:eric

i think the fsm says about 145 psi for a new engine. but i got one with(if you can believe anything you hear from a salesmen) 23,000 km's and all the cylinders are around 128 psi. so maybe your engine is just broken in. if you can get a deal i say get it, you can always flip it. eric

do you need to rewire your headlight circuit?

so i found a source for 24v head lights, obviously the headlight circuit would have to be rewired. has anyone ever done this? i would be interested in hearing any input. probably solve alot of electrical issues. thanks, eric

i went to alberta driveline when i needed my driveshaft balanced. they managed to find a replacement yoke, had it installed by the next day. seemed like a no b.s. kind of place. i was going to get them to do my t-case, till i ended up in cow-town. of course 4wheel auto has a shop as well.

buying it was the cheap part, i had to put $3-4000 in to it just so i could drive it on the road. lots of work, plus i had to track down the title. a couple owners back,pita... never again.

i guess you need both tranny and t-case. t-case from a 42 is different. plus only certain years have an actual stick shifter, after that they are vacum shift. then you need the drive shafts modified , apparently 5-sp is 4" longer than a 4-sp. sounded like a lot of screwing around. would have...

so this means the springs do have to come apart, thanks. in response to your sig line hedonist... i think snoop-dog said it best with "it ain't no fun if the hommies can have none":)

just thought i would put it out there, considering it will most likely take a few weeks to get something organized... maybe easter long week-end? eric

i was hoping to do it myself. can't afford to deal with my own learning curve, so i opted to have it done by a shop. took it to pro-active auto here in calgary, someone on mud pointed me to them. was hoping to go to a 5-sp. but apparently it's not a direct bolt-up and go, so opted for a rebuild...