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Maybe the last two weekends… Drove from NYC to the Solid Axle Summit in Ouray, CO. Did some epic trails, hung out with some Mud legends and had a great time all around. Leaving NYC Kansas! 3 days and in Colorado, 2F power- 24 hour Black...

SAS photos of “Da Bean” “I heard a noise” 🤣

Bought an awning a few weeks ago and finally did a quick weekend trip up the mountain to test it out. Was a great time until my dog got sprayed by a skunk!

Creek dayz with Star City Land Cruisers this weekend. Great company and some great wheeling. Huge shoutout to my buddy Evan for getting these pics!

Had to see how the paint would clean up. Also a fresh pair of side markers the old one was non existent

Making progress on the @TRAIL TAILOR 80 axle/ coil swap. Got the mounts burnt in, installed a set of Jason's 3° radius arms. These things are big beef and cheddar. I got the axle under the car and springs installed. I got the panhard in as well...

Nice work. Looks like it was all designed as one. I tell people, with SCS, Xometry, Fusion 360, 3D printing accessibility, 3D scanning accessibility, YouTube tutorials, cost of welders coming down, etc, we are entering an amazing time for...

Started on exhaust

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/cable-locker-conversion.109177/ Looks like a pin. Check partsouq or one of the online catalogs for specifics

Thanks guys, I appreciate the input, glad I'm not alone. I know the directions were oddly specific and vague enough to give me a good starting point as I bolted it together....The pedal feel, travel, and function. (friction point) all feel good...

Great work duder. Yep, same noise on mine. Idk how well I adjusted my bearing to be honest, it's been working fine for this long so it's on the back burner currently.

Roof Rack mods - mounted the awning up there (seen below). Bought a Rivnut installer tool not too long ago, not sure why I didn't do that years ago. I'd always be drilling and tapping but the rivnuts are just slick. Gotta shout out to @bwesty...

Heres the final product, I am planning to find some black hose clamps or something, since there are so many in a short run, but I was able to use a 3.75" elbow fromt he throttle body to the MAF, then a step up coupler from the MAF, up to 4" to a...

Couple progress shots, next is polish, wax, maybe clear bra idk

Honestly if you're handy with tools and have the ability to stay organized this swap is incredibly doable. I think the hardest part for me was committing to pulling the old engine and cutting the mounts off because there's really no going back...

Generally White with black dot is ground according to schematics. Got one of those in your harness?

Measure, CAD, SendCutSend it. Going to try their dimple die services this time. Easier than breaking out the press.

Did some mtn biking today.

Transmission is in and working! Everything went pretty smooth but it was a little bit of a pain lining up the t-case and mating it to the trans. The only real mishap was that the wires for my center diff lock motor (I use it for the 4wheel...

Dissent doesn’t offer a single or dual gas can holder swingout and my garage space is very narrow. Going to merge one if their swingout arms with a Motobilt holder or two

Got the 35mm photos developed from our adventure down the Alcan last November!

While I was out fishing plenty of goodies came in! I got my charcoal canister, programmed PCM arrived, fusible links arrived after being rebuilt by @Coolerman …now it’s time to get to it & get this thing running! Really impressed with the...

Well, I spent the past 7 days hiking and floating around Montana chasing fish with @rkymtnflyfisher We saw a lot of fish and other cool stuff, enjoyed the backcountry and time away from projects and work!!!!! I had an awesome time, got out...

Got the transmission stabbed in tonight…what a pain doing this solo! I had to keep the trans and transfer separate to be able to get the trans on the jack and mated up by myself. Hoping the transfer goes in easy tomorrow 🤞.

Pulled the old 60 axle out in prep for the 80 coil swap. I'll hopefully get time this week to cut the spring perches etc off the frame.