Diy:- Crimped winch cable ends?
Hey everyone
My father- in- law bought 2x 1000 foot rolls of 3/8 wire cable rated at 14,400lb min breaking strain for a project that didn't eventuate. My question is has anyone had luck crimping their own end on cable? What style crimps and what tools did...
Hey all, having some issues with the alternator and regulator again. This is what has been done and what its now doing.
swapped in an external reg'd alternator out of a 3B to replace my broken stock external reg'd B alternator about 7 months ago. When replacing the alt my auto electrition...
hey all, I am in the process of setting up a homebrew turbo kit for my 78mdl B smoker. I will be using a CT12B turbo, and was wondering if any people that have fitted turbos to B's have had any issues?
I am planning on relocating the throttle/airflow butterfly to pre turbo intake so my vac...
ok so my alternator went into the shop to get reco'd the other day, was just a dry solder on a diode and some new brushes, when machining the rotor/slip-rings they took off too much, so after them trying to source some new slip rings they found that there are none available in Aust, so it...
this is a quick fix for lifted springs and extended shackles that sit at 90deg.
cut off the shackle hanger, rotate it and then reattatch....dead easy and now have about a 45deg angle!
Now it rides great!
before and after shots
also some vids (tame but it was after we had 3" of rain in...
I gave my crusier's legs a strech yesterday ( we had 3inchs of rain, lock the hubs!) and now when I put it into any gear it shudders (like you have tryed to start off in fourth) a bit when I release the clutch. This only happens from a standing start.
dont think the clutch is...
Have been thinking (I know sounds dangerous) about putting a lok rite or similar self diff loker into the front of my 78 BJ40......but I have heard that in SWB vehicles that self lockers tend to "ratchet" (lock and unlcok) when driving in straight lines.....is this true?
If I didn't go this...
I do not consider myself to be Hardcore (due to finances) but I was thinking the other day about un-sprung weight. I have thought about it for my flat track race car (79 mdl ford escort mk2). Weighed up the pro's and con's and decided that at high speeds that it would be too...
This is an invitation to all forumites to post pics/details of bar mods, bullbars, roll bars, rock sliders etc. No matter how tame or extreme your bars and your ride is show us what you have got.........will post some pics of mine shortly, in the process of making a new bullbar...
Hello fellow IH8MUDers
I am from Aust and just introducing myself and my rig
Its a 79mdl BJ40 with the origional 3ltr diesel
33 goodyear mtr's
nissan trx bucket seats.......the most comfortable seats other than racing seats
3 in extended shackles
4 point cage
and a lot more planned waiting...