Wannabe Rock Crawler/Camping Rig Build

[1jzhilux]

Hi

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[1jzhilux]

The new engine was prepped to go in

We flat towed the 80 to a nearby car wash to really clean the engine bay and do our best to get the east coast undercoating off of everything.

Came out quite well!

 

[1jzhilux]

We put the new engine in and it immediately had issues when we tried to start it.

It misfired horribly. Got scared for a little bit, but quickly diagnosed it as broken injector plugs which did not allow the harness to clip on fully. Luckily I had plenty of extra injectors from the engines that I ...ahem... collected. I exchanged the bad injectors and the engine ran beautifully!

 

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Next up was to swap t cases for the one I built with the new gears.

And then took some photos

 

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This would have been March 2022 at this point. With the next Moab trip just a couple weeks away, I decided to get some cheap, long shocks from Dobinsons.

I, of course had to cycle them.

 

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We were "ready" for Moab once again and headed out. It typical fashion for us, we had to drive through a blizzard most of the way through Montana and Idaho.

 

[cruzinfj1]

How noticeable are the tcase gears on the road? Still at 4.10s? I have both sets on the shelf that Im going to be doing when I get the time also. Also, anything special to weld up the coupler?

whats next for your build?

 

[1jzhilux]

How noticeable are the tcase gears on the road? Still at 4.10s? I have both sets on the shelf that Im going to be doing when I get the time also. Also, anything special to weld up the coupler?

whats next for your build?

I have 5.29s, so with the t case gears it's like 5.82s. I like it. Just make sure everything is still flat and together when you weld the coupler. Heat from welding will make it want to shift.

 

[1jzhilux]

Here are some trails we hit.
Cliffhanger

 

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Moab Rim

Steelbender

 

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Kane Creek

 

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Pritchett

 

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And some randos

 

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This also happened on Steelbender

Tire was wedged in a hole and I had to turn into a rock to try to climb up. Was able to back down, reseat the bead and hit it again.

 

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Went quick through the sandy washes and bad things happened. The spare tire wasn't strapped down and hit the hatch, partially popping the glass out of the gasket.
Luckily it didn't break and I fixed the gasket.

 

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Jumping back in time (again), I got an antenna mount from @reznunt

The aluminum rad that replaced the one that cracked on the drive home from buying the 80

And the Delta Switch Pros mount

 

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Took the rear axle shafts out and found that not only were the splines worn, I twisted them. Luckily I had already ordered chromoly shafts