prwillard2
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You will run out of adjustment on the mirrors to have perfect field of vision, ask me how I know. However, still much better coverage than the OEMs. The mirrors are absolutely massive though.
What did you do on your 70 series today? (24 Viewers)
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…thanks @JDM Journeys for your link and suggestions. My wife said she “wants to help” drop the tank…
Egr removal to egt with egt probe and gauge.. a little tight getting the piping off being so close to firewall..
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I really like the size, I have been playing with the adjustments. They seem great, especially with the camper setup.
I definitely noticed that I run out of adjustment, in my case it doesn’t seem to matter.
I might order a different pair, to see how the short model compares.
Well I solved this. Just needed to reach in above the spare tire from the back and basically do a contorted reacharound to push the rod back up the tube far enough that I could grab it with a telescoping magnet, then replaced the spare.
This is the original spare I believe, and it's absolutely trashed. It's all warped to one side and half way filled with water, wtf?!
That looks like a SP Qualifier (Dunlop). Terrible tire.
Yup. That's what all 5 were, on the split rims. Incredibly heavy wheel/tire combo and rock hard tires with no flex.
NM Frontier
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Got the steering box back and today in between rain showers got it all back in and drove it around the block! It embarrasses me to say it’s pretty much been a year since this thing ran! But everything checked out well so far. Need to get the alignment dialed in tomorrow since I replaced all the tie rod ends also but damn it felt good to drive this again.
Anything special with sending it off to Red Head. Did you send a seal kit with it or other parts or just say please refresh it? Did your box have a leak or just too much play?
NM Frontier
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@Bad Mojo,
Other than mentioning it was for a RHD on the quote request on their website, nothing special was needed, the only caveat is they don’t stock any hard parts like sector shaft for anything RHD, but all typical rebuild seals and bearings are the same so no need to send any to them. My box had some pretty good play and at the end leaked to the point I couldn’t drive it. Highly recommend Red Head, they do nice work and quick turnaround for mine.
Other than mentioning it was for a RHD on the quote request on their website, nothing special was needed, the only caveat is they don’t stock any hard parts like sector shaft for anything RHD, but all typical rebuild seals and bearings are the same so no need to send any to them. My box had some pretty good play and at the end leaked to the point I couldn’t drive it. Highly recommend Red Head, they do nice work and quick turnaround for mine.
NM Frontier
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It been a minute but can once again say “I drove it.”
It was a tossup between these two. 
FJBen
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Out for a drive the other night.
Good to know that is was a pretty straightforward process. I have a used steering box on the way and I suspect once it comes in I'll ship it up to Redhead because I think that box is gonna have to get swapped out before long. I won't complain about getting 29 years of service out of it.
It is just mine (75 troopy) or they are all the same, really tight to get it off (body on frame)? Can’t imagine re-installing it without scratching all the new coating on the frame lol. (Main fuel tank)I did this around a year ago and found that the ff rubber tube was NOLA. I bought a long piece of fuel appropriate hose on Amazon of the right diameter and strategically cut it to echo the OEM bends. It has worked fine since!
If you do drop the tank to do the pickup (that's where mine was getting air from) a pair of ratchet straps is helpful to get it back in place since all your buddies will be "busy" the day you go to put it back.
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JDM Journeys
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I asked the same thing when I was trying to get mine to come down. Mine had a rubberized sheet thingy where it made contact. But yeah... It didn't wanna leave it's home.
Billyfj7312ht
Should only take ten minutes
Contact them through their website as I can confirm they have a product where all the bolt holes to chassis fit pre 99 on my MWB 85 but as Joe suspects it’s the H55 rear trans drain plug access point in the plate that I needed to move about a 3/4 inchometer (20mm), was easy to do though and they are great , thick Stainless steel plates.
got my Rubicon camping setup dialed in
