Pop her on the lift and get the new lift on her tomorrow. Congrats on the progress, Mark.
What did you do on your 70 series today? (30 Viewers)
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Lift...what lift? I work sitting on the floor like a real man!
Spring training actually.
I aligned my gear selector indicator and swapped from steel rope to synthetic. Huge and easy “performance” upgrade. Dropped about 60 pounds off the front of my Cruiser. The Factor 55 is a pain in pee hole as it’s hard to find bolt heads that fit into the small recessed holes while being the correct size and thread pitch to line up with the enclosed square nuts on the Comeup winch. The hawse is finger tight for now as even thin walled 19mm sockets don’t fit into it. Internet ordered bolts are on the way.
AEV rubber winch isolator for the win keeping the winch hook flush at a low cost.
AEV rubber winch isolator for the win keeping the winch hook flush at a low cost.
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bottombracket
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Filled the soft top up with fuel at sunset.
Lift...what lift? I work sitting on the floor like a real man!
If my darling bride bought me a lift for the shop, it is only logical that your bride bought you one too. She pampered you with the Troopie ... the lift was an added treat. Right?
I hope installation of your new suspension goes down in the annuals as an easy task.
jblueridge
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Where di the synthetic come from?
I was thinking of switching too.
3/8 Synthetic Winch Rope - 20,000 lb. Breaking Strength - Replacement Winch Rope for 6,000 - 12,000 lb. Winches
3/8 Synthetic Winch Rope - Rated to 20,000 lbs. Hand built and pre-assembled with everything you need for easy installation. For 6k-12k winches
www.tacticalrecoveryequipment.com
Seems pretty high quality.
That little ribber AEV doohickey is slick! Why not just get a Factor 55 flat link (with rope guard) to go with that snazzy fairlead? Pretty compelling to have fully closed-loop winching and essentially zero chance of ever damaging any equipment. Realize it's a small risk but having that little bit of synthetic line exposed in the front is always a risk.
I figured it was better to invest the money in a nice rope shackle mount and and save a few bucks with a generic fairlead ... don't see a compelling reason to buy a spendy fairlead since there's no moving parts and not a lot of difference between a big name brand and generic, but the Factor 55 rope shackle mount on the other hand is far superior and worth the extra money. This is the setup I've had for about 8 years now and have used many times with zero issues or complaints:
- $15 polished billet generic fairlead
- $150 polished Factor 55 Flat Link
- $40 polished Factor 55 rope guard
Saw this on the interweb. LJ78 pickup. 
I had this ($36) super heavy duty galvanized and powder coated winch hook laying around. I threw that on. I would still like to have an open hook option and that would require the $280 Factor 55 hook if I went that route.
I can kind of see the appeal of the rope protector.
JDM Journeys
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Drove Ol'Betsy on the long backroad commute to work today. It's always an adventure but having a little "forced altitude compensation" here in the foothills has made the experience just a little more pleasant. Temps stay lower. Hills aren't as much of a trial. Roll-on throttle actually provides some acceleration as opposed to just noise. And 5th is actually an option at speed now.
Overall, this has been the best this thing has performed in my 4 years of ownership.
And still zero new fuel added! I know purists will decry the boosted 1hz as blasphemous but if temps are reduced across the board and boost is kept reasonable then I just don't see a downside?
(Edit: 12v batt gauge is for the house battery, which is currently on my bench thus no reading. Auberin on column is EGT in Fahrenheit. Water temp (also F) is taken from upper rad hose.)
Overall, this has been the best this thing has performed in my 4 years of ownership.
And still zero new fuel added! I know purists will decry the boosted 1hz as blasphemous but if temps are reduced across the board and boost is kept reasonable then I just don't see a downside?
(Edit: 12v batt gauge is for the house battery, which is currently on my bench thus no reading. Auberin on column is EGT in Fahrenheit. Water temp (also F) is taken from upper rad hose.)
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Chinesium?
I think it was more a case of wornesium
Front axle rebuild and new brakes as these rotors where worn more on the inside then the outside .
Scared the bejebus out of me to when it exploded , not a big fan of using that 30 ton press to start with . Parts can act violently fast on that dinosaur press .
@JDM Journeys ….. “I know purists will decry the boosted 1hz as blasphemous” ……
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Your setup only needs to please one person. Everything else is just background noise.
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Your setup only needs to please one person. Everything else is just background noise.
Worries about sun exposure on dyneema are somewhat misplaced. It will get a slight amount of degradation on the surface from UV, commonly referred to as "sunburn", but this is very shallow , is self limiting and self protecting, and has no effect on parting strength. For winch use by far the greatest risk is bending it around a small diameter and then applying heavy load (such as a shackle pin). Dyneema really needs to bend around a pin diameter no smaller than 2.5x it's own diameter. So if you have a 3/8" rope you should ideally have about a 7/8" or 1" hook pin and I'm sure none of them are that large, not in vehicle winch use. Maybe industrial use. But the strengths involved are so enormous with dyneema that this will never come up. Even if you winch-lowered your truck over a cliff, George Hayduke style, you'd never come close to stressing this hilariously strong cordage.
