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just finishing up my tj and my buddys tj(wheelsofsteele). he did a 60 front w 60 rear out of a 79 ford. had a rubicon long arm so we changed the upper links in rear, tossed the rear trackbar and built a 3 link for the front. i did a 60 front 14 bolt rear,3 link front, leaves in the rear. streched to 103. i built new arms for the front and 2.5 currie joints. will post up pictures and more detail when i figure out how to get these pictures in photobucket. we started mikes jeep july 29 sun night and finishing it up today. his tj is a 1997 mine is a 2003. there is some diffrent stuff between the years.i will give detail on what we ran into.
 
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1 fitting for the steering,new temp sensor,hook up some lights' bleed my steering,on the trailer to the exhaust shop, then drummond.so i'm going wheeling.
 
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well spent all day w my steering.after 100 phone calls.i find out i am the 4th person to get a bad charlin valve...2 minutes on the phone aqnd he was sending me a new one and i didnt even ask.great service.i just hope it works.they next dayed me a new one so it will be here in the morning.everything else is done.so i hope i will be on the road by noon....i am beat and very bummed all dayed after talking to colin.i just kept thinking there is no issue i am having that is anything like he is dealing with. your in my prayers buddy.
 
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just got home. awesome weekend! ran great did a couple little things.broke my rim in pieces.thanks beefy for the 43...i am glad i went i got a good feel of what it can do and some things i want to set up.very happy with it.it runs like a raped ape!super stable!
 
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well i picked up a good t case finally.bought a dodge 205 and flipping it.will also make it a twin stick.this has been a long decision figuring out a tuff case that will work.was ready to buy an atlas and did some research and found i can flip the dodge 205 and it will bolt right up.it's out of a 90 dodge 1 ton.32 spline outputs and nothing but beef.has a 1410 yoke on the rear and a 1350 flange for the front,thanks kevin for hooking me up.now i need to brace it real good and get the new d shafts built,put my bumps on,mount shawns 43"s and head south...
yes my 42's are for sale, i have 5 of them with a new set of inner air locks and 4 20" rims.will be posted in the for sale section. going to the 43's.i need the extra cushion of the sidewall for the things we wanna do now.undecided if i want a 17" wheel or do a 16.5 h1 wheel.
 
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2 weeks we leave for alabama. i wheeled for 2 days on drummond. had a great time.broke my stock t case in 3 spots sunday night.broke rim,broke rear shaft,(i cant believe t case held all weekend was broke and jb welded before i went):teehee:
have to get my bumps on change the ride height in the back a little get the new case in and a few little things and i will be ready.
i was very happy with it jim.i drove it out of the garage and loaded it on the trailer and went to drummond.got a real good feel of it ,how it steers(witch is awesome!) you guys that said it would not steer good are crazy! no drag eather way and i can be wide open going right and crank it right back left.
motor rips.everything works awesome! real happy with how stable it is.just doing some fine tuning before we go south.adding the beef for a tcase and drive shafts and it should be pretty damn tuff.after i break the nv3550 i will put a chevy nv4500 in it and i think i will have one hell of a tuff driveline.

i cant believe how comfortable it is and how nice it drives.can see everything also.it feels like i am in a razor almost..cant believe i built it actually, because it turned out better then i expected. i ran 2 tanks of gas out at drummond so i did get some good seat time.(my tank is 10 gallons because i did run it dry.):sonicjay:
 
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