unccpathfinder Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Oh yea...I'm southern born and raised and will be till the day I die...the gf is cali born and raised and she loves it down here...she's even picking up our accent and sayings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Yea, the last time I went back to the west coast everyone was like "Man you sound like a red neck" Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Yea my gf gets that with people out there now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Part of it I guess, I miss the west coast, but hey it is all good man...My wife is from Alabama...so go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I miss the west coast Maybe because then you aren't surrounded by Rednecks?? B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 well a few new toys tonight...got me a 110V handy mig with auto tint mask and 3 good cooper discovery's and dodged a tornado and have one tire dismounted and another half way so hopefully this weekend i'll finish mounting 3 of them, change the brake pads, install the air, install the locker and get the sliders 90% ready to weld up once I get the gusset plates next week...and then hopeflly my living room will get back to normal and not have car parts all over except for in our "garage" as the gf calls it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Maybe because then you aren't surrounded by Rednecks?? B You are right on the money...but then again when I was in Kalifornia I was surrounded by queers...hahaha JK well a few new toys tonight...got me a 110V handy mig with auto tint mask and 3 good cooper discovery's and dodged a tornado and have one tire dismounted and another half way so hopefully this weekend i'll finish mounting 3 of them, change the brake pads, install the air, install the locker and get the sliders 90% ready to weld up once I get the gusset plates next week...and then hopeflly my living room will get back to normal and not have car parts all over except for in our "garage" as the gf calls it I loved my mig welder, probably more than I love my wife...but it was sold...so now its just me and the wife... Eventually I will score another welder. My main prerogative is a compressor...my motor went out and I cant get the wife on board to buy a new one! (My carport is my garage!) Can't wait to see those sliders installed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 Alright...i'll try and do a good writeup on this but first off my lack of investigation before hand leaves me waiting for new bearings which wont be here till sunday the gussets for the sliders had a mishap in shipping and wont be here till weds but I did get the locker and most of everything else to install it. I am going to mock up and prep the sliders tomorrow, install the airtank and get all of my plumbing/elecrical work done and probably pull the diff and get the center chunk pulled and everything prepped for the bearings on sunday (hopefully someone doesnt drop the ball there) I have other htings i can do on the truck if i run out of things to do but I think i'll be busy all day... tonight since i've gotten home i've gotten 2 more tires dismounted and fixing to dismount my spare and mount a new one...i hope to get at least 2 mounted tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 Alright...I gave up on mounting the tires...its damn near impossible to mount anything on my wheels...i have dismounted 3 of the coopers (did 2 in about 30 mins tonight) and remounted one on the other wheels but just cant seem to get the last 6" over the bead and i have beat on them for a couple hours...just gonna take it to a shop and have this one finished mounting and then have the front 2 swapped out... So i'm about knee deep in my planning for this install...here is my list of needed @!*% in no particular order 1. dial indicator 2. 1/4" NPT TEE male to female-female 3. bearing puller/slide hammer 4. NEW TIMKEN BEARINGS (will be here sunday) 5. i gotta figure out a press for the bearings 6. 90-100 PSI pressure regulator with run (male and female)1/4" NPT 7.1/4" NPT tap 8.1/8 BSP male to 1/4" npt Female (or male with a female-female coupler) ***I think this may be the show stopper**** 9. thrust nut tool ****Might be the other show stopper*** 10. patience my other miscellaneous tool list and supply list for this job: 1. brake line cutter tool 2. 3 ton jack stands 3. high pressure grease 4. tefflon paste (pipe dope) 5. dead blow/soft face hammer 6. drain pan 7. SAE 90 gear oil 8. RTV 9. beer 10. time 11. more beer 12. reserve of hard alcohol for sunday b/c no alcohol sales in SC if things don't go well I think that about wraps it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 nope forgot i need some convoluted plastic and maybe some 8awg wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 forgot gin which i hate but cant really be smelled since my buddy's driveway that i'm taking over for the weekend has his wifes family in (alcohol is a no no) which is funny b/c before they come over all of the half gallons and 1/5ths have to be hidden...2 weeks ago they made a surprise visit and I guess his wife was freaking out running around hiding stuff...he doesnt care but she's one of the few wives that still like me.......but he did just trade his liberty in on a rubicon after going to URE with me and we're baptizing it next weekend...i might not be welcomed back over there if we bang on it too hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRich Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 (My carport is my garage!) Your doing better than me, my garage is the small slab you see my truck parked on in my sig pic. Advice, don't move on your father in laws property if he is an ass hole! I waisted a lot of my time and money there just to give it up and move away. (before I killed him!) The wife is just lucky I brought her with me. I am kind of attached to her after 20 years. Alright...I gave up on mounting the tires...its damn near impossible to mount anything on my wheels...i have dismounted 3 of the coopers (did 2 in about 30 mins tonight) and remounted one on the other wheels but just cant seem to get the last 6" over the bead and i have beat on them for a couple hours...just gonna take it to a shop and have this one finished mounting and then have the front 2 swapped out... Try mounting a 18" low pro 10" wide motorcycle tire! I fought it for a while and it took several harsh words but I wasn't going to pay $30 per tire without balancing or removing from the bike. If I had to go through the pain in the ass to remove it from the bike (shaft drive) I might as well change out the rubber too. I haven't found a bead yet that a high lift jack wont break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 Tires on and tank almost Mounted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Looks good!! What do you need the bearing puller, press, thrust nut tool for?? The front bearings?? If so, no. Buy the dead blow, a 1/2 inch 1' aluminum rod and a brass round the diameter of the bearing race. Tap out the old races with the aluminum rod, pound the new ones in with the brass round and tighten the nut with a punch... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Alright...just got home from my buddies...the compressor is installed and working...I fixed one leak but still have one around the regulator i'm using for the locker...i'm going to deal with that in the morning after I go pick up my new bearings at 9am... so lessons learned...check that the back seat will sit up...i have to move the compressor aft about 4" but that will happen at a later date...i forget lesson 2...but was thinking about it on the way home...anywho i think this is one of my best personal installations/routings (its my day job as well and usually shortcut on my own) but will post pictures... Buy the dead blow, a 1/2 inch 1' aluminum rod and a brass round the diameter of the bearing race. Tap out the old races with the aluminum rod, pound the new ones in with the brass round and tighten the nut with a punch... B that's my plan but i didnt know if i could actually get to them without a puller...i will see tomorrow tho...i'm not so much worried about getting the bearings on but more or less the races... I also painted the hood today, got the tires mounted as i showed above (an FYI the truck is about .5" off the ground on all 4 tires), compressor mounted, front brake pads changed... Tomorrows plans are to get the bearings...snatch the rear wheels off and pull the shafts...drain the fluid...pull driveshaft...pull carrier...check backlash...tear it apart...put it together and hopefully everything goes well and its done in 6-7 hours...i'm not sure what i'm gonna do about the BPS threads...i may drill and tap it to 1/4"NPT but that's a last resort...i may just be patient and try to order an adapter offline b/c no one in town has any BPS or BPT (whichever you call it) i'll upload pix tomorrow but i must say i didnt take as many as i should have but gonna try to do better on the locker tomorrow...i'm gonna finish this last beer while i take a shower and hit the bed and get up at 8 tomorrow morning to get back at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 I forgot i did take some pix on my phone to post...so heres some quick shots of the install My necked up work light...50 Halogen fog that i plan to install under the chassis in 4 places as trail spot lights: i'll try to upload more of the routing and bundling pix tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Bad day...locker is in but untested....couldn't leave it on jaxksrandsbc of hoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelmanLS1 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Dude. I'm getting teary-eyed watching the progress. I'm looking at some 94-95's maybe I'll be back in the game soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXEDpath Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 looks like its turning out pretty good other than a couple lil things and like the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Good to see you are still around wheelman...keep hour eyes out there are lots of pathys and hbs for sale around the area...at least in upstate sc.... I'm gonna try to upload some pic tonight but I stopped taking them for a while BC I was pressed for time...got home at 2 and was up at 7 for work...probably working till 10 tonight... Kbut pics and text to come....arbitrary instructions suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Locker engauges off of shop air...got the rear axle together...gotta bleed the brakes install the wheels and gear oil and electronics but I want to take a test drive to see if she howls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) alright some quick pix before i crash...gotta get up at 5 for work and work 12-14 hrs then go work on the truck some more to finish the pneumatic and electrical routings...id still love to get my sliders on too... here's a rough routing from the dash back to the tank: cleaned up: Wrapped: Routing air line: my buddies wifes quote after she got home "where's the toaster oven?": her response...oh ok cool i didnt know that heating it would expand it (we're both engineers so she's learning and actually had a good idea on moving my roller bearings after they fell apart...i'll explain sometime) Open diff: ehhh crap what did we get ourselves into: he's excited about the locker: Edited August 10, 2010 by unccpathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) Diff is out: drilling the carrier: locker built up: ARB almost installed: beaux says this is taking too long and i'm ready to go wheeling already: Edited August 10, 2010 by unccpathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Good stuff man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXEDpath Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 very nice just time to slap on the sliders and take it out and test it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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