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I didn't realize my personal matters were of such importance to you. Not really anybody's business but if you must know, pm me.
It does need some TLC
Really? I didn't notice. :flipoff2:
I think you should piece it together enough to enter it in the next tough truck race that is nearby
Came back home yesterday to get a little work done before alto. The saw zaw and I had a little go around with the Jeep this morning. I comp cut the rear, and after I finish eating I'm going to start working on the front. I can't decide if I want to cut the fenders to where only the inner fender is left or if I want to just pull the whole thing off.
Other than that, I picked up some new hardware from TSC for the steering and spring plates since I put the shims in. I need to get the old dash back in so I can hook up my lights and stuff since I haven't finished my new one yet. I still have other projects I can do but I don't know, we'll see if I get to them.
Lord help you when Flem reads this! :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
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Originally Posted by CheapJeep
thats a joke right?
yes that really annoys me too, i saw it on pirate the other day and it made my skin crawlQuote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
sawzall
so i just went back and actually read the post and let me get this strait (;)just for you jimmy)
you comp cut the rear on a stock wheelbase?
Thanks for the grammar lesson, it was a joke. I'm glad you actually caught it.
Well let me set you Strait... :flipoff2: When I welded the new spring hangers on the frame I pushed them back 4"s to give me a little more stretch. Then when I made new perches I drilled the pin holes 1" foward to give me a little more as well. So with about 5"s stretch and 38"s I was smashing the rear fenders when flexing. I will say it doesn't rub anymore, but I will need to stretch the frame some when I eventually do my other swap which will probably make it not look as wierd.
So after taking care of some small bugs I decided to take the Jeep out for a spin. It drove awesome on the road, no more death wobble. Surprisingly it has pretty good power, I mean what else do you expect from a bad little 258?
After that, I decided to revert back to old highschool days and do a little mudding. I then decided the perfect place was our creek leading to the pond. I used to cross it all the time on my fourwheeler so no big deal. I descend down the bank and into the water, no problems so far. The bottom is the light brown clay stuff and my swampers floated right over it for the most part. The problem came about when I realized there was a downed pinetree on the other side. I figured no problem just haul ass. Well I do so and after several tries I realize it's not going to happen, too steep, no traction, and I didn't really think to air down so I was running 30psi... I tried to turn around in the creek but with all the rutt's I left I really couldn't get any traction even with the wheels clocked. So I then decide I'll just back up the bank and be done. Eehhh no. I wasn't really stuck, I could go foward and backward, I just couldn't get out of the creek....so maybe that is stuck. I realized this wasn't working for me so I walked to the barn and got the tractor. I tried pulling both ways, but not much luck after a solid hour of working. I managed to get the rearend up the embankment but because of the angle the motor died. By that time my dad got home and saw what was going on. He wasn't too pleased. So he hooks up with his 3/4ton sub. but even with the 8.1 he couldn't get enough traction with the soft soil. Finally we decide to hook up using the 12,000lb Warn and after several tries we finally got it out. I was covered in mud head to toe, as was the Jeep.
Here's the slightly dangerous yet unsafe way to try next time you're by yourself. Put the tractor in low gear with plenty of slack in the strap, and let it go. Run to jeep, get in and wait for slack to pull out, then spin the tires slowly and let the tractor pull you. Once out, put the jeep in neutral and stop the tractor. Or just get a real tractor.
thats funny right there, I kinda like kopeki's way of doing it and as I am drunk I think it would be fun.
Now the real solution would be a bigger motor (460 or 454)
and axle's go KABOOM!!! That 258 tearsass though, it's not too bad. But really, when I decide to take some downtime and do a motor/trans swap I'll go one ton, that's a good while from now though.
See I would've tried Kopecki's idea but we have a J.D. 4400 with the wanker hydrostatic transmission so no go. Everytime I would try to back up the embankment it was so slick and steep I'd slide sideways back into the creek. Finally I managed to get the rearend partially up the bank then I just said fawk it and went for the tractor.
Forgot to mention I made a spacer for my drag link. Kind of janky but it works. Just cut a 2" piece of scrap tube, welded a washer on both ends, and voila... I guess I'm becoming somewhat of a joo these days, at least it looks good and functions correctly. :flipoff2:
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Originally Posted by CheapJeep
sounds dangerous, no street time right? only a trial clogger from now on?
uhhhh...huhuhhhh...
is this going between the heim and steering arm?
Thanks, but it's a temporary fix until I get a flat top spacer.
was that scrap tube your chromoly or regular tube
Wedge something to hold the hydrostatic lever in go.
More power does not make more broken parts. The 258 has enough power to break things. Traction breaks parts, that's why I run slick tires.
ive done this with two tractors before while one had a shredder hooked up to it....fun stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by eight
I'm curious about wtf do you do once you are unstuck and the tracotr is ghostriding towards your $20k DD? It always sound good on paper... :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by eight
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Originally Posted by afroman006
dont park in front of the tractor
You'll have to forgive him, do you really expect any real thought in a thread that has "jeep" in its title. :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by J Cooper
20k daily driver??! im pulling my 5k daily driver out prob.
I was just throwing a number out there...
I just thought of another reason why Kopecki's idea wouldn't work. The seat has a sensor in which a certain amount of weight has to be placed upon the seat in order for the tractor to move. When I was younger and didn't weigh as much I'd bounce around in the seat while mowing and the tractor would shut off.
do you think a kopeki tractor has that sensor on it
If you had any kind of mechanical skill you would look under the seat and realize there are only 2 wires running to that switch, cut them and splice them together thus bypassing the switch completely.
And if I had paid for it maybe I would have considered such an idea. If it's not mine, I don't fawk with it.
That attitude wont get you very far in life :flipoff2:
Um, yeah I'm not about to go off and fawk with my dad's tractor. That's a bad idea mmmkay.
That shows a lack of ambition.
Ambition of what? An arse beating? No thanks, I've learned enough from breaking and borrowing his tools, not to mention the countless other stuff I've probably ruined growing up.
he will never no, life isnt fun without risks
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Originally Posted by eight
The part of the story I don't believe, Kopecki running! :gigem:
Yea I'd probably walk quick like. I've never used this method, but I would.
i used that method with the front end loader and the bronco stuck in a similar tank situation... but a tree stoped the loader before i got back to it