I've never talked to him, so I don't know what all the ass kissing is about, but his products have a good reputation. And yes, Marlin Crawler the company, blows.Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
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I've never talked to him, so I don't know what all the ass kissing is about, but his products have a good reputation. And yes, Marlin Crawler the company, blows.Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
I have watched him spend a weekend at an event not wheeling and fixing someone's **** that got trailered in just so that they could wheel the next day. That to me is good people. I also watched T.R. from ARB and Russ from BaerTrax do the exact same thing one year later at the same event. Actions like these are what makes me want to support a vendor and go to bat for them, even if they don't know how to run a business.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
Got some more work done today. Also got some parts in at the office yeterday.
Man, my tiny garage is a ****ing mess!
Anyway, Ed found us a good deal on some 'pane tanks, so I picked up an extra and he grabbed 2 and some tank brackets. New hanger from TG, since All-Pro called me 2 days after I ordered theirs and told me they wouldn't have any for a week. Also sliders from TG since I don't have a bender. And a heavy ass box.
Actually, now that I think about it, not a whole lot of work done today. I fecked around in the engine bay some more, trying to clean some stuff up and figure out how I'm going to wire the motor.
Also took an idea from Feller for mounting my Napa (Exide) Orbital. Besides blowing through the stock sheet metal battery tray, it turned out pretty well. We'll see how it holds up after some beating on though, I might just have to revert back to some j-bolts.
I got some more work done on my stock front axle as well. In the process of rebuilding it.
I also decided I'm not going to make it to TCC this year. In addition to being way behing my build schedule and having some parts still floating around in UPS land, the prime contract for the hotel is coming this next week, so I won't be able to work on the truck much, if any before next weekend.
New deadline is Ed's return on Memorial Day.
Fecking around with one of the e-locker 3rds, this one came unassembled. Does anyone know what this cover is for, and if the notches need to be aligned? The cover had a 1/16" notch in it the entire length at one point on the circumference and the pin has a 1/4" notch on the face of it. Do they need to align? doesn't seem like it matters much to me, because you can just flip the cover around either way. Should there be a key in the pin or something?
And no high-pinion by the way, just the first decent picture I could find.
I'd guess oil passages. How can you flip it around when its visibly offset like that?
The high pinion is different than the low pinion.
Flemboni was right, offset is just smaller on the low pinions.
Also, got home yesterday after a late night at the office to find a note on my door from the apartment manager. Apparently a VP of the company toured the place yesterday and wasn't estatic about the 4Runner on jack stands. So, I was in the garage until 1 last night throwing the front axle back together to put under the truck and installed the stock rear into the truck again.
The note had some language about moving it off the premises completely, but the ***** I talked to said on 4 tires was fine. We'll see if it's still there when I get home from the office tonight.
I also just noticed some language in my lease agreement about no power tools, welding equipment or propane tanks being stored in the building, so I might be moving all of that to the SO's parent's house until I move in June, thus putting the truck on hold for 2.5 months so I don't have to worry about eviction. Apartment life sucks.
Boooo!!!!
I felt your pain and now am renting a house. And somehow my landlord is counting my trailer as a vehicle and saying that 4 vehicles in one driveway is too much.... I hate landlords...:(Quote:
Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
begin rental investment discussion in 3,2,1...
Yup, called a realator friend of mine today to start looking for a place for me. Unfortunately, I'm still not in a position to buy, so I'll be renting, but a discussion of my vehicular habbits will be high on the list when I speak with the owner.Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
Called and talked to my aparment manager a few minutes ago, and she had a question about the wood I was using as wheel chaulks. She asked me if I could purchase some nicer looking ones...
chock?
Thanks Cox.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
c0cks?Quote:
Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
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Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
double funnay! :gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by Snatch Adams
I was gonna post up something about how I was just honestly trying to be helpful, but then it got too long and I ended up writing it a couple times, and then just said **** it.
I saw someone write in an email to me the other day something about their construction sight. Small error, but still gets noticed. I dunno.
thier
... right jerry?
Fight The Man!!!
I thought of a couple. Derelict. Knew the word but always mispronounced it when I read it til recently.
Also saw whatever it is that the ladies man drinks in writing for the first time the other day.
derelict my ballz!Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
Courvoisier.
I recieved an e-mail today about "Storm Water Viddio Taping" today...
Man, these ****ing people don't quit.
Got home today and noticed a large orange sticker on the ground a block away. I thought "Hey, that looks like a towing sticker!" So, I went and picked it up, sure enough it was, and since I own the only piece of poo around, it belonged to me.
I went and talked to the manager again, and the ***** told me I had to remove the chocks (happy Seth?) from behind the tires, because that meant it was inopperable... I explained to her that I left them there because I don't drive it often and that's just good practice, well apparently in an uppety place like this (my first mistake) they arent' acceptable, so I pulled them. Then they asked about current registration and inspection. Well, I've got current registration, I just haven't stuck it in the window, and I guess I bull-****ted them well enough about the inspection, because I sure as **** don't have that (second mistake, should have had it inspected prior to propane). She told me they'd leave me alone for a while and I told them I'd fax them copies of both registration and inspection if they wanted them because I didn't want to install them yet because the windshield has a crack in it, which it doesn't.
So, I guess I really have to put things on hold for a while and either get this thing in the garage before they have my plates run, or move it to a storage lot/friends place.
Once again, apartment life blows.
Use the 218 address or someone else's and get it inspected when you come back to CS for a 47 trip. :D
If I get it running soon and get the steering finished, I'll drag it up to Williamson Co. and have it inspected there.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
Plan is to get storage unit, move large crap from garage to said storage unit, sell stuff I don't want/need, move 4Runner into garage and get it running and finish the steering in there. Then leave it there until I move.
same bull**** as travis. drag it to hays.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
Supposedly the Williamson and Travis County inspection stickers are almost identical and a guy from Krawltex works a station up in Williamson, so that's my plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
I'm going to clean out the garage and let some air out of the tires to see if it'll fit in the garage this weekend. I wouldn't be suprised if there's another towing notice on my truck today for some other reason.
Don't they understand that rockcrawlin rigs are built and maintained by the non-redneck wheelers. Take her some pictures from the redneck games and warn her you are thinkin about changing over to mud trucks if they don't quit harrassing you....
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I got the truck in the garage 2 weeks ago and have been messing around with it when I find the time, which I don't have a lot of these days.
Thinking about taking an extended break from the wheeling world for a while, probably posting the truck for sale soon. Need to finish up steering with a rebuilt IFS box, get the brakes good to go and finally wire up the propane to get it running.
why the change of heart? no time?
Nope, been working 6 to 7/8/9 during the week (just got home 20 min ago) and half days on Saturday for the past 3 months and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Besides, I'm moving in a few weeks and I don't see the new place being any more friendly than here as far as loud noises and trucks on jack stands. May not sell, but if I can get out of it close to what I've got in it, that would be worth it to me. If I can't get decent money for it, I'll keep it and start recruiting some more help from the Krawltex guys.
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Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
It was nice while it lasted. Got wind today that we'll be adding some staff to the project, so I might find some time here in the near future, maybe hold onto the truck.
good luck with that. Honeymoon's over, sweetcheeks :flipoff2:
Still for sale, asking $3950 as it sits now. Can deliver to CS for cost of gas or I can take a bit off if you come pick it up.
Got the steering box rebuilt, hope to have enough time this evening to burn in the new mounts and get the steering buttoned up. Also finished wiring and plumbing the propane. All that's left is to finish steering, change oil, fill coolant, install the new calipers and she'll be ready to hit the streets. Probably transporting to her new home this Saturday or Sunday so I can clean out the garage and paint over the burn marks on the walls in the garage from welding.
Took the day off today to pack stuff up for the move, but I need to get the project running to make it easier to load and transport.
Painted the box to keep the rust away and started the mount for the steering box. The consensus is to run ATF in these boxes, correct? I'm pretty sure that's what was run in the stock system before, so I don't plan to flush it, but if power steering fluid and ATF have some kinda funky reaction, I might need to?
ATF is what has been run in Toyota Power Steering since at least 85.