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tuna posted:Big K of Justice spotted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhFIXiXu4Y
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Jul 10, 2015 09:39
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tuna posted:Big K of Justice spotted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhFIXiXu4Y HAH - did the door get stuck on the tether for the antenna? Looks like it.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:19
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Man, it would be so much fun to see how far you could get in a Humvee. That guy quit way too soon.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:24
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Astonishing Wang posted:Man, it would be so much fun to see how far you could get in a Humvee. That guy quit way too soon.
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Jul 10, 2015 19:43
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Gish posted:Went and enjoyed Canada last week, fun times to be had Holy Grap it's Gish and his summer Rover! Haven't seen you post here in... wow, ever I think. Nice pics, we should go do that sometime.
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Jul 10, 2015 23:46
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Astonishing Wang posted:Man, it would be so much fun to see how far you could get in a Humvee. That guy quit way too soon. The dude looked like he was drunk as a skunk. That and he got bored at an ECVs top speed of 55-65mph... I can't tell you how many h1 owners I bumped into who expect a corvette and get pissed when they have the speed and handling of a school bus . It's like dudes its a 6.5 diesel. If you want to drive everywhere at 80mph get the 2006 duramax. That being said I'm ordering a new engine tomorrow finally. Deciding on the military optimizer 6500 (newer block design and casting) or the even newer p400 which just came out 2 years ago. Problem is the p400 is largely a military only part so no warranty it seems... And I want a warranty if I'm buying a new long block.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:58
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Big K of Justice posted:
If that's an M1165, it can go pretty drat fast on the highway for a mil vehicle. They accelerate for poo poo but once you get them to speed, they aren't your dad's M998. Still feels like driving a drunk turtle with all that armor and NOT in a good way. Also the rattles...
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Jul 13, 2015 13:06
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Few months back I finally got to take out my bastard rig out to Uwharrie Natl Forest in NC for a trail ride. It was rainy as hell and nobody wanted to ride much, and as this was a brand specific group from the internet, they'd rather sit at camp and talk about cam durations and valve springs and bad corporate decisions and other idiot brand homerism minutia. My buddy and I were seething with rage wanting to hit the trail and eventually a few others were ready to hit some bunny trails (that get harder/fun when it's muddy). On the trail:  little break in the action:  The Group Shot (TM):  After this, we spent the next hour + on recovery maneuvers as another rig had some trouble getting up a slick hill the next trail, and then his winch fried out on him, then his battery quit, and we pulled him off the hill and got him jumped, but it wouldn't stay running...it wasn't a great spot to be stuck in, but luckily there wasn't much traffic on the trail, and we eventually got his rig to stay running and we got back to camp. It's all part of the fun! Nobody got hurt and after he cleaned his terminals and put on a new clamp, he was good as gold. Not sure how his winch is doing though. After getting back to camp:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfgxgE_uMmA note the unintential jerk to the left when the rear detroit kicked in and drivers side tire caught the wall. Good times. It was nice to get some 4low therapy, but we didn't get to ride as much as we wanted. I found out I had a "going bad" wheel bearing that prevented us from playing much more. Limped it back home and it's now awaiting a break in the heat for more upgrades (RCV joints and shafts, new bearings/seals/bj's, rear alloys, an engine upgrade, body lift reduction and bigger tires.)
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Jul 13, 2015 15:33
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That's pretty awesome. I grew up with my dad's first car being that exact trooper, but stock. Brings back some good memories!
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Jul 14, 2015 12:16
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They are fun and capable little rigs. I had a few through college and few years beyond, but this one is more of a familiar shell and frame holding a decent drivetrain in/under it.
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Jul 14, 2015 22:46
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbWQhqph7nk ... because we definitely need ALL ONE HUNDRED of the drunk rednecks present in the way when trying to find out if the guy's alright and put his rig on all four wheels again, yup. Reason #93485029875439085 I will never, ever go to a rockbouncer event.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:30
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Paulie posted:On the trail: Woah this thing is awesome. I had an 89' with a lovely 2.8 GM six. What power/trans/case/axles are you running in that thing?
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Jul 18, 2015 15:18
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Heh, just bumped into a problem with getting a new engine for an H1. AM general doesn't officially stock dealer replacement engines anymore since Hummer is kaput more or less. The engines aren't, AMG owns a engine company in Franklin Ohio that builds the 6.5 Optimizers and P400's, but generally speaking the military doesn't buy poo poo with warranty, they'll just buy extra spare engines. So my friends got someone in South Bend, IN checking the warehouse to see if there's a turbodiesel long block still in storage, if so I'll get a new warranty on my installation. If not, whelp. I'll probably get a late model HMMWV takeout, do a tear down and throw that instead. So if I get a engine through the hummer supply chain, I get a warranty, if I have to go to the military source, nope. Upshot is I save money over the dealer price. Or I can get a late model year long block from a surplus yard and just have that rebuilt instead. I wish I wasn't stuck out of country, otherwise I'd do it all myself but I have to get someone else to install it for me while i'm in Canada.
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Jul 18, 2015 20:19
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kastein posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbWQhqph7nk That wasn't too bad. Other than heart attack risk while they wheeze and bumble up the hill. It used to be when they crashed everyone would be rolling the vehicle over before even checking on the driver. Now they check the driver first. One issue with those things is flammable fluid always seems to drip onto the headers when upside down.
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Jul 19, 2015 04:26
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cursedshitbox posted:Woah this thing is awesome. I had an 89' with a lovely 2.8 GM six. Right now it's got the stock GM 2.8 with the isuzu mua5 manual trans/case. I've got 3.07:1 low range gears in the case though. I've got a rebuilt and slightly hopped up 3.4 out of a camaro waiting to go in when I get the time. The 2.8 is a turd but luckily it likes going to 5k+ rpm, so I milk every last bit of it's amazing 125hp. The 3.4 will be closer to 185+hp. The axles are a late 70's wagoneer dana 44 front with 5.38's and an ox locker. I have RCV shafts and joints waiting to go in so it will be a little more stupid-proof. The rear is a dana 44 out of a mid 90's rodeo with 5.38's and a detroit. There's not much off the shelf for upgrading the shafts so I'm going to have to order a custom set from moser to help it out until I upgrade to something bigger. I also just bought some 37" pitbull rockers to go in place of the 35" trxus m/t's on it now. Hoping to get a lot done the next couple months so I can take it out more in the fall.
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Jul 19, 2015 20:31
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Is a 3800 to big to fit? I know its a pretty wide for a V6
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Jul 20, 2015 00:47
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Is a 3800 to big to fit? I know its a pretty wide for a V6 Different bolt pattern
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Jul 20, 2015 02:18
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Been watching a few Moab videos- How the hell do people wheel on rock that grippy without shattering CV's like glass? Im only asking because we blew up a CV joint in a new ford ranger doing a hard turn on bitumen with it in high range 4wd and Moab looks like its all grippy rock and low range work.
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Jul 20, 2015 04:31
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Ferremit posted:Been watching a few Moab videos- How the hell do people wheel on rock that grippy without shattering CV's like glass? You shouldn't be in 4wd on pavement, especially during a turn. I haven't been to Moab, but I do a bit of rock crawling; if you have to take a tight turn, its easier to shift out of 4wd, as being in 4wd makes lots of vehicles understeer, especially so if you have a locker in the rear. I'm also not in 4wd unless I need it for an obstacle.
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Jul 20, 2015 04:42
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I thought being in 4lo on tarmac would be ok as long as you don't have diff locks on, am I wrong? not ideal I understand but I didn't think it would break anything.
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Jul 20, 2015 05:03
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Your front and rear axles are still locked to each other, and the front typically travels farther in a turn so it would ordinarily turn more revolutions. So when locked to the rear the front tires would be turning less revolutions than normal and are essentially being pushed along by the rear wheels. Might not damage the CV axles/axle shafts as bad as with locked diffs, but it's still a strain on them, and I imagine it would play hell with the u-joints on the main driveshafts. If anything 4hi would be better, at least that reduces the torque put on the drivetrain and axles.
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Jul 20, 2015 05:15
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I've been to Moab twice, now, and wheeled on plenty of rock. My rig has front and rear automatic (ie, they cannot be disengaged) lockers. The key is to either: - shift out of 4wd (I don't like doing this, it's a lot of work to go from 4LO to 2HI, requiring a nearly full stop). - learn to minimize joint/CV angle and throttle combined together. The latter works on pavement, as well. You CAN drive on pavement with lockers and 4LO, you just can't turn your wheel all the way to the lock and pin the throttle.
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Jul 20, 2015 05:29
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Krakkles posted:- shift out of 4wd (I don't like doing this, it's a lot of work to go from 4LO to 2HI, requiring a nearly full stop). I wish I could find a 2LO kit for the TJ for this reason.
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Jul 20, 2015 05:46
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Safety Dance posted:I wish I could find a 2LO kit for the TJ for this reason. NP231? Pretty sure Teraflex makes one for the 231, but I'm not sure about other TCs.
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Jul 20, 2015 05:50
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Im lucky with the landcruiser because its got an electronic centre diff lock, so you can modify the computer harness to stop it automatically locking the centre diff when you drop it into low range to allow you to do cool things like reverse trailers up sealed driveways without winding up the drivetrain. The ford ranger was a fuckup, although we did expect to get wheel slip rather than CV shatter!
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Jul 20, 2015 06:13
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Driving on a grippy surface with a locked center diff/transfer case puts lots of stress on the driveline components; your tires don't wear evenly, which means that it will always wind up the driveline. Turning in 4lo is usually what stresses it enough to break something, but you aren't doing your vehicle any favors driving in a straight line, either.
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Jul 20, 2015 06:44
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my Ranger (and presumably newer ones - I like the mention of a "new" Ranger - they were discontinued a few years ago) doesn't have a front differential. The transfer case engages or disengages both front axles depending on the "2Hi-4Hi-4Lo" switch in the cab, and the hubs are locked or not locked depending on how wet my knees are.
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Jul 20, 2015 15:49
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ExecuDork posted:Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my Ranger (and presumably newer ones - I like the mention of a "new" Ranger - they were discontinued a few years ago) doesn't have a front differential. The transfer case engages or disengages both front axles depending on the "2Hi-4Hi-4Lo" switch in the cab, and the hubs are locked or not locked depending on how wet my knees are. I highly doubt that it doesn't have a differential in the front axle. If you don't get out and lock the hubs, then there's no point putting it in 4wd; locking hubs are supposed to save you a bit of gas, as you drive on the highway with them unlocked so that you aren't turning the front diff/driveshaft, and only lock them when needed.
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Jul 20, 2015 16:10
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ExecuDork posted:Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my Ranger (and presumably newer ones - I like the mention of a "new" Ranger - they were discontinued a few years ago) doesn't have a front differential. The transfer case engages or disengages both front axles depending on the "2Hi-4Hi-4Lo" switch in the cab, and the hubs are locked or not locked depending on how wet my knees are. Your Ranger does have a front differential, but it most likely doesn't have a center differential in the transfer case. If it wasn't advertised as "full time 4wd", which requires a center diff to allow front-rear speed differences in 4wd/AWD on hard tarmac, then it just has a simple transfer case that locks front and rear driveshaft outputs together. Every 4wd has a front differential, with a few (Jeep Rubicon?, older Land Cruisers, real G-wagens etc) offering some way to lock that diff up for true 4wd.
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Jul 20, 2015 16:11
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Krakkles posted:NP231? Oh, huh. http://www.quadratec.com/products/52254_200_07.htm I'm pretty sure I tried to find it on Teraflex's website before and couldn't. Don't know why I didn't just google it.
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Jul 20, 2015 16:52
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Safety Dance posted:Oh, huh. And then I'm doing a burnout.
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Jul 20, 2015 17:04
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I had my transfer case apart to install a SYE, kinda wish I had the money to put a 2lo kit in at the same time.
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Jul 20, 2015 17:59
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There are so many upgrades that are hard to assess without having used a similar product before. Are there benefits to 2-low besides easier turning off-road and better burnouts? It doesn't seem worth the $260 to me. I AM out of sub-$200 projects though....
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Jul 20, 2015 18:13
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Astonishing Wang posted:There are so many upgrades that are hard to assess without having used a similar product before. Are there benefits to 2-low besides easier turning off-road and better burnouts? It doesn't seem worth the $260 to me. slower 1st gear idling in traffic comes to mind.
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Jul 20, 2015 18:20
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Sandbagger SA posted:slower 1st gear idling in traffic comes to mind. Pulling things onroad Backing Trailers Up (per Ferremit)
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Jul 20, 2015 18:55
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You shouldn't exceed 25 mph in 4lo, at least for the NP231 that's in most Wranglers; it's probably lower with the Rubicon 4.0:1 gears.
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Jul 20, 2015 21:35
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EightBit posted:You shouldn't exceed 25 mph in 4lo, at least for the NP231 that's in most Wranglers; it's probably lower with the Rubicon 4.0:1 gears.
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Jul 20, 2015 22:24
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Just think about how fast the input to the transfer case is spinning, then imagine what happens when you let it coast down a hill and go past 25. You'll have problems.
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EightBit posted:Just think about how fast the input to the transfer case is spinning, then imagine what happens when you let it coast down a hill and go past 25. You'll have problems. I'm sorry if I've miscommunicated, but I'm perfectly aware of how fast I can drive my jeep and where I can drive it. I'm getting this impression that you're trying to correct me and, if you are, it's misguided.
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