Recent content by Woodrow

The tank notches were absolutely necessary to achieve the 6” stretch in the rear. I think I’ll be fine with 17 gal. If I start full, I’ve never wheeled enough to get below 5/8th tank with the 19.5 (including multiple overnight trips on the Rubicon and Fordyce). It would be an issue for long...

Having completed the perimeter of the rear frame, the next step is positioning the gas tank. This defines how far the axle can move back and therefore where the control arm brackets for the mid arm go. To move the tank back, it needs some notching in 3 locations: 1) rear, to clear the torque box...

IDK, based on the chart, looks mostly OK.

Love the 626 RWD! Probe seemed OK for what it was but did you know Ford originally intended the Probe to be the new Mustang? 🤮

I talked our insurance (Liberty Mutual) out of totaling my daughter's car during COVID. It was a very well maintained and mechanically excellent Mazda 3 that had a bunch of non-structural body damage from being scraped by a trailer while parked. They offered an OK price (if you based it on KBB...

I'm sorry Jeremy. Some comments: First: it looks fixable but we all know how insurance goes. Second: that hemi and auto would be nice in your LJ:) Third: I don't recommend a used high end SUV (especially German). The parts and service costs are ridiculous. Finally, for towing, a Tahoe with an LS...

I like it!

Interesting indeed. We have all this talk of relative quality of gears from various sources, mostly based on anecdotal accounts. Nice to have a physically observable difference (even if we have no clue whether or not it’s significant 🤣)

That explains the video wobble. The lines in the metal extending down from the roots of the gears are interesting. Are these things made by some type of hot forming rather than being cut from an unmanipulated block of steel (probably not using the correct terms)? I think I recall splines on axle...

I forgot about the ring gear shave. That could do it, I guess. OK as long as the side against the carrier is true (flat). I mentioned doing my AAM 11.5 gears somewhere recently. On attempt no. one, the back lash was out by 3 or 4 thousandths around the ring. In that case, it ended up being a...

I agree. Looks like a soft roll and so the frame and tub hopefully are fine. If so, fix it and keep jeepin'

Is your backlash the same in 4 quadrants? Watching the ring gear wobble in your video makes me ask.

I guess it depends on the fan, but to me, on the highway the fan is probably less annoying than at walking speed on a trail with the top off. Another example, when my 5.0 Mustang is just idling it has a nice burble and minimal mechanical noise. Then it becomes less pleasant when the fan kicks on.

If If it fits, I'd use a mechanical fan with a clutch because 1) more reliable than electric fan 2) less noise than no clutch.