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The Mighty Merc – Plugging the NP205
This is just a bit of information I found somewhere on Pirate4x4.com. Since I’m not using the standard speedometer connection on the NP205, I have hole I need to plug up. Also, since I have clocked the whole assembly up, the fill plug no longer sits in the correct spot, so I needed a new fill location. It turns out a 1” boat plug fills the hole nicely, and allows for an easy access point to fill up the NP205:…
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The Mighty Merc – Shifting The Mess Part 1
So now that the NWF doubler has been put together, it was time to start figuring out how to shift this mess. After listening to my janky shifter setup rattle going down the road in the Ranger, I decided that I wanted something that made a lot less noise. Some time spent with the plasma table at work during lunch and came home with a pile of parts: And grabbed some scrap ½” rod with 1.25” OD DOM tube for…
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The Mighty Merc – Building the NWF Doubler
After having a D&D Doubler in The Lone Ranger, I knew that I wanted another crawl box in this build. Especially since I intend to run a manual in this rig. After nearly getting burned on Behemoth Drive Train on another project (thankfully I got my money back out of that deal) I started looking for another supplier. Enter North West Fab (NWF) with their Eco Box:
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The Mighty Merc – Shaving the NP205
I knew I was planning on running a doubler setup in this rig (more on that in a later post). I wanted an economical, and robust transfer case for the rear that could be twin sticked. There really are only two options when it comes to this, either the D300, or NP205. The D300, while available cheaply, tend to get expensive once you start needing to beef them up. Considering that this this will likely be a 6,ooo lb rig…
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1998 XJ – The purpose bought vacation mobile
I’ve had mixed luck with purchasing vehicles for the sole purpose of running out west on vacation in. The last time we did this was in 2009 (Click Here) in on of the 1992 XJ’s (Click Here) I purchased for the task. In 2012, we decided to roll the dice again with another XJ. So one month to the day before we left, I came across this guy on Craigslist: