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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Extra Wet Thursday
We woke up Thursday to rain, rain, and more rain with a balmy 6*C temp (about 40*F). Some of the places we visited have had rain every day since 6/2/13. Needless to say the ground was rather saturated which caused us some problems later on. It did dry out some on the next day, but for this day, we were wrapped up in Poncho’s trying to keep dry.
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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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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Wet Wednesday
Well we’re doing things a bit differently this year in several aspects: – I’m writing this trip report up postmortem since we didn’t have internet access during most of the trip. So there’s a good chance I’m going to get some places out of order, not that you care, you’re just here for the pretty pictures 😆 – Due to my wife’s condition (Baby 1 cooking) and time constraints, we did a fly and drive trip this year. This means…
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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: