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Quick and dirty axle storage stand
It seems like I’m always collecting parts around my garage. Some of the larger items that tend to hang out are axles. As of the time of this writing, I have a Dana 60 and 14 bolt that came out of The Lone Ranger waiting for their next home to appear. In the mean time I needed to get them in a position to take up less of my valuable real estate in the garage. So I started with another…
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The Lone Ranger Project – NHL Body Lift
I’d noticed when I purchased this truck that there were a few body mounts that were shot. There are also a few of the frame mounts that will need a helping hand, but we’ll get to those later. Since there is a doubler in the near future for this toy, I thought a little extra clearance under the cab might make it easier to install one. If you’ve never done a body lift, there really isn’t much to one. Loosen/remove…
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Cookie Cutter Flat Towing
While the Cookie Cutter TJ is working out well for what it is, there are still some short comings with it. Mainly space. Trying to pack a wife and kid into it for a weekend trip is nearly a no-go at this point due to the amount of ‘stuff’ that always seems to accompany them. Going by the numbers, the TJ weighs in right at 4,000 lbs, the Mercury is rated to tow 6,250 lbs in its current configuration. So…
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De-Lifting the Cookie Cutter TJ
When I purchased the Cookie Cutter TJ, it was sitting on about 6.5” of lift (4.5” Suspension and 2” body) and huge (!) 33” tires. Needless to say, it looked a tad goofy: It didn’t take long for me to slap some 35” tires on it to make it look less goofy, but it was still too tall: So after a bit of horse trading I wound up with a pile of springs to play with: And started swapping them…
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Flat Nasty 6-26-10 In the ’87 XJ
This was another trip where I had hoped to wheel 2 days in a row, but once again this park foiled my attempts to do so. But that’s not to say I didn’t have quite a bit of fun before being drug back onto trailer at the end of the day. We had once again rented the cabin for the weekend and had a great time sitting hanging out after a day of wheeling. We traveled a decent amount of…