Recent content by dakzimm

It was fun. Didn't get to drive my truck due to the issues I posted earlier. I ended up leaving around noon on Saturday and didn't come back Sunday because I was tearing apart the front axle to get it fixed. I definitely will be back next year and running the truck. Sent from my HTC U11...

I can't make any guarantees but I will try to get out there for sure. I've got some more things I want to do to the truck in early Spring before going anywhere crazy and am working on planning a trip down to Kansas and meet up with a few guys from Comanche Club in Spring as well.

Well that catches this thread up to where I am currently at with this truck. More will be coming after the salt is washed off the roads.

Wow I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since I've posted anything about the truck.* In all honesty I haven't really done anything to it since the last post but enjoy it.* I do want to quickly mention something I had forgot before and just realized.* *At the beginning of September I...

The new seals finally showed up and I started really tearing the axle apart last night. I got up to the point I was putting the new seals in and just couldn't find anything around that was the right size to use as a pressing tool. I finally gave up and went to bed frustrated. I started on it...

I am still waiting on my new seals to show up but I finally received the front clip stickers from Spencer. He did a great job making these based on some rubbings and pictures I sent him. The lower part of the J is just slightly short on my set but he knows about it and tweaked it so any future...

Well my usual luck struck again.. On my way to the Jeep show I started getting banging noises over bumps and found a fluid leak at the end of the Dana 30. *I chose not to run the truck in the event so I could figure out the issues without damaging anything. * * Turns out my front driveshaft...

I spent the last few days sorting out my front diff issues. I pulled the cover and found it to be some kind of thicker "upgrade" cover held on with an entire thing of rtv.... It took forever to get it off. * I sprayed out the case and the gears all look good and there was no metal so I think...

More progress has been made. *I got a new battery to use instead of the cracked one. *Got everything wired up and installed. *It took all day but finally everything works how I want it to. *I also made some battery hold down straps out of some flat steel, these things don't budge with the...

Well I finally got around to doing the dual battery setup. Unfortunately both my Optimas were dropped in shipping but Amazon refunded the whole purchase price and let me keep them. One is cracked and one has a small dent. I'm going to use the dented one and get a new one to replace the...

Well I just returned from a 400 mile trip to visit my parents in Eastern Iowa. *The truck ran great. *Went 70mph the whole way with no issues. *Had a great time there spending time with family and eating pizza cooked in my uncle's pizza oven he just built in his back yard, it was the best pizza...

Well as I may have mentioned before, I started to get some slight vibration in the driveline of the truck. *I knew my pinion angle was off (6* at the t-case and 13**at the yoke IIRC) but when I first started driving it, I had no vibration so I left it alone. *Its been about 2 weeks since I first...

I finally got some time to do some more work on the truck. I focused on getting the interior finished up. The solder joints on the drivers side switch panel were all redone. Now the passenger window can be operated from both sides of the truck. * The biggest change is that the headliner is...

Well I've been slacking again so I'm going to do some copy paste from my thread on Comanche Club to update this one here some don't be alarmed when what I say in the post doesn't match the date.

Well the flares are painted, modified, and installed. The front flares and front retaining bracket obviously had to be cut down. I really like the older factory flare retainers since the bolts pass through the flare and hold it on. The 97+ retainers are awful since they are just clipped on...