The Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Nederland)

I start nights tomorrow sorry

 

Yep with mechanical speedo, but still a NP231J so I'm happy about that.

Will be doing SYE from Advance Adapters and a Tom Woods Driveshaft soonish....

 

Curious why it doesn't work. They are pretty reliable.

 

Oh, you were referring to why the 4wd doesn't work. The transfer case works like a champ. I have 2Hi, 2Hi and 2Lo. Front drive shaft spins.

I ordered a part to fix the 4wd, it's actually the 3 piece axle in the front on the Dana 30. They called it a CAD (Central Axle Disconnect) and they use a vacuum pump to move a collar over to engage the right front wheel between the front diff and the wheel itself. It's a dumb design and prone to constant failures in the XJ and YJ's that used them.

I ordered this to fix it:

Alloy USA Differential Lock Kit for Jeep Wrangler/Cherokee | Permanent Replacement | 451100 | Fits 1987-1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ; 1984-2001 Jeep Cherokee; 1994-2002 Dodge RAM 1500/2500/3500

https://www.amazon.com/Alloy-USA-45...869260&sr=8-2&keywords=cad+disconnect+jeep+yj

That will lock the front axle in place, giving me the classic 2Hi > 4Hi > 4Lo that everyone raves about.

Meanwhile having 2Lo with an open diff is kinda been fun to play with a little. Wicked good dirt flinging.

 

Ya I remember that vacuum pump, I'll have to see what company makes a lever and cable so you just pull it. Way more reliable than that crap

 

I thought we were going fishing??

 

Come to my house and help me clear the brush I've been fighting and I'll let you fish all you want

 

Too late

 

Fire
Lots of it......

Place random gallons of gas.......shoot randomly.

 

That's what I've been doing, I've got 4 piles at the moment, stopped to get diesel to burn but the vines is what kills me. They grow everywhere and the a bitch to pull

 

Gas sucks to start fires, after the fumes are gone it's done. Diesel or get it started and used motor oil. In my case diff fluid

 

Yep.....fun, for a short bit. We use oil

 

Not looking forward to the break in process

 

I would get home drive 20 miles eat and come back home everyday. Leave your skids off while you do it because the oil change is at 500 miles and its dirty

 

Yeah I've heard you've gotta be pretty patient on it. Is there a top speed you can go?

 

Like the TRD performance brake pads.......... "speed up to a fast but safe speed, then brake as hard and firmly as possible, without losing control of your vehicle".......

 

Ideas of what I can use as a step, for my short family? Something I can attach to sliders. A rope step of some sort?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bolt-on-steps-for-sliders-are-here.138280/
I bet @Tacodriver08 can make some of these for you..

 

Be easy on it and fluctuate speed. Don't go over 60 the first 50 miles. And it needs to cool after 45 miles of driving. Some say 20 minutes is enough but I waited atleast an hour. It not bad, it's kind of like house arrest, you can go out but can't really have any fun.