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Well I’m back from New York and still waiting on Copart to deliver the alpha. Spoke with them this morning and they’re going to see if they can transfer it to the Fort Worth Copart so I can head the two hours down there with a trailer and pick it up that way since it’s been going on 4 weeks...

I'm going to end up using the t-case out of the wrecked Alpha i purchased after the i5 blew up. I have someone looking to pick up the old i5 t-case next week with knowledge of the likely shifter fork issue

I'll have this available toward the end of march if you're still looking. Not sure what shipping would look like though

Well, still no Alpha today. Spoke with the transport company late yesterday when I saw they still didn't pick up the unit from Copart to find out what was going on. In my morning conversation they informed me they found a driver and he would be picking up the truck within the next hour. 6 hours...

Another half day of work….running out of things to do without the alpha on hand and motor mounts still working their way through the mail. On my way to the house the wrecker company called saying they won’t be able to deliver until tomorrow. I fully expected this from their limited...

Day 3.5 or 4 or something like that. Spent an abnormal amount of time at the rental car center waiting for the person in front of me get a vehicle. For some reason they thought they didn’t need to bring a license or credit card with them to get a rental car and couldn’t understand why the...

Two updates for one! Day 2 in the books. Very unproductive day, spent the majority of it waiting on fedex to deliver the engine hoist just to find they only delivered one of the two boxes for it. I chose to drop the transmission & differential cross members and get to work cleaning them up...

Productive day overall. Got the engine and transmission cracked apart and everything disconnected. Just waiting on the engine hoist to arrive tomorrow to pull the engine and transmission/transfer case out then comes the long fun process of cleaning all the oil from the frame rails and underside...

From what i've found from previous research from threads and discussions with other owners over the past couple years who have done it my understanding is it's possible to make the pcm and bcm play nicely with each other but it requires re pinning the bcm to pcm connector and running a number of...

I'm sure knowing what the oil looked like when i purchased it it's very possible i had some clogging issues, however I was getting on the highway and put my foot a bit too heavy on the floor to merge in front of a big rig which is when the rod blew. It was my own fault pushing a 230k mile motor...

Well, I had to back out of the Silverado. There are no exhaust manifolds to be found anywhere that will fit without some serious modification (BFH). After running the numbers on the swap and misc pieces needed to do it, plus the transmission rebuild to swap the shaft and other necessary...

Sounds like a reasonable thought. Once I have the motor out within the next few weeks for the swap i'll throw in a metal shift fork and report back!

Fair question. I shifted from AWD to 4lo and listened to the case shifting. Crawled around the street for 100 or so feet to confirm it was in 4lo, then switched to 4hi, again listened to the case and moved around the street a bit more to confirm it was out of 4lo, then reversed the process going...

lol i guess that's one way to look at it. luckily i have a truck i am able to borrow for a week but after that it's going to be a bit of a cluster for getting around. i already have a line on a motor but it's up in oklahoma out of a wrecked silverado and i have to pull it so trying to figure...

Well took a look today while replacing the tensioner, idler and belt. Steering rack has super minor play (similar to a bushing flex) but I don’t think it’s enough to warrant what I’m dealing with I was thinking CV as well however I have no clicking or anything when moving which is generally a...

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I replaced the clamp bushing within the past couple months (maybe 500 miles ago). I do still need to replace the other two bushings on the rack. It tracks straight when I’m driving highway or city speed with straight steering wheel, I’d think if the rack was moving like that the steering wheel...

Looking for some input from my fellow H3 owners Sometimes when I turn tight left at low speed, like into a parking spot, my H3 is binding up at the right front to the point it will bring me to a stop and I will have to moderately accelerate to continue moving which i'm hesitant to do for fear...

Well finally after some delay I got the wheels and tires put on. Makes a world of difference in appearance with the 35’s filling the wheel well a bit better. Although I still think 18’s would be a better wheel fit I’m happy with the outcome. Before After Changed a bunch of fluids over the...

Minor update. Picked up a set of wheels the other day when I was in Dallas for my Pennsylvania licensing test. Wheels are dirty but in decent shape, some scratches and bumps but nothing that can’t be overlooked or repaired easily if I choose to. Didn’t take any pictures but being the cheap...