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Worked on the radiator last night . Long story short, the radiator used to have 2in between it and the fan clutch and 2 7/8 between it and the actual fan blades. After trimming the core support 1in and trimming in 2 other areas I have it to where it is 1 5/8 from the fan clutch and 2 1/2. I...

Agreed. I was shocked at how long the Mercedes lasted

Here’s the full video of pure abuse

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One thing to figure out is steering box throw. You have undrilled steering arms. The closer they are to kingpin centerline the more steering angle you can achieve and the quicker your steering will feel. The further away, the slower your steering will feel and the less angle you will get...

Great idea on the sand bags. I wondered how you would keep the housing from moving without it under the rig

Ok, time for an update. I got my steering capable of 34-35* again. I built a new drag link and beefed up it to avoid it failing at the bend Here is how much bend I needed. I cut out 3/16x 2x2 box tubing and cut one end off of it and made it follow the radius. I also welded it a straight...

Nope, only 175k miles. 3rd motor

It was great catching up with you Alex! I hope the pre run helped. I’ll continue to look for recent, late 2022-2023, videos of trails to get perspective on them. It’s crazy how much the flash floods that went through there changed things.

I was locking down the dates and realized this is the same week as one of my best friends “1/3 life crisis trip.” My UA co driver turns 30 in April and we’re wheelers, not dirt bikers or motorcycle people. Hence why I’m calling it 1/3 life crisis….he wants to do the California backroad discovery...

Based off of memory chain stretch would have to be pretty damn bad for stretch in 4 hi unlocked. Reason being is that it’s got an “open diff” when in 4 hi unlocked so instead of the chain skipping the open diff absorbs the resistance. In 4 hi lock there is so slack via “open diff” so the chain...

Mine is similar to @Vdawg1115 ill have to get some pics

I have many friends that use those. It should work well!

BFG KR3 stickies that aren’t DOT legal. I think they came off a desert race truck.

This is a link of the course we copied. It is truly amazing how some of the guys finished is 4-6 hours. We were just over 10. While we wouldn’t have finished as quickly as them we also didn’t take race lines and stopped as a group for any repair. Staying as a group also slows you down as well.

So day 2 was hanging out waiting for the rain to pass and a friend to show up, once he showed up we ran jackhammer in 19 minutes hitting the hard lines, not the race lines. From there we went up and down “jacks back” down jack north, over to bender alley, down bender alley and up wrecking ball...

An update: I got the track bar done and the drag link. I was able to shoe horn a 1.75in .25 wall track bar in there but it required a lot of work. I had to move the track bar hole down 1 hole (1in) to avoid frame rail contact, then it hit the diff cover. So the covers off cut it, test fit...

Jesus, I’m not gonna lie, I’d be scared if I was the fiancé. Lol. Hope 2023 is better for you Dave.

The older I get the quicker I feel I come back to this thread. 2022 recap here we go! Mods -I swapped out a factory Eaton HO72 Detroit for a 14 bolt Detroit but that required some machine work. -I replaced my bent 1.5in 1/4in thick tie rod (for like the 12th time) and went a new route with...