Utah_jeepster
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MOAB
No single word here in Utah can cause jeep fever faster than that one.
the symptoms are elevated pulse with rapid breathing. Followed by perfused sweating and shaking of the whole body.
Experienced jeepers know know how to handle this disease but some experience that last part of this vicious disease.
As in the case of my friend Tim. Tim owns a 1997 TJ with a 2.5L and the 5 speed transmission sitting on 35 in tires.
I have been trying to get him to upgrade his dana 35 to a dana 44 with no luck.
Well the other week at work I noticed that we have a four day weekend over thanksgiving and mentioned this fact to my fellow jeepers at work.
Well Tim's Jeep fever took over and he got the last part of this vicious disease...the opening of the wallet.
Well needless to say he lost 3200$ in less than 2 minutes...faster that a poor draw in Lost Wages (Vegas).
Later he proudly dragged us over to see what was for dinner at his place.
It seems he is going to be stubborn about that dana 35 so he went out and bought a Super 35 and a super 30 kit.
Now being a Jeeper who regularly takes his anti-jeep fever shots I can avoid this part of the disease.
And being of sound body and extremely poor I usually avoid the cure of Jeep fever...that is bolting on the junk you bought dayz before you head down to Moab.
Wrong
Well as you can see both axles will need to be re-geared, new axle shafts with seals and bearings will need to be installed and lastly ARB's installed in both axles.
Being poor doesn't mean I get to avoid this :evil: As luck would have it Tim has a very good memory (praying for Alzheimer's didn't work) and he remembered that I so happened to know how to install this junk.
(who needs friends like this)
Well needless to say all it really took was 1 broken thumb, 1 gashed head and 1 smacked for-hand to install 3200$ worth of junk so he can drive around with 4:56 gears on new axles and ARB's to get his 500 mile break in done before the 23rd.
Gowd I hate jeep fever!
Now needless to say I had 97 pictures taken while I install these kits while using NO special equipment than the most minimum required so my fellow jeepz.com members will know how to do an install.
So over the next few weeks I will under take to write up exactly how Tim broke his thumb, Pat (friend) gashed his head and while swinging a hammer nearly broke my hand...I am faster than the old fart.
Wish me luck...
Note to Terry can you send me some information on how you like to receive this file and what format..I.E. Front page, Contribute or what since there are a ton of thumbs and miles of gibberish to write.
No single word here in Utah can cause jeep fever faster than that one.
the symptoms are elevated pulse with rapid breathing. Followed by perfused sweating and shaking of the whole body.
Experienced jeepers know know how to handle this disease but some experience that last part of this vicious disease.
As in the case of my friend Tim. Tim owns a 1997 TJ with a 2.5L and the 5 speed transmission sitting on 35 in tires.
I have been trying to get him to upgrade his dana 35 to a dana 44 with no luck.
Well the other week at work I noticed that we have a four day weekend over thanksgiving and mentioned this fact to my fellow jeepers at work.
Well Tim's Jeep fever took over and he got the last part of this vicious disease...the opening of the wallet.
Well needless to say he lost 3200$ in less than 2 minutes...faster that a poor draw in Lost Wages (Vegas).
Later he proudly dragged us over to see what was for dinner at his place.
It seems he is going to be stubborn about that dana 35 so he went out and bought a Super 35 and a super 30 kit.
Now being a Jeeper who regularly takes his anti-jeep fever shots I can avoid this part of the disease.
And being of sound body and extremely poor I usually avoid the cure of Jeep fever...that is bolting on the junk you bought dayz before you head down to Moab.
Wrong
Well as you can see both axles will need to be re-geared, new axle shafts with seals and bearings will need to be installed and lastly ARB's installed in both axles.
Being poor doesn't mean I get to avoid this :evil: As luck would have it Tim has a very good memory (praying for Alzheimer's didn't work) and he remembered that I so happened to know how to install this junk.
(who needs friends like this)
Well needless to say all it really took was 1 broken thumb, 1 gashed head and 1 smacked for-hand to install 3200$ worth of junk so he can drive around with 4:56 gears on new axles and ARB's to get his 500 mile break in done before the 23rd.
Gowd I hate jeep fever!
Now needless to say I had 97 pictures taken while I install these kits while using NO special equipment than the most minimum required so my fellow jeepz.com members will know how to do an install.
So over the next few weeks I will under take to write up exactly how Tim broke his thumb, Pat (friend) gashed his head and while swinging a hammer nearly broke my hand...I am faster than the old fart.
Wish me luck...
Note to Terry can you send me some information on how you like to receive this file and what format..I.E. Front page, Contribute or what since there are a ton of thumbs and miles of gibberish to write.
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