Phase 2 Mud sucks, I'm going racing!

jealos-z wrote:

Bill just an offer my family owns 100acres of all logging roads bout 20mins from Chrises place you can test ther if you want very few rocks but ther are lots of paths that are rough maybe get a feel for things.

I would love to do that on that thursday. I'm heading towards Rausch about 10, have to work an hour in the morning. I'll be near Rausch around 12. instead of running there I would like to see if this thing is safe to travel fast and get a feel for how it handles. more important than seeing if it will crawl.

We can do that or a quick trip to treverton your choice i know you can open it up at each place your choice

MonsterS10 wrote:

We can do that or a quick trip to treverton your choice i know you can open it up at each place your choice

not familiar wtih either place. I'd have to go with what you recommend. Which is closer? Which place can I hit about noon?

We should probably run at my house its close to the shop in case we have do any changes

MonsterS10 wrote:

We should probably run at my house its close to the shop in case we have do any changes

Sounds good. I'll leave Hagerstown around 10 which puts me near rausch around 12. What time can I meet you and whats the address? I appreciate your help with this. Anyone else coming along?

321 Boyd Station road danville 17821 I can meet you whenevers good for you

Sounds great! Thanks again. I'm coming up by myself thursday. elva is coming up friday with the kids. Sounds like others want to camp and that is fine with me. Lets set this in stone.
Lets plan on about 1:00 at your place. Hopefully this heap will hold together.

hey bill how did it turn out

Anyone else crashing at my place thurs

hoping to if its cool with you

Anyone who wants can camp or crash in the house no

spare beds

Bill i'll be getting ready tomorrow to head out for NY then Harlan. So i wont be able to be there sat. So i'll tell you now, good luck and give them hell

Looking forward to coming up thursday. Only a couple things to do before then like paint numbers on and top off the tranny fluid and such. If the weather allows and others will be there I'll camp at Chris's house. so who's planning on coming up and when? won't need to run at Rausch on thurs.

got my ol number back, 696

will be at the race sat. to watch you guys. Jeff is helping swap out the front 30 for a 44 on the wrangler Friday. plan on wheeling Sunday. (could come up Thursday if mine was ready to test drive.)

Most of the course is high or med speed with only a few rock crawl areas. It still should be a fast winning time. Length of each lap was changed from 6 miles to 14 miles, still 5 laps. Anyone coming to the race that has a 40" tire I could use as a spare?

Did a test run and lost oil pressure and started knocking. Chris, chuck, matt and nick helped rebuild the bottom end. new crank, bearings for rods and the crankshaft and it runs better than ever before! thanks a million guys!

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!!! Thanks a million Chris, Chuck, Matt, Nick and others for helping to make this happen. Had the time of my life out there and look forward to the next race. Motor ran GREAT, very strong. Decided I'm keeping it for the next 2 races. Hate to see all that hard work go to waste. Got some things to fix but nothing really major. this time I'll have time to work out the problems before the next race. gonna take the thermostat out, chase air bubbles and retest the system to make sure it keeps cool. driveshaft can be moved back at the first part to allow more room for the 2nd piece to collapse. going to get lighter tender coils and the triple rate hardware. fix the caliper, adjust shifters, fix the brake pedal linkage so it doesn't fall off again causing the pedal to fall to the floor. few other problems and test test test. Thanks again for all the help and support!

where are the pics or video? sounds great

Broke a bunch of stuff, would have helped to have a shakedown run but the CJ wasn't having any part of that.
Ordered a new carrier bearing for the front driveshaft. going to move it back so the long section has more room to collapse.
Ordered a new carrier bearing for the steering shaft, already have a new U joint.
Ordered a spare coilover and a replacement billet spring retainer.
Ordered 250# 18" coils to replace the 300# 18" coils. FOA thinks it will resolve the loose spring issue after the preload adjustment is done.
looking into a sway bar, way too much body roll.
Going to remove the thermostat and bleed the air better, raise the rear as far as possible during bleeding. Erik miller doesn't run a stat.
still have to fix the caliper, center the steering cylinder, fix front diff leak and fix the brake pedal linkage.
Also want to put some rear lights on and some mirrors.
Did I miss anything?

are you going you change to a bolt on caliper. After seeing two people from this past race have this issue I looked into it and found that it is a common problem with that style caliper

rockdw72 wrote:

are you going you change to a bolt on caliper. After seeing two people from this past race have this issue I looked into it and found that it is a common problem with that style caliper

Got a link to the fix?

Blackbird has a kit. And solid sells a bracket. Only down fall is it uses the smaller 3/4 Chevy caliper