So we packed up at 4 am and headed up to the pipeline today, 3 1/2 hours of driving and I am climbing the biggest rocks yet in my Ex, and what happens, I am spotting my roommate and I see gear oil on the rocks, so I go look at my EX and I realize I did it, punched a hole in the top of my Dana 35, that is the problem with piecing together a lift from a solid axle swap. No fear on that one, Diff whack daddy has my 4.56 diff in the mail and I hope it gets here soon. So I am like piss on it, I am gonna keep climbing and I will stay out of the mud. Then on the next obstacle and Pshhhh, my brakes go to the floor, I wasn't gonna take off my sway bar up front until I got the extended lines, and so far have not been able to flex that at all, but I guess I did today, ok who cares, kinda funny. I guess I underestimated my Explorers front end flex. I was impressed as hell with what I did till that point, and driving home with 3 brakes was a bitch. Other trail damage, Bill grenaded his Dana 30 in his 67 Bronco. Gonna have some pics soon and we found some slickrock there too so it was a whoop ass day on the trails. Kinda funny, Bill has a dana 44 sittin on the shelf waitin to go in his rig too, so all in all all repairs were already paid for, or expected to be done soon. I guess I do need those bump stops after all. My question?
Since the Dana 35 is not like a sealed case who thinks it would still be functional if I made a perfect circle and made a plug fit in it directly on the top? Just curious if I were to ever lower it and go back to 3.73's to trade in or if I got a trail only truck.
Oh yeah, ExplorerEddie was riding along, and I think he is gonna keep his ex for the street but buy a Jeep and turn it into a trail truck. He was sold to the other side today, as well as I think I may look into a 94 Grand Cherokee with
a. A v8 (power to pull my boat)
b. a solid axle
c. a reliable transmission
not that I will sell out on the Explorer I am just thinking of my all around needs and am thinking I want a second
"business bought" vehicle and one can be set up "a little bit more hard core" for the trails while the other can be bigger than stock but used as my business truck

Talk about a limited edition, dan is the only one who got the automatic left turn option. Just push on the brake and you turn left (Not recommended for vehicles that need to turn right and brake)! The 8 1/2 inch lift he has was awesome on the trail (1st block) but more importantly it made a great enterance marker when we were coming back! Just giving you a little sh*t dan, I was really excited to get up there and see what that badass explorer can do and since I only rode in a jeep (with daredevil adam) ofcourse I'm gonna want one of those :D We need to get some people on this board to come next time!

Dont count on Daimler Chryler having a reliable tranny.

HAHAHAHA! LOSER! Breaking $hit while wheelin! HAHA!
Sucker!
Just giving ya a hard time... At least you got a running explorer!
Pete

I put a hole in my front diff when i jumped my truck on accident when i was in Flagstaff with rick. Came home pulled it had it welded shut and no problems sense. Probably 10 trips on it.

Matt

Dan Dan Dan....You got the touch, dude. :)

I'll be picking up new my truck in your neighborhood next saturday. Some town Northeast of Madison...Anywhere near you? E-mail me for the name of the town.

I'd love to see your damage!!!! he he...

Jim

Originally posted by ok89
Dont count on Daimler Chryler having a reliable tranny.
This is a jeep, not a Ram, and I will say I trust a Jeep tranny more than my A4LD

Jim, what city? If you take the interstate you will miss me completely but if you take a 90/94 to LaCrosse and then the river to the Cities it will be a little longer but perhaps we could hook up. Not much to see, a pumpkin with a hole in it, and a broke brake but I will have some pics developed by then, and on Sunday evening I plan on having my wheelin buddies over for a cookout and view the tapes so you are welcome to get a bite to eat and see some footage if It is Sunday you are coming through

Im not just talking Rams. I know that all the minivans we had (Chrysler and Plymouth) had really crappy trannies. One was on its 3rd at about 120k miles

Originally posted by RockRanger
I put a hole in my front diff when i jumped my truck on accident when i was in Flagstaff with rick. Came home pulled it had it welded shut and no problems sense. Probably 10 trips on it.

Matt
How do you weld this shut? I am curious because I need to know what type of metal the diff is made out of.

Got my pictures uploaded from the trip, check them out at my new website Http://ExplorerEddie.Homestead.com/Pipeline.html
Only 11 pictures were worth using. I had about 8 that didn't turn out because of inadequate light and some other pics I took of other things. I have a friend at work that took some pictures of his trip down to Lansing and he is going to let me scan them. He said twice a year they have a get together at a farmer's field and they go mudboggin. I didn't think it would be that great but I forgot its IOWA so their fields are like miles long! He said that there is like 500 people there every year. The next one is Easter, they just had one a few weeks ago. We are all invited to go!

Yeah I say use the Grand for the trails :p

http://www.extremezj.rockcrawler.com/images/dsc00420.jpg
Nathan

Originally posted by JeepZJ
Yeah I say use the Grand for the trails :p
Nathan

Hey, did you miss the turn for the soccer game too?

:)

You know according to some purists, you can't be wheeling that thing, it might get scratched or something..

Great Grand shot!

I actually took a shortcut to the soccer game :D
As you know, funny looks are common on the trails.
Nathan

dannyboy what pipeline are u talkin about??? the only one ive been on is the one up in crivitz, way north of green bay about 45 minutes or so.

I dont know if it is the same one or not, This one is right by Lakewood, a small town about 20 miles east of Antigo, I believe west of Crandon

i think thats the same one...been there done that but it wasnt much fun. it was way too dry

Looks like some fun wheelin, sorry to hear about your problems but at least you'll get it fixed soon.;)

Originally posted by JeepZJ
Yeah I say use the Grand for the trails :p

Nathan

I say use the X for the trails

http://www.explorer4x4.com/rick_rearrock_sml.jpg

:p

wish my ranger could do that :eek:

Too dry in the Pipeline?????????????????????
http://members.core.com/~rcashen/Pipeline/MVC-292F.JPG

yea there was only two big spots to really go through and get muddy. i heard there were alot of mud holes, but when we went there we were right in the middle of a little dry spell. there was the big hole that had a stop sign next to it and then the other one that a little blazer almost got stuck in. when did u go there?? we went up there during labor day weekend

we went up there once in july and again in late october. The second trip was a lot less muddy. We scouted some more and found some pretty cool spots in a few places, there was a badass gully and also a huge slickrock that was some great rock climbing for WI. Ever gone to the Dresser Memorial rally???? I am going this year for sure.
Maybe we could hook up, what are the specs of your rig?

nah ive never been do dresser memoral rally when and where is it. as to my truck, its a 88 ford ranger 4x4 xlt. reg cab 2.9 motor with a couple of mods to it and about a 750 to 1000 stereo system

Originally posted by TwoToneFordExpl


I say use the X for the trails

http://www.explorer4x4.com/rick_rearrock_sml.jpg

:p

Now lets see a pic of your truck :p

Yes Ricks truck is awesome.

Nathan

I never said I could do that. But then, I couldn't afford a Jeep like yours either. Of couse, the subject was about someone else, so he doesn't have either, this is all a mute point and useless discussion :confused:

88,
The Memorial Day Rally is in Dresser,WI., on the Trollhaugen Ski Resort Property! Of course it's Memorial Day weekend. I went for the first time last May and it was a blast! All kinds of different level obstacles, with bypasses for all obstacles. All my mods on my truck were brand new when I went, so I took a lot of bypasses when I really think i could have made some of them. Three different trails to pick from, Camping on site (get there early friday morning for the best spots) Food vendors, Monster truck racing, etc.

The trailrides go on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings.

Just thought I'd share what I knew about the Dresser rally!

Jim

Originally posted by TwoToneFordExpl
I never said I could do that. But then, I couldn't afford a Jeep like yours either. Of couse, the subject was about someone else, so he doesn't have either, this is all a mute point and useless discussion :confused:

I'm just playin with you :chug:

Trust me, if it wasn't for me doing all the work myself I couldn't afford the Jeep either. :D

Nathan

Originally posted by JeepZJ


I'm just playin with you :chug:

Trust me, if it wasn't for me doing all the work myself I couldn't afford the Jeep either. :D

Nathan


And I you :chug: