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Right now I have Myself and my friend Mike in a 4door JK on 37"s in for sure. I have another Don in a 4 door Tacoma on 38"s that is almost for sure. One other friend Jonathan in a Commando on 37"s that is still trying to resolve work conflicts. I will be there not sure if Tracy is coming or...

20151227_161019 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr Cb radio, Ham radio, and switches all mounted down the center of the truck.

Still don't have the ebrake functioning as well as I would like. That didn't stop me from going to Moonlight Madness to play. The view off the tower on Bald Mountain was awesome. IMG_0817 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr Playing on bumper buster I just about maxed the front suspension. I...

Please say it is an Atlas or a duel case setup.

So far Bald Mountain is the only trail open. Brewer, Red, Coyote, Mirror, and Strawberry were all suppose to open last week. Not sure on when they will open now. The only bright thing about the massive heatwave hitting the area right now is it will speed up the snow melt and hopefully get the...

Yes.

Maybe when you put it back together put some anti seize on it.

Watching. Will try to but it will depend on work.

Love my three link setup. Though I haven't ran a radius arm to compare it to. When I make it back down to San Diego sometime we will have to meet up so I can check it out in person.

This is just before the entrance to Dusy Ershim. Just a little snow left. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1985883301682273&substory_index=0&id=1469449676658974

E-brake is functioning and holding in the driveway. However I am not really happy with it. Working on ways to make it work better.....

I made this adapter that goes on my hilift. It locks onto the cross bars on my sliders so the jack can't slide left to right. It can be put on the jack a few different ways depending on the requirements. 20151002_123825 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20151002_124055 by Matthew...

Here it is completed diff ramp. 20170524_092049 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr This is on the old axle I am removing. It has been on there two or three years now. It sure made it easier to slide it over rocks. 20170524_092002 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr When I designed and cut...

I can cut another set of the axle side and send it out. The frame side would be more difficult as I don't have the factory gas tank in the way of building a mount and cross member. I would also lower the lower bushing another inch or so. I have my shock mounts mounted pretty high on the axle...

Started to install the new to me axle. Out came the old drum brake explorer axle with welded spider gears and 4.88 gears. 20170522_124156 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr Next I cut some spring perches and an axle side traction bar mount. 20170523_105257 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr...

Much less then I expected. With all your trips I figured you would be pushing closer to 300k.

How many miles do you have on this explorer now?

I think that will depend on how much :chug: he does before he starts.

We are roughly three and a half months away from this trip. The first local 4wd club poker run is in two weeks. Bald Mountain is supposed to open June1. Followed by Mirror, Red, Coyote, West, and Strawberry on June 15th. Hopefully the snow melts off quick so the trails can open as scheduled...

It is. http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/how-do-i-get-herculiner-off-of-my-hootus.18595/

Try resealing it. If it doesn't work then give welding it up a shot. At that point you aren't out anything.

I made both of these. There is more info in my build thread in my signature. I have a plasma table I made them with.

You mean like this. I had it on the passenger side. Problem was it was to easy to kick and the latch would come off. Now I have a bracket welded to my roll cage that holds my fire extinguisher.

Explorer overhead console in my ranger. 20161221_134043 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr Air Gauge in the dash for my OBA. 20160705_133204 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr This is behind my seats. It keeps the stuff from behind the seats falling forward when the seats are moved...

Not sure how I missed all this but I like it. Looking good.

How about meet up for dinner sometime. I will be working an and off in Laurel and staying by BWI over the next few months. I am always down to meet more EF people. Good to know. I haven't had a chance to start hunting for a new door yet.

Good old Sidewinder. Still remember Bill breaking is radius arm on that trail. You had a fun 4 hour wait while we ran back to San Diego to weld it together. Good times. I have only been out there twice sense then.

Yes it has a Ridler cover. I already have one on the truck. He also tossed in a dana 44 Ridler cover, an ARB compressor and a braided stainless steel line to run from the locker to the compressor.

Picked up a new to me rear axle. Disk brake explorer 8.8. Has 4.88 gears, an ARB, and a cclip eliminator kit. Will be replacing my drum brake explorer axle with welded spider gears.

Paint Code is YZ. As far as how perfect of a match I think close is going to be good enough. We decided to take the cash of $1800. I couldn't see spending that much to fix a door on a car I bought 4.5 years ago for $3200. There are a few other small dings and dents from the PO as well. Tracy...

My wife drives an 01 explorer. Last week someone backed into her in a parking lot and mangled up the passenger front door pretty good. The other drivers insurance is taking responsibility to fix it. The quote we got from the body shop was $1800. I am thinking if I can find a matching door...

Myself or a friend have had to winch or strap on just about every trail in the area at one point. Sometimes you can use a strap but other times a winch is the best option. Plus it just helps keep the group moving if you can self recover. Especially with just a traclock up front it can cause...

I would take some 37" falken Wildpeak mts. My MTRs are down to about 60 percent. I have noticed a drop in the performance. However new tires isn't in the budget this year. Hopefully next year. This was on Rock Creek Road which is a mostly paved access road into Bald Mountain at 6300'...

I would hbe scared it would end up like the peach cobbler Brother of Jefe was making the one year we forgot it was in the fire pit and we threw all the Christmas trees on the fire.

A coated pan was my original idea. I thought meatloaf pan. Everything I found was to big. If a few test show that it works well I plan to find some stainless steel and build the box out of it.

I have watched other people on the trail pull hot food off there engine at lunch time. I could never figure out a good spot on the 4.0 that would be easy to place and then pull off a hot engine some food. After looking under the hood I found a large open area due to not having A/C on my truck...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LMVITSA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 While it will take 4k video I so far have been using the 1080p setting. My laptop isn't really designed for video editing so the bigger files tend to bog it down. Also for $16 I ordered 3 extra batteries...

20170201_104323 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Last week I went up to the snow to mess around for the day. Was by myself so I took it easy. I made up to around 6000ft elevation. Here is a quick video I put together. I just got a knock off gopro camera so I was playing around with it and seeing what it could do.