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I still have boxes full of parts for my 'winter' upgrades.. I need to get on the ball.

I'll have my trusty single person tent and sleeping bag. I pack lighter and lighter every trip. Eventually I'll be laying on a towel under a branch.

there are cabins available at the trailhead

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I need to see what others have used ford coil buckets when swapping in a fw axle into a first gen. I am sure I have overlooked the perfect thread but I have been searching for a few days with no luck. I either run into broken picture links or threads that stop before the build is complete...

your pics arent working.. check your links

what size yokes on the 205? what axles are you running?

There are a few hotels close to the trailhead, I believe they list some on the blackmountainoffroad website. The camping really isn't that bad.. the main lot by the trailhead office has a large pavilion with bathrooms and showers.. private. electric is available also.

If I could go back in time I would not have went with weld on beadlocks. so so so heavy, no true way to center the tire and stay packed with mud. Now, aside from that, for a trailered rig they do great. DIYs arent bling enough for you anyway Ted. lol

I changed it up a little, feel free to tweak it Burns.

I was going to suggest the same link that RangerX posted. Any question you could ask has been asked before and the answer lies in one of the many sas build threads on the site. Can I ask why leafs and not coils though?

Info for the trailhead in Putney.. http://www.harlancountycampground.com/ Yes you will need to pay a fee per vehicle and for use of the campground. They offer 30 day permits if you do not plan on coming back multiple times in the year.

The normal bag (which is actually several bags inside a cargo box) consists of spare hoses, belt, thermostat, ignition coil, plug wire, rtv, gear oil, trans fluid, motor oil, brake fluid, winch solenoid, d44 hubs, d44 hub socket, all internal hub snap rings/nuts/washers, electrical connectors...

No events planned that weekend at Harlan, so lets go with May 19-21. I informed the owner of the Putney Trailhead that I would be bringing a group from Explorerforum.com, I may have bragged about how big of a deal we are lol

I'm going to suggest May 19-21 as to miss the Memorial Day weekend crowd. I will get in touch with the Putney Trailhead to see if they have a schedule for next year yet. Itll be good to finally meet you guys.

you were 6 hours away from me and didn't tell me? ugh. lol

I've driven past the turtle a few times but never stopped.. ill have to change that. I can smell the Kentucky mist and taste grilled brats already. I kinda gotta thing for wheeling and camping. Ideas on dates?

Lets stick with Harlan, now we need to figure out a date. I will be busy memorial day weekend as I am guessing Harlan will too.

If you are ever near southern WV check out Hatfield McCoy trail systems Bearwallow Offroad park. Re-Grand Opening Memorial weekend 2017.

I have been a member since 2004 and have yet to attend a trail ride or a meet with anyone from the forum. I plan on changing that, but I need your help. Join us May 19-21 2017 at Black Mountain Off-Road Adventure Area for three days of camping, wheeling, story telling and good times. Black...

ha! I stuck my bottle jack in the factory location also. Works great until you're scouring around in the dark trying to get it out.

Dang. Looks like I'm going to miss all 3. I will be wheelin somewhere in spirit. Can't wait to see the pics. hmm.. wonder how much interest there would be for an east coast ride.

I am looking for pics/threads of mounting twin/triple stick shifters to the A4LD transmission. I have searched on here, TRS and Pirate with little luck. If anyone has info they could share it would be greatly appreciated.

View from Harlan, KY

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Bc I'm lazy and like the auto offroad. Trans temps never exceeded 210 this time out. I drained the pan and added 5 fresh quarts of mercon before I left for Harlan.

Well, had an interesting time at Black Mountain Offroad Adventure Park. First day on the trails and this happens 3/4 the way up Railbed.. 23 years and some big tires will do that I guess, you can tell it had been cracked for some time. Luckily the parts store in town had a box and lines...

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Heading towards a build where the oe fuel tank will be in the way and have been searching for options as far as relocating a tank from another Ford application or adding a fuel cell but keep hitting roadblocks with the bolt down sender, fuel pressure sensor, incorrect ohm resistance on fuel...

right now 4.88s. the added weight of the beadlocks and SXs can definitely be felt. with the 37" Falken MTs it was still very streetable and did well offroad. the 60 and 10.25 will be geared 5.38.. some other things are in store too. parts collecting continues.. Spending the latter half of the...

Before.. After

With the 10 image limit in posts I cut out all the beadlock pics to post here.. I'm not going to lie, the first one took me every bit of 90 mins from start to finish, but by the last one I was down to 25 mins. But after downing a case of bottled water and a few ibuprofen it was worth it.

over 2 months.. guess I should update this thing. Well, most of the past couple months has been spent with our son who was born 6/21 but I have managed to sneak some time in on the Explorer. Haven't gotten the steering assist done yet mainly because I can't decide what to do with these boat...

cool idea.. glad you updated

I'll be following this thread from TRS http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/hydro_assist_steering.shtml

When 10pm on a Friday night seems like a good time to max out your suspension.. And of course none of us had a tape measure or I could have gotten shock, bump, limit strap lengths figured out. I do need to re route the brake line to the rear facing side of the coil bucket. Next on the...

they went back on a lot cleaner than they were in that pic.. lol Drove it today for the first time, couldn't believe how much better the ride is and how stable it is in turns and dips. Definitely one of the best improvements I've made in a while. Going to stretch its legs, err arms, this...