The War Wagon: Slowlyvverot's '93 X Eltee

[Foxracin]

You can get brake line for a f250 and they will bolt up and they are long enough for a 6 inch lift. Thats what I have on mine now.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

I swapped my auto hubs to manuals today. It wasn't a very hard job at all, considering I've never taken apart a locking hub assembly before. The hardest part was probably getting that little wedge driven down the channel on the spindle so I could get the last nut off the spindle. The auto hub cams were both shattered to bits when I removed them. Pieces of junk. I had to get my dad to help me hold the spindle nut socket while i torqued the nut to 150 ft/lbs though. other than that it was a 1-man job

 

[Foxracin]

Yea pretty simple swap and well worth it.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

noob question-i'm going to order some 5760x ujoints. dunno if the ones in my shafts are seized or not since my pop cant remember the last time he used the 4wd. i was gonna upgrade them anyway. Do I need 3? one for each front shaft, right? what about the front driveshaft? are all the ujoints on my truck the same?

edit: also, another thing on my mind lately, how do manual hubs usually break? Specifically what part of the assembly.

 

[Foxracin]

I have 2 or 3 like this.

 

[92Explorer4.0]

makes a good wheel spacer.

 

[Foxracin]

Same thing I said when it first happened.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

haha. I got my truck back from the shop today. 4.88s installed in the D35, sittin pretty on new 33" MTZs. I realize I have never really known what "tread" actually was until I saw the deep lugs in these bad boys.

The sad thing is though, that the guy who set up my gears thinks Torqmasters sent me the wrong locker. He said there wasn't near enough room in the carrier to install it properly and he wrestled with it for over an hour. My box and receipt for the locker both state it is XD-13527, which is for the D35. I checked the picture on the website and it matches what I have. So i dunno what to do. Should I send it back to TM or take it to another shop and see what they say?

 

[Foxracin]

Explorer looks good man. Were definitely going to have to get up and do some 4wheeling this year since you can sue the 4x4 now.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

For sure! I'm excited to try this thing out.

I just realized I've been erroneously saying I'm going to fix my transfer case when I've been meaning to say I have to fix the shift motor. so I will do that this weekend.

 

[1AJeremyD]

Great looking truck! Things can happen and things can get mislabeled. Give torquemaster a call and see what they say about the part. They would be the only ones who would know what you have in the box. Good luck and keep up with the pictures!

 

[Slowlyvverot]

got off work early and attempted to fix my shift motor today. Got it apart and lo and behold I found the stopper bushing obliterated. I replaced it with a piece of vacuum hose:

I tore open the other part of the motor and cleaned it out but it got too cold before I could get everything back together again. It's supposed to be 40 tomorrow so I plan on assembling everything once it warms up. I wish there was room in my garage...

Here's a better shot of the MTZs and the gnarly tread pattern. These things are really quiet compared to the other tires I have had. I barely hear them at any speed. Hopefully that doesn't mean they suck in the dirt.

 

[CountryBoy78]

Nice looking Ex you got there, let me know about your aussie issue. I been thinking about getting one too.

I read somewhere(i think it was on the pirate about a jeep dana 35 aussie locker) you might have to dremel out the carrier so the locker will fit.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

For what it's worth, the dude who did my gears said that no amount of grinding/clearancing was going to make enough room for the locker I gave him. I will send Torq Masters an email tomorrow about the issue and see what they say. If labor for dismantling the ttb wasn't so expensive I'd just take it to another shop and see if they could make it work. Oh well. I'll keep you posted.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

I hate the shift motor. SOOO much.

I put everything back together this morning and it worked! huzzah! I engaged both 4hi and 4lo several times before i drove a minute to a hill i knew I couldn't tackle in 2wd. got there and 4hi wouldnt engage....

I drove back to my house and spent the next hour or two taking off the motor and fooling around with the positioning of the sensor and gear selector, then putting the motor back on. after a few times of getting stuck in 4lo or not getting anything at all, i put it in 2hi and gave up for the day. I am so frustrated and my neck is killing me.

If anyone wants to buy me a manual 1354 I'll be your best friend. I'll crawl under the truck and manually shift the case before I ever work on the shift motor again.
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i went back to that hill and manually shifted the case into 4hi and man...4wd feels good. i made it up and over no problem. didn't get a chance to try out 4lo since i couldnt press the brakes and shift the case at the same time haha

I wanna go wheeling.

 

[CountryBoy78]

I was thinking do you know how your installer tried to install your locker?

Did he assembled it as a whole unit then tried to put it in your carrier case or did he tried to installed it in sections llike your suppose to do.

I just trying to figure out if the part numbers are right for your truck and it doesn't fit......doesn't make sense. Unless it was packaged wrong when it was sent to you....

Have you seen the Shiftster product that bolts on in place of your transfer case shift motor? You manually turn the dial to shift your t-case in gear and you won't have to worry about those pesky t-case motors.
Its looks like a good product but I wouldn't like to crawl under my dirty ass truck to shift it but thats just me.........lol......

 

[Slowlyvverot]

The way he was explaining things to me, it sounded like he installed the individual parts one by one, not the locker as a whole :/


I have heard and looked into the Shiftster, but I don't see why anyone would want it when you can just use the gear from the shift motor (the thing in the first picture in Post #72 above) to turn the shaft in the first place. and that is free and achieves the same thing. I have looked into some people making other manual shifting mechanisms for the 1354E but I have no problems getting filthy so I will just keep crawling under my truck unless I find a bangin' deal on a 1354M. and I need to buy some seat covers haha.

 

[Foxracin]

There is a junkyard in Charlotte that has a 1354m. I believe they wanted 100 or 120 for it. I got the shifters and dual shifter boot combo off it but the case is still there.

 

[Slowlyvverot]

the pull-a-part?

 

[Foxracin]

Not pull a part its Hunter Salvage in Charlotte.