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From: Muskegon, MI (home)
I just ordered an off road kit for my hi lift jack and a steering stabilizer kit for my 84 F150! You guys mentioning home made mods reminds me. I designed and built a roof mounted light bar for the 84 when I was in high school. I built it out of 1 inch box tubing and 1/8 inch steel plate, it turned out really nice. Now I have five 100 watt off road lights and my CB antennas mounted up there.
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From: Oregon
And the award goes to: Ho!
A throttle linkage made out of firewood...
gotta love those wheeling breaks where you've got to REALLY get creative. Hell, I think thats got all of mine beat...
A throttle linkage made out of firewood...
gotta love those wheeling breaks where you've got to REALLY get creative. Hell, I think thats got all of mine beat...
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I've got another that really kicks ***.......a while ago I made a hand throttle out of a bike shifter and rear deraileur cable. Great for those times when you wish you had three feet (stopped and on a steep incline).
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From: Tower MN, Houghton MI
Best mod I ever did on the F-150 was a mini-spool in the rearend, about $35 with the hardened cross pin.
Best mod I did on the BroncoII was lincoln lockers front and rear. offroad, it will outdo my F-150 in about everything but mud. Cost? free
the only downside, it has way to much power for the stock axles, and snaps front shafts like twigs.
Best mod I did on the BroncoII was lincoln lockers front and rear. offroad, it will outdo my F-150 in about everything but mud. Cost? free
the only downside, it has way to much power for the stock axles, and snaps front shafts like twigs.
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From: Muskegon, MI (home)
Originally posted by JeremyH
I've got another that really kicks ***.......a while ago I made a hand throttle out of a bike shifter and rear deraileur cable. Great for those times when you wish you had three feet (stopped and on a steep incline).
I've got another that really kicks ***.......a while ago I made a hand throttle out of a bike shifter and rear deraileur cable. Great for those times when you wish you had three feet (stopped and on a steep incline).
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Originally posted by Pkupman82
I was thinking of doing that also! Would I also be able to use it as a cruise control? How fast will it go up to?
I was thinking of doing that also! Would I also be able to use it as a cruise control? How fast will it go up to?
Here is a write-up that I found on another guy's jeep site.......this is pretty much exactly what I did. Make sure to use a non-indexing shifter and a LONG shifter cable.
http://www.stu-offroad.com/jeep_thro...p_throttle.htm
The only difference on mine is that I used a cable clamp to hold my wire to the throttle.
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I'm with red_rocket. My best O/R performance mod was the mini-spool. Second was removing my 33x12.5x15 Bahas and putting on 35x12.5x15 BFG/MT (also my favorite "I did it myself" mod since all I used was 2 pry bars and a 12v emergency air compressor)
Coolest mod (IMO) was the homemade tilting front clip.
Favorite "rig job" mod was the homemade dual exhaust sustem.
Smartest mod was simply running all axle/dif breathers into the cab.
Kevin K.
Coolest mod (IMO) was the homemade tilting front clip.
Favorite "rig job" mod was the homemade dual exhaust sustem.
Smartest mod was simply running all axle/dif breathers into the cab.
Kevin K.
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Hey, just wanted to say I put the pics of the hitch in my gallery. I built it to slide in my framerails, keeping it as high as possible, as well as subtle. The side plates are 1/4" plate that the cross tube sits inside. Enjoy! Ted
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Originally posted by JeremyH
I use it as a cheap cruise control on the highway, yes. However it is not the same as a contentional cc.......it keeps the throttle at the same position.......not the same speed. How fast it goes depends on how tight you set the cable.
Here is a write-up that I found on another guy's jeep site.......this is pretty much exactly what I did. Make sure to use a non-indexing shifter and a LONG shifter cable.
http://www.stu-offroad.com/jeep_thro...p_throttle.htm
The only difference on mine is that I used a cable clamp to hold my wire to the throttle.
I use it as a cheap cruise control on the highway, yes. However it is not the same as a contentional cc.......it keeps the throttle at the same position.......not the same speed. How fast it goes depends on how tight you set the cable.
Here is a write-up that I found on another guy's jeep site.......this is pretty much exactly what I did. Make sure to use a non-indexing shifter and a LONG shifter cable.
http://www.stu-offroad.com/jeep_thro...p_throttle.htm
The only difference on mine is that I used a cable clamp to hold my wire to the throttle.
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From: Bass Lake, CA
borgeson steering shaft.
i know, it was maintenance, but OMG what a difference!
i know do not worry about my steering at all, i used to worry when potholes approached (~1/2 turn of play in wheel)
second fave... mfg mud t/a's
third (or is it first fave?) tack welding the bearing cups to the axles! ah, no mo thrown cups! (new axles, and u joints, still threw three cups?) that one has saved me a ton of time.
i know, it was maintenance, but OMG what a difference!
i know do not worry about my steering at all, i used to worry when potholes approached (~1/2 turn of play in wheel)
second fave... mfg mud t/a's
third (or is it first fave?) tack welding the bearing cups to the axles! ah, no mo thrown cups! (new axles, and u joints, still threw three cups?) that one has saved me a ton of time.
