All of the big items for the swap are complete except for driveshafts and exhaust. Driveshafts will go in Sunday, and exhaust will have to wait until I can get under the Jeep with my welder here. The 7075 aluminum for the steering parts is on back order, so alignment and hydraulics will have to […]
Month: May 2020
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Atlas 2 Speed Is Installed
Spent a day finishing the cable setup and fine tuning the Atlas 2 speed transfer case drive line alignment. Such an amazing piece of machined art, I almost hate to put it under my Jeep! It took a few reads to get the feel for the shift lever install. The instructions could use some fine […]
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More Axle Work – Really Close
Bumpstop saga continued… I was able to resolve the bump stop issue on the front. Since I broke a tap in the spring perch I just clocked the bump stops 90 degrees in the same location and tapped new holes. After the front bumps were in and the axle reassembled, I moved to the back […]
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Axle Install – Making Progress
Dove into the install on Tuesday and made good progress. I was able to hang the front on the control arms in about 30 minutes and then moved around to the back. When I got to the back it seemed like everything that could go wrong did. After several slow ups and having to make […]
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Fusion 4×4 60/44 Combo Has Arrived!
After months of waiting due to Covid-19 shutdowns, I finally have my axles!! Huge thank you to Fusion 4×4 for building some of the sexiest and beefiest axles in their class. I couldn’t wait to get started mounting these bad boys under the Jeep. It has been months since I took the Jeep apart and […]
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Switch-Pros SP-9100 – Part 1
While tearing apart the Jeep to do the Gen V swap, I noticed I did a really poor job of previous electrical planning in the Jeep. During the process of installing the interior harness for the swap, I pulled miles of confusing, poorly implemented, accessory wires out from under the dash. During the excavation process, […]