My 91 Exploder

[Foxracin]

any chance you wanna sell your old 8.8/d35 gears when you go 9/44?

My buddies supposed to be buying all my old junk to go under his Explorer. But if he doesnt get it it will definitely be for sale.

 

[Foxracin]

Well picked up another D44 and a 9" and a set of wheels/tires this past weekend.

The D44 has a new 4.88 gear, new bearings/seals, u joints,new Warn premium hubs, new brake parts, and was supposed to have a lockright. Turned out it didnt have a locker so the guy is supposed to be ordering me a Aussie locker for it today.

The rear 9" has a 4.88 gear in it and I got a lock right for it also. Got a new set of weld on caliper brackets and gm calipers for disc brakes. Just got to find the right rotors for them.

Also got a complete set of black d-window wheels with about a new set of tires on them I can resale.

D44

Hubs/wheels

New 4.88 gear in the 44

9" Center section with 4.88 gears.

9" Lockright

Spider gears

Spider gears no more. Woot.

Brakes for the 9"

Getting closer to sas swap time. Stay tuned.

 

[Kyle M.]

Lookin good...diggin it so far!

 

[Foxracin]

Met up with the guy I got the other set of axles from last night to pick up the front locker he bought since there wasnt one like he said. Atleast he was a stand up guy about it and made it good.

Brand new Spartan locker. Looks like a good locker. Will be a lot easier then other to put it in and take it out. Dont have to mess with the aggravating little springs getting the in and also the pins are about twice as big.

Still saving money to order some parts from duff and various other little odds and ends.

 

[ThatGuy]

I will get back to you ASAP I promise. The Duff crew was gone to OCBR in Hot Springs last week and I've been sick for the last few days so I haven't gotten to speak to anyone about your stuff yet. I will try Fri. if possible and let you know something by weekend.

 

[Foxracin]

Its not big rush man. Appreciate the help. Just keep in touch. Thanks.

 

[Foxracin]

Havent really done anything worth updating to it lately. Still working on collecting parts for the sas and all that good junk. Going to try to do it right the first time.

Was at the junkyard today and found a nice looking set of door panels so I grabbed them. All 4 of mine were trashed.

Also got a 1350 from my buddy for free to use the the doubler.

Door panels

1350

1350 rough cut for the doubler

And the little internal u joint on the front output of a 1350 in case anybody ever wondered about it.

Other then that havent really done a whole lot lately. Just been driving it everyday and wheeling about every weekend. Cant wait to get the sas and doubler in. Should be a whole new beast.

 

[Foxracin]

Got a 6 planetary gear set and newer style shift fork out of a newer electric 1354 to put in the 1350 doubler case. Its a lot more beefier looking then the 4 gear set planetary.

Going to check my main case also when I go to put it in and see if it has the 6 or 4 set.

 

[Foxracin]

Well the Sploder has done nothing but gave problems the last week or so.

Went wheeling Saturday and the water pump started leaking out the weep hole. Got it sunk it up pretty good in a mudhole. Did fill up the passenger side inside with water again so I got to try out the herculiner on the floor board. Just pulled the plugs and rinsed it out with a hose. Lot better then the carpet was.

Here is the mud hole. I know for a fact there are 44" ruts in this hole and I was going the hard way trying to get up the little ledge. Would have went the opposite way no problem. Pay attention to the video when its winching out and you can see the clutch start slipping and see it smoking it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgkBrbqbSSQ

Got mud/junk/grit in the clutch keeping it released. Wouldnt grab all the way. Limped it back to the parking area and got a water hose and sprayed it through the inspection hole while pushing the clutch in and out and finally got it all washed out. Back to normal now. I thought for sure I was going to have to put a clutch in it.

Then the idler pulley started raising hell again. Its not even a year old. I know the mud aint good for it. But I fixed it for good this time. Just took it completely off. Didnt really see a need for how it was routed anyway. Belt is still plenty tight enough and plenty of wrap on the alternator. One less thing to worry about.

Got the water pump pulled off today and one bolt had to just break off. Just enough to piss you off. lol

Couldnt get the clutch fan off either. Broke one of the tools trying to get it off. Have another one to go on it anyway since the other fan blades looked like they were about to sling off. So I left it on the pump and had to beat the pump into about 100 pieces with a sledge hammer so I could get the pulley off since it was all I needed. Put all the pieces back in the core box to take back to Oreilly and see what they say. lol

Flushed the radiator and cleaned the fins real good and flushed the engine. Going to try to get the broke bolt out tomorrow and put it all back together and change the thermostat while I got it apart and fill it up with some fresh antifreeze.

On a good note did get a new muffler today. Got a Flowmaster 50 series to quieten it down a little bit. Going to try to get it put on Friday night.

 

[Foxracin]

Cleaned up under the hood today. I think it was due for a good cleaning.

 

[Kyle M.]

Wow, looks brand new!

Now go get it dirty again!

 

[Foxracin]

Did a little wheeling this weekend. Busted a hub and get it changed and kept on wheeling then the u bolts on one side decided to break which made the pinion angle go straight up and bound up the ujoint and broke the driveshaft.

Got the drive shaft changed but didnt have a spare u bolt so had to use a ratchet strap and limp it back home. Good thing I wasnt but about 15 minutes from home.

Also got the Flowmaster 50 series I got from xeek put on. Like it a lot better. Not nearly as loud.

 

[Kyle M.]

Wow, you had a spare drive shaft with you??

 

[slow96gt]

cool looking build were did you find tht doubler plate?

 

[Foxracin]

Wow, you had a spare drive shaft with you??

Yep, I always have 4 axles (both front and both rears), a front and a rear axle, complete steering, hub, and a few other things on the explorer all the time. Having a body lift make great storage for driveshafts and axles.