1988 samurai LWB build

[kris97ranger]

Yea I'll work onthe videos. And from what I can tell it's the pump even when I put jumper wires to it from another battry it doesn't go....

 

[kris97ranger]

bones heres the build thread on that mazda, hes got one video up i guess he's waiting on the others http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78191&goto=newpost

 

[BONES]

THX, checked it out, not a bad little wheeler he's got there. Looks like it could use some softer front springs and he would get even more flex out of it.

 

[kris97ranger]

yea... those are my stock ranger springs that he grabbed b4 we scrapped my truck. they are super stiff as im sure you know. im trying to get hime just to throw in some stock jeep coils. we just welded the rear diff today as well

 

[kris97ranger]

alright so i talked to ean at lowrange super easy to deal with. i have to pull my pump out and send it back. when he gets my tracking # just from me shipping it he's shipping me a new one express mail. so i should have it for the may 24 for sure!

 

[kris97ranger]

i missed out on one update. before my fuel pump shit out i washed the truck completly under body frame then the actual body and such this was the outcome

nice clean driveway.. there was like 6" of mud all under the truck once i was done

wondering where all the mud went?

that took three trips like that to get rid of it all. and mud is sooooo heavy it sucked..

 

[88_Eddie]

geez, that looks like a brontosaurus took a dump

 

[kris97ranger]

lol yea its not fun... i hate that kinda mud its a sandy clay mix. and bisicly just turns to cement when it dries. and its really watery when its wet at the bog so it fills in between rad fins no problem.

anyways off to the post office! get my tracking number and get my new pump sent to me

 

[BONES]

Mmmm, yummy, mud pies, lol.

I know it's amazing how much mud accumulates on and under a wheeler, even just from 1 trip. I used my "blue crush" gravel driveway the first couple times when I moved in this place, I'll never do that again, we were tracking mud in the house it was soo bad, every time it would rain it got worse and worse. I finally had to shovel that mess up when it dried out. Then I tried using my ditch a few times for the wash parking spot, and now the grass won't grow there, clay doesn't wash away. Now I take it to the car wash for the main stuff. A guy almost needs a big hole with a grate over it to park on, then the clean up after the wash would'nt be soo difficult.

 

[kris97ranger]

i used my front lawn once, and it did the same thing with the grass. and we got kicked outta all the car washes around here... lol

 

[BONES]

LOL, we have 1 car wash here that has a fire hose in 1 bay, they let us use it but we have to clean up after ourselves if we want to keep going there, so we make sure to hose the mud down the grate when we're done washing our rigs. Ends up being a ton of mud in the wash bay after I'm done, enough to get a car stuck I bet, if it drove over it, lol. We try and keep the car wash owner happy so we can keep using that fire hose bay.

So you get your pump ordered yet?

 

[kris97ranger]

yup as soon as i shipped mine back to sean at lowrange he asked for the shipping # and once he got that he shipped me my replacement express. dunno when its going to get here. im really hopinh to have it for saturday but i doubt it.

UPDATE!!!! went and got my taxes done from 2009 ( apparently i missed that year) and scince i was in high school still i made under 10 grand which means i got all my taxes back $1300

theres the $ for my 38.5"s )and then a bit extra left over) now i just gotta wait for the guy to step up to 42"s... i want them now!!!

 

[BONES]

Sweet!

Gotta love money back, it's like slapping on last years winter jacket and finding a 50 in the pocket, only better.

 

[kris97ranger]

yea like $1250 better!!! lol

so far still no fuel pump... which sucks i have a 3 day trip planned for the may 24 and pretty much the only day i have to test is tommorow

this is not gonna be fun if i have to go out untested

 

[kris97ranger]

yay. my fuel pump is here. so much for this "express" shipping it took the same amount of time as always. and for some reason i still had to pay border fees and shit... even though it was a warrenty and i already paid all that for the 1st pump. gonna go out in a bit and see how it all goes