Blanco Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Welcome back, .... way back in my early days here I was hooked on your plans for an OM606 build, .... got me started on bigger projects really, (although my transplant plans have morphed a bit since then). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Hi Dan, long time no see! Good to see you are keeping well, and the dirtydiesel workshop is still going. Jeep looks good, when is the first test? I am working on a jeep project as well, link at the bottom. Regards, Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Lovely to see you posting. Hope you are healthy and happy 😃 I have to ask too - do you still have the MB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Daan said: Hi Dan, long time no see! Good to see you are keeping well, and the dirtydiesel workshop is still going. Jeep looks good, when is the first test? I am working on a jeep project as well, link at the bottom. Regards, Daan I've been reading your jeep thread, not fully caught up with all the content on here yet! The wrangler has had three weekends out, with quite a few teething problems so far. The discovery 2 radius arm bushes I used at the chassis end of my 1 links are too soft, lots of knocking and allowed the axle to wander around too much. I've changed the front one to a 3.0 ballistic joint, need to do the rear one yet. Developed a oil leak from the turbo drain, dumped most of the oil and killed the turbo bearings. And I (somewhat predictably) grenaded a cv being a dick in some rocks. I'm on stock cv's as rcv's are pricey for the g wagon axles. But it drives really well, the steering is epically light and direct, with very little fight back when the front locker is in. The Diff locks work beautifully in and out quicker than anything else I've had. I'm very happy with the amount of flex in the suspension, its really stable and cycles that freely it's sometimes hard to place where the wheels are by feel alone. However I can't seem to get the front ride height up enough even with 450psi in the air shocks. And after the last weekend out the drivers side one has collapsed to the bumpstop. The power is quite oddly seamless with the vgt, More tuning required I think. And the super swamper tsl's were absolutely rock hard, even with 10psi in them they didn't conform to rocks. Its currently on a set of ancient 37x13 tsl boggers, they are quite worn and probably still a bit too wide for the truck but they work well enough until I buy some mud trepadors. Edited January 14, 2022 by dirtydiesel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Anderzander said: Lovely to see you posting. Hope you are healthy and happy 😃 I have to ask too - do you still have the MB? I'm all good here, hopefully you are too. I still have the MB is still not finished or even all in the same postcode! Edited January 14, 2022 by dirtydiesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) I'm changing the fox air shocks for 2.0 coilovers as I can't get the ride height where i want it with the air shocks. Although they are both the same length and mountings the reservoir fitting on the coilovers wont fit in the mounts I already have. Edited January 19, 2022 by dirtydiesel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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