Picked this up from a Desert Mountain Four Wheel Drive Club member in the fall of 2021 and began working on it. It was in dire need of some love and attention. Five years into it and its come a long way from the stock axles with lunch box lockers on a 3 inch lift to its Dana 60 rear and Dana 44 front with 5.38 gears and Grizzly lockers. I've done way to much to list but most of it was to make it dependable on the trail and so I could do hard rock crawling without worrying about it breaking. I built all new custom bumpers, rock sliders and skid plates. Oh and it now weights over 5500lbs when its in rock crawling mode. It now has 5 electric fans on two completely separate systems trying to keep it cool. Still on the list: new seats, and Atlas transfer case.
Armor
All custom built
Audio
Stock Sony cassette radio
Brakes
All new stock front, rear disc from a Ford Explorer on Dana 60
Drivetrain
Stock automatic trans, NP 231 with SYE
Front axle Dana 489 with 5.38 gears and Grizzly Locker from ECGS.
Rear Dana 60 with 5.38 gear Grizzly Locker, ECGS
Tom Woods Custom Drive Shafts
Engine
Stock 4 Liter
Mishimoto Radiator and fans with Flex a lite variable fan controller.
Pair of SPAL fans with separate VS controller to give us a total of 5 fans.
Exhaust
Slightly modified.
Exterior
Dented with custom bumpers, rock sliders, skid plates, tire carrier, tail light guards, fender wells have been cut to fit the 38s with no rubbing.
DIY Hybrid rollcage from WelderD.com
New DIY garage paint job, original factory color
Intake
Stock but not the original, it's the curved one.
Interior
Pretty much stock except for rubber flooring
New headliner installed when I did the rollcage
Lighting
Stock lighting, I'm to old to be wheeling in the dark.
Other
12,000 LB Badland ZXR Winch
GMRS and CB radios
Overlanding Gear
I prefer my RV for camping
Recovery Gear
Yep, got some
Steering
Cab Fab steering with Red Neck Ram Hydro assist
Suspension
8" IRO 3 link long arm in the front and leaf springs in the rear. Will score 1000+ points on the index ramp.
