ezapar

I own two Soobs currently. I've owned some 35-36 total. I didn't buy in a few months ago and pretend I know it all. I'm not here to be mean or scream and yell every time something upsets me. This thread is a discussion, in the NON-SOOB forum. Nobody's putting anybody down, except you. Keep in mind, you were warned not to take your car on that trail, but you did anyways. I put my back into it, I helped push your car when it was stuck. If I seemed not to be patient, it was cuz it was the 10 millionthed time I was in that situation. The novelty of pushing cars that had no business on the trail gets old. Didn't you go away mad?

And to make you feel better, one did roll on his side on the trail from catching the cliff with his front tire. It was the Soob that pulled him back on his wheels.

Well said. I'd love to drive my Toy as a daily driver. It's a blast to drive around town. I get lots of looks and thumbs up from people all the time. It has the loudest stereo (by far) out of my cars. But, I can't stand to put miles on the mudders. They cost a pretty penny, I like how they work off road. Will. I'm not sure why you're so upset. I really do mean to have a discussion about this, not poke fun or try to make you or I feel bad or good. I used the pic above cuz it's the only example I have from the only time I ever went wheeling with you. In the pic below, I can assure you that I didn't see any of them spitting chew out of their windows, and I really doubt that any of them bought their lifts at Les Schabb. I can say that that day of wheeling in the snow and ice at Evans Creek was hands down the best wheeling experience I've ever had. The biggest baddest Subaru I've ever got to be around was there that day. There was no way we could talk him into following Ken (after he followed me) thru this hole. (nor any of the other rigs there that day)

My buddy pretty much fabbed up everything on this Toy. Very few things were bought. It wheels awesome.

I moved the two missing posts to non-soob offroading. We really did hijack his thread, we can discuss it more there if you want. EZ

In his defense, he's just purchased an imp, lifted his car and is trying to put away $ to buy an ej adapter kit for his imp. And he has a wife he's gotta get a long with at the same time. :-p

And RKirky, you're gonna love having twice the power and 3 times the torque. Your project is looking great. Next time we do the loop, your car should keep up with the imps way better than your Brat eh?

I'd rather b.s. and wheel than be on the trail the whole time fixing my ride or trying to pull it off of a small stump. It was like that when I drove my Soobs off road, now it's like that when I drive my Toy. In 3 years of wheeling it, it's never (knock on wood) given me any crap. I'm free to wheel all day and not worry about it. I've said it before, I've proved what I can do in a Soob. I've been thru all of the trails around here, and I absulotely know what the Soobs can and cannot do. You won't find a better spotter in the Soob world than me without looking really hard. The Toy walks thru it all with no complaints and it's still sporting an open diff. As for money. It cost me 4500+ to build the blue 85 brat I had. Less than that for my toy, and that's including a 700 dollar bumper and 500 dollar winch. I have pulled out several Soobs with it though. 5 in one day even. You can't say that Toyota owners are the same as Jeep owners. It just isn't true. We found that out on the Rubicon trail in '03. The Jeep owners snarled at us when we blocked the trail, had no problems driving thru my shots while I filmed. The Toyota trail boss yelled at his group when one of them bumped one of our broken rigs. The Jeep guys laughed at us on the Pirate board, the Toyota guys vollunteered to carry our heavy gear if we ever made it down again to make it easier on us. Don't have the attitude that Soob owners are better than the rest, or you'll put yourself in the group of elitists you're trying to avoid. And keep in mind, there are some 8-10 former Soob offroaders on this here USMB that drive Toys now. We aren't any different, we don't have any new attitudes, we just don't wheel Soobs all the time any more.

If I don't make it down today, feel free to drop by after work. I'll poke thru it with you. MAAAAAAAAYyyybe, you put the blocks in backwards in the front. Did you beat the walls back to clear the blocks? That would limit movement as well as make noises.

Oh uh, I gotcher good ol' days. . .

This run, eh?

I sold it to djbroadus when the Mrs was due with my boy some 3 1/2 years ago. He still has it I think. Between now and then, it was stolen and he recovered it.

I'm a little jealous, but settle for the 4.111 set up I just dropped into my coupe. This time next year, that 4.111 should be a dual range awd ej.

Very nice Scott! Now you get to cut and cut and cut to make those bad boys quit rubbing eh? Those wheels worked out great.

Congrats. Learn to meet half way. Learn to give eachother space. Be best friends. You'll do fine.

Feel free to drop it off here and save one or the other of you half the trip.

Oh uh, I can relate. . . :-p I feel the crunch, no word on my harness for some time. . . Fundage is low too.

If you do a search of this forum, you will find a thread or two on the subject.

Thanks. I did get the proper bolts, luckily I have a Soob only J/Y about 8 blocks away from me.

Luckily, the new kit comes with pretty straight forward instructions and pics as to how it all goes together. But, I still don't know if I need to go find a backing plate for the flywheel. :-\

Here it is with 27/9.50 swampers. Pic by Sparkster.

That is my old car. One of the ones I really miss. It had a PK 4/3 lift. He put on the smallest BFG ATs, I believe they are about a 27. The wheels are Australian 14s. 4WD decal by McBrat. (shamelss plug)

Appreciated Gary, no offense taken. I've got several buddies with knowledge who can and will help me. But before I tax them, I thougt I'd ask you guys. What you said about thinking maybe I should get help if I'm unsure is good advice. Thanks. This trans will get pulled in a few months when my d/r gets here from out of the country, maybe I'll wait till then . . .

Yeah, sorry. 2.2t that was a 4at to 5spd. Thanks you guys.

Forgive me for not knowing this. . . What does the red arrow point to? Does that cover the rear main seal? I want to change out the rear main seal, but doh!, I don't know what it is. Do I need a backing plate for the flywheel? THe flywheel from the A/T does NOT fit. Do I need to use the little plate with the holes in it that the arrow points too?