blending melding xt6

[electryc_monk]

project stocker revolution. originally this was Okami's and he was going to do the conversion but has way to much on his(and his wifes plates). so I'm thinking the three of us will do the conversion and then get the silver one re-registeredand then offer it for sale in a best offer arena. but, drive it in the meantime..... and I could even offer to transport for a modest fee.... of course the left over metal carcess will be hacksawed up and recycled as the rust is too far into the subframe and structural areas.... especially the aluminum. so what should the fellow recyclers suggest we do when we do the swap?

 

does this seem reasonable to offer up for dialouge the direction of this project? any comments from the peanutgallery at large?

 

for clarity 2 xt6's:

blk 4wd 4eat; bad rust, really bad rust

silver 4eat 2wd; no real rust

 

silver convert to 4wd? and offier up the other major parts cheap?

 

offer both as is? do the blending as part of an offfer with all the stock swap? suggestions?

 

i'm half tempted to just do the swap and then put a sticker for it in craigslist and a few different subie sites... i want to apply to grad schools this summer.

and we'd like to use the funds from this and a few other items to be placed in the hands of others allowing me to achieve other vehicular goals....

[Turbone]

Wow, EM is back. You been on the road all this time? You survived the winter roads (and drivers) on the right Coast, eh? Welcome back:headbang:

 

Strip the rusted XT6, use the parts to convert the other if you want. But it will be a tough job and not to many folks want 2wd stuff. But the 4wd running gear is as good as gold here for 5 lug swaps. XT6 2wd are pretty quick, they dont have to push all that stuff in the rear.

[electryc_monk]

Wow, EM is back. You been on the road all this time? You survived the winter roads (and drivers) on the right Coast, eh? Welcome back:headbang:

 

Strip the rusted XT6, use the parts to convert the other if you want. But it will be a tough job and not to many folks want 2wd stuff. But the 4wd running gear is as good as gold here for 5 lug swaps. XT6 2wd are pretty quick, they dont have to push all that stuff in the rear.

 

yeah i'm back, i've had a few events...but, that's anOT thread if you think i should...

 

but i was trying to do a hey what'sto going theme these days with the 6's.

i don't want to recycle a blah,blah,blah if its needed somewhere... even if its a "at the cost of shipping only" because i don'twant to waste the stuff if it can be planned out with some effort...i'mnot expecting it to be 100% savable..just working towards a reasonable effort here Turbone....you know what i mean... i feel like i have talked in circles now.(shrugs)

[idosubaru]

i've only owned about 15 of these things and sold a bunch so what do i know? seriously though we do live in entirely different markets, but here's what i'd do. it's all about time and what your time is worth.

 

first - the severity of the rust is important. the rusted car will sell if it's sheet metal and not too terrible. you can work on that some yourself. if it's not safe and that bad then this isn't a good option.

 

if it's really bad then you want the other car to be able to move on it's own power. you have a bad transmission? well if time is an issue swap in the AWD trans and lock DUTY Solenoid C (VERY easy) and run it in FWD. you won't need to swap the rear drive shaft, rear suspension (very large job and the mounting holes are not always there), and rear hubs, etc. that would save a ton of time, but you won't have AWD.

 

if you have the time swap the AWD stuff over and sell it..hopefully at a better price if AWD is a good thing down there. the TCU should swap no problem, the wiring harness i would guess should be the same. might want to check and make sure all the pinouts are there before you start the swap and decide if there are any wiring issues (i'm guessing no) and if you got the time for those issues if they are present.

 

there's a guy in colorado right now dying for a XT6 motor if you're willing to sell a good one. he just threw a rod.

[electryc_monk]

ahhh one of the masters... thank you sir.

 

first the blk one is already massively disassembled and sitting on 4 jackstands... engine is in it IIRC the engine was fine so i'm sure it'd be a smap to yank and wrap and mail it to him *IF* I recall this correctly.

 

Mike (my roomie) had done alot of research and plannin for the swap as he wanted the silver one to be his FT4WD (not AWD) and figured all the ground work out like bolt holes, wiring and stuff. that's why he had gotten as far as he could solo... we were gonna do it together with possibly some help from Calebzwhen he had time as well.... well, two houses later its beed demoted on the list of prioritys in life and need to goto a home that'd get to use it. as far as markets go... i'd even be willing to consider the option of transporting it to where ever for the sincere cost of the fuel to transport it to its destination... i'd even consider options not yet thought of too.

 

so the silver is drivable and the black was too... but the front end is dropped out of it, i know there is a spare 3AT in its trunk as well as the 2WD4eat installed in it still.

 

so i hope that clarifies the situation... man i wish i was in denton now to go looksee and validate the situation... that will occur soon enough.

 

i've only owned about 15 of these things and sold a bunch so what do i know? seriously though we do live in entirely different markets, but here's what i'd do. it's all about time and what your time is worth.

 

first - the severity of the rust is important. the rusted car will sell if it's sheet metal and not too terrible. you can work on that some yourself. if it's not safe and that bad then this isn't a good option.

 

if it's really bad then you want the other car to be able to move on it's own power. you have a bad transmission? well if time is an issue swap in the AWD trans and lock DUTY Solenoid C (VERY easy) and run it in FWD. you won't need to swap the rear drive shaft, rear suspension (very large job and the mounting holes are not always there), and rear hubs, etc. that would save a ton of time, but you won't have AWD.

 

if you have the time swap the AWD stuff over and sell it..hopefully at a better price if AWD is a good thing down there. the TCU should swap no problem, the wiring harness i would guess should be the same. might want to check and make sure all the pinouts are there before you start the swap and decide if there are any wiring issues (i'm guessing no) and if you got the time for those issues if they are present.

 

there's a guy in colorado right now dying for a XT6 motor if you're willing to sell a good one. he just threw a rod.