Kinarfi

Lenny, Flatbed, Great stuff from both of you. Lenny, your not too wordy, good info.

Ok, i finally got the weights on the trooper T 2, seems like i have my own little post going here, Hope i am not offending anyone. Anyway i weighed each axle buy them selfs. front axle first, then the back. I had seprate scales.

You may feel like you're posting alone, but I bet EVERYONE is reading and taking notes, I am!

Keep the photos coming.

Jeff

Posted some more photos by Flatbed

Hope you all had a good Christmas day also, I got to watch the grandkids open their presents all SMILES

Terrific, thanks for the info, I'll be checking mine tomorrow to get familiar with what you told me.

Thanks again,

Jeff

Lenny, you say you got seals, did you get one for the bottom that looks like this? If so, I have some ideas, again, about a rebuild kit.

Jeff

As moderator, I was able to add to Flatbeds post and put his photos in. Looks like a good job, keep adding photos.

Jeff

Where'd George go and when do you think he'll be back?

I was talking to turbodude, Scott of Unleashed Motor Sports about gas tanks and he mentioned to me that the new tanks have a baffle in them between the gauge / filler pipe area and the rest of the tank, so I looked and of course, he's right. Interesting IMO. And since I couldn't stick my head in to look at the baffle, I stuck my camera lens in through the fuel gauge hole.

More photos at http://s481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/Kinarfi/

Played around with photobucket and think I like webshots better, just my opinion.

I defer to you. This is not my area of expertise. I am just old school with a float, arm and a resistor kind of guy.

rocmoc n Mexico/AZ

Your's is fixed and boxed and will be coming back home tomorrow, or is it monyawna, since your in Mexico right now?

I like the idea of going with the correct Iridium plug because the will probably never need changing, I think that's what came in my Yukon and I didn't change them until I had about 90,000 miles. In my youth, it was common for the hot rods to have stacks on the carbs, I kinda thought that maybe the long air intake manifold and maybe the snorkel acted like the old stacks of yesteryear. Anyway, the power I have now is adequate for what I do and don't feel the need to change stuff until others have proven their mods.

Jeff

My sending unit stopped working a couple of months ago. Joyner would not replace but would sale me a new one, but only guaranty the new one for a month. The thing cost nearly $90. I said forget it. My dealer tried to repair and did sort of. Since I have a front hood that opens, I am installing a simple sight gauge or replacing with a simple sending unit with a float arm. I know of a couple other people who's gas gauges don't work. Personally this is one item that I would call over built/engineered and a piece of junk.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I've been working on Rocmoc's gas gauge sender unit, waiting a part, and drew up the schematic for the Troopers with a front gas tank. Not to be disagreeable, but these things are very simple in their design and construction. Their biggest problem, IMO, is the red seal where the wires come out. The under seat gauges indicate by 1/4s and front tanks indicate by 1/8s.

Thanks, I'll take a look at it. There are 3 diff blot patterns they use. I assume you want the 4x100? Also do you want to add width or keep them as thin as possible for structural requirments? Let me know and give me a little time and I'll get back to you.

Lenny

Rocmoc has a trooper and troopers run a 4/115 bolt pattern on their wheels

Got my fuel tank in and mounted, , mounted it on 6 rubber standoffs and it seems good, had to stop the seat 1/4" from all the way back because the 1" lift made the filler neck hit the back of seat. Will run a ground wire from frame to tank tomorrow, may add a new fuel pickup line later.

Number 1 and absolute first mod is fill the gas tank and then go empty it. Enjoy it.

Jeff

Congrats, have fun, I get about 15 mpg, as high as 20 & as low as 10. The speedo is in mph & kph and is reasonably close, get a gps and the odometer is kilometers, not miles. There are some neat and easy mod posted here, but I like my air filter snorkel the most.

Where are at? Can you fill out your profile so the rest of can know a bit about you.

Welcome to the Trooper Driver Club.

Jeff

PS If you want some suggestions about posting some photos, PM me.

How much do you think you would charge for a set of 4 of those adjusters?

Jeff

Another idea would be to drill and thread a hole in the side, drop in a piece of plastic followed by a set screw or winged bolt to lock the adjuster in place, unless you think it will stay put.

Lenny, Take a look at these photos I took of my shock when I took it apart, I probably didn't do as good a job as you, but I got lots of photos. If I have any parts that you need, let me know, I figure a cap can be made to thread onto the body that holds the seal, thereby making it rebuildable.

Put a snorkel on and get it up out of the dirt. Click on either picture and see my other photos, the dirt on the bottom may have been mud, do you oil your filter, take a look at the sticky (first post) for part numbers.

http://www.utvboard.com/index.php?showtopic=434 Post #10

If you get a chance, take a look at the front gears, I still think they'll be the same as the rear, after all do you think they want to go the expense to make them different when they can just turn one upside down.

Jeff

Well I am back on the road again. YeHa!!! I was able to purchase a ring and pinion set from a dealer who had a T2 come in with a busted diff. housing. FYI, If anybody breaks there gears, unless you can find a used set from someone, you will have to purchase the complete differential form Joyner because they dont sell just the gears. ($900.00 +) Well happy holidays to all.

Lance

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...ficial%26sa%3DN Did you have to do all the stuff in this article or just put them in place and tighten the bolts?

jeff

Me Too, I also need a new front wheel https://teamjoynerusa.3dcartstores.com/asse...t_thumbnail.jpg, but I'm hoping for a good deal from someone who wants to sell theirs'

Don't know if you've been here or not http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/PN20/image...arisonChart.pdf, I'd like to get the pn 40 but $$$ & wife say no, the screen is 1.4" wide & 1.7" tall.

I believe they are the same physically, different colors, & PN-40 is more capable.

Also, I recommend the RAM holder with the suction cup & the rechargeable lithium batteries

I went with the DeLorme Earthmate GPS PN-20, came with Topo 6.0, They are upto to PN-40 & Topo 7.0 now. I plan the trip on my computer and upload it to the gps. I haven't used garmin enough to compare, but I'm generally happy with what I got & I rigged my buggy up so it charged while driving. You can also save your routes and trails for revue later and compare to google earth.

My diff lock on the rear is not working do I need to move the cable in or out to get it to engage?

I only go to see my diff lock for a moment at the dealer when it failed to engage, it looked like the sleeve that slides in and out could be reversed to fix the problem I had. It looked like it had tried to engage while thing were spinning and rolled the teeth a little. To disengage, the cable pushes the sleeve in against a spring, and the spring's push is what causes things to engage.

If you take it apart, Please take some photos to post of it and the insides of the diff also.

Thank you

Jeff