Lilbuddys 81!! (Update 10/18/2007)

[KYOTA]

looks good, did you have fun re arranging the pins for the gauges 

[lilbuddy]

looks good, did you have fun re arranging the pins for the gauges 

Hell no. It was more like taking the 79-81 round plugs to the 82-83 plugs and figuring out which wire goes to which one. Talk about a 2 or 3 hr PITA. I like it better myself since its a big tach and I didnt like my aftermarket one, so it was worth it to me.

[BigMike]

dang, I know you wanted a tach, but I just cant stand that 2nd version 1st gen inst. cluster! yuck! hahahaha Otherwise, looks really good mang

[Ramrod]

your speedo cable is on its way

[Yota4life]

Lookin good buddy. What do you have planned next?

[lilbuddy]

your speedo cable is on its way

Pat you are da man!

[lilbuddy]

Lookin good buddy. What do you have planned next?

Well when Im on my way down to Johnson Valley I am hoping to pick up a Marlin Dual Case Crossmember if I have enough money. If not Ill have to save and pay more for shipping  Which I dont want to do so Im hoping I have enough.

[KYOTA]

Hell no. It was more like taking the 79-81 round plugs to the 82-83 plugs and figuring out which wire goes to which one. Talk about a 2 or 3 hr PITA. I like it better myself since its a big tach and I didnt like my aftermarket one, so it was worth it to me.

shoulda used Brandons diagram, dunno if the pins are in the same locations from 79-81 as 82-83 tho, but you gotter!  8)
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=2973.0

[lilbuddy]

Well... Its been a while. Since my last update ive added a new set of gagues since the 2 external ones broke so I bought a little set of 2 for 30 bucks and added volt oil and temp gauges in place of my stockers. Also have added a marlin crawler dual case crossmember. And then I jacked up my rear locker so I finally took it out and looked at it and found out that the teeth are all rounded off, Pretty weak. And started workin on the EFI harness again and started making the wires all nice and am about to mount the ECU in my truck so I can start plugging in the wires that need to go where they need to go.

I also took my truck through Jackhammer and Outerlimits at the hammers at the Tinbenders Jambo. Ill get pics of the body damage too. Since my last updated ive broken both motor mounts, tcase mount, shock mount and brake line.

Pics to come tomorrow

[Rocksurfer]

Well haven't we been busy beating the crap out of your truck.

[Hyena]

I forgot about the incident with the rock, your brake line, and the bottom of your truck lol.

[lilbuddy]

Well haven't we been busy beating the crap out of your truck.

No actually its normal wear and tear 

And its not purposly

[lilbuddy]

Heres some quick pics... Cant find my camera so i got my moms....

[lilbuddy]

Oh and to all you haters that said i installed the locker in wrong, youre the ones that are wrong. All of the tolerances were the same as when i installed it

And Yes I know I need another tcase mount.

[Rocksurfer]

I've now been distracted.... how in the hell did you fit that CD player in your dash!

[lilbuddy]

Took out the wood grain plastic crap, bent in the ashtray (notice how I dont have one) put it in there and made the aluminum diamond plate dash, drilled some holes for the switches and then out on the XM radio reciever. Quite easy actually. Its resting on the heater/blower and thats how it is staying all level and good...

[Ramrod]

uh oh baller, did you get it all put back together today?

[lilbuddy]

Oh and its very very weird driving without a locker. If I get on it on turns I can spin my 37s till they smoke now though, its pretty sweet.

Bill of Aussie Locker called me up today and is going to have an engineer call me tomorrow about what theyre going to do about my broken locker. Lets hope it turns out good.

[Geno]

Oh and its very very weird driving without a locker. If I get on it on turns I can spin my 37s till they smoke now though, its pretty sweet.

Bill of Aussie Locker called me up today and is going to have an engineer call me tomorrow about what theyre going to do about my broken locker. Lets hope it turns out good.

It's about time, get on it nub.   

[lilbuddy]

uh oh baller, did you get it all put back together today?

Yeah its open.... I did it pretty fast IMO. After slicing my thumb, spilling gear oil all over and cleaing it up, talking to aussie locker on two seperate occasions, it only took 3 hrs.

[Rocksurfer]

Took out the wood grain plastic crap, bent in the ashtray (notice how I dont have one) put it in there and made the aluminum diamond plate dash, drilled some holes for the switches and then out on the XM radio reciever. Quite easy actually. Its resting on the heater/blower and thats how it is staying all level and good...

Ok I see that now, The XM is where the end of the ashtray and lighter was. That's why I didn't put the one I had in, mine is beautifully still in one piece. There was very little mods required to fit the knob cassette player that's in the slot currently.

Anyways looks pretty nice, I've been wondering if I can get an A-piller gauge block and fit it in there. I never look at my oil gauge in the center consol, one of these days that's gonna bite me.

[Ramrod]

Yeah its open.... I did it pretty fast IMO. After slicing my thumb, spilling gear oil all over and cleaing it up, talking to aussie locker on two seperate occasions, it only took 3 hrs.

good little grasshopper, you are a good member of team ramrod

[lilbuddy]

So Aussie Locker has the best customer service ive ever dealt with. They are helping me out with my locker really really good and also im sending in the old one tomorrow and theyre going to really find out the problem.

Here are the pics of the carnage from Jackhammer and OuterLimits:

[lilbuddy]

well for some reason its not letting me link the pictures from imagestation.com sooooo they will be up later tonight

[MiniSimp]

So Aussie Locker has the best customer service ive ever dealt with. They are helping me out with my locker really really good and also im sending in the old one tomorrow and theyre going to really find out the problem.

Glad to hear that!

[lilbuddy]

[lilbuddy]

[MiniSimp]

Looks good!

[Rocksurfer]

Oh what have you done.

[6.72:1]

The blasphemy!