Did you end up rebuilding the pump? I have a PS flush on my to-do list anyway, but wasn't sure how involved a rebuild would be, or if it's possible.

After rinsing piles of mud off of my wheels, brakes, suspension, and steering components, my power steering seems to be back to normal. We'll see if it stays that way or not.

 

Buy the rebuild kit now so that you have it ready for when she goes lol

You're much less at risk running stock tires, but anything above that will strain the pump enough to warrant at least having a backup.

I also keep a freshly rebuilt spare so I can swap them out.

Takes about 2 hours to do the swap at worst, takes 20 minutes to rebuild. You need a press or something with a decent amount of force to push the shaft in/out of the pump. It's a really simple process. 1 Buna-N condom, 1 metal type gashkit for the inside, 1 gashkit for the outer case seal and you're done

 

I'm one of the lucky guys who needs a new transfer case Pulling the engine was such a pain in the *** that I haven't worked up the energy yet to do a t-case swap. Haha.

 

Well, even on the 2003 and 2004's you can't really say "No" diff lock because there's always the ebrake to pull to simulate a rear diff lock!








*it works!

 

Josh Salas of Option B fame did a typically-great Josh Salas write-up years ago describing how to change just the front output housing of the t-case without removing the full t-case from the truck. There's still a lot to the and it might be easier to simply replace the entire t-case.

DII Modifications - LAND ROVER CLUB V.I.

You need to get this done; otherwise we're going to start thinking you're a poseur!

 

That's an idea to modify the t-case... but I was thinking of rebuilding/re-sealing the whole case for fun, so I thought I'd go with getting an 04 so I can rebuild at my leisure.

Haha, well to reinforce the poseur status for now... let there be liight!

Front runner LED bar. Something like 20k lumen. It blinded me in broad daylight.

Not personally a fan of the quad round-led look, so I went for something more discrete. The cover is perfect.

 

Thanks to Hurricane Harvey/Tropical Storm Harvey I took my 99 D2 thru 2-2.5ft of water to get in/out of my neighborhood for some supplies eariler. I got back home just in time before the flood waters came up again.

I also had to do a small recovery of my friends 03 D2 that I've been working on. I had it parked behind my house on the back property (much much lower than my house) and it was sitting in 6-8inches of water. I had to jump it, and I got it out of harms way, then of coarse it instantly sank up to the rocker panels. I then had to connect two tow straps together and use my 99 D2 (which was on the driveway) to pull it free and up onto solid ground. The ground is so saturated you can easily sink 8inches just standing there.

It's not looking good here as we're supposed to get two more days of heavy rain. We were getting gaps in the rain, but now it's solid. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out. I'd have left a day or two ago, but where I'm at is the highest area around for miles and miles. So now I've just got to wait it out.

 

^^^^Hopefully, you folks get some relief soon. Horrible situation for many, for sure.

Brian.

 

Well the time came for a new 1/2 frame to be installed. The old one rusted out badly and would not pass our state (PA) safety inspection. Here is some of the before and after work (with new steel TF fuel skid plate):

 

Nice work. How difficult was the replacement? How were you able to weld the top part of the rectangular frame? Thanks