Our new apprentice/shop hand started working for us today. Kenneth wrestled a rusty FJ40 frontend, replacing birfield seals and knuckle bearings.

I finally got the OX locker shimmed up properly in a D44.

Ted is continuing with wiring.

Chris knocked out the fab work on Al's full hydro. The motor is resting on its new mounts.

Tomorrow we finish the FJ40, I'll slap the shafts and brakes on the D44, we'll continue on the CJ buggy and start tear down on Davin's Tacoma D44 SAS

I forgot to mention, after tomorrow's work day, we're going over to see if we cooked our third race motor from the same builder.

Another day of working till 9PM. I'm feeling pretty good about getting work out this week.

Ted is getting a lot closer with the wiring harness.

Chris is mostly done with the hydro steer linkage and half of the motor mount project. Steering and motor mounts will be done tomorrow, and then we'll mock the axle in place to see if we can snake a 4th link in. 3 link will definately fit, but raising the front of the motor 2" provided much more at the frame rail.

I got the winningest trifecta of the day... tuning a shitty weber carb's choke, repairing the rear suspension of a Grand Prix, and replacing a starter on a filthy Chrysler Concord. At least I got to grind a little on Al's Jeep. And the shop is clean.

Today we got a lot accomplished. Chris and I had been going back and forth on what to do with Al's buggy. Do to the space constraints, we left on Friday thinking radius arms were going to be the best solution. After more research about the suspension bind possible with a radius arm setup, we have decided to not take the easy way out. Instead, we are cutting the motor mounts off, and raising the motor 2 inches so we can clear a 3 link. There is absolutely no way to get a 4 link done with the girth of the tranny and V8. But we can squeeze an upper arm on the passenger side if the motor is moved up. There were no options on rerouting the exhaust, so tubular motor mounts with poly bushings will be what's in store. As we speak at 9:45PM, Chris is finishing a very clean hydro ram mount on the axle. Tomorrow he dives in on the motor mounts and shortly after, suspension links.

Ted has finalized the blueprint for Cory's 3.4 swap laid out. After realizing that the tech articles he had been going off of were for a diferent year model wiring harness, he has settled on building a hybrid one. It wil utilize some of the factory 90 3.0 4runner harness, part of a 97 harness and part of a T100 wiring. Goal is to have it running by wednesday night.

All I got done was tuning a weber and replacing some FJ40 shocks. Tomorrow the guys will continue with their projects. I'll finish the carb choke tuning and dive in to some leaking birfields. Then it's on to Eli's D44 OX Locker and fixing the suspension on a not so sweet Gran Prix. Hooray for me!

Tomorrow we continue working on the 3.4L wiring harness in the 4Runner, as well as build the front link suspension on Al's Buggy. There's also an FJ40 to replace birf seals, a weber to tune when the gaskets arrice, a rear 44 to set up in a YJ, Laura's FJ62 rear bumper with Davin's Taco coming in on thursday to start the SAS with a D44.

We worked a half day on Good Friday, but spent hours deciding on the best setup given the current truck. The front axle will be shoved forward quite a bit. Unfotunately with the width and length of the motor in relation to the very narrow frame rails, we can not physically fit the double triangulated 4 link we had first envisioned. Because of motor mount and exhaust issues, a 3 link is also impossible. Chris and I looked at triangulated lowers and straight uppers, but it would cause a tremendous ammount of axle steer and be impossible to get the needed triangulation and the right arm lengths. So Krawltex will be building Al's CJ buggy with a front radius arm set up, panhard bar, and full hydro.

Krawltex and Citysearch Austin

Hey guys and gals,

Krawltex is now online at citysearch.com This is a great website for finding different businesses and events to a specific town. We are doing everything we can to expand in our market, getting the word out that we are here to support the central Texas four wheeling community. Citysearch will help up our internet presence when somebody is looking for parts, fab work, or anything four wheel drive related. If you like the work, parts, and or service that we deliver, please go to the site and write us a short review. The more feedback we have on the site will help our internet credit and hopefully bump us up to the top page when ever somebody searches for off road shops, parts, and service in the area. It's easy to register at city search or you can use your facebook login. This will bring us more exposure because it will post a small heading on your "wall" that tells friends about the review you just posted, with a link back to our site. Thanks for all of your continued support, especially in these economic times. We couldn't do it without the help of such great friends and customers.
Cam

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forward progress

Wow it was hot today! I'm going to say F- on Dickies work shirts from now on. Atleast the work wear you can buy from Walmart. These must be 100% polyester!

I finished a wiring problem in an abs system on a not so sweet Buik this morning. The race car's suspension has now been fixed. Before we ran it last saturday, I noticed a cracked suspension bracket and rewelded it. We stopped testing after noticing some rear end play. Turns out it was a busted unibearing and worn swing arm bushings, probably what also damaged the chasis bracket. But she is all back together and ready to drive to Dave's house in Westlake... back roads of course.

We bought a bunch of Toyota schematics today. I bet Ted will have the 3.4L wiring knocked out in another day or so.

Chris worked on the CJ buggy's wiring. He was able to salvage the electric fan, clocked and replaced a heavy duty 78amp alternator, and remounted the starter relay. I think he's at home right now rebuilding the turbo 400 in his buggy.

Tomorrows another day. We'll be spending Good Friday on the 4runner motor swap, a Chevy leveling kit, a YJ fluid service, an FJ40 front axle rebuild, and hopefully a front 4 link.