I maybe .. just maybe ... might be getting a Vehicross

[Thelgord]

Wait ... what? You can have a manual AND TOD? Now that sounds amazing!

[bartmanS4]

It is m'Man it is.

[bartmanS4]

Here's a good place to start:
http://www.vehicross.info/showthread...ight=buffy+ar5

[Thelgord]

That looks like a mountain of work! LOL! Unfortunately not in the budget at the moment. But now that I know it CAN be done ...

[ipd]

I would recommend line-x as well. Might as well if your paint is already trashed. It's on my bucket list of stuff I want done...but just not in the cards for me yet.

Stereo ripped out = you get to go hog-wild on what you want to replace.

Good luck. You should have posted before pics so we can see progress.

[Thelgord]

I have the pics from the Craig's List ad, they are accurate, but they are on my computer at work. As soon the long weekend is over I will upload them to Dropbox so I can get them from my PC at home. I have also started taking more pictures as I work on the vehicle, though I didn't take any of working on the transmission.

Speaking of the transmission, I dropped both pans and changed the gaskets (serious PITA), added around 7 quarts of full synthetic ATF, and a quart of the "Lucas Oil ATF Magic Wonder Concoction"! LOL! Seriously, this stuff is amazing. When I drained the main pan, less than 4 oz. of black fluid came out. I got a few more ounces when I dropped the pan, but it was basically dry. When I dropped the sump pan nearly the same story, about 1/3 of a quart of thick black stuff. No wonder the transmission was slipping! LOL! Transmission now shifts like a dream! Spent a total of just under $250 on supplies, but $120 of that was a new group 27 battery. The original (group 24 that I think was too small for the VX at only 650CCA) would not hold a charge no matter how hard I tried.

Took it around the block to test drive it hehehe. Without plates! There are only two cops in my town (small town) and they watch Main Street for people passing through to give them a speeding ticket. They followed both me and my wife to the house a few times, but I think they know we live here now and they leave us alone for the most part. Don't really come into the neighborhood unless someone calls, which is very rare. I will be going to the county tomorrow to change the title and get plates.

So much done, so much more to do...

[Thelgord]

So, I started a build thread to keep track of everything.

http://www.vehicross.info/showthread...ect-VXOverLand