'83 Murray 1842
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: '83 Murray 1842 May 24th 2024, 3:43 pm RichieRichOverdrive and ranch king pro 08 like this post
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Age : 49Join date : 2016-09-06Points : 15453Posts : 10864Location : Oklahoma Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 May 24th 2024, 11:50 pm Great start... already have the most expensive part done. :-) Makes me wish I never painted my 81..
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 9th 2024, 7:57 pm Repowered and working on the clutch and belt.
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Clean up some rust, cleaning fuel tank, running new fuel line.
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 9th 2024, 8:55 pm Taillights and extra fuel supply.
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Thinking about how to mount the brake caliper.
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 9th 2024, 9:22 pm Rock lights, One each up front and two each in the rear.
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 9th 2024, 9:28 pm Fabricating and installing bracket for the brake caliper
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Age : 22Join date : 2016-10-29Points : 7026Posts : 3903Location : Lewisburg, KY Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 9th 2024, 10:37 pm Love the rock lights. Do you have any plans of beefing up the front axle at all? If you plan on doing more than just cruising trails, it might be worth boxing the ends in a bit.
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 9th 2024, 11:57 pm RichieRichOverdrive wrote: Love the rock lights. Do you have any plans of beefing up the front axle at all? If you plan on doing more than just cruising trails, it might be worth boxing the ends in a bit. Yeah, it's on the list. Gotta clean up the slop in the frontend and lock the diff first.
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Age : 22Join date : 2016-10-29Points : 7026Posts : 3903Location : Lewisburg, KY Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 10th 2024, 12:32 am Nice. A fozzy lock works really good on these, I did it with the 2300 in Budgie.
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 10th 2024, 11:32 am RichieRichOverdrive wrote: Nice. A fozzy lock works really good on these, I did it with the 2300 in Budgie. Those look like the gears from the ends of the axles. Did you also weld the gears on the cross pin?
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Age : 22Join date : 2016-10-29Points : 7026Posts : 3903Location : Lewisburg, KY Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 10th 2024, 12:51 pm You can, but I never did. Probably not a bad idea. Make sure everything cools slowly after you weld it, no quenching.
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Age : 29Join date : 2012-12-24Points : 7706Posts : 3044Location : Lebanon County, PA Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 10th 2024, 6:06 pm I would not weld the crosspin on a fuzzy lock, it's just one more thing to fail in a design that is supposed to be fail proof.
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Age : 51Join date : 2024-05-18Points : 132Posts : 15Location : Georgia Subject: Re: '83 Murray 1842 June 10th 2024, 7:57 pm Doug wrote: I would not weld the crosspin on a fuzzy lock, it's just one more thing to fail in a design that is supposed to be fail proof. Cool thanks for the tips guys.
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