FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Marlin Crawler Left.... Need Help!!

Ok, so I've had my Marlin Crawler Lefty tcase sitting in my garage for 3 months.... Maybe longer! I really need to get this thing put in as my speedo is not registering and my shift points are off a little. My wife just lost one of her jobs and we have a 6 month old so I cannot afford to pay a shop to put it in. Sorry for the sob story. But now, the wifey just see's a $2400 box sitting in the garage. She said we should sell it!!!! She said its just sitting there, might as well. So Im asking for some help... Please!!! Im confident I can put it in myself, the problem is that the twin sticks need to be modded a little bit so they pop out in the right spot and I dont have welding capabilities.

SO this is the situation I'm in. Im asking for some help putting it in. I cant offer much other than pizza and beer. If anyone can help, please let me know!!! Thanks.

Im in Emeryville, Ca. I will drive anywhere in the Bay Area including Sacramento.

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Permalink Reply by Philly on February 6, 2011 at 12:40pm

That's why I got the Marlin case!!!

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Permalink Reply by Philly on February 25, 2011 at 8:40pm

So It looks like me an Boz will be putting in the Marlin Lefty tomorrow AM. Ill be meeting him at his shop at 0830. Here I come 4.7:1 !!!!!

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Permalink Reply by pkelly72 on February 27, 2011 at 8:30am

How did it turn out?

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Permalink Reply by Bozly on February 27, 2011 at 11:48am

We worked on Frankenshifter till about 1 this morning then, had to put the driveshaft back in and fill it with oil. Long day!

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Permalink Reply by Lance on February 27, 2011 at 11:52am

Let me be the first to say....HOLY !@#$%

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Permalink Reply by pkelly72 on February 27, 2011 at 12:01pm

Does he have the dual shifter or the single? I remeber what a pain my single shifter was. I think it would have saved us hours had I bucked up and bought the dual!

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Permalink Reply by Bozly on February 27, 2011 at 1:39pm

It was the dual and with the body lift and tight opening in the plastic we had to deal with, it was quite challenging to make them work. Still need to make some slight adjustments to the sticks but wait till you see the photos, quite the set up.