Welcome to 4chan's Offroad General! On July 4th, 2026, we mark 250 years of American freedom. Conquering untamed trails in 4x4s is our manifest destiny. Just like Lewis and Clark, we conquer the unknown, tackling the most unforgiving terrain that our beautiful country has to offer. Other countries will never have the trails and trucks that Americans are blessed with. Give me liberty, or give me death. Previous thread: >>28936348
Stay Off My Lawn edition
Tried the viral fence post trick
>>28990571It works but you didn't have the loop tight enough on the post.
>>28990620Yeah, I just threw a soft shackle around it and went for it. I'm not putting a new post there, so good enough.
>>28990650You can wrap a piece of chain around it twice and it wont slip.
>>28990334FAS or gook?
>>28990752Looks gookmutt desuIs happa only for japs?
Im bored with the Bronco.I have that boomer visor that I pulled off the donor Bronco like 15 years ago.I was thinking of mounting it and pulling the chicken lights and throwing in a shitload of harbor freight LEDs.Along with some fender flares
>>28990881Drilling into the roof of 1 of 3 known rust/accident/stress crack free Broncos that still exists has been holding me back but I found some rust-colored steel above the windshield seal the other day so it's just 1 of 2 now and im good to go.Has anybody ever bought these chinkshit ebay fender flares?The listing has 1 pic of (vehicle you searched for) that looks.perfect then half a dozen pics of random shitboxes and then the actual product wither looks like its cut-to-fit (fine) or completely different that would never fit on your application.
Just copped this PA Challenger for 2K AUD from an 85 year old pensioner. It’s completely stock and all it needs is a couple of windscreen chips repaired and it’s ready to roll. Pretty chuffed. Gonna give it a good service and do some light mods to turn it into a camping rig. It’s honestly easy to forget these existed, although I still see them getting around here and there. Everyone’s insistence that nothing but land croozer will do makes them good deals.
>>28991008
Got to do some urban wheeling. Drove up some riprap retaining walls. Scared the women with some offcamber paved hill.
>>28991008based
>>28991008Absolutely choice deal. The thing looks mint.
>>28991008Nice color or do you fags put a "u" innit
>>28991035the sad "It's an all-wheel drives" is one of my favorite moments of the entire series, and now plays in my head anytime I see a piece of AWD marketing bs. fuck AWD.
>>28996955My favorite moment is when the tradie has to rely on his girlfriend for rides because he has a DUI. Everything I know about Australian culture is from watching Bluey with my kid. I hope it's an accurate representation of your country.
redpill me on picrel for offroading
>>289970760 aftermarket, the v6 sucks balls, 5 speeds are hens teeth, diesels exist but they're a numercedes shitpile, at least it has a 8.25 axle so you can get a locker in the rear, maybe some generic spring spacers for a lift, anything else you're fabricating and doing an SAS. some dude shoehorned a 4.7 into one so there is space, but again, fabrication.
>>28997342>>28997076whats a decent cheap offroader? a guy was suggesting 99-05 blazer but I cannot find one in my area.
>>28997647What's your area? I can check craigslist
>>28997647TJ's have tanked in price, any old CJ with no overdrive is dirt cheap if you can wrench (avoid 304/v6), suzuki sidekick / tracker is really good if you want to keep it mild
>>28997844>suzuki sidekick / tracker is really goodThey've been deep in the IkNoWhAtIgOt realm for decades. Unless you can do custom fab theyre not worth it in the long run.
>>28997863they're better than a KJ, and the price ceiling for a IFS suzuki is about 5 grand
Whats a collector car plate? Is that what they call antique plates in CO?
>>28999686Pretty much.
Sighhhh
>>29001146Anotha one. At least this is an eazy fix if I didn't just have a stick welder.
>>28997037That show is set in Australia or its production is Australian?
>>29001839Both
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>>28997037more accurate would be a tradie ute weaving in and out of traffic flying past everyone, then when someone honks him he slams on the brakes and gets out raging like the honker just spat on his mother's grave
>>29003979Makes he think of the Australian road rage video where the guy breaks his boomerang
>>28999686in my cuck state it's a separate class of license plate that you don't have to put tabs on, reserved for vehicles driven less than 2000 miles a year and over a given age.
>>29005014And its optional.And it can be revoked.
>>29005014damn they give us like 5500 miles
>>29005128and you only get one plate, even though it's a front plate mandatory state.>>29005283I just double checked the regulations, there's no mileage restriction afer all, but an insurance policy is required, and my insurance policy had the 2000 mile restriction for its collector vehicle category, which adds $5 a month to my premium iirc.
Wat do to get this little fucker ready for driving over sand and lava rock, besides portals that cost more than it's worth
>>29005389Scott Adams was right. Insurance companies make the final decision on what is allowed.
>>29005576MT tires. Tow points.
>>29003963W af
>click on trugg video>a gilf behind the wheel
I drove offroad today, tested out my new shocks and no front sway bar, which I liked. Paint's cured though, so it's going back on tomorrow, it's my dd. Some dang farmer grazes his cows out there though, so I had to wash fresh cow shit out of my wheel wells.
i have this dana 35 that ate a pinion bearing, i took it apart and its been rebuilt before - just 143k miles mind you - i get new national bearings, have midas press the inner on the pinion, throw the races in the freezer, they go right in the housing, i slap it together with the old crush sleeve just to make sure its shimmed right and it's notchy, i took it apart multiple times now and oiled it up, the pinion feels like absolute shit. just the pinion, carrier isnt installed, i havent tested mesh or anything. whats wrong with it? are these brand new bearings shit?
>>28990334whats going on in South NJ?
>>29007805rednecks
>>29006726Rare for new bearings to be bad out of the box. Happens but not often.If this is rebuild #2 (or more) after 143k then something is eating bearings. I have 160k on my 35 and it spins like glass.My guess would be the pinion shaft is no longer true and the bearing is out-of-round after being pressed on, causing a pinch point.Housing could be damaged but thats even more rare and takes some serious force but the pinion shaft could be distorted just from driveshaft torque over time. If people can snap the pinion shaft then it can be twisted too.Pull it out and put the old race on it on the bench and see how it feels.But since its apart id just bite the bullet and order a new ring&pinion and bearings kit and be done.
>>29007910Trans is also junk, I thought about 5 speed swapping it but the XJ 5 speeds are expensive. Might scrap it if I can't find a used axle cheap
>>29007951nv5600
>>29007977I said that but someone has a zj d44a within an 8 hour drive they'll let go of for a couple bucks. If a nv3500/3550 is bolt in, I might make the excuse to do a SBC swap considering a 44a can take that abuse
>>28997076Don't they are trash. Had to replace the whole rear axle. Blew a oil line had lots of coolant leaks. Power steering pump exploded and seized up.
>>29007951>but the XJ 5 speeds are expensive150 dollars at the junk yard, I have 6 in my barn right now>>29007977>nv5600this isn't a 2500/3500 cummins, that's retarded
>>29008508more number better
>>29008508Why do tweakers always hoard garbage?Can you give the world some insight to this phenomenon?Is it like some security blanket where surrounding yourself with trash makes you fell better about what a loathsome person you are?Is it like a savings account that can be easily redeemed with other tweakers?The world wants to know!
I finally finished all the post-rally servicing on my Suzuki Swift 4x4 this week. She also got a new set of 14" alloys (replacing the beat-to-shit 15" steelies) with commercial van tires rated for 690 kg. Considering the car is less than 1200 kg fully loaded, I figure they should hold up pretty well. I just got back from a short two hour tour of some small trails near my town. It was awesome. I missed driving on sand so much. Probably going to hit up some sand dunes next weekend, and then catch the tail-end of the Budapest-Bamako summer event the week after.>>29003963Howdy!>>29005576Mild lift, bash plate, tires with more sidewall. You'll also want some way to air down and back up your tires, and, not necessary but nice-to-have, a tire pressure monitoring system that tells you the pressure (not just that they're low).
>>29008627Ax15 ain’t garbage it’s made by Toyota and it holds up to LS level power, I use em in swaps, anything that needs a manual I throw the ax15 in, it’s tough and cheap and easy to acquire, same transmission used in turbo supras, Toyota pickups with the V6s etc, far superior to the W series and also lots of various adapter plates are available for them, ive bought 2 of the external slave conversion kits for em, those kits are like 6 or 700 bucks, along with various adapter plates which are like 1200 bucks, it’s worth it to spend money on projects and hoard the critical components for future projects
>>29008508Yeah 150 bucks and I've never seen a manual XJ at the junkyard in my 10 years here. >>29008726I would rather hoard wc t5's since they swap into damn near anything with off the shelf parts.
>>29008726Nobody gives a shit about your tweaker dumpster builds.Your frankenfuck trash will wind up in the crusher because they have no value.Just take them out to the desert and light them on fire now, preferably with you inside.
>>29008785relax bud
>>29008786Dont entertain the dog fucking scumbag compulsive liar drug addict.Condemn him at every encounter.Give no quarter.
>>29008805He's only ever been on topic. Never understood the seething.
>>29008813Baby duck wasn't here to see the 3 thread long sperg about diesel evaporating
>>29008813Either dirty casual that needs to lurk more or a liar.Ive never seen his posts in threads outside of /o/ but im unfortunately familiar with his dog fucking, AIDS riddled lifestyle. Hes posted screenshot of his own posts admitting to beastiality.Hes a compulsive liar that's been caught multiple times.If you want to hang out with the scum of the earth in the real world then thats your choice.But dont entertain him here. Hes not welcome and will be shunned, along with those that associate with him.
>>29009070My favorite part is that he thinks that retard that used to shit up ccg is his biggest hater that replies to him at all hours of the day
>>29009073Its hilarious when I go into a thread and someone else has already called him dogfucker and I just take over for an hour like its my shift and when I check back later someone else had continued where I left off.If he truly knew how despised he was not only here but in the real world he would have 41%ed himself already.
>>29008785>>29008805>>29009050>>29009070>>29009073>>29009079Thanks for making the thread about me again Kek >>29008774Nice thing about the ax15s is every yard has like 10 of them and nobody knows about em, I just grab whatever I want and bolt it to a 231 if I want 4wd, which is also insanely common as holds up to V8s wellThe ax15 came in a lot more than just jeeps
>>29008785This fucking guy is the funniest poster on this board. I wish I had such a way with words.
>>29009090>holds up to V8s wellYoure the first person to ever say that.Its rated to 300 lb/ft. Thats an anemic fox body 5.0. So its a snowflake swap to replace a T5 for an additional $2k over the actual transmission cost.Theres a reason its only available in 4 and 6 cylinders.
>>29009495Wym it’s literally an r150 with a different bolt pattern, every part internally interchanges >The Jeep Aisin AX15 and Toyota Aisin R150 (or R150F) are essentially fraternal twin manual transmissions. Both were built by Aisin Seiki and share the exact same internal gear sets, synchronizers, and bearings, making them highly interchangeable.
>>29009805Here’s the bell housing all the jeep guys use for the LS swaps https://quickdrawbrand.com/general-motors/bell-housing-jeep-ax15-nv3550-5-speed-to-gm-ls-v8/This is nothing new, very common swap
>>29009805>has to use AI because any actual links show them roasted in very short time spans.>>29009811B-b-but they bolt them to LS engines!!!Wow.255hp.Amazing.Tweaker "knowldge" is so tiring.
>>29009090https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2978745/
>>29009961You’re the ones blowing up the thread with replies to me, I’m just posting org content >>29009937Sorry you don’t know anything about the topic, try hanging out in the forums and groups, AR5 is another good transmission to use, it’s based off an ax15/r150 as well, it’s a great transmission
I generally use whatever transmission came with the car to begin with
>>29010058>meanwhile back in reality on the forums the opinion from people who build these transmissions and not just hoard junkyard scrap day theyre only good for 4 and 6 cylinder builds....https://naxja.org/threads/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-ax15-and-some-about-the-ax5.1121647/
>>29010058>Ar5Another low volume transmission now hyped out of relevancy. Do you have an original thought in your mind? I bet someone had to teach you to fuck dogs.
>>29010700Meanwhile in the LS swapped XJ groups there’s one dude with like 10 of them and they’re making 500hp and holding up no problem, the LS swap bell housing for the ax15 didn’t even exist when that thread was made over 10 years ago Kek >>29010901They pop up in my local yard all the time, along with an endless stream of ax15
>>29011003>the LS swap bell housing for the ax15 didn’t even exist when that thread was made>"that thread" literally says what bellhousing bolts up to the LS for a swap.Youre a broken record. Nothing but bullshit statements that you can never back up.Fuck off back to what ever crack den you crawled out of.Your disinformation is detrimental to the hobby and to this site.
>>29011041>you could theoreticallyvs just buying that kit that comes with the bell housing starter and clutch that's a kit you can just buy, hence why one dude alone has like 10 of these swaps driving around and why they've become so popular in general
>>29011052The "theoretical" part was the 325hp Impala SS LS4 you retarded high school dropout. Learn fucking english. He clearly identifies what bellhousing fits and mentions LS engines multiple times.Once again, youre a fucking broken record.>b-but this one dude has like TEN of 'em!!Link his forum posts.Lets see how many miles hes gotten out of them.
>>29011059So what bell housing bolts to an ax15 and an LS? You seem to have read the thread so I’d like to know
>>29011067>he doesnt know the Iron Duke had an option for the ax15.Im not surprised.None of your projects show knowledge, just mimicry. And thats usually done poorly without an understanding of the engineering put into the component or the history behind the design.
Can we invent more terms like "frankenfuck trash" please
>>29011355Bro are you retarded? He says use the impala ls4 because the ls4 has the 60 degree pattern that actually fits the ax15 with that pattern, there’s no ax15 with the 90 degree v8 pattern, you’d need adapter plates or a different bellhousing
>>29011417HahajajjajajajajaajahahahhahaOh shit.I laughed so hard I went beaner.The OP in the link had a dyslexic moment over 60° and 90° (Iron Duke was available in both). He probably didnt think much of it because hes dealt with so many that its all just a blur.Or maybe he had a run-on sentence from one to the other that missed differentiating the two and the meth addict dog fucker cant comprehend what happened.Because he once again has no knowledge beyond his shitpile of dumpster trash and cant even think "oh, they were available in both- obviously he was referring to the other one"...He probably googled "what is an "Iron Duke" and "whats 60° GM compatibility" and then posted >>29011067 as a "gotcha!!"Hard fail.Youre a fucking joke dude.Not even a funny joke anymore.Just sad.
>>29011434That’s a lot of text just to say there’s no way to bolt an LS to an AX15 without a custom adapter plate or bell housing
>>29011444>custom>factory partsWhat a fucking loser.The 60° variant is actually the early model thats difficult to find.It was like 2 years or some shit.(I actually think it was 1 year and a mid year change)You really are pathetic dude.
>>29011448You can actually see the adapter you need in this pic, the shiny spacer between the ax15 and the sbc bell housing, this is what you’d need to get that bolt pattern
>>29011452>no context>random transmision from (maybe even?) eurospec trashGod damn dude. You keep trying and it just turns out pathetic.Can I go to jail for this?How bad can I beat this fucking retard until the cops show up at my door?>the iron duke used STANDARD V8 transmissions and bellhousings.
>>29009961
>>29011463The context is a thread on how to get a 350 into a YJ with ax15
>>29011452
>>29011452Is there a part number for that spacer for all the other transmision combinations used used with the Iron Duke?
>>29011477Oh wait, let me guess....There's a "special" bellhousing used for a standard fucking bolt pattern that was intentionally used as a fucking standard but it needs a fucking spacer to use a fucking standard transmission on the assembly line to reduce costs on STANDARDIZATION.Oh ya, btw....>>29011469Changing that fucking standard means the cooler lines would no longer be standard and the floor shifter would no longer be in the fucking standard location and the driveshaft would no longer be the fucking standard length.Did I leave out any standards?Am I going to jail by UK standards for beating a retard to death?
>>29011481May I see a single example of your configuration? I’m sure plenty of people are doing it
>>29011481>Did I leave out any standards?Oh ya.Transfer case linkage.And front driveshaft length (technically covered already because I didnt specify).So what's more realistic?That GM has the same measurements on their "this is compatible" bellhousing design but has 100 different parts to compensate for a fucking spacer??Or the dog fucker posted some random frankenfuck build that needs an adapter to mate his OCD POS junkyard trash to some random engine (that he didnt specify)????>frankenfuckI got you man but im not an artist- thats just the reality that piece of shit created- i only decipher the meanings of
>>29011489(Pic) the master proof set of Chro-moly A-arms engineered by Chenowth for Mickey Thomphson (the man, not the brand) that I took home and have been sitting on for a quarter century, deciding what to do with them while your faggot fucking ass is fucking up simple shit like a frame C-notch because you cant compretend that the axle moves backwards when the suspension articulates downward.YouAreAFuckingJoke
>>29011495Damn that’s crazy but I’m not seeing any examples of the bell housing configuration you describe
>29011489 >29011495 But now that weve covered that, let's back on topic.Let's talk about the ax15 and iron duke and LS.
>>29011497I’m headed to my friends house tomorrow to help with his diesel swap on his jeep, he had one of the first set of fox shocks ever made in the dudes garage, they were in his garage for decades and now they’re on display I’ll grab you some pics of the fun at the end of the day when we’re done working
>>29011498>yes folks, hes actually THAT retarded.So weird that the manufacturer (GM) says theyre 100% compatible but your random pic with zero links says you need a spacer..Also very odd you didnt include in your screenshot any of the other components being used.Almost like youre hiding something...
>>29011503So tell me why he says to use the LS4 and not any other LS in order to bolt a engine to the ax15, I’ll wait
>>29011500>misdirectionYou haven't addressed 20 issues ITT.Because you can'tBecause you're a piece of shit liarFucking piece of shit failure at life.Go find that shotgun and suck start it.
>>29011504He said>you could theoretically use it to put a 325hp late model Impala SS LS4 V8 in front of an AX15, or with a few holes redrilled, a 32 valve Cadillac Northstar. I wouldn't recommend this though as you'll probably blow the trans up in a hurry.
>>29011507Ok so tell me what’s unique about the ls4 that doesn’t apply to any other LS, and that it shares with the iron duke and the North Star
>>29011452What engine/transmission combo is this?
>>29011508HP.>>29011452What engine/transmission combo is this?
>>29011511The thing they all have in common is the 60 degree bolt pattern, the only reason the ls4 is able to bolt to that bell housing, and no other bell housings, the ones with 90 degree bolt patterns will not bolt to an ax15, that’s where the Novak adapter comes into play, the Novak adapter is what’s in the picture here >>29011452>>29011510Ax15 to sbc/LShttps://www.novak-adapt.com/catalog/adapters/engine-to-transmission/kit-gmax15.html Here ya go, get edamacated
>>29011512HahahhahahahaFucking douche.That 1" spacer is literally to align the transmission with the fucking hole in the floor to match the stock shifter location so you dont have to cut any sheetmetal.>ample thread engagement You are a fucking joke.Your mother wishes she would have aborted you.Youre beyond pathetic.
>>29011512>the standard 90° GM bellhousing pattern isnt the same as this standard 90° GM belhousing because....it just isnt because I think so!!!Fuck it, im out.Im glad this is archived because we have reached a level of meth fueled dementia that I just refuse to deal with at this point.If I copy/pasted this shit in a new thread people would say I was full of shit- that nobody could be THAT fucked in the head.And yet...Here we are.
>>29011515>That 1" spacer is literally to align the transmission with the fucking hole in the floor to match the stock shifter location so you dont have to cut any sheetmetal.That's not true at all, it completely converts the bolt pattern of the bell housing where it attaches to the ax15, the chevy attaches to the transmission with 4 bolts, I circled those in red, the ax15 has 9 bolts, the Novak adapter converts the 4 bolt pattern of the 90 degree bolt pattern sbc bell housing to the 9 bolt pattern of the AX15 transmission, you've been entirely wrong about everything since the very beginning of this conversation
now this is a good oldfashioned 2008 /o/ style argument
>>29011530>ill post this unrelated product and people will think im right!!You really are a fucking moron.Thats a bellhousing from an unrelated transmission.You cant use a bellhousing from a top loader on a T5 even though both were available with bellhousings for a SBF.>still has zero explanation of how the ax15 was was bolted to an iron duke from the factory because it doesnt fit in his fnlantasy worldJust fuck off already.
>>29011801Hmm, so why does he mention the LS4 specifically in that thread about ax15s?Could it be the 60 degree bolt pattern?Could you show me a single ax15 bell housing with a 90 degree bolt pattern? I’ll wait
>>29011530>he thinks all the manual transmissions that GM bolted to SBCs had the same transmission to bell housing bolt pattern....What a fucking retard.You really are just a clueless shop monkey that has zero knowledge.
>>29011911May I see the ax15 to 90 degree Chevy bolt pattern bell housing?
>>29011936Youre a waste of my bandwidth.You think a Muncie and a Tremec use the same bell housing.You lack the most fundamental understanding of automotive design and production.Get the fuck outta here.
>>29011941Oh hey I found the bell housing you’re describing >>29009811
>>29011983Why are you still talking?Nobody wants to hear from you, you fucking idiot.Look around.Take the hint and fuck off.
Screwed this phone holder onto the A pillar of the blazer. Feels gud.
Got the block set to TDC with an indicator and made a reference mark on the flywheel for TDC
>>29014331Head cleaned up looking good
>>29014333Motor assembled and running, custom wiring harness I built, ready to drop into the jeep
>>29011355This looks awfully familiar lol
>tweaker posting at 2:30 in the morning again
>>29014505you fuckin retards keep giving it attention, what do you think is going to happen?
>>29014333Looks good. What technique do you use to deck it? I've seen a few different ways people do it by hand on YouTube. Never done it myself.
>>29014505Spent the whole day hanging out with friends and having beers, just got home and decided to post an update >>29014632The head was fine didn’t have to surface it, the cam belt jumped timing on this motor and I was inspecting the valves to make sure nothing bad happened because there was some noise and exhaust coming out the intake like one of the valves was bent, took it apart and put it back together and everything seems fine now
>>29014649Yes everything seems fine when your customers pay in truck beds of copper wire (insulated)
>>29014941KekYou bested me on that one.But im pretty sure this is one of his personal junkyard trash builds that lasted for 200 miles and then ate itself.And now hes posting an interference engine that skipped time "but is totally good bro, I looked at it and "runs" while hanging from a cherry picker in my aunts garage..."Meth....Its one helluva a drug.
the new dana 35 i picked up is in the jeep, no loud noises so ill tidy it up
>>29015183Post pics
>>29015229needs some front seats and the tranny is finicky, its been repainted and some post menopausal added it to her train wreck last year
>>29015232wait these had a dana 35 in the rear? RIPyou can explode those by simply dumping the clutch on dry pavement in an XJ
>>29015255yes, the one i bought was from a v8. dana 35. v8.
>>29015147wym that engine came on a pallet from a junk yard in Utah, I put a new head gasket and timing belt and re-timed it and it runs perfectly and has excellent compression across all 4 cylinders idk what kind of grandma has a lathe and syncrowave set up in their garage lol
Butthurt cunt is making these threada unusable, what the fuck are the jannies doing
>>29016090mods are tripfags, all is lostIf everyone did the following though, the cancer would be cured: Ignore all tripfag posts. Do not read the text. Do not click the pictures. Just keep scrolling.If it only ever got attention when it posted anon, the identityfagging would eventually stop.
>>29016096Lol.They just samefag their posts to make the newbies think someone is engaging them in conversation.Besides, its funny to watch him sperg out when hes tweaking because he fucks up and gets his lies all twisted.And id really like clarificarion from mods if "on topic" just means automotive related in general or if it needs to pertain to the thread if its something specific like /org/ or /dbt/.
i was amused someone tried to paint over this greasy shit
I am about to inherit one of these off my dad bc he's getting a new car and I kind of need a 4x4 to tow a trailer and do tip runs and stuff. Nonetheless this is a big car for me. I was just gonna get a 2x4 hilux prior to this development. It's a Nissan Patrol GU Y61 with the 3.0 TD engine. He just spent like thousands on a new injector pump. I understand these engines like to go bang sometimes.Should I keep or sell. Do you reckon it's worth much? It's pretty good condition, it has a 3 inch lift and is otherwise stock. Also has 20 years of service history and about 250kms on it. He's taken it on the beach like twice. Suppose I could use it to go camping.
>>29016096Just filter them. Eventually they'll either get board or kill themselves, hopefully both. Agreed it's been shitting up every thread it's in.
>>29016586If the cargo area is flat with the seats down/taken out you can use it for a roo-proof tent. If it's 20 years old it's Past Time to start taking things off underneath to put in fresh bolts and/or anti-seize. The more you work on it though, the more you'll like it.
>>29016866>you can use it for a roo-proof tent.Took me a couple hours to decipher cunt to english.
