Called Marlin, They said that they are not interested in making anything for Mitsubishi's at this time. I emailed Matty and hopefully we'll be able to work together on this and get a world wide group buy for some Marlins. Money talks and i'm sure if Marlin sees a market they will get on board.
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Hold on to your cash Angelo <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Dang! I guess I'll hold my horses for a tad & wait to see what happens. What does it mean if marlin wants to produce? I'm looking for simplicity. But if marlin can produce something better, why not?

I didn't catch everything & understand it all, but sounds like a better option?

its basically a unit that gives you dual options for the trasnfer case (duel case). You can have your standard low range, ie 1.90 & then you can select the marlin range of 4.70 (or whatever is in there). It means having 2 selectors & a bit of mucking around with linkages etc to get it all working. Gives you heps more options that just than a straight 3.15 gear, but its getting marlin to be interested is the problem & also if there is much interest.

I also emailed Matt but nothing back yet. Could of even gone out of business with the GFC who knows (his website is down as well)

Guys, I spoke to Lee Hardmann today.

He says that they have NIL stock of any of the gears, however they ARE taking orders & are in fact in the process of making up a new stock supply of all 3 sets of gears.

Orders will be taken thru http://www.marks4wd.com/

Who BTW have relocated to the same factory as Hardmann Bros in Melbourne, reason: Mark hardmann has bought out marks4wd.

Lee couldnt advise on this stage if they are going to supply US customers or refer them to their agent , namely Advance Adaptors.

So guys anyone out there wanting a set of gears I suggest you drop an email to marks4wd in melbourne & place an order.

info@marks4wd.com

thats all I can inform you of at the moment.

In regards to the Marlin option, it would be nice but a whole lot more work & at this stage (unless Matt from Monster Rides gets back to us) pie in the sky.

cheers

how long do we have to get in on this. I need a set. moved to 33`s and its jsut to tall for some of the tough stuff, blew a rear u joint out already...

thats good news and bad news. Bad cause we dont know if Marlin will do this, atleast without a whole lot of work on our end. And good cause they are still making 3.15 gears.

Was price discussed? I guess I can find that out but not sure if you mentioned group buy prices compared to individual prices. I emailed both places last week but havent hear back from either email. You seem to have a connection with them. Would you be so kind to get a few answers for me?

Thanks for info you've supplied so far <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

He said that pricing was under review, mine cost $1200 but that was 6 years ago. I think I paid about $1350 for the Gen3 set in 2010,

They should be able to give you a price if you make an enquiry

Guess next thing to do is find out exactly what Marlin wants & find out time frame OR I can contact Hardman again & set up an official group buy post for the 3.15 gears

I dont think the Marlin thing will get off the ground, its a fantastic idea but as mentioned above he's not interested.

If you want to organise a single or group buy of the 3.15 which is about the only option available at this time you should email info@marks4wd.com

Lee made it clear to me that all enquiries go thru marks4wd

I've emailed him twice. I'll wait til next week to hear back before I start another post on the group buy with whatever price he'd offer. You know them better since you've given them business in the past, maybe you can round up a better price for us?