Glad to see its working well for you.

How are you venting your axles/tcase/trans? Do they have individual filters or stock type jeep breather caps? Or do you route them all into a vented catch can?

 

Glad to see its working well for you.

How are you venting your axles/tcase/trans? Do they have individual filters or stock type jeep breather caps? Or do you route them all into a vented catch can?

Hoses up to frame and those little factory style one way valves for diffs. Engine and gas tank have ebay&n filters. The trans and t-case loop up and over then have the check valves.

Mud.

Pretty much. I’ve wiped away rust with WD40 and a green scotch bright. It’s on the barn and pretty muddy, so it should be a mess when I get to it.

 

Did you put anything on the bare metal to prevent rusting while you've been waiting for paint?

 

Mud.

 

 

Weighed the buggy yesterday. 3932# with 58/42 front to rear weight distribution. A little heavier than I expected, but overall happy with the outcome. I don't think I want to invest the money to try and lighten it up. So it is what it is.

I'm hoping to get started on skins with the time off from work this week. We will see how that goes as various appointments and other stuff comes up.

 

That seems pretty light honestly

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That seems pretty light honestly

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900 pounds difference.

 

Yours being the heavier, correct?

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Yours being the heavier, correct?

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Yes, mine scaled 4822#.

 

i wheeled and took a pic of my rig

 

i wheeled and took a pic of my rig

Any plans to paint the panels? All orange like the grill would look slick.

 

But how does it flex?

 

Flex pic

 

I didn't think you were going to drive out of that second pic. But you did..............
Good times.

 

No shit. That picture is wild!

 

Looks like a rush, good times!!

 

Knarly

 

I have a few fixes and upgrades before the next trip.

I have a Warr throttle body, but it has whistled like crazy at idle. I also really don't need the 92mm opening vs truck 80mm unit, so job one was to put on an adapter and go back to stock truck throttle body. I hope the slightly smaller throttle body provides more control slightly off throttle. If I decide to go back to the Warr throttle body, I saw a video where a guy did a port job on the IAC passage and quieted it down. Nice part was that I could reuse the airbox I built earlier, so that saved a bunch of work.

I need to get my ham radio installed and I'd like to get the Milwaukee pack-outs installed in the cargo area. Plus a few other jobs.

 

Good move. That whistle was a bit distracting. Having your ham mounted will be nice too.

 

Playing around with the rear cargo area. I need to pick up some 12ga sheet metal to move along.

I think what I'll do is cut out a border with some reinforcements through the middle and weld the expanded metal under it. This should keep it reasonably light weight, and not hold water. Plan to it add some tabs and make the trunk floor removable.

I have a cad file for the tailgate, so I'm planning on cutting that out of aluminum and using these tailights:

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After that, I may add some expanded metal to make removable sides to create a basket, and allow me to throw stuff like my tow strap in the back. We'll see. Not totally sold on that.

 

Progress progress.
I kinda like your one good/ one smashed tail lights. Kinda gives you that Michael Jackson look.

 

I can drop them off for you

 

Ended up with a sheet of 0.125 from Hill Steel for just over $200 instead of $300 for 12ga from the place on Howell. Glad I price checked. Out of curiosity.. if you've picked up some metal lately how does that price compare?

 

I don't work with expanded, but the last 4x8 sheet of 1/8 I bought about 6 weeks ago was 230.

 

Using expanded metal makes sense, keep in what you need and keep out what you don't (dirt, water, debris).

Are you running the brake lights just off that sensor you plumbed in with the brake lines? Do you just run a power in and out of the switch and the line pressure completes the circuit?

 

Yep, with LED taillights the current draw is minimal, so I don't bother with a relay. I had a spare circuit in the fuse block, so I run a 5amp fuse (or maybe less) through the switch and back to the lights. No turn signals at this time, so the wiring is pretty basic with just brake and running light that I tied to headlight switch.

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Lookin really nice mister. Your almost making me want to start a build thread.

 

Glad I’m in the ball park for cost.

 

Yeah, it's a bummer, I haven't made much this year lol

 

Got the trunk pan cut out tonight. Next time out I will get the press brake put back together and bend the wings on the sides and start fitment. Not sure how visible the bend ticks are, but I put some in to help me line it up for forming.

The middle triangle is hole is short to allow for the milwaukee pack out stand to bolt in that section.

 

I got the bending die setup in the press. Worked pretty well, but I couldn't get it to bite on the wings, so I had to do some hand forming as it was too much for the sheet metal brake. They still need a little massaging.

Had to do a little clean up in a few spots, but otherwise it fit pretty well. Up next final fitment, mount to chassis, add the expanded steel to the bottom side, and mount the tool box.