[JohnnyJ]

Been a bit since last update. Went down to Harlan for two days of wheeling. Before I headed down I added an overflow tank to the radiator, vent to the PSC reservoir, and a roof.

No issues on the trail. Next up is skins and finishing touches and then tear down for paint.

 

[Plato2k5]

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?

 

[xj4life]

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

 

[whiterhino]

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

Mud.

 

[xj4life]

 

[JohnnyJ]

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.

 

[JohnnyJ]

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.

 

[Mihlfeldl2005]

That seems pretty light honestly

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[whiterhino]

That seems pretty light honestly

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900 pounds difference.

 

[Mihlfeldl2005]

Yours being the heavier, correct?

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[whiterhino]

Yours being the heavier, correct?

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Yes, mine scaled 4822#.

 

[JohnnyJ]

i wheeled and took a pic of my rig

 

[whiterhino]

But how does it flex?

 

[xj4life]

i wheeled and took a pic of my rig

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

 

[JohnnyJ]

Flex pic

 

[whiterhino]

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

 

[SHARPMACHINE]

Looks like a rush, good times!!

 

[feva4u]

Knarly

 

[greygoose]

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!

 

[JohnnyJ]

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.