[JohnnyJ]

I also find that since Barnes is east coast the shipping costs and times are generally better than similar stuff coming from west coast.

 

[xj4life]

Wheels showed up today 😁 Damn I need to clean up the garage

 

[SHARPMACHINE]

It is looking good!!! Can't wait to see it completed. GO GO GOOOOO

 

[xj4life]

Thanks! Think I'm coming up on the six year anniversary of starting the project. I'm getting close to the finish but a lot left to go. Try not to get discouraged by that, just keep plugging away, one little task/project at a time. I'd really like to have it done this spring/early summer. Its possible.

 

[JohnnyJ]

I like those wheels. Verrry nice!

 

[xj4life]

And one of the cheapest. A win-win in my book.

 

[Plato2k5]

Looking GOOD! Dig the wheels as well.

 

[whiterhino]

She's a roller!

 

[xj4life]

She's a roller!

Almost 🤣 Tires and coilovers are my last two big financial hurdles. But I do have a set of mostly worn 35's that I'll probably throw on at some point to make it a roller.

 

[EERNGER98]

Man that’s a stout looking build! Can’t wait to see how it comes together!

 

[xj4life]

No new pictures to post, but I've been putting in a lot of hours late at night working on getting the wiring finished up. Starting to have a love-hate relationship with wiring. It fairly easy and my OCD is having a good time making it all tidy...but damn I am ready to be done with it and onto something different.

 

[xj4life]

Still just plugging away at wiring. I'm down to lighting circuits so I'm getting there. Once every wire is run then I'll worry about taping, looming, fastening things in place, etc. Also got center concole layout finalized and trans/tcase shifters installed. I have the majority of my hydro steering parts in now so need to figure out how/where that's all going to go. Still lots to do but starting to feel like I can see some glimmer of light from the end of the tunnel.



Days and days worth of wiring. Not as tidy as I envisioned but still happy with it so far.

AW4 and D300 shifters are in.

Trans cooler and battery in there places

 

[SHARPMACHINE]

Looking good. So much better than political posts!! lol

keep going.

 

[feva4u]

You need to look at venting that D300 while it's still easy to do. Also, make provisions to capture the oil leaking around the shift rails with it flipped. It's going to leak.(new rails, double seals.....yeah, it still leaks.) It'll leak much worse if it's not vented well.

 

[xj4life]

Looking good. So much better than political posts!! lol

keep going.

I agree! Thanks for the motivation

You need to look at venting that D300 while it's still easy to do. Also, make provisions to capture the oil leaking around the shift rails with it flipped. It's going to leak.(new rails, double seals.....yeah, it still leaks.) It'll leak much worse if it's not vented well.

Noted. Everything is going to come out of the chassis at some point before it leaves the driveway....engine needs a rebuild, trans needs seals, and I was going to see what the tcase needed. Just want to get EVERYTHING roughed in before I start pulling things out.

 

[whiterhino]

A word to the wise on wire looms. Tucking everything in looms looks great but make sure you can still trace and trouble shoot electrical issues. Ask me how I know........

 

[xj4life]

A word to the wise on wire looms. Tucking everything in looms looks great but make sure you can still trace and trouble shoot electrical issues. Ask me how I know........

Makes sense. I think I've left myself a good way to troubleshoot. Power wire are all red but I've labeled them where I feel like its needed. There isnt much left of the factory wiring and I know more about it then ever before, so I think I'll be good with the engine wiring.

 

[MiNiBeast]

Ill check back when it gets fired up and those wires are connected correctly for sure.

 

[xj4life]

Ill check back when it gets fired up and those wires are connected correctly for sure.

It's been fired up multiple times 😁 I checked with every cut of the factory harness and it's been fired up about a dozen times since. The shifter makes the AW4 manual shift, no computer needed.

 

[xj4life]

Got some of the hydro steering components mounted. Tried to consider hose routing as I went.

Cooler tucked next to the radiator. Hopefully gets enough air flow.

Orbital on the same bracket as the brakes. Fabbing up a steering column soon. Filter is just in front of the master cylinder.

Decided the only way to mount the reservoir high was to run it out above the hood. Not the cleanest look but I'm ok with it.