looks good. i dont think that grill looks bad but the one stacey put on the trucks fsj looked cool.
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looks good. i dont think that grill looks bad but the one stacey put on the trucks fsj looked cool.
Yeah, your grille (the pignose) is in pretty damn good condition compared to most ones like that I see. Mine looks like the one on the Trucks! FSJ before he replaced it with a rhino. I actually cut my hand on the pimpin sweet flaking chrome.
haha yea mine is flaking a bit on the top, its also cracked there but i dont really care what it looks like. I got the aussie so hopefully itll be in soon
have you checked brent mullins for m715 grills?
M715's never came with grilles. Unless you mean the brush guards they had..
yes, and the military lights on the core support
the locker is in and the electric fan should be in tomorrow. Since its an off weekend for football I think we will be able to get that finished up as well as getting the brakes working right.... it feels llike only 2 or working but im not entirely sure
How long does it take to put in an aussie (estimate) and how involved is it?
not very long. maybe a couple of hours if you want to do it right and torque everything down right. its not too hard if you can follow directions
thats what i wanted to hear, i havent had a chance to look at the directions yet because its in magnoliaQuote:
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I think it took me around 3hrs to do my front, but thats with taking off all the steering linkage too.
Saw you taking a left onto 29th from villa maria at blinn yesterday. Looks good! Makes me miss the times when I could still drive the blazer on the street.
got the aussie in, had to repalce the outer bearings and seals on the axle shafts, so that took a bit longer than planned but its good to go now. Tested it a bit in a ditch infront of the house and it seems to have made a big difference, just need to get it out on the trails and test it good. The fan is also going to take a little more work than planned so we didnt mess with it this weekend, maybe next.
now that im gonna chop the top and build a cage im kinda at a loss of what to use, a lot of people with wags use 2.0"x.120" DOM or HREW. I have quite a bit of 2-3/8" J55 oil field tube (thickness is greater than .120, not sure what it is though, didnt get a chance to measure it). Would this stuff be ok?
what are you going to bend it with?
I would use 1-3/4" HREW or DOM or a mix of both.
hydraulic bender, already have the dies for it
other than weight, what would be the advantages to using 1-3/4?
oilfield pipe is heavy as crap ask tate, hrew or dom is much lighter.
mostly weight. Kopecki will tell you oilfield pipe will be great, it's just not how I would do it.
No, I wouldn't build a cage out of oilfield pipe. I'm not familiar with J55 but the normal oilfield pipe is a medium carbon steel not meant to be welded with normal methods. And its usually magnetized so it welds ****ty. It is great for sleeving links because its stronger than chromemoly, and it doesn't matter if the welds crack. 1 1/2" sch40 pipe is stronger than 1.75" .120 wall hrew. I used 1 1/2" sch40 high yield in my cage, and that's stronger than 1.75" .120 dom. The 1 1/2" sch40 is 1.9" od with .145 wall, so even though the material in normal pipe is not as strong as hrew, there's more of it.
why is it that almost everyone says not to use pipe? Im not saying youre wrong, just wondering.
I'm not sure you know what you're asking.
yea i meant to ask why they say not to use pipe, my mistake, its edited now
Complex social issue
its mostly because pipe was not designed for structual loads, but it will work to protect you from a roll. Feller's buggy was build almost all out of pipe and it did fine.
Roll cage safety is more about design than it is in material. If you use an excelent design with pipe will be safer/ stronger than a crappy design and chromo DOM
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This is kinda sweet, I know you were on the IFSJA looking for pics.
Was messing around on the LHOR boards, apparently this guy was one of em. Found a video: Rollover :gigem:
Held up real well, is that a pipe cage?
No clue.
There is no way in hell I would use oilfield tubing. If it is brand new, it is worth more than bending into a cage and if its been down in the hole, then the inside could be pitted or washed out from the frac job. It would be worth more to sell to ranchers or whoever to use as fence/cattle guards/gates.
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I'd listen to him, he has a really nice Jeep.
I'll remember that next time I see you driving around....I might accidently lose control and side swipe your pretty barbie hotwheels jeep :flipoff2:
yea i saw pics of that wag on pirate and ifsja, its a sweet rig. The oilfield stuff was used just for transport of oil, not in the hole so no worry about frac damage but either way I doubt ill be using it, ill probably just use 1.75x.120 hrew (thats strong enough right).
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Probably wouldn't be a great idea, I just sold it. :flipoff2:
an update on the progress so far:
motor mounts replaced
fixed oil leak (valve cover gasket)
straightened the body out
replaced back window
replaced windshield
so as of now it is driveable, went down to pick up some tube today but they were out of 1.75 x .120 and 2 x .120 so i guess ill wait on that.
things left to do:
shackle flip the rear with old springs (should net the same lift so hopefully it wont look weird)
put pass seat in
roll bar
tune the carb up
get inspected somewhere
get and install a new alt... hopefully a cs144 if i can find one, any leads?
put the elec fan in and wire it up
make new bumpers if i get the time and steel
roll bar, same thing with time and steel
ive decided im not gonna chop the roof just yet because its my only car to drive around, once i get enough money for a dd then ill chop it and put a cage in, the roll bar should be fine for now
How'd you end up straightening the body out? For the alternator, Gordons wants $40 for them, you might want to check out some yards while you're at home to see if you can get one cheaper. Or try ebay, thats where I've gotten mine.
pics would be great
used the diesel and a tow strap and slowly pulled until it was straight, or at least straight enough to get the windshield back. i didnt really expect it to work but amazingly enough it did. The back drivers side door still has a dent but i may try to get that out later
I got bored today and decided to build a rear bumper with a tire/hi-lift carrier. ill try to get some pics tomorrow
heres some pics of the bumper, the jeep is blocked in the garage so no pics of the body/roof yet
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...o/DSCN1925.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...o/DSCN1926.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...o/DSCN1927.jpg
yes, i know the pictures suck :flipoff2:
still planning on making a mount for the hi-lift and a license plate holder
does your spare spin like coopers, if so we can get two games goin on the wheel of drunkenness, but lookin good man
The WHEEL OF DEATH!!!!
anyone know of a junk yard that has any 1980+ wagonner/cherokees? I need an np208 and the driveshafts that go with it.
moldonados off why 6 right at where welborne road hits it. they have a cherokee chief and 2 waggys lasst tim i checked, a year ago