heres a blingen set up for ya
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heres a blingen set up for ya
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Goddam Jegs...Amanda got me a Optima group 31 yellow top battery for x-mas and when she ordered it was backordered till Jan 25ish. She just checked today and they bumped the delivery date to APRIL 23. THREE ****ING MONTHS. She checked Summit and they are out too but said they'd be getting some in at the begining of Feb, and can have one to me by the 2nd week of Feb. Still too late for the Katemcy trip though. I guess I'll try warrentying my new Walmart cheapo and hope it'll last through the trip by itself, since the old one doesnt appear to be worth ****.
batteriesareus.com
They're sold out too. They have the screw top terminal ones but not the normal post type.
Seems optimas are crap now. The yellow walmart batteries are lasting longer.
get one of those cool ones that Feller's got. You can run 2 bolts right through them!
I learned not to order from jegs unless noone else in the world has it. Summit has all of the same parts they do and the same price, at most its a dollar or two off. Last time I ordered something it was like $10 and they added $20 worth of gay fees becaues of their homo-gay© free shipping :rolleyes: Summit has the same type of shipping gay charges but not as retarded.Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
BTW, Kick ass sticker, fook the guys that don't think so :flipoff2:
Ok lets get past the sticker you bastards. I put a brand new optima red top in today and it fired up immediately. Even while it was still cold it hardly smoked at all, I think all the crud from sitting has worked itself out. I discovered I need a new alternator and maybe power steering pump, and also need to change my tranny fluid again cause it still has motor oil in it. The PDC vavle still needs to be replaced, but I've known about that for awhile. This semester I also intend to make a good fan shroud to mount my windstar fans to, build half doors, and fix my gaping hole in the floor.
And maybe build a snorkel and make it street legal.
Well Jegs made my day today, when I got home there was a bigass yellowtop battery sitting by my front door! This is intriguing though, for starters Jegs said it would be backordered till mid April, secondly, Amanda allegedly cancelled the order from Jegs and moved it to Summit. Oops. Anyway here's pics of the big *****.
Nice.
think one of those would fit in the jeep?
That's a good question, I made a new battery tray for my red top. What's the difference between the two?
About 2-3" width. This one is longer but narrower than normal ones. The cells on this thing are staggered, rather interesting. I dont know how batteries mount in jeeps sp you're on your own.
I got my new high amp alternator in today. In case you are wondering, its a GM CS144. I came stock on early and mid 90's cadillacs and some trucks, maybe pontiacs too but I'm not sure. They are 120 amp and sell for cheap on ebay or you can get one from Gordon's for $45, I found at least 4 the other day. You have to change the wiring pigtail but its a cinch. It is a little bigger than my old alternator, but I just loosened all the bracket bolts and tensioned the belt, then tightened them up and it seems to work great. I also started on my half doors. I was worried about the inner door handle issue because the handle was up in the area I wanted to cut out and is connected to the latch with a rod, not a cable. I figured out the rod has enough play in it I could relocate the handle down towards the middle of the door and was even able to use an existing threaded hole. I might try to put some kind of covered storage box inside the door, dont want all that space to go to waste.
Great job on the doors, how you gonna finish 'em out?
Ice+beer... might need to add some kinda insulation to make the ice last longer. Don't forget to open the drainholes back up!Quote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
An icechest in the door would be tits. I'm probably just going to get a sheet of 16 gauge steel and make a little box that goes inside the big empty space, then cover the rest of the area around it and make a latchable lid for it. God I need to paint that damn thing. Doug, can I drop the tube for my steering off with you tomorow?
I'd lose the butt connector on the charging wire. At least check it out and see if it is getting hot right there. Big alternator likes big wires.
I put the spade terminals in there so I can put the old wiring pigtail back on if I need to in an emergency. I have 10 gauge wire running directly from the screw post to the battery so I'm hoping that will be sufficient to handle the power.
Well 4 hours and thousands of tackwelds later the driver's side door is done. I am so damn tired of tack welding and grinding the passenger side will probably have to wait a long damn time. Even on the lowest setting it was hard not to burn through this **** with a hobart 140.
was it windy?
why do the passenger side? you dont need to lean out there. just leave it till your bored one day.
Que?Quote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
My thinking exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
Note: Laying tackwelds with a mask wasnt working very well so I did the entire project with no face protection and after waking up this evening I look like a junky. My eyes are hella red and my face is too.
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Originally Posted by afroman006
mig's dont work well when its windy. the wind blows the argon away from the weld.
Nah it wasnt particularly windy today. I think I am going o put some bondo over the rougher areas to smooth them up a little bit.
wow,and I thought that truck looked like **** before! :flipoff2:
even if there is a slight breeze the argon will get blown away and it will be easy to make it look like ****/blow through.Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
Can we say dumbass? You've been hanging around me too long...I've burned my eyes way too many times. :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
BTW- Those doors kickass. Nice job. :gigem:
Looks good. I'm lazy. I would have just removed the doors. :)
I thought about just taking the doors off but thats an awful big area for a rock to jump into my lap while wheeling. Since chebies dont have the little rocker lip like jeeps and fj's do having something between me and protruding rocks is a conforting feeling.
Well I scored a set of suburban captains seats over the break so they will hopefull be going in this weekend. I also intend to sand down all the rust spots and repaint them, but I will be using silver so look for the dalmation at katemcy. The only other thing I want to do before the trip is steering, I have all the components I just need to tap it and put it all together.
I got the captains chairs in before the trip to 47 last weekend and they fit extremely well. The front outside feet of the seats bolted to the factory bench hole with no mods, and the both rear feet of both seats had to be bent 90 degrees, then the outside ones bolted into the factory holes but I had to drill holes for the inside ones. I had to make a couple of small brackets for the front inside feet but all in all it was extremely painless and easy. Now I just need to find some neoprene seat covers since the factory clotch is shredded.
Pigpen kicked major ass at 47. Everything went smoothly and worked properly but my tranny has started slipping, luckily I have a spare back home. The current one just needs to last through katemcy. My alternator belt broke which affirmed my suspicion that my crank and or water pump pullies are bent, the belt vibrates alot when the motor is running and I already have a couple of replacements on the way. It flexed extremely well and I got a few dents too. I got the driver's side and roof painted silver and will hopefully get the rest painted this week. I'll post pics later.
Pigpen did kick some ass yesterday I must say. I hate you and your wheelbase... :flipoff2: The paint looks pretty cool, like a huge thing of Reynolds foil.
put some lucas in it to help you/it make through tccQuote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
Yah I was trying to remember what the magic stuff is to make a tranny last a little longer. I will deffinately do that.
Make sure you get the stuff Lucas makes specifically for slipping transmissions...Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
in case you weren't already thinking that :gigem:
if their tranny additive is anything like their oil additive you can't go wrong. I've got a 345 that proves the worth of Lucas..hehe.
Tranny aditive worked ok. The Oliver clan concluded I might have a cracked piston, but that aint no thang. :mad:
maybe you should just put that 6.5 w/ a turbo in there