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there is talk of a winch
lets steal that idea flem
Bill looks like he's having a hard time keeping himself from pinning robbie down and going after him with a set of clippers :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
Ehh, tests on monday's bring the suck...
I have a set of weld on d-ring mounts that I never got around to welding on. Might try to incorporate them into the winch mount.
No inner fenders for now, may change in the future. I will say that I won't be taking it through any mudholes, those days are over. With no top and fullwidth's **** used to go everywhere and I'm not about to trash my new dash/interior.
Might bring it out for the truck show, just have to see.
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Originally Posted by Fredo
Hehe. Yes, you would not want to make him mad but he's probably the nicest person you will ever meet.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
I don't think my long hair bothered him as his used to be way longer (bass player in a rock band).
looks good, but you need more silver
:gigem::flipoff2::beer:
Nice...:laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by J Cooper
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Originally Posted by TMatheaus
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Originally Posted by CheapJeep
whos that guy with the really long shaggy hair???:flipoff2:
Guy?!? I figured that was Bill's daughter?Quote:
Originally Posted by redcagepatrol
Nice, that thing is gonna be loud, I wanna hear it on a hill after you get a a little impatient a la cody last year.
I look forward to seeing it actually wheel, I have worked on it but never actually seen it really wheel without destroying itself
I woulda put money on that dude being a stone cold hippie basher. I peed my pants a little when I saw the picture, I was so scared for you :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
you got electric fans this time? Guess I could read the thread and find out
Me too. I only had a few successful trips in which nothing broke, I don't think you were there though.Quote:
Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007
I put a flexalite in its previous state of wheeling before the Texas College Weekend 07.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
Back home for the break... Going to start working on miscellaneous stuff in the morning.
If any houstonians want to drop by and hangout I will be here.
what part of town you from agian?Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
he's someplace between Conroe and the Woodlands - I think closer to Conroe
off 45 on 242 before 1314.
Si. Just give me a shout.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerryg79
Installed all of the rocklights, reverse lights, interior lights, 12volt outlets, temporary front driving lights, and lots of other stuff. Painted some stuff silver, turned out looking really good. The harnesses and dash are completely wired up, just have to install it and run a few wires.
Some progress pics.
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more...
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Lookin real good Robbie. I can't wait to run ove....er, I mean see this thing on the trial :D
Needs new treads to match all the shiny new stuff. With the multitude of new parts, are you going to be able to drive it on the prerun next weekend? Or is Clayton its first run?
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Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
Yes, it will be street legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by LikeNothingElse
Yeah, new tires would be nice but these have plenty of life left in them for now. Still uncertain on the prerun next weekend, I have some parts coming in from Jegs tomorrow. We shall see...Quote:
Originally Posted by JBrown89
more from today...
I finally got around to messing with the th350. I had cleaned the case and torque converter up before I installed it. After mounting the shifter, new Greddy dipstick, and a little fluid I found a couple of leaks. I bought a B&M shift kit from Oreilly's the other day and afterwards added a new braided flex dipstick, deep trans pan, etc to my Jegs order which arrived Sat. morning.
Trans pics....
After dropping the pan...nasty.
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New stuff.
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Installed
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Pics of the air filter, new trans dipstick, and Electrical...
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Finished harness...
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Tested all of the wiring and components. Only had two mishaps, one being the fuel pump to battery instead of ignition and the other with the rocklights and driving lights with the painless relay. Worked out both issues and it's good to go.
Made more progress today before heading back to CS.
Ran more wires and hooked up alot of the electrical. Dad has done an awesome job, everything looks really clean loomed and dressed. Only a few items left to connect. We did run into a couple of snags but after some trouble shooting all the electrical bugs were worked out. Added B&M trick shift atf to the trans and it's ready to rock.
Temporarily dropped the fuel cell in and added fuel. Fixed a small leak at the inline fuel filter, the back cap wasn't tightened down all the way. Also found that I had the wrong fuel pressure regulator. I accidentally grabbed a reg with 2 outlets instead of 1 outlet and 1 return (they look the same), going to swap it out so no biggie. Had a leak coming from the passenger side water pump port. Pulled it off, resealed it, and no more issues.
After all of that we had spark, fuel, and I manually turned it over to get oil flowing. Cranked it a couple times but nothing. Decided to double check tdc even though I was sure it was correct. Pulled the drivers side valve cover off, bumped it to top dead center on the number 1 cylinder. Popped the cap on the distributor and the rotor was pointed at the number 1 cylinder. Put it all back together and advanced the timing to 13 degrees. Cranked it again and came really close to running several times. After shooting a flame out the passenger side exhaust that almost set my dad ablaze, smelling enough fuel to give me a massive headache, and seeing that it was dark, we decided to call it. Getting it so close to running then having to bail sucked but I still had to pack up and head back for school.
With such a short deadline dad is planning on having Bill and the guy that builds drag car engines come out to get it going in the next couple of days. I imagine that it's something really simple but with a time crunch, being out of town, and finals I have no problem enlisting help and expertise.
try the crank the motor while a second person turns the distributor untill the motor starts
Update...
Electrical is pretty much completely finished and working, only thing left is to install the headlights and front turn signals.
As for the engine, it ran after Bill and Ricky shimmed the starter and adjusted the valves, rockers, and lifters. Ran into a problem with the harmonic balancer and flexplate not being correct which they immediately figured out. Bill ordered the correct balancer and flexplate this morning which will arrive tomorrow.
I will be going home tomorrow to work with them getting the new balancer and flexplate installed, should be fun.
Sounds alot like the midnight flywheel replacement on "Da Beast" before Katemcy.
For the real affect you should wait 2 more days before fixing the problem
And source the flex plate from one of your buddies that just so happens to be in town off his drilling rig and also just so happens to have one sitting 'out back' in the pile of cars. :D
Hell Yeah! After a year and 4 months the Barn Burner finally rolled out of the shop under it's own power. I have to give massive thanks to my dad, Bill, Ricky, and Wierd for their knowledge, help, and hard work to get it running in such a short time. Without their help there's no way I could have had it ready to go to Clayton from the stage I had it in.
After getting it back together with the new balancer/flexplate we fired it up and set the timing. Hearing it for the first time was awesome, sound's badass... Afterward's dad worked on the last couple of electrical item's while I set the rear brakes, added more atf, etc. Pulled it out of the shop tonight and ran it for 20min. at 2,000rpm to break in the cam, went well. Found that the notion of "you get what you pay for" applies to headers as well. The black paint/coating burned off. Pretty badass to drive it again even if it was only in and out of the shop.
Going to wait on doing the bedliner until after Clayton. Tomorrow I'll start mounting the seats, fuel cell, harnesses, and other odds/ends...then take it out for a drive.
Ricky and his son in-law have a blue jeep/buggy on rockwell's and said his son in-law is supposed to be taking it to Clayton next weekend too. I'll have to keep an eye out for him.
Here's a pic, smoke is from the header paint.
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Bad ass pic Robbie!
good pic, that came out really well. Nighttime, into the light, the shadows look sweet.
Glad to hear its running, can't wait to see it on the trail!
Thanks.
Everything is back in and mounted except for the skidplate. I ran out of time today and there are still a couple of things left to do. Since I have finals through wednesday my dad is taking the jeep to Ricky's shop tomorrow. Replacing the old steering box (hopefully with a psc if it's possible), oil change, and other fine tuning. Should be done and ready to go wednesday.
Drove it down to the house tonight.
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They're actually just white LED lamps...
One vehicle equipped with neons in the club is enough. :flipoff2:
looks good you need some more silver or black or something to break up the smurf blue tho
no joke. you must have a got one hell of a deal on blue paint. looks good and glad its all in one piece.
fawk that I think it looks great. way to be a lil different.:gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by colman