Another lil something.....

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So after cutting that off I went to refit the tank and have a look. I found the hold down hits the mount for the tank on the chassis. Well I went ahead and lopped off all the extra stuff off where the tank sits.

 

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So I got the hold down redone and tank installed.

 

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Going forward with the fuel system. Prior to the tank I knew it had to be redone. I didn't like the pump and filter mount (not real secure) and the pump either needs a pre-filter or the filter forward the pump.

The fuel line was was also ran on the outer of the chassis with the intention of replacing the soft line with hardline. IMO running the fuel line anywhere near the exhaust be it soft or hardline is a bad idea.

 

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I went and gutted the whole mess and going to start over because I feel there are way better options.

 

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I started with a new filter mount and got it welded on the chassis.

 

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Ran some hose...

 

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Next I made a new pump mount thats has the pump protected and ran line.

 

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This only made sense to me--run the fuel line down the middle of the chassis where its away from the heat and well protected..

 

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This is where I had to stop. Both front inner seat mounts are un-supported. I have to modify the seat mounts and make brackets that go to the center tube work. Once thats done I can continue with the fuel line since its going to run right past that spot.

 

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I was moving the shifter and WTF. It looks brand new too.

 

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I also had to pull all the trans cooler lines and the lower cooler because the lines are poorly routed and I have to shim the lower cooler. While I was doing it I found the rad would not last long how it was sitting. Had to loosen everything and put it into place..

 

[stealthrunner1]

:cheer: Go Mike Go!!!!:awesomework::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::beer:

 

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So I got the 4th seat mount bracket mount finished up and the seat mount fitted (stuff was way off-ugh). So now I can continue on with the fuel lines.

 

[crash2]

So I got the needed fittings/hose. I had to rework the tank mount a little (added second mounting point) otherwise it would flop around. I tried many combos from the pump to the tank and this was the only option. I was able to fully finish the plumbing for the system and even made a mount atop the throttle body to hold the hose.

 

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So the new hose and couple ends showed up so I dug into the trans lines to get them done up. Like the fuel lines I dumped a good portion of it and revamped it. I moved what I think is an inline filter and re-routed everything. It turned out pretty good..

 

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I went ahead and dug into the fuel lines and got them done up.

So now p/s,trans and fuel plumbing are all done.

 

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So one thing I noticed when I dug the rig home was this. Its a chunk of 7075 alum pounded into the chassis. Now the cooling system uses the back part of the chassis for the cooling system but I can't figure why that was used.

 

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So I was going to try and pound it into the chassis but its pretty mushroomed and it didn't budge :redneck:

Next I drilled/tapped it and tried to use my slide hammer and even tried a bolt to leverage it out---that fawker is IN THERE. :mad:

So I drilled and tapped it to 1/4" NPT and then cut it to match the tube and made a plug and finished it off..

 

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So I made caps and finished off the ass of the rig. :cheer:

 

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One of the few items thats left from matt's TJ :redneck:

 

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So I bent a piece of tube and made a mount for the lights.

 

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So one thing I forgot was some sort of res tank for the cooling system. I have a couple of these catch bottles--any idea if they would work?

 

[junkyard jim]

Plastic or metal?

 

[ChrisStewart]

Are you worried about the tc pump starving, with the way the feed line is routed?

 

[crash2]

Are you worried about the tc pump starving, with the way the feed line is routed?

why would it?

 

[ChrisStewart]

why would it?

Pretty sure they are suppose to be gravity fed, that loop in the hose has a potential to create an air pocket and starve the pump.

 

[crash2]

So I got the needed fittings/hose. I had to rework the tank mount a little (added second mounting point) otherwise it would flop around. I tried many combos from the pump to the tank and this was the only option. I was able to fully finish the plumbing for the system and even made a mount atop the throttle body to hold the hose.

Pretty sure they are suppose to be gravity fed, that loop in the hose has a potential to create an air pocket and starve the pump.

That decision was not made easily :awesomework:

I will purge as much air from it an might even pop the pump loose and make sure its all gone..

 

[crazybluerider1]

So one thing I forgot was some sort of res tank for the cooling system. I have a couple of these catch bottles--any idea if they would work?

I used one of these as an overflow in my toyota with a 4.3 and could not get it to draw coolant back properly no matter how I set it up.

 

[WHITE TRASH1]

I used one of these as an overflow in my toyota with a 4.3 and could not get it to draw coolant back properly no matter how I set it up.

They need a vent to work. It's easy to push hot fluid out since it's getting passed a cap with 13-16 lbs of pressure but it doesn't draw that much vacuum to suck the coolant back in without a vent.

 

[crash2]

Pretty sure they are suppose to be gravity fed, that loop in the hose has a potential to create an air pocket and starve the pump.

But I should know pretty quickly if air is going to be an issue as cavitation of the fluid should be pretty noticeable.