Another lil something.....

[crazybluerider1]

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.

I tried feeding it in the bottom and using the top as a vent. Still did not work. Also tried drilling out the vent hole.

 

[crash2]

I tried feeding it in the bottom and using the top as a vent. Still did not work. Also tried drilling out the vent hole.

Did ya replace your rad cap?

 

[crazybluerider1]

Did ya replace your rad cap?

Brand new. Now with a regular old universal from napa everything works as it should. Ugly, but functional.

Hell, I used a 24oz coors can with a piece of hose dropped in it for years on my buggy. The Napa unit is an upgrade. :redneck:

 

[crash2]

I went ahead and pulled the radiator for a couple reasons.

 

[crash2]

I didn't like how the foam for the radiator was done and plus one whole edge was out of place and the rad was sitting on metal. So that got fixed.

 

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Another reason for pulling the rad was it simply made it easier to build the mount and install the coolant recovery bottle.

 

[crash2]

I also pulled everything off the tail and got all the bare metal painted and stuff reinstalled. I also got the rear wiring harness started.

 

[crash2]

I got the rear half of the wiring done all the way to the rough area of the relay/fuse center.

I generally like to keep the electrical separately mounted but there simply was no room to do so.

 

[crash2]

Next onto getting the atlas shifters sorted out.

 

[crash2]

So I had to start by pulling it apart at the tcase and grinding the support down because there was zero room for a head of a bolt of any kind. It was setup with shouldered bolts with an allen at the end and luckily the head was pretty shallow.

There is adequate room now..

 

[crash2]

So I jacked up the ass end to see just what gear the tcase was in. Nothing is tight but I was able to shift it. It will all have to come apart for paint once I get a few more things figured out.

 

[crash2]

So matt is coming out thursday so I can get him into the car and get the seat set where it needs to be so I can make the 4th mount. I also mounted the trans shifter(got a new cable sitting here to fix that) to see how it all fits him.

 

[crash2]

I still have to figure out the main electrical location but I am dumping this mess.

 

[crash2]

So most of you guys know how I am about electrical. I HATE pre-fabbed harness's. Here is a perfect example where **** is looped up and fitment is terrible. With how it is it waist's a perfect spot for the electrical center behind the motor. I am going to talk it over with matt and see if he wants me to fix it up RIGHT...

This stuff just drives me bonkers :D

 

[crash2]

Finally got the tank vent all done.

 

[Hip]

I love watching your work

 

[crash2]

I love watching your work

Thanks hippy :DANCE:

 

[crash2]

So the headlight we had were just too big (5") so matt got some 4"..

 

[crash2]

This is going to be REALLY tight...

 

[crash2]

So I started by reworking the winch mount. I wanted to widen the area for the rope to run without being damaged--it was very narrow.

 

[crash2]

Got the center bars cut and burned in. This will protect the lights from the rope and keep the rope also protected from sharp stuff that could possibly damage it. I also made the light mounts and burned them in.

I originally wanted the tube to follow the slope of the outer tubes but found it was causing the winch line window to be too narrow.

 

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A little paint to cover those bare areas :redneck:

 

[crash2]

I think that turned out pretty good....

 

[crash2]

So again 2 steps forward one step back :mad:

So I was unable to get the drivers seat in due to the tcase shifter linkage hitting the seat--badly. Seat still had to move 1/4" to reach the mounting holes.

 

[crash2]

So time to remove that part and rebuild....

 

[crash2]

So I made new linkage and made it totally hug the pivot point (like 1/16"). So now the seat goes in and the linkage just rubs the cover. I was hoping to keep it from rubbing anything seat wise but thats just not going to happen...

 

[crash2]

So with the linkage done it was time to get the 4th mount made for the seat mount..

 

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Will be kinda jumping around but next I ripped the engine harness off to get it fixed up.

 

[crash2]

So I have no idea who did this harness--but it is an utter pile of ****--worse craftsmanship I have seen from a "ready to run setup"--just awful.

First no solder--just crimped connections.
There was a **** ton of dead circuits still in the loom.
A bunch of wires had been smacked causing the insulation to be either torn off of ripped open with noticeable corrosion starting to form on the wires.

 

[crash2]

Pile of dead wire. There will be another pile about the same size from all the extra length that will be removed.