Another lil something.....

So in readyness to run it--I figured I would get coolant in it.

Fawk it leaks at a welded joint---another thing to fix

Things are tight in there, looks clean mike

hey crash I recommend laying camper tape on all the surfaces the sheetmetal will lay on and fasten to. it will help with noises transferring through the chassis and making annoying sounds from vibrations on the aluminum.

Whoever you're doing all that work for is going to be extremely happy with how you've done everything. It's almost therapeutic to watch you unfawk what's been previously fawked. :Stoned:

Paulie said:

Things are tight in there, looks clean mike

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Ya its a tight bitch :redneck: Thanks Paulie

deerlick said:

hey crash I recommend laying camper tape on all the surfaces the sheetmetal will lay on and fasten to. it will help with noises transferring through the chassis and making annoying sounds from vibrations on the aluminum.

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I had thought of something like that and once I know everything is good I will plan on some sort of insulator for sure :awesomework:

Clark said:

Whoever you're doing all that work for is going to be extremely happy with how you've done everything. It's almost therapeutic to watch you unfawk what's been previously fawked. :Stoned:

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Thanks clark and matt is super stoked to whats been done so far. He was getting pretty down for a while when it sat in his friends garage for close to a year in the state that I got it and was told a couple guys who knew what they were doing could have it done in a weekend,lol.

But he told me he is really getting excited to wheel again after some time of not being able to.

I got his band new masterpul winch line put on the winch.

So I built a tool so I could properly pressure test the system with air because I was finding more leaks in the system at welded joints.

So I got the tool hooked up and what I was finding there was no way to drain the coolant out of the chassis-it was only seeping coolant. #1 that makes it difficult to pinpoint the leak and #2 trying to weld it will be difficult. So what I ended up having to do was drill a hole and drain the coolant and then plug weld the hole back up.

So there were 5 separate leaks in the short section where the coolant goes thru the chassis--5.....

One was right in the middle of a tube where 2 sections were butt welded..

It took some work to get them all fixed but I finally did and ran the system and got the coolant all topped off,,,

So for the first time I was able to drive it out of the shop and spent some time playing on the property with it---this thing hall balls....

So I made a couple tweeks. First I moved the ignition switch back on the switch pod. I found the shifter knob was very close to the safety portion of the switch. I also had to put a little bend in the shifter itself to help with clearance against the t-case shifters.

Time to check clearances....

So on the way up the ramp I could feel the rig binding up. Well ya guess what I found. Guess what another fawked up thing. :looser:

So the shocks sit at roughly 12 degrees in. The upper mount will be a pos to rebuild and move. I took a bunch of measurements and I can move the lower shock mount inward about 2.5" and have the shock at 5 degrees. I know thats not "perfect" but from my own experience I have found it will not change the performance. So I called and talked with matt and let him know what was happening.

Also here is the rear air bump. Right now the tire is about 1.3" from hitting the chassis and stopping. Yet another fawked up thing.. I ordered new cans and going to cut them off and drop them down.

So these are the front air bumps from ride height to about 1" left of shock compression. The fronts are 4" and the rears are 2".

So I am thinking of swapping the front with the rears. I have to get the rear coilovers moved and cans cut off and do some measuring.

The air bump is new to me so its a bit of a learning curve but some good education for when I rebuild my rig.

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So these are the front air bumps from ride height to about 1" left of shock compression. The fronts are 4" and the rears are 2".

So I am thinking of swapping the front with the rears. I have to get the rear coilovers moved and cans cut off and do some measuring.

The air bump is new to me so its a bit of a learning curve but some good education for when I rebuild my rig.

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Sounds like if you swap the bumps and remount you'll be alright. You can always make the 4" a 2" it's really simple. Fine tuning buggys alway good..

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Sounds like if you swap the bumps and remount you'll be alright. You can always make the 4" a 2" it's really simple. Fine tuning buggys alway good..

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I found bellvista's write up on them and some good info :awesomework:

So started with getting the rear coilovers situated. cut old mounts off and made new ones...