Flatlands #1

[FlatlandFSJ]

Were you able to get everything painted with one gallon? Looks great!

Thanks.

Yes and no, I ended up spraying just over 5 quarts,It ended up around 4-5 coats on the chassis and a few other pieces with 2-3 coats. If you only did 2-3 coats on the chassis I'm sure you could get it done with a gallon, I'd buy an extra quart just in case it needs another coat or you miss a spot....not saying anything like that happened..but I only planned on putting 3 coats on it ::)

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Random picture dump

1/2 ton conversion

Forgot where I saw this..may have been jducks thread, no room to fit the standard heater loop hose.

Ray went and bought way to nice of rims..

Kmc machetes

These things have a serious grip on the rear of bead lock ring.

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Been finishing and rewelding the tank the last day or two,.

 

[1tonyj]

In the interest of fire safety we are covering the fuel and tranny lines with Aeroquip Fire Sleeves.

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Guys.....just say no.....to split loom.

Took the better part of the day to get this stripped so I could start chopping out 6feet of wire we don't need.

It'll be getting the bulkhead pass through and techflex treatment, doubt there is many pictures...I don't think anyone wants to see me soldering and heat shrinking junk.

 

[1tonyj]

Got new skips for the build today...Thxs Goforth!!... also picking up the tranny Friday so its getting closer :driving:

 

[ranger11]

Back ground looking good without all them down tree's. The pond looks different as well. Is the fence holding up?


Oh yeah this is a buggy thread.. Its awesome as well.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

 

[1tonyj]

Back ground looking good without all them down tree's. The pond looks different as well. Is the fence holding up?


Oh yeah this is a buggy thread.. Its awesome as well.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

Lol.....that background looks good cause you guys did nothing less than kick ass on cutting up trees and making this place look like white people live here sgsin . No **** ....what u guys did in a weekend I would still be working on....you guys are awesome!! BTW ...**** hurricane Michael

 

[ranger11]

I agree on Michael. I sure wish I could make another trip to help folks out. I can't wait to see the buggy in person.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Another random set of pics, I'm all over the place at this point.

The fullish droop pics from putting the shocks in.

FedEx dropped the ball on these...or something heavy at least.

Using wods flexline brake kit with stainless hard line filling in the gaps, also running the trickflow steamport kit.

Wilwood residual valves

Ajk clamps all around

And that brings us to tonight.....more wiring. Bulk of the engine harness is routed and ready to be pulled for final trim, techflex and cannon plugs.

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Don't mind those water lines....They won't be routed that ugly once the trans goes in molaugh

 

[1tonyj]

tranny is done and ready to go in this weekend

 

[1tonyj]

new tires and wheels on......it is sitting a few inches high at ride height in these pics without all the rest of the parts in the chassis

 

[1tonyj]

trans and tcase in this weekend.

 

[AllGoNoShow]

Looks good, really like this buggy ????.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Bebop]

Beautiful !!

In the interest of fire safety we are covering the fuel and tranny lines with Aeroquip Fire Sleeves.

Can you fit these over the fittings or do you have to remove them for that ? I'm asking cause I'd be interested in installing some in mine and the lines are already made.

And that brings us to tonight.....more wiring. Bulk of the engine harness is routed and ready to be pulled for final trim, techflex and cannon plugs.

Links to the techflex line and the cannon plugs you used ?

Thanks

 

[1tonyj]

Thxs for the comments fellas! The Aeroquip Fire Sleeve comes in several different IDs and lengths so Im sure you could get a size that would fit over your fittings....that would be better than pulling your lines back apart for sure. Dillion will have to chime in on the links for the wiring stuff.

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

I think we got the .620 id fire sleeve. As long as you didn't have to push/pull it over a 120/180 degree fitting you should be to get it over the -6 ends fairly easy. With a little more effort I'd bet it would go around a 120. I'd probably stick a lil piece of rag or something in the fitting to help keep the fibers from possibly ending up in it as you push/pull it through.

I'm using 2 cannon plugs/bulkhead connectors(whatever ya want to call them) to break out the ecu to "sub harnesses" through the firewall for the motor, 2 31 pin deutsch autosport connectors,essentially one for the top of the motor/sensors and another for the coils/lower sensors. A 3rd 16 pin will carry the larger draw stuff into and out of the sealed bussman relay box, then a mix of weatherpak and deutsch dt connectors will make up the rest of the wiring in the buggy, lights/gauges/fuelpump/fans and so on.

You can get pretty much everything you would need at prowireusa.com,techflex,wire,loom and all. Kinda have to know what your looking for, as you have to buy single pieces rather then a "kit"

https://www.prowireusa.com/c-6-deutsch-autosport.aspx?pagenum=1

I tend to use amazon because...well it's easy.

16 pin
https://www.amazon.com/Deutsch-Bulkhead-Connector-12-16-20-Contacts/dp/B01H8H27A8

31 pin
https://www.amazon.com/Deutsch-Bulkhead-31-pin-Connector-Contacts/dp/B07CWQZ6WH

Techflex, you can shop around and find it in just about any size you need, it's fairly easy to roll up tighter, and it's got enough overlap that you can usually squeeze a little more wire in it then the advertised diameter and it still wraps up.

https://www.amazon.com/Techflex-Split-Braided-Cable-Sleeving/dp/B01MXMAQYC

I decided against the full blown reychem shrink wrap/shrink boot/joints on the harness, mainly for time and it's a bit over kill for a buggy in my opinion unless you just like fancy wiring. I use some adhesive lined heat shrink to hold the end of the tech flex, and a wrap or 2 of tape at any of the splits. I'll see if I can dig up a few pics from the last harness.

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Kinda what it ends up looking like

Example of the bussman box, the bouncer had enough stuff in it to require 2 box's worth of fuses and relays

 

[1tonyj]

Been a while since updated. its almost ready to ride. Shes at the hydraulic shop today getting steering lines made.

 

[onetoncrawler]

looking good, did you make your own mounts to remote mount the engine coils?

 

[1tonyj]

looking good, did you make your own mounts to remote mount the engine coils?

thxs, ...yeah he did

 

[The-Boss]

its almost ready to ride.

:dblthumb:

 

[1tonyj]

Took the buggy to the local park this weekend for its first shakedown run...(was more like a beat down run tho lol). Buggy did great!...just a few lil things to tidy up and a little more motor tune tweaking but she is basically beat down ready. A big thank you to Dillion!!!....I have had several buggies over the years and this is without a doubt the best :dblthumb:

 

[Chaz]

Buggy looks great, nice work!

 

[MoparMan]

I dig it! :dblthumb:

 

[rugger99]

Very nice...in my opinion it has its own unique look in a world of "cookie cutter" buggies.

 

[1tonyj]

Thanks for the compliments fellas thumb.gif

 

[1tonyj]

Getting the new off this thing.....one day ill learn how to drive ..maybe lol ::)

 

[ridered3]

Getting the new off this thing.....one day ill learn how to drive ..maybe lol ::)

Just because this was Flatlands #1 build didn't mean you had to turtle the buggy on Flatlands...