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Trying to get it mostly right the first time: A 5.9 Magnum and 46RE swapped, Tummy Tucked Daily Driven Jeep TJ
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan_Goodwin" data-source="post: 762201" data-attributes="member: 4960"><p>Progress has been sparse due to prior commitments, me being sick for a week and it being far below my cold threshold for working outside. This build is primarily being done in my open carport at home.</p><p></p><p>Two Fridays ago I received a notification in the morning that my seats had been delayed another 3 weeks which was a bummer but not the end of the world since I don't have to have them. Much to my surprise, my doorbell rang later that day and:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160026[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Go figure. I had a free day this past weekend and decided to focus on the interior so I could enjoy the new Bedrug and Baja RS seats. </p><p>Mastercraft wanted $89 per side for the seat adapter bracket, which looked like nothing more than a piece of flat bar with 2 spacers welded to it so I decided to make my own</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160027[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I managed to get the seats and front Bedrug installed as well as mounting the transmission temperature gauge and switches. Here was the final result:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160024[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160025[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>First impressions on the seats is positive – the fit and finish is great and the seats sit really well. The only complaint I have is that they sit way too high, but that is entirely due to my brackets. I was unable to find any installation instructions to borrow pictures from so I really just winged the install. I used 1.5" x .25" flat bar for the mounts and 1" coupling nuts for the spacers. The limiting factor here is a bracket that's riveted on the factory seat base that has a 1" rise, so I can't go below that without cutting that bracket off. I'm going to ponder on this issue and live with it for now. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160023[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The O/D switch is an OEM Mopar unit and the others are from Gold Coast Distributing on eBay. I wish they all matched, but GCD doesn't offer an O/D switch so I'll live with the slight variation. The transmission gauge is from Glow Shift and fit nicely in this space. This will all get wired later. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160028[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>As with everything these days, SYEs have been a little hard to come by. I noticed a forum post over on Wrangler TJ Forum that the JB Conversions SSSYE was back in stock about the time I received notification that my Advance Adapter SYE was pushed out to a possible 2/26 ship date, so I canceled the AA order and ordered the JB Conversion unit which arrived yesterday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan_Goodwin, post: 762201, member: 4960"] Progress has been sparse due to prior commitments, me being sick for a week and it being far below my cold threshold for working outside. This build is primarily being done in my open carport at home. Two Fridays ago I received a notification in the morning that my seats had been delayed another 3 weeks which was a bummer but not the end of the world since I don't have to have them. Much to my surprise, my doorbell rang later that day and: [ATTACH type="full"]160026[/ATTACH] Go figure. I had a free day this past weekend and decided to focus on the interior so I could enjoy the new Bedrug and Baja RS seats. Mastercraft wanted $89 per side for the seat adapter bracket, which looked like nothing more than a piece of flat bar with 2 spacers welded to it so I decided to make my own [ATTACH type="full"]160027[/ATTACH] I managed to get the seats and front Bedrug installed as well as mounting the transmission temperature gauge and switches. Here was the final result: [ATTACH type="full"]160024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]160025[/ATTACH] First impressions on the seats is positive – the fit and finish is great and the seats sit really well. The only complaint I have is that they sit way too high, but that is entirely due to my brackets. I was unable to find any installation instructions to borrow pictures from so I really just winged the install. I used 1.5" x .25" flat bar for the mounts and 1" coupling nuts for the spacers. The limiting factor here is a bracket that's riveted on the factory seat base that has a 1" rise, so I can't go below that without cutting that bracket off. I'm going to ponder on this issue and live with it for now. [ATTACH type="full"]160023[/ATTACH] The O/D switch is an OEM Mopar unit and the others are from Gold Coast Distributing on eBay. I wish they all matched, but GCD doesn't offer an O/D switch so I'll live with the slight variation. The transmission gauge is from Glow Shift and fit nicely in this space. This will all get wired later. [ATTACH type="full"]160028[/ATTACH] As with everything these days, SYEs have been a little hard to come by. I noticed a forum post over on Wrangler TJ Forum that the JB Conversions SSSYE was back in stock about the time I received notification that my Advance Adapter SYE was pushed out to a possible 2/26 ship date, so I canceled the AA order and ordered the JB Conversion unit which arrived yesterday. [/QUOTE]
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