wish i could go again but woun't have vac time until next year. i may try to do easter safari next year. my wife can't make the sept gig as she is a teacher.

Stopped off at two places and submitted a work order of what I want done (type of  gears and posi units) for a bid.  One was at a new place but the owner is one of our Jeep club member and races the King of the Hammers and the other is Shocker (Monster Truck) Shop and I have known Pat Gerber since he was a teenager. So hopefully the bids will be coming back to me soon!! puttputt56

Gave them the go ahead this morning.  I will take the Jeep over to them Wednesday afternoon.  They are ordering the parts today!!  puttputt56

 Yep, had quite a few hot lunches that way when roughnecking. Set it next to the turbo on a Cat or Waukesha rig motor, warms up nicely. Good lookin' Jeep btw.

I've never got to a point that I can call it done .
Jim

 

Got her back today.  Boy what a difference, I got my power back that I lost with the addition of the larger tires.  My speedo is off now (reading higher) will have that fixed later I can live with that.  For now I will just use the gps for my mph. Now to test it out with a trip to Moab, Utah September 15 through September 22.  The electrical switch we put just to the right of the existing electrical panel I installed a year ago. Looks good and is fairly handy to turn on when I need a locked rear end. puttputt56

I will take pictures of that (electrical switch).

Wrong gear arrived.  Right numbers on the envoice but the part didn't match the envoice. So on back order, will have to live with it for the trip to Moab, bummer!!  This is why I never got into sales, this was the third business and the third time it was wrong. I see why business are going out of business!! puttputt56

We just got back from the Moab trip, had a great time with the Jeep Club.  Got alot of sight seeing in, took lots of pictures.  Two days my wife and I road with the Jeep Club.  Had a great time riding with them. They are much to Hard Core for me and my Jeep. Glad we road with them and not taken my Jeep.  It would still be up there broken down or totaled. I road in a rock crawler 4x4 buggy and it went just about everwhere possible!! All the other Jeeps were equiped with D60s front and rear and now I see why they need them.  I would have taken my Jeep on Hell's Revenge but the day they did that we were sight seeing. The gears did great didn't have to down shift once when going up hills (I-15, I-70, Route 24, 12 and 9). We were able to maintain the posted speed limit. The right speedo gear came in now, so will get that changed out tomorrow.  puttputt56

I'm curious how long that took to cook.

A little while ago I got to wondering how long it would take to reheat pizza at 210 degrees. I can't do that well with my car, things don't cook so well at 160 degrees.

Nice Jeep puttputt56, I bet the gears will be a good improvement too, sounds like the axles will be better.

If they are left under the hood while wheeling, I bet it would work rather well. Given an amount of time that is.

Well the Jeep is getting a rear RochHard cross bar (painted it today) and I ordered the rear angle bars so they are on the way.  I welded two loops on the rear cross bar to tie things to if needed!!  I may add one loop each to the side bars not sure yet.  Now to remove the factory roll bar padding and cover so I can mount them. puttputt56

Any pics yet?
Jim

Well I did it the old fashion way, I lifted it with my head and back, placed a 2x4 under the back portion of the top and the tub.  Then lifted the front portion up and also placed a 2x4 between the top and the center cross bar of the roll bar.  All that gave me enough room to install the new bars and remove the factory padding and cover material. The instructions didn't really tell you where to place the back bar so I installed it a little too low and will later raise it up about 2" more. I got everything back together and the two doors now fit better than before, especially the drivers side. I removed the two aluminum metal strips that I installed when it had a soft top on it.  Don't need them anymore so removed them, I also installed two additional locating pins at the rear of the top.  Pictures of the bars will becoming I hope soon when my son get here after work. puttputt56

I gave my son the camera chip of all the pictures I took of the Jeep project and now hopefully he will post them soon!! puttputt56

Thanks son for posting those pictures. I guess I had removed the roll bar pictures and put those on the computer since I didn't see them on this post (guess they aren't on the camera chip anymore).

I still have to install the small air tank on its mounting plate, do some more plumbing and seal the bumper for the additional air tank and it will be ready to operate. puttputt56

Mom said she put them on a disk and the computer so I do have them just not on the chip I gave you, no problem it was like only 4 or 5 of the roll bar addition!! puttputt56

Received the protection plate for the Jeeps radiator and have it installed already.  I did alot of grinding on the rear basket this morning, painted it and now it is installed back on the Jeep.  I also made a mounting bracket for the Inverter and will install it tomorrow, location will be on the cowling over the transmission on the passenger side. It will be high enough to clear your feet yet still have good access to the switch and 110 plug-ins. Now to run the electrical lines for both the inverter and the air compressor.  Will get a fused tie-in connection so they can be isolated from the other electrical power connections.  puttputt56

You may want to post in the tech section and ask, I think Kendall or Primergrey what kind of bulkhead electrical fitting they got ... I'm pretty sure one of those two posted about it, I just can't find it ... it was a cool heavy duty fitting to tap electrical from under the hood to inside the cab.

I looked around at MadElectrical, which is where I thought they got it, but can't find it there either  

Yes Sam we will have to do that!  Our Jeep Club is doing a trip up to Swap Lake the first week in August maybe you could join us.  I will get the dates for you if interested!  Mark I already have the bulkhead connectors and they are installed. I also got them at Summit Racing (same page as the outside Battery terminals were on!!

Hope all had a great Memorial Day Weekend, I know we did!!  puttputt56

Sam they changed the dates on us and I couldn't go!  Swamp Lake was still closed so they went to Coyote Lake/Red Lake. They had 8 vehicles and spent 2 nights up there. 4 started on Friday and 4 more showed up on Saturday.

I am adding a 3"x 60" PVC Tube to my Jeep's Roof Rack to carry a few Tarp Poles (4). I also changed out the 2 Large Round Lights on the front bumper bars to two 3" x 6" Driving Lights. Can see a little better now, the others were in the way of my sight line. puttputt56

Well I fabricated a bracket to help support the hard top and roof rack to the roll bar center double bars and storage area. I had installed a 1" x 1/8" steel strap across the enter top in hopes that would give it some support, but it didn't help while driving over wash board roads (rack would vibrate to much). So now it is really secured and hope this will stop the vibration. I also made a second PVC tube to install under the first one.  Now will have enough storage for the adjustable steel poles. puttputt56

I got my Christmas present early yesterday.  I received my new upper half doors with sliding glass windows.  Have them installed already and love them.  Even the wife likes them. I also installed the second water bottle holder on the passenger side roll bar (now have one on each side). Been working on the trailer project and it is coming along a little faster now.  I installed two new shocks and made a sway bar for it, to make it more stable when I camp/sleep in it. Still have alot of welding to do, the top is mostly done, just a few minor things to tweek it! Got the rear slide locking pins installed now the top will stay on. puttputt56

Yes I have been very busy with projects around the house and of course all the work with all the Burn Survivor's events and support group activities!! By looking at my calendar I have only 5 days open that I am not doing something!! puttputt56