Alot of work has been done but very few things really stand out as large achievements. I've plumbed the rig and welded on about every bracket I can think of. I did a lot of running around digging up the parts for the propane etc. I got the battery box welded in and acquired about everything for the electrical. After I had everything welded on the frame and installed to make sure it fit I unbolted everything and painted the rig with Hammered Silver. After that I started the bolt on process. I had to make a few trips to the exhaust shop getting a muffler and some tubing I could bend to make the exhaust fit. I also welded the front top shock mounts on and setup the bump stops for the rear. I have around 5" of up-travel on all 4 corners. I also installed the proportioning valve for the rear discs and the line lock on the front so I can do rear burns. I also installed some ARP knuckle studs on Tuesday night. Today James came over and started cleaning up the motor and removing all the unnecessary junk tha
Here are the pics.
Driveshafts built...
Building front winch pivot point bar that will be used so the front winch can suck down the front axle.
Tabs for panels welded on
Tcase removed so 4.7's and twin sticks can be installed.
Dash panel cut
Rear expanded deck installed
Starting exhaust.
Had to bend these 1.75" x 16ga tubes to go under the xmember but stay above the belly skid. Luckily I had the die for my bender :)
The muffler is going to move out of this spot and in front of the expanded so my shocks have more clearance. (I think)
A shot after the paint.
Some homemade diff breathers like the ones TG sales (I actually got the stuff for these like 2 days before TG started selling theirs :) ) Dino1967 gave me the idea. The breathers are from the suzuki shop and the rest is 1/4 NPT with a barb'd fitting.
Tcase installed with MC twin sticks and MC 4.7 gears.
Some block offs James did tonight.
Proprtioning valve
More blockoffs. Much cleaner :)
Chevy V8 fuel pump block off plate fit the toyota one really good. Thanks for the tip BJack.
Front shock.
Dash panel with 12v guy panel and summit digital guages.
Rear bump stops.
Seat belt brackets with 1/2 bolt and a pin drilled through them.
Twin sticks again :)
I wire brushed the alum dash and wire panel.
Fuse panel under the dash.
Wiring in the back.
Propane hoses. Just the vacumm line left to hookup.
Expanded on the roof. I've got a softtop for the rainy days.
Latest photos....
Welp that's it. I plan on working sat/sun and hoping it fires up and I can drive it. The list is getting much smaller.
Thanks for looking..