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Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:30 am

chubby53 wrote: Looks good, tell your kid that his welds look better than mine. lol. Is it connected to the stock bumper mounts? i would be nervous smashing into anything solid in fear of bending up the front end.

thanks and i will let him know. the bottom of the front apron is rusted out so we plan on running tubing up from the beam to add support. the skidplate will mount to the that tubing. today, i did smack a pine to see what would happen and the hood and what left of the apron did a crumple/twisto flex so the added support is in order.

Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:14 am

started fabbin up my 3"body lift. it's going better than expected. I've got my daughter all weekend, so won't be able to work on it again til monday., hopefully will finish my lift then.

Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:26 pm

finally getting my engine build this week

Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:50 pm

Tore that sucker down for a freshen up.

Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:37 pm

Installed new battery, looked for electrical faults, Found a fuel leak at carb.

Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:45 pm

I got my rear lights working. had to ground them, duh. just need headlights and offroad wheels and tires and its ready

Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:10 pm

Drove it in the rain and cold.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:53 pm

Been awhile since last I posted.
I've got my pillar in, quarter's in, doors sorta shut. Started on the cage. Got the main tubes bent and I do mean bent. Should have invested in a decent tube bender. Most of the other tubes are cut.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:14 pm

I had a wicked vibration from the floor and the gas tank mounting points. I took it apart and installed new rubber pads. I also finished rebuilding the carb (8 days later from the start).

Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:14 pm

i got one side of my body lift fabbed up, ran out of gas for my welder, then cleaned my shop up. getting more gas tommorrow. yippeee

Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:40 pm

Disassembled intake manifold so I can remove carb, Plan on replacing intake boots and partially rebuild carb.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:45 pm

Finally got it rolling again.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:54 pm

got my gas, started welding, cutting, grinding some more

Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:26 am

found a ford bronco roof rack in my store room
thought to myself "man it looks like its made to fit on a lip... hey i wonder if"

bamn, free roof rack, thank god my old man had a bronco :)

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:55 am

Last weekend I got the T-4 motor out of the 411. Last night I sold my "old" motor out of my rail. This weekend I'm picking up some carbs, clutch kit and installing in rail. I hope all goes well. I've got lost of loose ends to get it going though.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:09 pm

Finished setting up a clamp for the muffler I got off a Honda Shadow 700 V-Twin. Sounds good not too loud, not too quiet. Best part is the muffler was FREE :D

Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:50 pm

added a little to bumper to keep the trees from hanging between the bumper and the fender.

when the kids got home from school we went for a ride through the woods and a few passes through the front yard zippy hole.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:47 pm

finished building my body lift, just got a couple small welds left and to drill the holes

Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:51 pm

I walked by my car sitting in the garage wishing that we were in the desert. Looks like we may make a day run to Anza Borrego park on Saturday.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:57 pm

I must be hitting the same rock on the Crown King road
August

Last week

Today I cut it off straighted it out and rewelded it.

Took the transaxle out to fix a pulled stud in the front mount.
Next stop the car wash the oil cooler leak made quite a mess.