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SLC97SR5

IDIesel
Location
Davis County
Waxed the Ford and replaced the bug shield after installing the new engine. Also swapped out the 3 pillar gauge pod for a 4. I could not find a matching AutoMeter gauge that displayed oil psi and coolant temperature so I used a glow shift unit.
 

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Hickey

Burn-barrel enthusiast
Supporting Member
I started my weight loss program after being inspired by Bart and a few other guys. I pulled the bumper, spare tire and carrier, and Teraflex tailgate hinge.

The goofy hinge hardware is temporary. New OEM hinges arrived yesterday. I need to sort out new rear coils, as the ride quality is way too stiff and the ride height came up TWO INCHES.

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Next will be chopping off the rear crossmember and building a new rear bumper something like this:

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zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
It's been a busy last couple of weeks.

We started by getting the transmission temperature gauge and front locker wired up in my son's WJ.

He decided on a location for the front locker switch where it was easily reached yet out of the way from getting bumped. We also installed an indicator light that illuminates when the locker is engaged.
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Wiring switch and indicator light. You can also see the 2” diameter hole at the other side of this panel where the transmission temperature gauge will reside within easy viewing from the driver’s seat.
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Mocked into place.
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Wires ran through the firewall grommet. Wiring going down to the locker and sensor in split loom casing and power wire ran in abrasive loom casing ran along the left fender, across the underside of the core support following the hood release cable and to the power distribution.
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Next up on his WJ is to fabricate the front winch bumper and rock sliders which I think we are planning on tackling right after Christmas.
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
I then decided to knock another project off of my white board in the mean time.

All projects should start with a very detailed and accurate drawing. [emoji23]
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Inserts/slugs ready for drilling and tapping.
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Tapping 1/2”-13 threads.
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Two down two to go.
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Threaded slugs pressed into the 1” square tube after removing the weld seam inside of the tubing and during the welding process.
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Ends welded and Rosette welds completed and ready to fine tune on the disc sander.
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Ready to weld the verticals to the lower blocks.
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More pics in next post......
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
Axle fixture continued....

Next was to cut two pieces of .375” x 3” plate to the length of 11” and clamp in the mill vise to drill three holes in each. I figured if I decide to bolt these to the fabrication table I’ll be glad I drilled the holes prior to welding everything together.
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Measured the mounts for proper location of the vertical tubes.
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Lower halves completed.
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This is how they will roughly be spaced on my fabrication table.
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I wiped them down with wax & grease remover and painted them semi-gloss black.
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And that brings me up to where I'm at now.

Next up will be to cut and machine the upper portion of the clamps then the axle fixture is completed and ready for use.

Thanks for looking.

Mike
 

YROC FAB.

BUGGY TIME
Vendor
Location
Richfield, UT.
A couple months ago we was in a gnarly trail and chad broke a front axle u joint. On the way down he got wedged in this hole and i had to pull him with my winch as pictured. The tire that is wedged is also the one with the broken joint. While just pulling him with all the weight on that wedged tire it bent his upper ear on his innner c. It was straight right before this because we had pictured of the broken shaft then. Sadly when the shaft broke it bent and tore a chunk of his brand new Solid knuckles. Hes finally wised up and got all knew Yukon shafts with their super ujoints so we got it in the shop to straighten things out.

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I tried one of my trailer scissor jacks and some heat and was just bending the jack. i then made this small screw jack out of a 7/8" ubolt and plenty of lube on the threads and it straightend it out with any heat no problem.
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i fit in a chunk of 3/8 plate and pre heated the hell out of it and tigged it with some 309l and a good post heat too. 80221119_447611622819992_7083189347926671360_n.jpg79813615_544197263103066_7423751804636102656_n.jpg

I had some gussets on my upper ears that you weld in the corners but just recently i had to cut them out to get them to turn past 28* so we didnt want to weld any of those in. i ended up welding in a chunk of 3/8 plate with a decent preheat on everything and one hell of a plug weld in it as well. We welded one of those plates on both sides since the other side was also apart for the new shaft.

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