Willy Nilly

[skipnrocks]

Alright time for a few updates,  first things first, I finally got myself a tow rig, and it pulls like a beast so heres a pic.


And a pic of my new toy just for kicks,  I got it a earlier this year but have been lazy posting because of school. 

[skipnrocks]

Alright time for the real updates,  here are some pics of the jeep, and the updates that have been done since the last post.  No photoshop this time i promise.

first my jeep at full droop   :Muscleman:


And here it is drooping with the shocks and everything attached











and these last few are the bumpers




The front bumper you can see it has the 12000lb winch on it, and the rear bumper will have the dual exhaust coming through as well as the backup lights and blinkers,   should be cool.

[skipnrocks]

heres some more photos of what I got going on.    Finishing up the engine cage.

john grinding up a weld on the rear bumper


Another from a diagonal


I will try to get some more pics up over the weekend

[CTENG in KS]

That plywood is sweeeet!

[skipnrocks]

That plywood is sweeeet!

  ya like that,  wait till i get the staple gun out and get the whole body done up like that,  roll it and just goto the hardware store and patch her right up  
LOL can you picture it 

[skipnrocks]

Alright a few more updates!
Rear bumper tacked in,  not yet gusseted or attached skid plate.






And a couple of the sliders w/o the top rail.  So i photoshoped one in so every one would have an idea of what i have planed







And then this last image is my cage extension,  since the new body is a bit longer than the old i have to extend the cage out so this is what I have planed.  It will have a mount on the tail gate area and one on the slanted portion for the spare tire,  one for city driving, and the other to get it out of the way on the trail. 

[skipnrocks]

Alright guys over Christmas break at home with the folks my dad had destroyed the grapplers on my grandfathers skid loader doing his home remodel.  So on my limited time frame I got to work and this is what I came up with.  Two pins and the whole assembly will come off, or if you just need the teeth out of the way a pin allows each individual tooth fall off.  Not a traditional 4x4 but hey it's got four wheels and I got to fab something cool for it.

[skipnrocks]

Got a new waterproof toy for my rig.  Check it out. 







Should be cool,  you can download maps of trails all over the US. Canada, and mexico.  I read a story from a guy with one and it told him how to get off this trail and took him to a cattle tunnel that his rig just fit through to get him back on the trail.  Plus I can mount it to my motorcycle for the trips I take every year. 

[skipnrocks]

Anybody ever heard of overkill engeneering axles?  Check em out let me know what ya think

[Mega Baby Huey]

Check this guys,  A buddy of mine in montana tried to drive  through a "shallow" pond.   I had to laugh at him.  Of course his truck was fine, after draining a gallon or so of water out of the oil pan.  Pulling the air box, and draining that, and pulling the plugs and sucking the water out of the cylinders.    Its ok to laugh, im his best friend and thats exactly what I did.  

yota85truck and i did something very similar to this in ouray! his is a carb. mie's EFI...he sprayed carb cleaner into the intake and the water came out the top! we had to pull mine down the mountain to work the water out of the pistons! LOL

[skipnrocks]

Alright guys heres a meager update,  hope to have lots more late this weekend.  anyways here are a few of the things that are getting worked on. 


finnished slider

radiator

rear view of new lower link mounts

[skipnrocks]

One more of how the upper link mount will be fitting in

[topar]

looking good! 

[skipnrocks]

Thanks,
I hope its worth all this work,  this will be my first hardcore trail rig. 

[mickeyfinn]

looks great

[skipnrocks]

Thanks guys.     This week is my spring break so I am going to try have alot of progress, and put up lots of pix. 

Starting with these few. 


Final resting place of the upper link mount. 



And here is one of the new link mount on the diff. 



And this last one is of the son of the guy who owns the shop where my jeep lives.  He was having fun playing with the jeep this weekend. 






Anyways I hope to get the four link done today and get some new pix,  I also want to get some of the finnished fiberglass body. 

[skipnrocks]

Alright heres the four link in its final resting spot.  Flexes full cycle no binding or swaying, still have a bit of finnishwelding but shes a rolling chassis again.  WOO HOO!!!  Oh and I trying to get the body back tonight or tomorrow so hopefully you all will see some big progress asap. 

[mickeyfinn]

 That's some really nice work. love the detail. keep them coming

[mickeyfinn]

What are you doing about the drive shaft. it's hard to tell by the pics, but with the flex you are showing, your shaft is going to hit your mount

[topar]

Looks good  Keep it up!

[skipnrocks]

What are you doing about the drive shaft. it's hard to tell by the pics, but with the flex you are showing, your shaft is going to hit your mount

Actually its hard to tell but the bar with the lower link mounts on it sits right under the output shaft, the cv will come out about 4 inches before it drops down to the axle, so it clears the whole assembly quite nicely.  Oh and the transfercase mount isnt in there, so the t-case will be about 2 in  higher.  I am getting the double cv shafts from highangle.

[mickeyfinn]

[skipnrocks]

alright went to get the body they didnt have it done.  they wanted me to make sure it was put together right since they screwed up the first time,  so I guess monday they will be doing the finishing glass work.  Anways heres some pics.  They did do some nice work even not finnished the lines are pretty good.  Not many people would notice that the floor board on the firewall portion was moved into the engine space 2in on top and 4 on the bottom.  Or the nitch for the distributer to fit into.  Alright sorry for rambling heres the pics. 

[skipnrocks]

Alright trying to adress some handling issues.  I want to run this rok-n-loc system but they are too wide for the front of my rig.  any suggestions,  is there anyone that could build me custom shafts that will better fit my frame?? 


Any help would be much appreciated.    thanks

[Max Heintz]

i like the skid loader, thats a pretty sweet set up

[skipnrocks]

i like the skid loader, thats a pretty sweet set up

Thanks man its the only current working thing on this whole darn post.  LOL

[mickeyfinn]

i like the skid loader, thats a pretty sweet set up

and jeep is pretty cool too just messin with you  

[skipnrocks]

and jeep is pretty cool too just messin with you  

Thanks man.

[skipnrocks]

Its official.  I have my drivelines on the way,  two double c/v hd driveshafts from highangle, and second official announcement.  I will be running this dual rate sway bar up front, the oro swayloc, and a currie antirock in the rear.  Everybody cry with me my pockets have holes in them andmy walletis much much lighter. 

[skipnrocks]

Alright here are a few pics from screwing around at the shop.  Keep in mind that the front suspension is sitting flat because i didnt have nitrogen to put in the shocks, and nothing to counter the weight of the motor.  That being said there is about 35in under the front tire, and 33 under the rear.  I am going to try to max it out when I get air in the shocks.  I have my estimates on how much this thing will flex but I will save my guesses till I actually test it out. 











And these last two are of my plans for moving the rear shocks.  I know if I would just make up my mind this thing would probably be done but hey,  got to get it right.   This will allow the frame to be cleaned up to allow the swaybars to cycle in the rear. 


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