A.J.'s Runner - "Please Stand-by"...Product Review

[CTENG in KS]

Looks good AJ! 

So, what is going beside the gas tank?  Your MiniSimp box? 

Air tank.

[unclejpl4x4]

Im lost   let me see if i got  this right.

your making a skid plate for the spare tire  sfor trees/rocks right....................... I tho yyou where gona move it case it looked funny or am i just lost

[CTENG in KS]

You are lost...I am not going to move it.  At least not right now.

[CTENG in KS]

Ain't much, but here is an update so DTB doesn't get bored.  I know the joints aren't lined up well, it is just tacked up there to see if I got it the right size.  I do.  It will be coming off tomorrow to get cleaned up and fully welded.   

[Rocksurfer]

Interesting mount there, keeps it inside the bedline and you'll have a cushion if it leans hard enough to the right side.

[CTENG in KS]

Yup, I am keeping everything tight up against the body.
I was busy today...

[CTENG in KS]

Alrighty...I gots to bust out some last gussets, but this is about all the cage I am gonna build before we go to Tellico.

[CTENG in KS]

I kinda wanna come up with something cool to put in the triangle on the back.  Any ideas?

I wanna dedicate this post to a little thing I am calling super-gusset.  I broke out my fake tig skilz for this one.

[skipnrocks]

man sweet gussets!!!  lookin good!

[unclejpl4x4]

be cooler if U plasma cut AJ in 2 one

[CTENG in KS]

All my fittings and hoses are here for the fuel cell.  I am just waiting on joints to finish one thing, then I pull the old tank.

I put together the mount for the fuel pump.  It will be welded on the inside of the frame rail round where the gas tank is now.

[Duffil]

All my fittings and hoses are here for the fuel cell. I am just waiting on joints to finish one thing, then I pull the old tank.

drugs are bad, mmmkay?

[DTB]

party at AJs 

[CTENG in KS]

Joints are here!  tIME TO partay! 

[skipnrocks]

so will your carrier accomidate a larger tire or are you planning on stickin with what ya got for a while?

[CTENG in KS]

The carrier should accomodate up to a 38x12.5 spare.  I would like to snag a 38.5x11 bogger or something like that.

[unclejpl4x4]

Now I get it   I like iT 

[CTENG in KS]

Crappy day outside today.  Only one thing to do...GUSSETS!

[unclejpl4x4]

now I have a ?  this has been buging me for a while.

Ok you guys build Yo EXos  how the F do you get the welds on the inside + what do you use/put down  so you don't burn the paint.

[THK Matt]

now I have a ?  this has been buging me for a while.

Ok you guys build Yo EXos  how the F do you get the welds on the inside + what do you use/put down  so you don't burn the paint.

good question Joe.

[CTENG in KS]

First you tack it all together real good, then remove a big section.  Fully weld the parts you can then put the section back on the truck.  Unfortunately, when building an exo, there will usually be a few joints where you can only weld about 2/3 of it.  Nature of the beast.  Try and plan for it the best you can.

Bend a peice of sheetmetal and slide it under the joint before you weld.

[unclejpl4x4]

[CTENG in KS]

Did the part I was dreading.  I had to cut the tank out, every bolt rounded off.  Rusted nastiness.  The fuel pump has to go somewhere in this area.   

[Duffil]

what is that brown, flaky, rust colored thing under your runner? with all the tubes bolted to it?

[CTENG in KS]

What, that frown face wanna be gas tank that holds about 10 gallons of fuel?

[Duffil]

What, that frown face wanna be gas tank that holds about 10 gallons of fuel?

no actually I meant your frame.

didn't we (read: CJ) beat that tank back into shape?

[CTENG in KS]

That ain't bad, just surface rust.  NOTHING like the back end stuff I cut off of there.  It will get cleaned up and painted when I weld the tray for the pump on this weekend.

[Greencorey]

Hey A.J how do you like those shackles? Who made them "BFE" ?

[CTENG in KS]

Yes.  They work pretty well.  I am not sure BFE is around anymore.

[DTB]

now I have a ?  this has been buging me for a while.

Ok you guys build Yo EXos  how the F do you get the welds on the inside + what do you use/put down  so you don't burn the paint.

You build the exo first (tack weld), remove it and fully weld and then put it on the truck