Juds One Ton Single Cab

[Blingn]

i got a seat Jud going in thursday let me know

[Jud]

i got a seat Jud going in thursday let me know

I'm pretty sure I can't go until Friday evening if I make it even riding with somebody. I will deff keep it in mind though!

[Jud]

Here's some pics of the motor mounts. I moved the motor up a little for more clearance for when I eventually link it. They're just my old RockStomper mounts welded to the stock motor mount brackets then some 1.75x.120 tubing left over from my cage and some random angle iron I had in my bucket of fun. I love not paying anything while building new stuff...

Drivers Side





Passenger Side





I noticed my frame was tweaking a little right on this bend so I laid some 1.5"x1/4" flat steel down and weldedit to the frame to dispurse some force away from the center of the bend.



Probably gonna leave the intake here, I may move the evap canister and raise the intake a little higher.



I cut the cage off, welded all the back sides of the joints, painted it black and welded it back on. I like it alot better black...



Now I'm REALLY debating on narrowing the front end when I start bending tube or keeping it the full width of the stock hood.

[jimbo74]

might as well jsut dovenose it now.... you know you will want to later......

[Jud]

might as well jsut dovenose it now.... you know you will want to later......

Yea but everybody and their brothers dovenose everything these days. Maybe I'll make it narrower that stock but still not fully pinched...

[<MIKE>]

Yea but everybody and their brothers dovenose everything these days. Maybe I'll make it narrower that stock but still not fully pinched...

x2 i think just a "mild Dove"  would look dope.

[Doof]

shits looking pretty good. glad to hear you dialed in the cage finally.... pinch it and call it a day, like what jimbo said. you will end up doing down the road when your not happy with the half pinch. do it right the first time and dont look back

[Jud]

Well having no money means SLOW progress.

I built a battery tray the other day and finally used some old garage door opener chain track T iron I've had around forever to build a radiator mount. I also got a lot of the wiring re taped up and the AFM wire extended.

Here's a few pics of the battery tray, I used some angle iron I had laying around. I know a ratchet strap tiedown is "ghetto" but the way I've got it setup it's legit.

[Jud]

Got a new job today, start Thursday.

Hopefully there will be steady updates soon...

[snowshoebrue]

sweet, what you gonna be doing?

[Jud]

sweet, what you gonna be doing?

Lube Tech/Shop pregnant dog at Walkers Automotive in Modesto.

[brockbuilt85]

bout time you got back to work slacker

[gnarrkill]

Lube Tech/Shop pregnant dog at Walkers Automotive in Modesto.

we have the same job hah you will be suprised the places they put oil filters now days

[Steve_925]

ratchet straps are for real men

[Jud]

bout time you got back to work slacker

Yea I know finally, I've been laying soooo low lately

we have the same job hah you will be surprised the places they put oil filters now days

This isn't my first ball game... Some manufacturers are stupid as .

ratchet straps are for real men

touche

[gnarrkill]

totally agree bro. also air filter placements. i work for a gm dealership. and its stupid on what some of the designers do now.

[-Jake-]

we have the same job hah you will be suprised the places they put oil filters now days

my wife has to take the oil filter off her Lexus IS.  I can't get my arm down in the tiny hole.  I think they designed it for tiny asians or something 

[brockbuilt85]

ratchet straps are for real men

x2

[P-DiseToy24]

How many feet of tubing do you think your used?  and that's 1 3/4 right?

[Jud]

How many feet of tubing do you think your used?  and that's 1 3/4 right?

On my Cage?

I used just shy of 4 sticks with enough left over to build a fender hoop for my trailer and have a few couple foot pieces laying around.

[Jud]

Pulled it off the trailer and back into the yard yesterday. I got some new (used) 14" ProComp ES3000's from a buddy for the rear, I'm hoping they wont limit droop but we will see. I finally got a EQ (ARC Audio XEQ) for my stereo, I've been running my ipod straight into my amps but you can only get so much out of that because of the ipod having close to 0 output power. That also cleaned up alot of stereo wiring, I use to have to run five RCA Y's to make up all 6 channels. Now I have 2 channels going into the EQ then the 6 channels coming out of that. I also upgraded from my entry level JL RCA's to JL Marine RCA's, they should hold up to weather alot better (even though I've never had a problem with it)





I also put my half doors on it and started to pinch the front fenders in. I'm going to cut the hood probably tomarrow.

[P-DiseToy24]

front end is gunna look tight. You still gunna keep the tube on the inside of the fenders?

[Jud]

front end is gunna look tight. You still gunna keep the tube on the inside of the fenders?

No tube yet, I don't have a bender and it will be a while before I can buy one. I moved back to Modesto from Chico a while ago and I have no buddies down here with benders, super wack.

[Jud]

Got a little further on it today. The headlight mounts are temporary until I get a bender and tube. I ended up self tapping my fender to my hood and cut the fenders in half right about at the fire wall.

[P-DiseToy24]

haha thats sweet with the fenders conected to the hood... lol looks crazy

[brockbuilt85]

the front end kinda reminds me of a willys

[bigarms23]

i like the look are you going to run a fj crusier grill

[locked 4x4]

Is that the stock radiator?  it looks tall for some reason

[Jud]

Is that the stock radiator?  it looks tall for some reason

Yeap it's the stop radiator. I really wanna get a side tank radiator for it, Never had a overheating problem, I just like the idea that if the coolant gets low it'll still flow through the fins.

[toyotanner]

is that some crazy bird feeder on the top of your truck?