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Gary's '81 Scrambler

Well BW, I'll let the picture do the talking.....I like him (or her) being around, just not being IN my shop. So tonight when it leaves to go hunting, I will cover the pipe opening with wire mesh. He can still get down into the pipe but won't be able to fly inside. Then, I just whipped up this new condominium for him. I will mount it outside, right beside the pipe he's now flying into. Hell, I even shingled the roof, put a front porch on it, and wood-burned his name in it (to answer your original question) :thumbsup:

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If he doesn't like the new digs versus the pipe, I don't know what else I can do.....but I may rename the new condo to "The Hooter Hilton" :rotfl:

My wife wondered how we would know if he was living in the new box? Well, after a little bit of thought, I decided to put in a partial plexiglass floor! This way I can look up under the house (it will be about 20-feet high on the end of my shop) and tell if he's in there. I am filling in the bottom inside with some hamster bedding stuff (looks like big flakes of sawdust). I'll clean it off of the opening once I mount the box. In a few days, if the plexiglass floor section is covered with the bedding, I'll know he's been in there moving around!
 
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Very cool bird to find in there....

We pulled this little guy out of my basement garage last fall....he/she was quite friendly, then it found our cat door and kept trying to come in the house...with friends!
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That's awesome, John. But you have more guts than I do by grabbing that guy! Every time I have run into one, they acted pretty darn mean. You are right though, that one looks like he is posing for the camera :D
 
Gary R said:
That's awesome, John. But you have more guts than I do by grabbing that guy! Every time I have run into one, they acted pretty darn mean. You are right though, that one looks like he is posing for the camera :D
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That's my son holding it, notice the welding gloves? It's actually one of four, that were hand raised and let go by our house, but they were never invited in the house. Really pissed off my German Shepard.
 
A word to the wise........

We all know CJ-8 restoration can be expensive....but take it from me, NEVER sit down at the computer while drinking a few too many beers, and start ordering Jeep parts :D

This pile showed up within the last few days. Carted them from the house out to my shop in a wheelbarrow.

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Gary R said:
Well BW, I'll let the picture do the talking.....I like him (or her) being around, just not being IN my shop. So tonight when it leaves to go hunting, I will cover the pipe opening with wire mesh. He can still get down into the pipe but won't be able to fly inside. Then, I just whipped up this new condominium for him. I will mount it outside, right beside the pipe he's now flying into. Hell, I even shingled the roof, put a front porch on it, and wood-burned his name in it (to answer your original question) :thumbsup:

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That front porch is nice, but, I would instead suggest a dowel wrapped in something like astroturf or indoor outdoor carpet. Raptors like something they can wrap their talons around when perching and landing on a perch. Kind of simulates a branch, but with more traction. Mount the dowel parallel to the front of the box.
 
I'll make the dowel and install it late tonight, when it leaves to go out hunting. The owl is STILL living in the pipe, which is about 4" to the side of the new owl box. Perhaps this dowel will entice the bird to move into it's new condo, which has got to be MUCH more comfortable than a steel pipe!

Great idea! Thanks for passing it along!
 
Exhaust?

So I am at the point, before the tub goes back on, that I need to take my rolling chassis to an exhaust shop to run my exhaust.

I have a Chevy V-8 conversion that has an upgraded cam, bored a little over factory spec's, and I want the neighbors to know when I fire up the Scrambler :wave:

So I heard an Impala the other day with some awesome sound. Talked to the owner and he gave me the exact part/model numbers for the Flowmaster mufflers he used (I bought two of the same mufflers). Now I need to take my rolling chassis to an exhaust shop to tap into the shorty headers, then run the duals out back.

I DON'T want to run the exhaust out the sides, in front of the rear tires. I'd prefer to go out the back with the exhaust....but I here this can be tricky around the fuel tank? Does anyone have any photos they can share of how they did theirs? Even if you don't have a V-8 but DO have duals, I'd assume it would be similar in appearance? I am not going to install a catalytic converter, as we don't have to here in Texas with a vehicle of this age.

I'd appreciate your photos and/or input! :bow:
 
I don't have anything for you related to the routing, but I'm curious why you'd do this before putting the tub on. I'd think you'd be inviting clearance issues if they don't know where they can put things relative to the tub. On the other hand, you don't want them putting it in so low for fear of clearance issues that it ends up hanging down.
 
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I don't have anything for you related to the routing, but I'm curious why you'd do this before putting the tub on. I'd think you'd be inviting clearance issues if they don't know where they can put things relative to the tub. On the other hand, you don't want them putting it in so low for fear of clearance issues that it ends up hanging down.
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Can go both ways...doing the undercarriage stuff is so much easier when the tub is off....exhaust, fuel and brake lines, ect. That being said, watch those clearances! I just ended up making/installing a 5/8" body lift to take care of some clearances I was a little tight on in my "guesstimating"...
 
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I was just thinking that the exhaust shop would have a much easier time running exhaust before the tub goes back on. But I talked to two shops, and neither of them wanted to touch it without the tub on (ie: possible clearance issues, like you'll mentioned).
 
Engine is done!

Completed the engine. Here's a fuzzy iPhone photo...

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Fellas,
The brackets in the photo are just under the bulkhead and connect to the floor. Do these simply have bolts through them, or is this also an attachment point for something else too? (Oh, and it's not rusty...that's the old brown paint color where this area didn't get sand-blasted enough like the other areas :) ) I am finalizing things so I can take it to the paint shop. Then it's straight from paint to Line-X. I just want to have all my bolts in place before they shoot the tub with liner.

Thanks!
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There is another bracket underneath that attaches to it for the front post of the factory rollbar to bolt to.
 
Now I am really confused. These are the brackets inside the cab, about 5" lower, and quite far from the four bolts for the rollbar?

I may have explained the location wrong in my initial post, when I said under the bulkhead. My bad....
 
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Gary R said:
Now I am really confused. These are the brackets inside the cab, about 5" lower, and quite far from the four bolts for the rollbar?

I may have explained the location wrong in my initial post, when I said under the bulkhead. My bad....
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Your explanation was right on. Here is a picture from underneath showing the other bracket that attaches to the one you showed. The 4 bolts at the top are bolting the front post of the rollbar through the bed.The 2 (4 studs) on the left side shown are coming through from the side of the bulkhead of your bracket.

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4miles,
Thanks for the pic! Yes, those brackets are still in place on my rig. I'm wondering about the two front holes of each bracket that go straight down thru the floor of the tub? In my pic, the two empty holes. Anything inside the cab attached to those two holes, or just a bolt in each hole? Many thanks!
 
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