- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Small update. Been pretty busy with work and other stuff, been neglecting my project. I have accomplished a few things over the past few weeks, though.
Bought some new parts. These are mainly just cosmetic things, but it is nice to take a break from doing the more difficult tasks and doing little jobs that bring instant visual gratification.
New tail light assemblies, SS battery tray, windshield frame bottom gasket, and new hood hardware stuff.
One mechanical item that I bought new, exhaust manifold. I totally butchered my old one on the drill press trying to drill out the snapped off exhaust pipe to manifold studs.
Took all the painted parts that I have been storing in the back of my green scrambler and moved them to the back of the red scrambler. I mainly did this so I could start driving my green scrambler again, I have been treating it like a storage shed for too long. These parts, which are wrapped up in blankets, consist of all the roll cage pipes, dashboard, and my bulkhead. I piled up my heater box parts on top of them. I need to clean these parts before I reinstall them. Also pictured is my new gas tank.
Bolted up a new antenna assembly, mainly for instant visual gratification, but it also frees up storage space when you actually bolt the parts onto the jeep!
I also received my new polyurethane sway bar upper mount bushings. I could finally take the sway bar from the pile of parts on the floor and bolt it on where it goes. One more little task done.
Bolted on 4 new polyurethane bump stops. Easy task, but one more little task off the "To-Do-List" :-) In the future I am sure I will have to space these down to be effective. They are bolted on with 3" long bolts, so they do have room for downward adjustment.
Finally finished installing my transmission mount and torque arm bushings. Both are polyurethane. The they bolted back on fairly easy once I used the correct size bolts LOL.
Once the transmission mount installation was finalized I was able to move the remaining pile of painted parts underneath this area. This freed up space in the rear so that I would have room to bolt back in the gas tank and start working on final adjustment/installation of the rear body mounts.
Pic of clean work area under the back end of the jeep.
Not the greatest update, but it is progress. I have also been cleaning parts that I have to reuse (plastic pieces that protect gas tank, rear plastic mud guards, windshield wiper motor and linkage, gas tank filler parts, etc). I also have been buying new hardware. I have my assembled windshield frame/windshield ready to install, too. The recent cold weather has held me up, as well. I have some big assemblies ready to install but they might be waiting on 1 or 2 small parts that I need to repaint. Been too cold lately to do any painting, so progress halts on those tasks and I have to switch gears to other tasks.
Plan on installing gas tank assembly, windshield, and roll bar in the next week.
That's it for now.
Bought some new parts. These are mainly just cosmetic things, but it is nice to take a break from doing the more difficult tasks and doing little jobs that bring instant visual gratification.
New tail light assemblies, SS battery tray, windshield frame bottom gasket, and new hood hardware stuff.
One mechanical item that I bought new, exhaust manifold. I totally butchered my old one on the drill press trying to drill out the snapped off exhaust pipe to manifold studs.
Took all the painted parts that I have been storing in the back of my green scrambler and moved them to the back of the red scrambler. I mainly did this so I could start driving my green scrambler again, I have been treating it like a storage shed for too long. These parts, which are wrapped up in blankets, consist of all the roll cage pipes, dashboard, and my bulkhead. I piled up my heater box parts on top of them. I need to clean these parts before I reinstall them. Also pictured is my new gas tank.
Bolted up a new antenna assembly, mainly for instant visual gratification, but it also frees up storage space when you actually bolt the parts onto the jeep!
I also received my new polyurethane sway bar upper mount bushings. I could finally take the sway bar from the pile of parts on the floor and bolt it on where it goes. One more little task done.
Bolted on 4 new polyurethane bump stops. Easy task, but one more little task off the "To-Do-List" :-) In the future I am sure I will have to space these down to be effective. They are bolted on with 3" long bolts, so they do have room for downward adjustment.
Finally finished installing my transmission mount and torque arm bushings. Both are polyurethane. The they bolted back on fairly easy once I used the correct size bolts LOL.
Once the transmission mount installation was finalized I was able to move the remaining pile of painted parts underneath this area. This freed up space in the rear so that I would have room to bolt back in the gas tank and start working on final adjustment/installation of the rear body mounts.
Pic of clean work area under the back end of the jeep.
Not the greatest update, but it is progress. I have also been cleaning parts that I have to reuse (plastic pieces that protect gas tank, rear plastic mud guards, windshield wiper motor and linkage, gas tank filler parts, etc). I also have been buying new hardware. I have my assembled windshield frame/windshield ready to install, too. The recent cold weather has held me up, as well. I have some big assemblies ready to install but they might be waiting on 1 or 2 small parts that I need to repaint. Been too cold lately to do any painting, so progress halts on those tasks and I have to switch gears to other tasks.
Plan on installing gas tank assembly, windshield, and roll bar in the next week.
That's it for now.
) Hopefully they don't come loose, if they do I might put a small "tack" weld to keep them from loosening
But, I can finally, just barely, make out the light at the end of the tunnel, even if it still just a glimmer
