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FlagJeep Build - A Rookie Build

I am way to jealous to congratulate you at the moment !


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The shop also has a concrete pit for working under vehicles and a giant garage door on the side. Once I get a heat source in there it is well insulated. And hopefully by this weekend I have satelite TV out there.

There is also a chance I may talk a friend into setting up a home brew co-op where I contribute some space and get a regular stream of home brew. That would work out nicely.

That is all I have got at this point.
 
Man can never have enough garage space.

If Man does, he can rent it out until he needs it.

Rent in this case can also equal wrenching help from friends who need it.

Awesome garage. :drool:
 
The shop is almost ready for some Jeep work

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Not entirely cleaned up yet, but got the camper and flatbed trailer in with the Scrambler. Another week of work and the shop could be halfway organized. Now that I am in for Moab, I need to actually get back to work on the Scrambler. At least I have some room to work on it now.



Gonna try to clean it up before more pics!
 
Holly crap... thats a garage! ! It like a mini homedepot...... I see the carpet section on the right. .lol

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Gotta get the jeep ready for Moab in May. This past week it started making some bad drivetrain noises. After fearing it was the transfer case, I took it to the transmission shop and the guy was nice enough to ride with me and identified it as a u-joint going bad. Once they checked closer it was the rear u-joint in the cv on the rear driveshaft. Should get fixed while I am off on vacation with the family this week, then it is time for moab prep after that.
 
Time to get back after it

It's been awhile since I have been on here. Moab was fun, showed that my clutch linkage was a weak point. That was fixed somewhat soon after, should throw a pic or two up for that.

Since then we have cut, split and almost have finished stacking 25 cords of pine that was cut on our property to reduce wildfire risk, and to eventually heat the big garage after a year to season the wood.
Had my first ever elk hunt, it went pretty well. The first day my friend's daughter got an 8x7 (he is a very good hunter), the second day of hunting I got a decent 6x6 (rookie)
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I was lucky enough for mine to fall into a ravine, and being a hunting rookie I had a dull knife. Good memories.

Also had a deer hunt, that was unsuccessful but involved a lot of Scrambler driving miles. I had my nine year old daughter out hunting, so we took the camper and slept comfortably, and drove a long distance each day to where we hunted. The roads were crap, and it once again helped show another opportunity to work on the Jeep.

It started clicking, proportional to speed, when going uphill. By the end of the hunt, and once home driving on pavement, it was easy enough to hear the continuous clicking proportional to speed. Hopefully it is just another u-joint and not t-case or rear diff. Or anything else expensive/time consuming.

So, time to get back to work on it. Winter is about here (although it has been raining instead of snowing), so time to work in the garage again.
 
Turned out the driveshaft still had some damage from Moab, and I had also forgotten to balance the driveshaft since replacing the slip yoke. Not sure how that slipped my mind, but it is doing much better now.

Now I have things torn apart to put in a Tuffy console, stereo, relocate the CB and finish up the seat belts for the rear row. Getting back into the mode of working on the Jeep versus just driving it to work daily.
 
A tough time

I lost my Brother-in-law Brent March 1st to a sand rail accident at the Imperial Dunes outside of Yuma. The fortunate part was that the other four passengers made it out, including his 8 year old son, my nephew. It has been a tough month, and he was a big part of this Scrambler build, basically the one that gave me confidence to dive in and do it. He also was a huge help with the body/paint, full float axle conversion and a lot of other mini-projects and is the one that pushed me to put in the 5.3L Vortec which I think has worked out great. He was always a phone call away for advice or encouragement as well, and when I hit a frustration point with the project he would tell me "The monster only eats when you feed it, let it sit for awhile until you feel like working on it again". Now I am to a point again where I need to finish up some more mini-projects on the Jeep and get it out to enjoy with the family.

Today would have been his 44th birthday, a tough time for our family, but there is comfort in his faith and ours that we will be together again someday.

I am glad he was able to make it to Moab with me to spend a couple days on trail in the Scrambler we built together and hang out with the SOA group. He also really enjoyed the third day where he went out on trail with the extreme group.

A picture of him driving the Scrambler in Moab and a picture of him enjoying some air in the sandrail are below.
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Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. You know he loved the jeep and he always will be looking over you with it (your guardian angel).
 
So sorry to hear about Brent. I really enjoyed meeting you two in Moab last year and was looking forward to another event.
We will keep his family and yours in our prayers.
 
Rain has finally stopped falling during our dry season. Top is off, took the kids to swim.

Installed a tuffy console and stereo and dash speakers so it feels a little nicer to drive. Rear seat belts installed.

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Great to see all of you enjoying your "8". :thumbsup: :wave:
 
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