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Randyzzz Scrambler Restification Thread!

Hey Randy, the bumper you built is great. Very impressive skills. That is just what I have in mind for my 8.
 
You'll probably find out that the arms on the Anti-Rock are too long for the torsion bar to sit right in front of the grill and the arms will crash into your shock towers too from the looks of it. If you put an offset in the arms to clear the shock hoops, then the arms have a good chance to clip the tires at full lock depending on your axle width and wheel offset. Just a heads-up because that's what I'm dealing with right now with mine-
 
Randy, what did you do for power steering pressure hose? I just went to a parts store that makes hoses but they say that the fittings I need are not available. I dont really want to adapt to AN fittings unless I have to.
 
I parked the Scrambler across the street from my store, backed in, so I could stare at the front all day. I think I need to build the rear tire carrier and mount the winch before I make any rash decisions about the front bumper. I also think what's throwing me on the looks is the wide bumper with the fenders that narrow towards the front.

mysunnshine- I'm thinking I might be looking forward to the problems you described. I'm going to put some caster shims in the front end first, then see if I still feel the sway bar is necessary.

82- I used an older gearbox that uses flared fittings. This allowed me to bend my own metal lines, and I had NAPA make me up a short piece of hydraulic hose withe compression fittings at each end so I could join the metal lines together. The return is a flare to AN adapter, and all AN from there. I did find that Gates Hydraulic makes fittings so I can make my own power steering pressure line out of #6 2-wire hydraulic hose. This will come in useful when I move my gearbox forward.
 
The winter wheels came in- I mounted up one of my BFG AT's to see how it looked. My wife thinks they look better than my Centerlines.

My grandson always wants to see the Scrambler whenever they come over- he saw the big tire/wheel and had to show his mom and dad. So, he rolled it into the house (I helped a bit) and into the living room. My wife had to take some pics of Jackson and the tire (and his proud Grandpa!)

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So...yesterday I installed and wired the amps for the stereo. One permanent, one temporary until the rear sub enclosure/utility boxes are built. I guessed good on the hardware...I think I now have the capability of deafening myself at half volume. So it sounds awesome at normal listening levels. System consists of the Kenwood Nav head unit, a 750 watt amp for the front JBL separates and the rear JBL 6X9's, and a 250 watt amp for the 8" kicker subwoofer. Not thumpy, just good old live concert type sound. Drowns out the exhaust- don't know if that's a plus or not...

This morning I concentrated on more practical things. I installed some 4* steel caster shims on the front springs. This put my total caster angle at 5* sitting level. (I thought it was at 3* prior, I was on a bit of a slope and my gauge was a bit off...it was really 1*) Took it for a drive, actually the longest I have driven it yet, 45 minutes. It steers like a dream. The steering has some return to center now- not overly aggressive, just right. The roll steer is almost nonexistent. At 65 MPH, it tracks perfectly- one finger just to compensate for bumps. Feels extremely stable. All in all, I am very pleased. The only downside is that the drag link is now even closer to the frame. I have been pondering a Scout tie rod end that drops about 1/2", or possibly a different high-steer arm where the tie rod end comes up from the bottom. First I'll need to install the relocation mount for the steering box and design from there.

AND build some new bumpers. I like the ones I built in the above pictures, I'm just not feeling their "uniqueness" given what I have done elsewhere on this build. I've got them advertised locally, $450 for the pair as is or $550 for the pair powdercoated. If anyone here is interested, PM me, although I think shipping would be pricey.

I'll be building something like the second one down in this picture- shorty prerunner style.
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There's a huge temptation to just buy a Metalcloak bumper too...
 
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FWIW, I'd take the hoops off of your front one, add one winch protection hoop vertically, recess some lights into both the front and rear (because I know you're good enough to make them look "right"), and run them just like that. Much prefer what you have to those prerunner styled bumpers, but that's just me. I love what you have now in the basic bumpers. :thumbsup:
 
Normally I like the wider bumpers over the shorty ones but that probably has to do with my preferrence of more of a stock look, however once you go with tube fenders you pretty much have to go with a shorty bumper in order to take full advantage of them, plus I think tube fenders and wide bumpers looks funny.
 
As someone who got hit in the right front, I'm a fan of wider bumpers if it's a street driven rig. I see the tube fenders as increasing available uptravel, and while you can get essentially 90° approach angle to the sides of the frame with them, I don't see it being terribly practical given the lesser protection offered by not having a wider bumper. I can see what you're saying about the look of the tube fenders with wider bumpers but I don't have the same issue visually.

Just my :twocents:
 
I've got a lot of nothing done in the past weeks. Well, I did re-tumbler my ignition and door locks to match the Grand Wagoneer keys. Now I'm back to one key for both Jeeps. Makes it easy...

And I sold the Cherokee today. So the Scrambler's my Daily Driver again.
 
Sounds like your taking a well deserved break. Have fun with it. Since I've finished my Scrambler I've purchased a 95 gas Hummer H1. I'm becoming Insurance poor. Hope we can keep in touch Randy it's been fun just watching your build.
Dennis
 
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zr10054 said:
Sounds like your taking a well deserved break. Have fun with it. Since I've finished my Scrambler I've purchased a 95 gas Hummer H1. I'm becoming Insurance poor. Hope we can keep in touch Randy it's been fun just watching your build.
Dennis
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You can count on it!

And...the build is a long way from done...
 
Around town...probably about 8-10. Of course, that's because I seem to treat the throttle like an on/off switch...it's too much fun to drive mellow!

I did my first "long" drive last week, and even with temps hovering about 5 degrees for half the drive, I estimate about 20MPG. Not quite as good as I hoped for, but I'm still extremely happy. I expect it to get better once temps warm up some...
 
Sounds great! I am still waiting for the money fairy to come so I can proceed with my swap!
 
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