Work List 2012

Trim that bumper get some proper mudders and you will be ready for anything! Well done nick!

Hilltoppersx wrote:

Trim that bumper get some proper mudders and you will be ready for anything! Well done nick!

Lol I have the spare trimmed bumpeon rusty. Soon you will have it Nick!

Thanks guys, I know I know tires are next. Soon as I get mine/Jakes bumper back I'll slap it on with the Hella 4000's. Already been bugging my wife for tires, she wants to wait for tax returns gotta get a front diff guard to, should order that next week maybe, got a family trip for this weekend.

While Im in Garrett county MD/ Deep Creek Lake for my trip Im going to check around for trails. I'll report back with pics/videos If I find anything.

Since got a buzzbox for christmas, I've been learning how to weld. I was always told it's best to learn on scrap. Well, the biggest peice of scrap steel I have is my bottorf bumper. I'm getting better with more practice. As bad as them may look, I figure that crappy welds are better than no welds at all, and this piece has alot of unwelded bits.

Brian clean the metal up sone itll make life a lot easier. Also I think your welds are already better then Bottorfs lol

Long Haul wrote:

Also I think your welds are already better then Bottorfs lol

That's not saying much.

durt d1ver wrote:

Long Haul wrote:

Also I think your welds are already better then Bottorfs lol

That's not saying much.

LOL

Actually it looks like you can turn the welder up some? Not sure what size welder you have but it looks like you could run it a little hotter.

This is the welder:
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200381950_200381950

Obviously, it's not a tombstone, but for as much welding as I need to do, it's a decent entry level machine. I'm using Lincoln 1/8" 7018ac rods, at about 110amps, I could crank them up a bit still, should be easier to strike then too. I'm going to grind down some of the real shitty looking welds, and turn up the power.

durt d1ver wrote:

Long Haul wrote:

Also I think your welds are already better then Bottorfs lol

That's not saying much.

yea for real - was that a backwards compliment or what? lol

Found out today that I dont have to buy a new car, soooooooooo if I can get this engine in I MIGHT (big might) be able to make the pines trip. I obviously dont want to rush it and am taking my sweet ass time. But here is where I am.



Going to clean up under valve covers and oil pan and pick up.. Then everything will be bolted back up and plugged back in.

LockenDIFF wrote:

Thanks guys, I know I know tires are next. Soon as I get mine/Jakes bumper back I'll slap it on with the Hella 4000's. Already been bugging my wife for tires, she wants to wait for tax returns gotta get a front diff guard to, should order that next week maybe, got a family trip for this weekend.

While Im in Garrett county MD/ Deep Creek Lake for my trip Im going to check around for trails. I'll report back with pics/videos If I find anything.

Screw it dude, once my truck is back on the road you are wheelin with whatever you have on that truck.

Jake wrote:

LockenDIFF wrote:

Thanks guys, I know I know tires are next. Soon as I get mine/Jakes bumper back I'll slap it on with the Hella 4000's. Already been bugging my wife for tires, she wants to wait for tax returns gotta get a front diff guard to, should order that next week maybe, got a family trip for this weekend.

While Im in Garrett county MD/ Deep Creek Lake for my trip Im going to check around for trails. I'll report back with pics/videos If I find anything.

Screw it dude, once my truck is back on the road you are wheelin with whatever you have on that truck.

I agree, I'll wheel these tires for now, Im not going to sit home just cause I have small AT tires And really they are not bad tires just little.

THE NEW ENGINE IS IN!!!!!! All thanks to my wonderful beautiful girlfriend who controlled the hoist while I lined everything up. It may have took quite a few tries but she is in and the bottom two bolts on the bell housing are on. Will have it running by this weekend for sure.

Good job Jake, now you have 3 days to get it pines ready.

durt d1ver wrote:

Good job Jake, now you have 3 days to get it pines ready.

No doubt in my mind I could probably slap it all back together and make the trip but after throw the money down for this engine and then gettting the water pump fixed on the VW I'm runnin low on funds..

We should do another trip to the pines in like March

Jake wrote:

durt d1ver wrote:

Good job Jake, now you have 3 days to get it pines ready.

No doubt in my mind I could probably slap it all back together and make the trip but after throw the money down for this engine and then gettting the water pump fixed on the VW I'm runnin low on funds..

We should do another trip to the pines in like March

do you remember the last pines trip we took in April of last year? you were in my tent freezing ur tits off.

Hilltoppersx wrote:

Jake wrote:

durt d1ver wrote:

Good job Jake, now you have 3 days to get it pines ready.

No doubt in my mind I could probably slap it all back together and make the trip but after throw the money down for this engine and then gettting the water pump fixed on the VW I'm runnin low on funds..

We should do another trip to the pines in like March

do you remember the last pines trip we took in April of last year? you were in my tent freezing ur tits off.

Yea I didnt forget - I am a lot more prepared now.. I dont plan on showing up with a 60 degree sleeping bag and a hooded sweat shirt

Front diff cover resealed, and fluids topped off and ready for the trip.Still have lots off shit to do but its a disco so thats normal.

devildog01 wrote:

Front diff cover resealed, and fluids topped off and ready for the trip.Still have lots off shit to do but its a disco so thats normal.

does your truck still smell like man love and semen?

The fan clutch Joel sent me didnt end up to be to my liking so I went back to the ultra noisey HD Chevy fan. The temps kept climbing so I put that fan clutch back in stuck a massive funnel in the radiator fill hole and just ran the piss out of the truck. I believe I finally got all the air out of the system and the fan clutch helped. Drove it to the hardware store to pick up hardware, tools and silicone sealant for the snorkel install tomorrow and ran between 177-188, I am happy with that. Although I keep getting two codes. I have read on dweb it is could be related to bent tab/tabs on reluctor ring that the crank shaft sensor reads. If they are that easy to bend I am sure I did. Going to drop the inspection plate and spin the crank and see what I see.

Here's my list for the week

Wednesday
Install snorkel
look for exhaust leak

Thursday
Install new CKPS cover heat shield thingy now that I figured out how to take them off correctly
fix reluctor ring
fix exhaust leak

Friday
Install Jag Engine Mounts - My current mounts are so shot the studs are like 1/2" difference on either side and the rubber is splitting...
Maybe replace my broken mirror and clean/organize my truck

All of this in preperation for the trails road run this weekend, should be a good time!

Practicing gluing metal together more. Since someone stole my hitch shackle mount, I decided to try building one. I took 2 trailer drawbar's, cut off the ball mount, welded them together, then onto the draw tube. The 1" holes drilled in it for the ball shank will accept a 7/8 shackle. So far:

Started with two of these:


and ended with this:

NICE! where did you steal those from? did you sell your boat yet?

I had a bunch of them laying around. After lifting my truck, the one I was using was the wrong height. I also had one from when I had my frontier before my Disco. No, I didnt sell the boat yet. I have another bar with a 6" drop for moving the boat.

Welds looking a lot better looks like you're mastering the machine

Couple more hours of puttin down beads and you'll be able to quit being a pig grow your hair long and smoke some of that grass you been "confiscating" at your new welding buisness!