Haha
no probs Josh, and nice image John- too funny.
As far as progress, I don't really see myself as doing very much at all. Just tinkering and getting it ready for the road. I look at what most others that I am following here are doing, your plans included John, watching Hamish about to do his FJ to BJ conversion, Matt Mcinnes
, etc, etc, and it my works are smaller than chickenfeed.
So today, after a very late start I took a few photos and did a little work.
Got the air ducting in properly and permanently. The big square pipe from the blower to the heater core required a fair bit of caulking to get it airtight.
here is the coolant plumbing. Any time there is a 90 degree bend it is moulded into the rubber. After this photo I actually shortened the front to back length of hose (as it was sagging a little).
I realize this is a bit different to the stock set up (with supported steel pipe in places)- but aside from my rough copper bending, I am quite happy with it so far.
and with ducting in
you'll notice I unconsciously avoided taking an actual photo of the tight bend at the firewall... yeah um, the bend had to be just too tight for my lousy spring bender so that it pancaked a little. Doesn't restrict the waterflow though. I'll force myself to take a proper photo of it another time.
The position of the pipes at the heater core could have been better, but it will do. What was most crucial was the situation near the exhaust manifold and I am totally satisfied with that.