Recent content by The Machinist

Clearing out some stuff in the garage, let me know if you are looking for anything. Prices are negotiable and I'm open to trades, make me an offer! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3010768019262564/ https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1274268690920463/...

It is such a blast! You are almost there!

I've thoroughly enjoyed this project.

I'm still waiting on my buddy to upload all of the pictures and videos from Rubithon, but for now I'll just say that this truck performed flawlessly and was such a blast to drive! I think this is the perfect setup for the Rubicon; short wheelbase, narrow track width, decent ground clearance, but...

Quick disconnect air chuck in the wheelwell worked out perfectly. The manifold on the ARB has a nearly straight shot to a factory hole in the bed support that is perfectly sized for a bulkhead fitting.

I stole the seats out of my landcruiser, they fit nicely in here. I also ordered a set of door cards on ebay. They came from Thailand and are really good! Someday I'll track down all of the missing trim pieces.

For the sliders, I made some frame plates out of 3/16" x 3" flat bar and each leg is gusseted. The welds are not quite as pretty as the ones some of you guys are making, but they are plenty strong. Its pretty challenging to get into some of the tight corners under the truck!

I added a voltmeter and charge ports to the dash. I also ran power to the bed to power my old 12v fridge. Loomed and insulated everything and tucked away as much of it as was reasonable. Tried to keep the wiring somewhat clean. I got bored one night after work and rigged up a high idle switch...

Knowing that the group I was going to be wheeling with on the Rubicon always shows up late and that we were planing to go from Loon Lake to Rubicon Springs in one day, I decided to put some rock lights in. I ended up using 3 KC Cyclone lights with the frosted lenses. I bought the magnet mounts...

Electrical stuff: ARB compressor got mounted under the bed using a plate I had laser cut and 4 nutserts. I was worried about heat from the exhaust so I put some fiberglass backed heatsheilding that was leftover from my 1HZ turbo install on the muffler. Works great. I've had this set of light...

Re-geared the rear diff to match the front I did previously. This one went a lot more smoothly now that I sorta knew what I was doing. Go ahead internet, tell me how I got the pattern wrong. :lol: For those playing along at home.... be very careful with your ARB air line routing around the...

Converted from manual to power steering using a stock power steering box and pump that I got from rockauto. The new engine I put in already had the pump bracket so that made swapping in the parts pretty easy. The pitman arm on the manual steering box really fought me though... I ended up needing...

Along with the new shackles, I also drew up a set of bump stop extensions to use an extra set of big bumstops I've had sitting around for a few years. I've been wanting an excuse to try some tab and slot parts and these worked out perfectly. I made them in an I-beam shape for clearance on the...

Swapped in the shorter rear shackles I had made, then later decided to make some slightly shorter versions of the Skys Offroad boomerang shackles to better suit the springs I setup on this truck. Also got the new driveshafts in from Tom Woods. Both are heavy wall tubing and the front is the...

I was going to wait to update this thread until my buddy uploaded all the pictures from the Rubicon trip, but it been over a month now so I guess I'll get a head start. Rear axle came out to get cleaned and freshened up. While it was out I re-drilled the spring plates so that I could get rid...