Freds40 builds a 60

[freds40]

Man the tires are still all clean and polished from the sand.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Are you not planning on capping the inner wheel wells or have you just not had time for it yet?

 

[weak-link]

Man the tires are still all clean and polished from the sand.

wait till we get some snow, you wont need to armorall them every week like you do now

 

[freds40]

U FUNNY GUY

BTW, I need to look and see how you mounted your radio.

 

[freds40]

Are you not planning on capping the inner wheel wells or have you just not had time for it yet?

I plan to eventually. Luckily where we wheel, theres not much mud so not too much junk gets thrown around in there.

 

[weak-link]

BTW, I need to look and see how you mounted your radio.

I just shoved it in there, hasn't landed in my lap yet.

 

[LCOwner]

Sheet metal siding, an awl and a drill with 1/2" bit.

 

[DHONDAGOD]

How did the exhaust hanger hold up?



Chris

 

[brokenparts]

nice...

 

[freds40]

How did the exhaust hanger hold up?



Chris

Finally got the computer back huh?

This was my crackpot mechanics idea of a rear exhaust hanger.

 

[D'Animal]

Sometimes the best ideas at midnight, don't look so good the next day.

This was my crackpot mechanics idea of a rear exhaust hanger.

 

[boots4]

My rear exhaust is still hung by wire! Replace that with Duct tape and I bet you'll be good for a year! 60 is looking good.

 

[freds40]

Thanks guys. That one lasted for the trip back home back when Chris did the exhaust. I got the hanger on the next day.

 

[freds40]

Well this was a quick and easy one. I had a 140 amp GM 1 wire alternator from my old 40. I haven't added any additional electronics as I don't have much faith in the stock alternator to keep up. It took me all of an hour and a half to swap it over.

Heres my tabs I made.

Better shot.

I cut these spacers from some extra bushing sleeves I had laying around. To measure, I bolted the alt. tight to the adjuster bracket and measured based on that.

 

[freds40]

Tossed in

You can see the tab I made at the front, a sleeve, the factory bracket, sleeve, second tab, last sleeve, back of factory bracket.

Installed with 1 lead from the alt. to the battery.

For stuff like this and my battery cables, I like to use copper soldered ends so I can cut the cables to fit. You can pick them up @ NAPA and you just need a butane torch and solder.

 

[jdholder]

Looks good. I love the build.

The only question I have about the alternator and connection is that I have heard that those batteries that have both a side post and a top post have a very thin amount of material between the side post and the top and that any high current connection should be made to the top post. Anyone else hear or know this to be the case?

 

[freds40]

I've heard the side posts are for line feed and the top posts can handle both line and load. Although I have heard of numerous people running their winches off the side posts.

 

[nicko]

When in doubt... duck it

 

[jeepocabra]

I may have missed it, but you stuffed 39.5 on just a spring over and sawzall mods?

Have any pics of the front and rear inner fenders?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

For the 1 wire alt install, don't the other stock alternator wires need to be connected somewhere?