JT's FJ40 build

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lenross1 said:
Please add your own personal flare to the MT cage so it won't look exactly like all the other 40s with MT cages.. Nothing at all against em, but i think most of the people i know with a 40 have a MT cage... Just a suggestion
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Bomar said:
WTF...weird
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How about a chrome cage?
 
fountainhead said:
The cowl harness is in poor shape, and the wiring under the hood is undecipherable to me...there are a lot of places where I can't match it up to the wiring diagrams in the FSM or Haynes manual. I bought a complete cowl harness from a guy here in Mud that came off his '77 (same year as mine). Once all the fires are put out on the chassis, the plan is to rip out the existing harness and go back in with the 'new to me' one - the goal being to get it to the point where you can troubleshoot...not to return it to factory condition.

I do not have a new 'rear' harness, and, after a couple of rounds of sandblasting, I'm sure there are some issues back there. That's going to take a little time, but I'm hopeful that those wires can be re-run or spliced without creating too big of a mess.

I've got a family cage from Metal Tech.
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post up before yall do wiring. I may not be much help other than handing you pieces of black tape or holding wire cutters but I want to see/learn/help in that process and I am also planning to buy a MT cage so id like to watch that process to help me plan harnesses/tie in to tub-frame etc.

again, it looks great so far.

fountainhead said:
I'll put a sticker on it.
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mud laugh of the day for me.....awesomeness.
 
Knew that would get yall going. Heh heh
 
Bomar said:
WTF...weird
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Lenny...

JT weld a butterfly or a unicorn head on the back of the cage or something so it wont look like the rest of ours.
 
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Damn yall some sensitive beeotches.. Time for your Midol.

Anyway
Move along nothing to see here..


what's next on the agenda, JT?
 
lenross1 said:
what's next on the agenda, JT?
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Seeing if we can master the geometry of a spring over while making sure that:

a) the suspension stays square under the chassis

b) the shackle angles allow for full spring flex (both compression and droop)

c) the pinion is rotated up towards the TC, out of harms way but not so much that a DC drive shaft has more than a single operating angle (i.e. zero angle at the pinion)

d) the caster is properly dialed in such that the steering returns to center while not requiring too much effort to actually turn the wheel

e) the truck sits level after making all the changes

f) last, but certainly not least, everything is put together safely (after all, my girls will be riding in this rig!)

Child's play, right? Most posts allude to it as such, and everyone will say "it's not rocket science". Most likely it is not, but I must admit the OCD in me is freaking the eff out about it a little bit.

On a lighter note, I really do have a secret sticker for the cage. I suppose, though, if we all end up putting one on our MT family cages it would defeat the purpose (I printed 50 of them).
 
...sounds like a piece of cake.....
 
fountainhead said:
Seeing if we can master the geometry of a spring over while making sure that:

a) the suspension stays square under the chassis

b) the shackle angles allow for full spring flex (both compression and droop)

c) the pinion is rotated up towards the TC, out of harms way but not so much that a DC drive shaft has more than a single operating angle (i.e. zero angle at the pinion)

d) the caster is properly dialed in such that the steering returns to center while not requiring too much effort to actually turn the wheel

e) the truck sits level after making all the changes

f) last, but certainly not least, everything is put together safely (after all, my girls will be riding in this rig!)

Child's play, right? Most posts allude to it as such, and everyone will say "it's not rocket science". Most likely it is not, but I must admit the OCD in me is freaking the eff out about it a little bit.

On a lighter note, I really do have a secret sticker for the cage. I suppose, though, if we all end up putting one on our MT family cages it would defeat the purpose (I printed 50 of them).
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I got a 'C' in Rocket Science, holler if y'all get stuck.
 
fountainhead said:
Seeing if we can master the geometry of a spring over while making sure that: a) the suspension stays square under the chassis b) the shackle angles allow for full spring flex (both compression and droop) c) the pinion is rotated up towards the TC, out of harms way but not so much that a DC drive shaft has more than a single operating angle (i.e. zero angle at the pinion) d) the caster is properly dialed in such that the steering returns to center while not requiring too much effort to actually turn the wheel e) the truck sits level after making all the changes f) last, but certainly not least, everything is put together safely (after all, my girls will be riding in this rig!) Child's play, right? Most posts allude to it as such, and everyone will say "it's not rocket science". Most likely it is not, but I must admit the OCD in me is freaking the eff out about it a little bit. On a lighter note, I really do have a secret sticker for the cage. I suppose, though, if we all end up putting one on our MT family cages it would defeat the purpose (I printed 50 of them).[/QUOTE



Get it down.....then I can bring my 62 over to SOA

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We gonna need the keys just in case we need to move it every now and then...
 
Are you saying what I think you are saying JT? Nice!!
 
I suppose a brief update is in order:

At some point over the past few days we started the suspension work; we began with the front axle. Late one night, after a series of strike outs, we cleaned up the the front housing and decided to go ahead and cut the ball on the driver's side...just to see what we were up against. After cutting a groove 8 - 9 mm deep and the width of a cut off wheel we tried to turn the ball...nothing. This was with the housing sitting on the floor and braced with a GIANT 4' pipe wrench (everyone has one of those laying around, right?). Ultimately, we called it a night and decided to do some more homework to determine the exact thickness of the outer housing and how deep this cut should be. The next morning (or maybe two mornings later...the past few days are running together), Jrob built a jig.

Here are a few pics of the initial cut and the housing on the jig as we try to turn the ball:

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