Builds Reconstruction after rollover - building The Champ 2. (4 Viewers)

[baldilocks]

@Bambusiero -

I can’t remember the exact name of the product I applied to the underside of the floor but it’s not what I put on the inside. After cutting it to size I closed the raw edges with some of their reflective tape. It doesn’t mold to compound curvatures, I cut it for relief to conform to those areas. I used 3m weather strip and gasket adhesive and some tape to adhere it to the body. Here is a link to the Cool-it site:

Heat Shields and Protection Products | Thermo Tec

www.thermotec.com

Edit: I think this is what I put on the underside of the floor:

Aluminized Heat Barrier Silver Thermo Tec

The Aluminized Heat Barrier is made up of woven silica with a flexible aluminized finish. The highly-reflective surface of the material is capable of withstanding radiant temperatures up to 2000 degree F. The fabric side can handle temperatures up to 1000 degrees F. This product can be installed...

www.thermotec.com

 

[Bambusiero]

Gotcha - OK - disappointed - looked in the photo like the embossed aluminum material that the OEMs use to form compound curved exhaust heat shields - would like to find some of that - maybe could be beat into special shapes with a round-nose wooden or plastic mallet.

 

[baldilocks]

Gotcha - OK - disappointed - looked in the photo like the embossed aluminum material that the OEMs use to form compound curved exhaust heat shields - would like to find some of that - maybe could be beat into special shapes with a round-nose wooden or plastic mallet.

I’ve been convinced that hard work builds character.

 

[baldilocks]

I went to Sears back when it still existed and I was a newb with 80’s. The year was 2014. They told me my truck took a BCI group 35. Ok… that little DieHard Platinum has been worked hard and left sitting. At 7 years old it works well. There comes a time when retirement is not only advised but convenient.

Enersys makes Odyssey. Enersys also makes Northstar and X2. X2 is Batteries plus bulbs house brand. The X2 is 60 bucks cheaper than than the equal Odyssey and comes with a 4 year replacement warranty as opposed to 3 with the Odyssey. Plus it’s blue….

 

[TYM4FUN]

I went to Sears back when it still existed and I was a newb with 80’s. The year was 2014. They told me my truck took a BCI group 35. Ok… that little DieHard Platinum has been worked hard and left sitting. At 7 years old it works well. There comes a time when retirement is not only advised but convenient.

Enersys makes Odyssey. Enersys also makes Northstar and X2. X2 is Batteries plus bulbs house brand. The X2 is 60 bucks cheaper than than the equal Odyssey and comes with a 4 year replacement warranty as opposed to 3 with the Odyssey. Plus it’s blue….View attachment 2869104

Nice! I love my Die Hard. I took out my 31M platinum for its current Odyssey cousin you'd seen. It still works great and fires that starter with quickness. Enjoy

 

[baldilocks]

Nice! I love my Die Hard. I took out my 31M platinum for its current Odyssey cousin you'd seen. It still works great and fires that starter with quickness. Enjoy

Cable mods were made for the extended reach. This 80 came with a custom battery hold down made of galvanized steel but it isn’t long enough for this group 31 unit so I’ll be welding up a new one.

 

[77mustard40]

I went to Sears back when it still existed and I was a newb with 80’s. The year was 2014. They told me my truck took a BCI group 35. Ok… that little DieHard Platinum has been worked hard and left sitting. At 7 years old it works well. There comes a time when retirement is not only advised but convenient.

Enersys makes Odyssey. Enersys also makes Northstar and X2. X2 is Batteries plus bulbs house brand. The X2 is 60 bucks cheaper than than the equal Odyssey and comes with a 4 year replacement warranty as opposed to 3 with the Odyssey. Plus it’s blue…

I had a Sears Platinum diehard in my 40 for nine years, single battery set up with winch and all. Bottom line great battery, I don’t have expectations that the replacement can do the same job.

 

[baldilocks]

I had a Sears Platinum diehard in my 40 for nine years, single battery set up with winch and all. Bottom line great battery, I don’t have expectations that the replacement can do the same job.

Well, I have a dodge with Cummins that I drive everyday. I put optima red tops in her back in 2011. At 8.5 years they were still kicking that high compression engine over well but I retired them for two more of the same kind in the name of convenience.

 

[Bambusiero]

Your Old vs New photos of Body Bushings #2 and #3/4 (post#628) just helped me out.
I'm in the middle of this job, and my new ones are so much taller than the old take outs, I just didn't believe they were right.
But your new ones are OEM and look just like my new FEBEST. So all is well - the job continues.
Thanks.

 

[baldilocks]

Febest? Yeah the new cushions squash down.

 

[baldilocks]

I finished up the last details of the AntiRock rear sway bar last night. It’s a tight fit and took a lot of measuring and consideration. For this one I’d like to give credit to those who went before me and figured most of it out @Broski @spyduh @jcardona1 @nukegoat.

The compressor mounting plate is welded to the sway bar tube but obviously not yet mounted. We are experiencing some actual winter weather the last couple days. Snow, ice, and 24 degrees . More snow coming soon. I went to kick the 80 over and heard the dreaded shredding of my ring gear sound a few minutes ago. I did get it started but I think the cold has the old starter stiffened up. I have a newer, original oem starter that I bought from a mud member that I’ll stick new guts into.

Next to do is building a longer hold down for the new group 31m battery

 

[nukegoat]

Nice job with the sway bar. You may want to attach a doubler plate to the arms. Mine keep bending for what it's worth

 

[Bambusiero]

I like it - adding to my dream to-do list.
@nukegoat - do your arms bend vertically - or sideways?

 

[nukegoat]

I like it - adding to my dream to-do list.
@nukegoat - do your arms bend vertically - or sideways?

They twist, like so:

 

[baldilocks]

They twist, like so:

View attachment 2877592

One reason I went with the ends I did was less leverage on the attach point. Hopefully they make a difference.

 

[nukegoat]

One reason I went with the ends I did was less leverage on the attach point. Hopefully they make a difference.

It might but I'd beef it anyway

 

[Bambusiero]

They twist, like so:

I see, thanks. That makes perfect sense to me, given the cantilevered bolt style linkage, causing a torque around the arm centerline. I think @baldilocks design is an improvement for that, although I always like a double shear design, whenever possible. @baldilocks design is also a cantilever, but symmetrical and centered on the arm centerline, so it depends the brute strength of that welded bolt thingy at the end.

 

[nukegoat]

I see, thanks. That makes perfect sense to me, given the cantilevered bolt style linkage, causing a torque around the arm centerline. I think @baldilocks design is an improvement for that, although I always like a double shear design, whenever possible. @baldilocks design is also a cantilever, but symmetrical and centered on the arm centerline, so it depends the brute strength of that welded bolt thingy at the end.

Yeah I mean this is how Currie sells them... So.. uhh bad on them

 

[baldilocks]

I see, thanks. That makes perfect sense to me, given the cantilevered bolt style linkage, causing a torque around the arm centerline. I think @baldilocks design is an improvement for that, although I always like a double shear design, whenever possible. @baldilocks design is also a cantilever, but symmetrical and centered on the arm centerline, so it depends the brute strength of that welded bolt thingy at the end.

I can’t take credit for the design that puts the pivot point on the center line of the arm. I got the idea from @Broski. It was done more for packaging than anything else.

 

[baldilocks]

Yeah I mean this is how Currie sells them... So.. uhh bad on them

That arm in the photo showing the bend must be 1/2” thick???