This summer's "To Do" list (Pre OCBR)

[sprdv1]

Keep it up JW, Gettin there..

 

[JWMcCrary]

Pulled the Tcase today, of course the exhaust the the Duff torque tamer had to come out, cross member for the torque tamer was welded in, ended up cutting it to get it out, not sure if it's going back without some mods now that the driveline is a little longer. swapped over my WildHorse HD output and gear Gawker to the other D20, sealed it up and the Cold Duck, they are bolted together and ready to go in finally. May be a few days before that happens. I sure do miss Bradlee's help, crawling around up and under this thing a gazillion times is getting tougher the older I get, lol.

 

[JWMcCrary]

It's bolted in. Should get shifters back from machine shop today. Need to measure and have driveshafts done.

 

[SC74]

Very nice! I know what you mean about an extra set of hands. I spend more time crawling in/out/under than I do working sometimes I feel like.

 

[JWMcCrary]

Finished the Tcase swap except for the driveshafts, taking them for a length change tomorrow. Exhaust fit without modifications but the Duff torque tamer will need some work, will work on that after I drive it around some. While it was apart, and being right here at Summit Racing's door, I took all my radiator trans fittings, and cooler fittings (I already had Trans AN adapters) over there yesterday and a rep helped me piece together the braided line and all the AN fittings I needed to replace the pieced together hard lines and rubber hoses with clamps that has been leaking for years. It is all back together and not leaking. I also replaced the line and fittings from my fuel regulator to Carb, lot cleaner install.
I went by Lowes and got some stuff to make a catch can for the duck, line is run just need to get it mounted. Still need to fabricate the tunnel cover, have some sheet metal and hopefully get that done this week.

Nyles, is that enough progress to keep you and Buldozer off my a$$ for a while?

 

[JWMcCrary]

This may have been a contributor to some of the problems I was having on the pre run.......

 

[Buldozer]

Good progress JW! Is that thing full of mud?

 

[JWMcCrary]

Good progress JW! Is that thing full of mud?

That's what it looks like. I still run the aux tank and both tanks have one of these filters before the switch valve and then I had another filter up next to the carb. Wasn't paying attention when I took them out and not sure which tank it came from. From the looks of this filter probably need to pull the bowls off the carb and clean them.

 

[NYLES]

Naw man you runnin outa time........looks great except for that bed!

I wouldnt pull bowls that filter did its job!

Hehe BD he gonna stay so confused bout what gear he in gonna be funny!!!!!!!!!!

Good job JW you gonna make it!

 

[NYLES]

No progress today? should have that bed scrubbed out by now....tire brush and comet will clean it out and help you with the scuff job you gotta do before its sprayed.

Takes bout 3 days for us old folks to recover.....now dont it?

 

[JWMcCrary]

Picked up my drive shafts on the way to the office this morning. Probably tomorrow night before I have time to put them in. Work is hectic right now, I'm checking to see what it will cost me to just drop it off and have the prep work done and liner sprayed in. I got to recruit some help to get the cage out.

 

[NYLES]

Buddy got a $650 linex quote on a 4 door heep other day

 

[Buldozer]

Put Rino in it, much better IMO. Prep it yourself if you can JW, a lot of these guys don't do a very good job at all. All those shifters makes me smile because of a friend I ride with from time to time that will get to an obstacle and have to shift 4 or 5 shifters before he can attempt it.....

 

[NYLES]

that one what says granny is nice aint it BD?

 

[JWMcCrary]

Still working towards having all my work/maintenance done by Mid August-ish.
Got the catch and recovery can mounted for the CD today. I think I spent about $20. Got the idea from a member on CB.

 

[JWMcCrary]

Built a new tunnel cover plate, time to get some shifter boots.

 

[JWMcCrary]

Repainting the cage, noticed that when I got it back in 2006 we didn't paint the underside of the feet when we painted the first time. Letting this dry and hopefully get paint on the whole thing this week sometime.

 

[JWMcCrary]

AND spent about 4 hours working on the floors prepping for bedliner, still a long way to go.

Was playing with the low gears a little, probably shouldn't have been when all I had for a seat was an ice chest. It's a C4, with everything in low you have to stand up on the brakes to hold it back when idling. It did stop though until the left front braided brake line blew, I'm sure it was it's time just glad it happened now.

 

[sprdv1]

Good work brother.. You'll be done in no time.

 

[deltarat]

Damn man you can really turn out some work, 1000 miles from home with no help and real job. Great job!