magik235
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I used plenty of PB but my impact wasn't big enough to make them move. I have to get a bigger impact wrench but now I am spending all my money on Jiminy.
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Magik's 1987 Jimmy - Jiminy
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magik235
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I got the last shock and steering stabilizer installed then cut, drilled and installed the Lexan windows. Lexan is much easier to work with than Plexiglass. I cut the windows with a cutoff wheel and had only a little filing on the edges.
398HBX
1/2 ton status
I never would have thought that plywood would look so good! Great work.
magik235
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I got the inside of the cab finished. I removed the gas filler and vent, cleaned it, cut it down and reinstalled it. I am not satisfied with the mounting setup but it is solid. I have to find a setup that offers some protection to the cap area. I took off the passenger's side tail pipe and patched a hole in it. I really need to get some tail pipes made. Finally I started it just to hear it run and listen to the new speaker setup.
Are you going to herculine the rest of the truck?
magik235
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That thought has crossed my mind but the rest of the body is salvageable so I don't think I will at this time. I can find many ways to spend the $100 it would take to Herculine it on other parts.
magik235
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This project is done. The are many more things that I could work on but I bought it to drive it so they will have to wait until the spring thaw when Jiminy will go back into the shed for a couple of weeks.
You said you stuck with a TH350 for a shorter transmission, then you said there were two adapters? I am assuming one was an adapter, and one was a spacer used to make the TH350 the same length as the TH700R4 it replaced. I have seen those on multiple vehicles where someone replaced the TH700R4 with a TH350. My K5 has one. That being said, you could have swapped to a TH700R4, gained overdrive, used the exact same driveshafts, and just discarded that aluminum spacer.
Martin
Martin
magik235
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I realize that now. I am learning as I go. This site has been extremely helpful. Many people think the TH350 is a tougher transmission and I can lift it by myself to move it around.
magik235
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Jiminy back outside.
398HBX
1/2 ton status
Looking great! I really like the tires and wheels, what are they?
magik235
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My initial bed design was a success and failure. I have 27" of fine powdery snow in my woods. I have been driving my S10 ZR2 back there on a regular basis. The tracks it left have frozen solid resulting in 10" - 12" ice ridges. Jiminy has a wider wheel base so when I was testing it today I was constantly falling off the ridges into loose snow. There are many trees right against the edge of the trail. More than once I was up against a tree. The narrower bed definitely saved body damage so it was an overwhelming success.
I live on a dirt road. When I was test driving Jiminy today it was like a rock shower against the back of the cab every time I picked up speed. The Herculiner will not last long getting sandblasted and pelted by rocks on a regular basis. This is a serious failure that I was worried about from the beginning.
That is the purpose of prototypes. Now it is back to the drawing board.
I live on a dirt road. When I was test driving Jiminy today it was like a rock shower against the back of the cab every time I picked up speed. The Herculiner will not last long getting sandblasted and pelted by rocks on a regular basis. This is a serious failure that I was worried about from the beginning.
That is the purpose of prototypes. Now it is back to the drawing board.
magik235
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I should know better.
magik235
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I took Jiminy for a highway ride today. I couldn't even tell the sway bar was gone.
magik235
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magik235
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Yesterday I removed the edge boards from the bed. I bought 2 X 6s yesterday to extend the bed's width by 30". It will still be inside the cab's width. I had the bed laying sideways when I stained it and it actually looked more proportional wider.
Today I got half of the boards for Jiminy's new bed configuration cut and stained. That was all the boards I could fit in the wife's XJ between the seats and on top of the console to keep them out of the slop from our February thaw.
Today I got half of the boards for Jiminy's new bed configuration cut and stained. That was all the boards I could fit in the wife's XJ between the seats and on top of the console to keep them out of the slop from our February thaw.
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CUCV2
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It must feel good to have the truck back out and about anyways.
Looking forward to round 2 on the back body.
Looking forward to round 2 on the back body.
magik235
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This morning Jiminy made a trail to my brush pile then was out in the woods.
magik235
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I got the rest of the boards for my bed today. I will work on them tomorrow during the snow storm.
2 new 35 X 12.50 X 15 MT tires
1 15 X 10 rim for the spare
ORD shackle flip kit
Material for a belly pan
The shocks and stabilizer are installed. I no longer need the ORD sway bar disconnect kit since I removed the sway bar. The updated list is below.magik235 said:
2 new 35 X 12.50 X 15 MT tires
1 15 X 10 rim for the spare
ORD shackle flip kit
Material for a belly pan
magik235
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Jiminy handled the 12" of snow from the last storm with no problems but my 1971 Jeep CJ5, SS Dauntless, had a hard time plowing it as a result of the glare ice base from last week's thaw. The storm started late in the afternoon then the severe blowing and heavy snow fall made plowing under lights difficult so I could not follow the plow often plow easy rule. I waited until everything was done before plowing.
