i post the pics from my phone..it has to do with where the pics are saved on the phone. I figured it out with the last one
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Shrunken Ned...
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Steering looks good.
Ok..so today was pretty productive. I fixed my steering stops..upgraded to grade 8
Welded on tabs for the front break lines and put in the lines.
Built a fairlead out of UHMW and switched out the winch line with a thicker rope I had.
And got all the water lines run and hooked up. Turned out to be alot less of a headache that I thought it was gonna be.
Ran the lower line first. Then ran the upper line. The purple wired sender is for the electric fan. I have 2 radiator caps, one front and one rear. Threw the gage on there cause I didn't have a plug that fit and what's cooler than a pressure gage on your water line...the white hose is hot tub hose.
Very nice!!!
Jack weird question what bolt ( size thread pitch) bolts the bottom seat cushions to the frame?
I need to run a tap up through the holes
I need to run a tap up through the holes
its a a star head bolt and prob metric (head like the old jeep bolts)..not sure on the size ill have to look when I get home from work, but the headrest back seat bolts/holes are the same size as the bottom cushion
Got it I'll just pull one out of the back then. My threads are just a little messed up. A quick fix with the correct sized tap
Hoses look good, what more do you have to do to get it running ?
Exhaust
Wiring/gauges
Hydro steering hoses
Mount seats
Seatbelts
Brake lines
Check all the suspension bolts
Charge the ORI's
Get drives shafts lengthend
Wiring/gauges
Hydro steering hoses
Mount seats
Seatbelts
Brake lines
Check all the suspension bolts
Charge the ORI's
Get drives shafts lengthend
Today was one of those good and bad days. I went to the hydro fittings store in the city and picked up all my fittings and hoses for the hydro steering. Talking with the owners son who was helping me figure out what I needed. Turns out we know a few of the same people. He worked 11 years as a machinist for Dutchman axles and machined a ton of stuff for ORD. pretty good chance he machined the parts in my doubler..anyways, out comes the phone and I'm showing them my build pictures. His uncle comes out from the back and hes checking out the pics too. At about the same time they both go.."hey, your not using that polyethylene spa tube for the water hoses are you?" I'm like yeah..why?. Well you might wanna rethink that. we sell that stuff and its only rated to a max temp of 140 degrees..after that it pretty much starts to melt into a puddle. I'm like..awesome...So along with my fittings I walked out with 20 feet of new inch and half diameter rubber radiator hose at 6 bucks a foot.
So the Bad was I ended up spending a 120 bucks I wasn't planning on and if you factory in the cost of the spa tube its more like 250. However, The Good is it probably saved me from an epic"that guy" event at blazer bash. I'm pretty sure there isn't a trail fix for replacing 20 feet of water hose. I got the spa hose all pulled out and replaced with the radiator hose this afternoon. Actually turned out better way better. Got half the hydro done but need to exchange two fittings for different style 90s on the high pressure side. So I'll do that tomorrow morning on my way to drop off the driveshafts to get lengthened
So the Bad was I ended up spending a 120 bucks I wasn't planning on and if you factory in the cost of the spa tube its more like 250. However, The Good is it probably saved me from an epic"that guy" event at blazer bash. I'm pretty sure there isn't a trail fix for replacing 20 feet of water hose. I got the spa hose all pulled out and replaced with the radiator hose this afternoon. Actually turned out better way better. Got half the hydro done but need to exchange two fittings for different style 90s on the high pressure side. So I'll do that tomorrow morning on my way to drop off the driveshafts to get lengthened
Awesome, minus the cost
I had my concern over the spa tubing, but hoped the temp was factored in on the choice. At least you know.
Pictures of the new hose?
Greg, never ask such a thing
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1/2 ton status
Where did you go for for the fittings? I have to get my hydro plumbed and it'd be nice to go somewhere rather than have to get the stuff online.
Funny, I thought the spa piping was a cool idea and something new.....
Disaster avoided!
Disaster avoided!
Associated hose and fittings in north Portland. right off the 205 killingsworth/ columbia exit. All of the guys there were great.
http://www.ahphose.com/
they had everything I needed/wanted and it all worked out. I tried 3, high pressure 3 piece 90 degree fittings on my orbital, but the 3 piece 90's will not all fit on the orbital together. if you wanna use 90's you need to get the 2 piece fittings and they are the most expensive. I went back today and they exchanged the fittings no problem. I also went with build your own hose and fittings so they could be repaired in the field if needed..if you went with crimp together and had them build them it would much cheaper too. I knew the online kits didn't have enough hose and I also had some unique cooler/fitting stuff I needed to deal with, so online was out for me. the online prices are probably better if you know exactly what you need.
