Not Another CTOR Build

[CheapThrillB2]

Did really well, I thought with how high it sat it was gonna feel horrible and unstable but it atually felt extremely comfortable.

Mashed the Right Fender, and need to resecure the Left lower coil bucket (kept popping the spring out) and the starter is having issues. Also it is running hot so a new thermostat is in the works.

Found a tree

kicking my coil spring back into the bucket

 

[metalmacguyver]

Very nice.

 

[PaleBlue90]

Very nice.

+1

 

[CheapThrillB2]

More Pics from yesterday

Let the wife drive it (shes not real good at the manual trans thing, but in 4-lo and 5.13's made it pretty easy for her).

 

[CheapThrillB2]

made my spare tire mount

Its held to the cage by the spindle....this way i do not have to carry as many spares in the truck with me..

one spindle, hub, rotor, lockout, bearings, and a stub shaft

 

[compleckz]

awesome, how are you liking the wheelbase?

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Love it

 

[CheapThrillB2]

added the last of my pipe i had to the sliders for a little more support.

Changed out the t-stat from a 198* to a 180*, changed the oil in the motor, checked all other fluids. Mounted fire extingquishers, Got most all my gears/tools packed.

 

[kemicalburns]

if you run the colder tstat on an efi motor it will run rich all the time. the computer needs the motor to hit those temps for a reason. if your running to hot i suggest getting a better fan setup or a larger radiator

 

[CheapThrillB2]

if you run the colder tstat on an efi motor it will run rich all the time. the computer needs the motor to hit those temps for a reason. if your running to hot i suggest getting a better fan setup or a larger radiator

It worked just fine....thanks for the concern

















Yep first day about 3 hours in i blew out the cross pin in the mini-spool in the 9"......Broke it in like 4 pieces rumping on it. Thankfully about two hours before we left on Last tues i welded up another carrier i had and packed it along. About an hour i had it fixed and wheeling again. This was Thurs.

Friday i had no real problems. I had developed a PS leak at an o-ring on the line at the pump, but an occasional top off kept that problem at bay.

Saturday we were playing and i started to spit a cap, but caught it before it munched a shaft. So got a spare ujoint installed on the trail and kept on rocking. Later saturday on the way back down the mountain i sudden;y couldn't turn left. The plate i welded to my frame for the trac bar mount began tearing off the frame and was taking the frame with it. So two rachet straps and my winch cable placed just right got it held in place so i could drive down the mountian.

It rained the entire time so every trail up the mountain was a waterfall, and every switchback was a greasy slip and slide.

Now for the pics

Fixing the 9"

 

[CheapThrillB2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEblUcNBUl0

video of one of the obstacles

 

[MrE_Powers]

they make stick welders that run off of the engine kinda like an alternator if that would help you on the trail.

then there is this gem

http://www.instructables.com/id/SpoolGun/

 

[CheapThrillB2]

I own a mig flux welder that runs off car batterys hooked in series.....but it was on the way down the mountain the last day and the evening we were done wheeling. So once it came down it went striaght on trailer and home we went. Wasn't gonna worry about it other then to get it on the trailer.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

soon.....no more broken 44 shafts

 

[compleckz]

sweet.