NICE!!
Like that shirt too!!
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NICE!!
Like that shirt too!!
i noticed i had the FE shirt on after i got home and loaded the video on my computer. quite the coincidence as my fashion planning is as deep as what is on the top of the pile of shirts/pants/etc.
ryan
Same here...but most of my shirts are Zone stuff these days!
installed the rear driveline today and got all the lights to work. i have a few more wires to figure out and decided what i am using and what i am not, then loom it all and be done with that nightmare. should at least get to move it under its own power tomorrow
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generic turn lever i got at napa
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ryan
The Signal Stat 900 is the exact switch I used in my M715. With some OD it looks almost stock. It wired in perfectly with my harness that was a Painless knock-off. The only thing I had to do was to add a second flasher unit for the Hazard feature. The wiring harness kit only came with a single flasher for turn signals. No big deal, only three extra wires to run. They also make another switch that has the hi/lo beam incorporated into it as well. I may change over at some point. My floor dimmer switch always seems to get packed with mud after a wheeling trip.
If I have any complaint, its that they aren't self cancelling. Kinda nice for those 40 MPH jaunts down the highway with a mile of cars behind me and the left blinker on.:D
haha
i don't know how many semi trucks if seen doing that :)
i have seen them before with a goofy rubber wheel that rides on the hub of the steering wheel and cancels the signal. i can't remember where or what it was
this one wired in perfectly. i had two flashers in my harness and all i had to do was plug and play. i have a couple things to figure out today with the guages and i think i will go ahead and wire in the 4wd switch too. headed out soon to do that. i will report back later.
Ryan
this weekend proved much more fruitful than most.
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sorry about the rowdy exaust noise. that is still on the list
4x4 switch is busted, so the light is always on. i need to figure out why it will crank with the switch off, and why the turn signals function when the switch is off. i think i also need to get matched senders for the guages. outside of a these little things i am pretty happy with it all
Ryan
The turn signal units with cancellation "the rubber wheel" were actually stock on many Jeeps in the late 50s to the early 70s...
Also congrats on the initial motivation of the truck........
Nice job there.
I take it the dog has been around enough vehicles not to get run over........
Scott
yeah, she has been in the shop since she was a little pup. she knows not to get in the way of the tires. she was actually with me the day i picked up the truck
Ryan
Sweet vids...I like that view when you pull in the shop!!
thanks
i felt a little honky without the hood on, but i had to drive it. and i was by myself so installing the hood seemed like more work than i wanted to do then
it was kind of cool that i nosed up to another M715 too. i wonder if that one will ever run... my buddy is still working on it
Ryan
Is he a Member on the Zone?
not that i know of. it is a customers truck at avalanche but since we all got laid off my buddy has been working on it once a week or something just trying to get it to the guy driveable. the owner knows about the zone, i just have never seen him on here
Ryan
I think not driving it without the hood is like against the law or something. If you didn't do it you might be punished by the car-gods.Quote:
i felt a little honky without the hood on, but i had to drive it.
My first Big Block drive was also without the hood. Thanks for letting us know we were following the law there Kwai. Looking and sounding good Ryan.
Thanks
hood is back on, and most of the wiring loose ends are tied up. got insurance today, and hopefully i will have time to get some tags tommorrow. then i can take it for the first real test drive. it still needs shocks to be really driveable, but i can manage without them for a few miles :)
Naw man, I've been driving my junk for YEARS without shocks, it does pretty well. Heck I JUST welded on my rear shock mounts, cause I got tired of people asking me why the shocks in the back were hanging loose or tellin' me they were broke. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanroo
Don't you need an actual moving suspension for shocks to do anything?? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesman2a
Mine is 99% trail only. I have not run shocks on the rear for years. Not since 2002 actually. I really don't see any reaon to considering what I do with it.
Hey! My suspension moves plenty!!! The front axle hit the bumpstops (all 3" away) at least TWICE last weekend when we were pre-running dirt roads at 50+ ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikel
got the tags today and took it down the road.
i also found some shocks that look long enough for my fronts. i am not worried about the rear shocks since the springs are so stiff. the front actually moves quite a bit with the GM springs. its kind of wallowy on the road without them. maybe this weekend i will get them on
Ryan
i forgot the camera, but the shocks are installed. it is kind of funny running this thing up the ramp. it is all in the front, and the front flexes rather well. i just need to get the back to move a bit.
anyhow, the shocks are from the rear of an 04 f-150, and have ~10.5" of travel. the jeep uses pretty much all of it. i am sure if i could ge the rear to flex a little it would be quite capable in the twisties. the rear is on my list of to dos.
i think i actually need a 12" travel shock and some new bump stops for the front if i want to make sure everything survives. i am not worried about messing up these shocks since they are not permenent and they were free.
i think the next big thing will be the cage. i think i found enough DOM at the avalanche shop and i am going to see if i can buy it and start bending.
Ryan
Ryan, I used the top, longest two leaves of the original spring pack, ditched the rest. Acquired a pair of packs from the front of an slightly burnt 88 Wagoneer, removed the top leaf (the one with the eyes) and blended the remaining springs with my two stock leaves. You'll not want for more flex. Big difference in the ride.
he he he he, he said "slighly burnt 88 Wagoneer"! It was a toasted Wagoneer if I remember the pictures correctly.
I thought you had Chevy springs on the front Ryan?
Toasted...slightly burnt... Whatever you wish to call it...LOL
I think he does have chevy springs on the front. I think I confused you as I used front wagoneer springs on the rear of my truck.
Now it makes sense. Front springs on the rear that actually flex. Cool idea.
Just don't tell my truck, I don't want to make it self conscious.
i do have the rancho 2.5" lift spring for the front of a K30 in my truck. they move well.
i like the idea if the front springs in the rear Doug, but i want to maintain the ability to load this pig down. i am thinking about using longer newer springs and maybe figure out some airbags. maybe not airbags but definately newer and/or longer springs. we had good luck with deaver, but they are pricey.
in a bit of good news my mom called me today and she is going to bring me my tires when she is out to visit in 8 or 9 days.
Ryan
Does she know how big they are? She's not planning on putting them in the back of her Buick is she? :lol:Quote:
she is going to bring me my tires when she is out to visit in 8 or 9 days
no, thank god. she and my step dad are bringing their super duty with a slide in camper and trailering their harley and my tires.
so about this time next week i may have pics of it as a mostly finished product. still need the exaust, and i will be working on some of the other stuff i want, such as the cage and OBA. that stuff can be done while still getting to drive it though
Ryan
oh, your mom rides a harley. Does she wear army boots too? :lol:
What tires did you get?
no army boots for her. her seat on the harley is nicer than alot of recliners i've sat in. perfect for the old couple they are turning into...
they are just some old 39.5-15/16.5 mickey thompson baja's that i bought years ago and never really used. not ideal, but the price is right
Ryan
so, i got the tires to colorado, and mounted on the truck. it looks way better than with the tiny little tires
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I used to run that style of Mickeys years ago. Still pretty good all around tires. They make the truck look much better.
Hate the white ;) LOVE the tires!! lol
i agree completely the white will be fixed, but i couldn't wait to paint them i had to see the tires on the rig
Ryan
Here's what they look like in flat black w/ 35" MTR's om them :)
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I guess i didn't update this like i thought i had. shortly after the tires went on i got my new seats and bolted one in. imediatly took a test drive and found i had horrific death wobble. some research showed that to much caster will cause DW so i made some shims to bring my caster down from around 11.5* to 6. another test drive showed death wobble but with a different trigger. then i decided that the kingpin springs and bushing in the GM60F needed attention and that the problem may live there.
then in my infinite wisdom thought that i should get rid of the springs altogether. now since i am a cheapskate i chose not to take the quick route of ordering some springless caps and figured to make my own. after several hours of mine and my machinist friends life have dissapeared, this is the result.
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but after the test drive this afternoon, there is no death wobble. quite a satisfying feeling
ryan