ridered3
Not Rigless
What's the latest on the radios?
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Beerj
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It's funny how something seemingly small can become a bunch of work. In order to install the radio in the yj, I had to build a dash to mount it to. Nothing fancy but it all takes time. Then, while I had it in the garage anyway, I went ahead and put a swaybar on the rear. Of course that also meant relocating the lower shock mounts but that's why I love my portaband. Also had to address her brakes so swapped out one front caliper and made a 2000 ram 2500 master cylinder fit. It's only gravity bled at the moment but works really well. Still trying to get one more shakedown in before Harlan. Hopefully this coming weekend
I literally just pulled the buggy into the garage yesterday and quickly realized that I couldn't fit the radio and intercom where I had envisioned it, plan B was also a no-go. So now I'm making a rear console thingy to house the units between/behind the seats. Figured I shouldn't need to fiddle with the units much at all so don't really care that they're not right in front of me. This will also give a little more protection from the elements. Been working a lot of ot lately so it's been tough finding the time but I'm finally getting somewhere.
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Beerj
Sonzabitches!
Beerj
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One more just for fun
Beerj
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Thanks man. I got just a little more done in the meantime. Close clearance on the back of the intercom so had to make sure it fits. Now just need to see how big the connectors are going into the back. I forgot to take those into account when I designed the consol.
Beerj
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Realtime updates... I suck. Almost clears but that's only if I shift the whole consol an inch to the driver's side. Looks like my options are to either cut the console on the horizontal portion below the bezel, shorten it and somehow add material to the top rear side. Or maybe take some angle out of one of the bends. Third option is just redo the entire console and move the radio face portion ½-1" forward.
Beerj
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And I've also realized that I'll definitely need to basically box in the radios on the back, sides and underneath since apparently a lot of mud tends to splash up in that area.
Beerj
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Worked last night but that gave me plenty of time to come up with probably a better solution than if this would've worked out in the first place. Stay tuned!
Beerj
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Continuing this on my build. ****'s getting about deep enough now.
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Even better. A guy at work said he's going to a poker run there on sat. Kinda strange since they don't normally allow quads or sxs's. I'm thinking they might be running on a different part of the property. Still, I don't recall being there that it seemed like the trails were overly congested. As...
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ridered3
Not Rigless
Can't win for losing on the radios and "well while it's in here let's address this too."
Beerj
Sonzabitches!
So my intake tube has always been barely hanging on to the intake manifold. PITA to get to (my fault) but while scoping for a spot for the radio, I got good access to get that fixed up. So yeah, I go into things to get one thing done, and fix however many more I gain access to along the way
ridered3
Not Rigless
Progress is progress at least
ridered3
Not Rigless
How'd the radios work out for the Harlan trip?
jeeptj99
Well-Known Member
Yall fancy with them radios.
Beerj
Sonzabitches!
Worked great! I'm not sure we ever got much more than maybe ½ mile apart but worked the same as if we were beside eachother. Intercoms were again, one of the best upgrades ever.
