Pokeys rebuild

AMJ · Aug 2, 2008

It only took about 4 hours or so but the seat mounts are about finished

Should have the cage 100% finished today :cheer:

AMJ · Aug 2, 2008

Bit more done

Jim is putting a heater in the rig and wanted to make sure he had defrost. He had a great idea to use the dash bar as the vent. He said he would drill those holes for it later but I knew it would have been a pain in the ass so I went ahead and did it before I welded the tube in:

Lots and lots of little dots

I think this bit got a little pissed off :haha:

Lots of little holes

Of course you need a place for the heater to hook up to

Also got some of the little bracing done. To bad I am about half a stick short to finish it :booo:

AMJ · Aug 3, 2008

Ugg 12 hours in the garage was enough today :silly7:

Got the front frame mounts done

Of course the hardware store was out of the right size bolts I needed :looser:

The GF was tired of looking at my collection of bolts spilling out of everywhere so she started on a project of her own

pokey · Aug 3, 2008

Nice Rack :cheer:

TreeClimber · Aug 3, 2008

Is that a valve spring I spy in that body mount?

pokey · Aug 3, 2008

TreeClimber said:
Is that a valve spring I spy in that body mount?

your the second one to notice (or at least comment) yep another old school trick:cheer: helps keep the body mounts from ripping off or cracking

AMJ · Aug 3, 2008

pokey said:
Nice Rack :cheer:

Hers is much nicer.

pokey · Aug 3, 2008

I was talking about hers but the bolt bin is nice too:redneck:

megatoy66 · Aug 4, 2008

AMJ said:
Hers is much nicer.

Pics please......... :corn:

AMJ · Aug 4, 2008

megatoy66 said:
Pics please......... :corn:

You got a good laugh out of her :haha: but she said they for my eyes only. :flipoff:

pokey · Aug 4, 2008

AMJ said:
You got a good laugh out of her :haha: but she said they for my eyes only. :flipoff:

shes a sweetheart and she likes doing fab work and wheeling:awesomework:

jeaton · Aug 4, 2008

Just a little FYI you would have been better off using a pvc vent tube over the steel. the steel is a huge heat sink and will suck the hot air away. I know from other jeepers from my side. the plastic works better! Nice build though!

AMJ · Aug 4, 2008

jeaton said:
Just a little FYI you would have been better off using a pvc vent tube over the steel. the steel is a huge heat sink and will suck the hot air away. I know from other jeepers from my side. the plastic works better! Nice build though!

Probably so, but if this doesn't work he isn't out anything. :awesomework: He could just put a hose pib on it, drop the windshield and have a portable sprinkler :cheer:

1 grumpy · Aug 4, 2008

jeezusthis thread is like the Walton's saga:haha: :haha:

AMJ · Aug 4, 2008

1 grumpy said:
jeezusthis thread is like the Walton's saga:haha: :haha:

Thank you for joining the adventure :awesomework:

pokey · Aug 4, 2008

AMJ said:
Probably so, but if this doesn't work he isn't out anything. :awesomework: He could just put a hose pib on it, drop the windshield and have a protable sprinkler :cheer:

Hey now theres a way to stay cool and beat the dust at the same time:cheer: Now all I need is a 100 gallon water tank in the back:eeek:

BTW I cant make it tonight(club meeting) but I did get the material today. Are you going to home tomorrow night?

AMJ · Aug 4, 2008

pokey said:
Hey now theres a way to stay cool and beat the dust at the same time:cheer: Now all I need is a 100 gallon water tank in the back:eeek:

BTW I cant make it tonight(club meeting) but I did get the material today. Are you going to home tomorrow night?

If your coming with the last bit of material I will be sure to be there. :awesomework:

pokey · Aug 4, 2008

AMJ said:
If your coming with the last bit of material I will be sure to be there. :awesomework:

I will bring it out tommorow night then after say 5:30 -6 got a stick of the 1.5 and the 2x4

AMJ · Aug 6, 2008

Almost there :cheer:

Front reciever so Jim could move his trailer around the yard easier. I sliced the support between the spring hangers and mounted the reciever to the bottom of the bumper. Jim made the bumper so he could remove it with a couple of bolts so instead of just being able to weld the support to the reciever I made a couple of tabes for the supports to tie it all back together.

The cage is all finished:

Also got started on the tire carrier:

AMJ · Aug 7, 2008

Now we have one tire rack:

Jim even got a piece of the my old Toyota :booo:

The start of the hub mount. Pick a circle any circle :haha:

Hate when this happens

All better boobies

Hub mount finished up:

Test fitted the tire and about popped a nut. It even spins :haha:

Finished up by making the pins to keep it open and shut :awesomework: Put little cables on the pins so they can't get missed placed at the wrong time.