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Some stuff that jumped on it, in the last two days.

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Played some more with the steering, is pretty much where I want it, so on to the next part.

Driveway poser

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Started to do some sheetmetal work, to recreate something that will cover the Atlas.

Yesterday I spend the day at the King of the Hammers, last change qualifier event. had a great day there. When my PC gets done doing with the video clips I might post some

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bit more sheetmetal stuff

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Two days worth of work but the floorboard and tunnel went from this

To this

and then to this

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Today's little bit of rain could not dampen my spirits, so of to tinkerland I went.

Started on finishing my rocksliders, the edges underneath needed to be tied to the tub. I also started to contemplate how to make a frame tie in for the A pillar of the cage, that is tucked up high and out of the way. Yesterday I mounted front tow hooks and welded the tabs for the steering ram in place, so that has a nice home also.

This one is to dark but Y'all get the idea.

Oh yeah looks like my Atlas is trying to play hide and seek

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Couldn't do much all day yesterday since it poured all day. got some stuff done today though. Finished the front fenders and did some welding underneath. Going to start on cage tie-ins tomorrow.

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Got a start on frame tie in for the A pillar

and had to do a bit of posing lol

[REAL STRANGLER]

He man,

in november heb je de high-line frontfenders gemaakt, heb je de voorklep gewoon afgeflexed en daarna nog verstevigd? of heb je hem zo gelaten?

siert.

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Ik heb het tot nog toe zo gelaten, heb wel de stukken die ik er afgeslepen heb bewaard. Zo als ik eens een wilde bui heb kan ik die gebruiken om er weer een lip in te lassen. Zou dan wel de motorkap moeten spuiten.

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Got some more work done on the front frame tie ins for the cage

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Kept my self entertained for awhile with my toy today

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Started on a rear bumper and some D ring mounts for the rear

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I guess today's post should be called the downs and ups of a Jeeper lol

I had bought a York compressor a while back for my toy and when I tried to run it, the cycling clutch ended up having a short in it.

Was a real downer, so today I decided to tackle that bit, went to the best stocked AC place in town and talked to the parts guy, long story short no part to be had and a complete clutch assembly would run about 350 bucks if I would even be able to find one.

Talk about a major damper of my good spirits, so when I left I spied another kinda run down looking AC place a little way down the street and on a whim decided to see if they had something that would work. So after about 10 minutes of searching for the owner he showed me a cabinet with a whole bunch of compressor clutches and coils, after some digging in the parts pile I found an exact match and walked out of the place 4 dollars poorer and a heck of a lot happier. Once home and the whole shebang put back together it works like a charm, makes a ton of air in a heart beat and no airleaks in the whole setup that I had cooked up. So all in all it ended up being a pretty darn good day

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Had to have a little bit of fun today and also started the wiring for the compressor and lockers. For the York I mostly used and adapted the factory AC wiring. Also hooked the power leads for the winch up. Next is finishing the wiring and switches and secure some of the wiring under the hood. I am pretty happy with how the gearing is working out it climbed on top of the tire with barely any throttle, it basically walked right up.

[Ogdak]

So after about 10 minutes of searching for the owner he showed me a cabinet with a whole bunch of compressor clutches and coils, after some digging in the parts pile I found an exact match and walked out of the place 4 dollars poorer and a heck of a lot happier.

Every once in a while it's nice to have some good luck.

[aw12345]

We kunnen allemaal op zijn tijd wel eens een beetje mazzel gebruiken

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Started on a panel for the compressor, locker and winch switches. Not looking to bad so far if I say so my self

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Finished my switch panel today and wired the compressor, lockers and winch, just have to add a diode to the idiot light for the compressor and it's happiness in Jeeper land

Might even add an air gauge to the panel in the near future

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Spend all afternoon tightening various bolts and nuts, to get it ready for a shakedown run. Drove it for the first time around town tonight, drives good.

Got to love those big Pitbull tires, no balance weights, on beadlocks and no vibration what so ever up to about 60 mph, steers good rides very nice tires are quieter than the exhaust so all in all pretty happy.

Will see if I can make it to a trail tomorrow

[theo-cj7]

Kijk, dat zijn mooie vorderingen

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Took my toy for it's first shakedown run, wheeled like charm

Had a blast, other than the powersteering pulley being out of alignment and peeling a bit of the belt of, it worked like a charm. we had a ball blasting through the trail, got to love them big tires in the dirt.

Could use an afterburner on the street, but the gearing for the trails is just about perfect

[Ogdak]

Cool that you had a good shakedown run, nice mudflaps

So what's next, finetuning.

[Nikonised]

ziet er echt cool uit! proficiat met met je build!!

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Nikonsed bedankt, Otto here goes,Screwed with a bunch of little stuff today and then started messing with a friend's CJ7

after looking how the tailgate is rigged up on those darlings I might just copy that setup. Simple to make and will give better access to the back when I cover all that stuff up with some aluminum diamond plate. Other than that I am going to drive it to work for the week, look for a trailer to haul it around, then run some other local trails. Then when everything is to my liking and I am sure it's reliable it's time for the tough stuff