The old girl is wore out--time for a change.

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Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

That terrain is amazing. You are lucky to have land like that to drive on. They almost look like RCs in some of the photos. Such an awesome job!

That is my local orv area and all the trails are man made and very technical.

Originally Posted by makya

That last picture is so crystal clear it almost looks like a scale crawler in an upclose shot.

btw, my almanac said it's going to be wet in Northern and Central California. not like last year, but we'll see quite a bit of snow in the mountains supposedly

You guys are getting our normal weather,lol.

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So I won't lie I took it an easy--just to feel out the rig and its capabilities and any issues...

I gotta say it performed way above what I thought it would. I had zero clearance issues with only a couple small problems. The first failure was a dumb oversight and I blew and I blew the front arb line where it was close to the header. Second was a dumb brake fluid leak at the bleeder on the right rear caliper. The third I thought I had fixed but I guess I didn't and that was a small leak at the fitting on the feed line to the pump at the reservoir.

I would have sworn I was still running my coilovers with a sway bar--it drove like a dream...

So I have parts coming this week to finish it all up...

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Here are some videos from Sunday

[CM9000]

just over 2.5 hrs for me to look at every picture and read every word you typed.

what a stout rig. congratulations. the only thing I do not like about this rig is the band clamp infront of the muffler, marman clamps can be expensive but they last.

looking through all these pictures gave me a few ideas for my open wheeled car project I just started a month ago. I could list all the ideas I might steal but its a lot to list. have fun wheelin! gotta pump those tunes up!

seriously though, stout rig.

[SPLATT]

Is that Reiter or Walker?

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Originally Posted by CM9000

just over 2.5 hrs for me to look at every picture and read every word you typed.

what a stout rig. congratulations. the only thing I do not like about this rig is the band clamp infront of the muffler, marman clamps can be expensive but they last.

looking through all these pictures gave me a few ideas for my open wheeled car project I just started a month ago. I could list all the ideas I might steal but its a lot to list. have fun wheelin! gotta pump those tunes up!

seriously though, stout rig.

Thanks for spending some time looking thru the build and hope ya get some good ideas.... I will say that clamp does not leak one bit

Originally Posted by SPLATT

Is that Reiter or Walker?

My back yard Reiter

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So I have not slowed down and been super busy with getting a bunch of stuff done on my dodge and all new led lights/wiring on my trailer.

So I figured I would update the build since more has been done...

So here is my oops that caused my arb line to fail...

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Also something else I should have done from the get go was get a new perportioning valve. I found the threaded shaft was stuck when I went to bleed the brakes for the first time so I ordered a new one.

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So arb makes these nice slip lock repair things that are quite handy so I ordered one of those so I wouldn't have to replace the whole line. I also got some more of that heat sock that I had used and not only encased the arb line but I also moved it to the other side of the brake line.

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Finally got my factor 55 prolinks...

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So after my second run with the rig I found a spot of oil on the ground--this did not make me too happy. One thing I was happy was with how I designed the engine skid. I was able to pull the pan with minimal work and just maxing out the struts to give some room. for some reason there was no adhesion on the sealer (gms) to the front cover. Even though I was working on my back it really wasn't too bad to replace the gasket--fingers crossed...

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So something I found also on my first run was the sub amp kept shutting down and also seemed to get too hot (not in a restricted space). It was a reman unit from amazon so I went ahead and got the same series but it was a mono specific amp. Took a lil work and the hardest part was pulling the passenger body panel since thats the only way to get to the passenger inner rear sat mount bolt. I had no issues with on my second run...

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So the last thing I needed to figure out was a damn cup holder. I originally started with making some metal holders but was not happy with how they would mount. I did a bunch of looking online and I found the "ram" system--They were mainly made for bikes and such but I found the parts that would work and ordered a few parts. The hardest part was finding a location that was not only accessible but also out of the way. It took a while to find the happy place for them--and I hope they work out...

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So one thing I really wish I had done during the build was a way to plug in a hand remote. I told myself "I will never need this"... well after some thought and not being able to re spool my rope by myself I came to the conclusion that was a dumb idea. I also like to go out solo and knew it could be very handy to be able to operate the winch's outside the rig. I had a couple buddies who said go wireless--I wanted to keep things as simple as possible..

So I ordered 2 new plugs (WARN 16296 Three Wire Socket Kit ).

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So I started with the front plug. I actually found a nice spot for it as the slats in the grill were the perfect size for the plug to go thru. I made a mount that sits on the back side and simply sandwiches against the grill and in a nice easy location.

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So the one thing that bummed me out about not doing it from the get go was having a dedicated fused circuit to the plug. So I pulled voltage from the relay power feed and protected it with a fuse able link. I got the plug fully wired and checked it out--that will be nice to have.

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So the rear was a lil more work. I pulled the back panel that holds the lamps/lic plate and removed the cover I had made for the solenoid pack.

I made a mount for the plug and tig welded it to the inside of the cover.