BGGruff's Pajero

[mississippirocs]

Looks good with the 1.55s. How is the clearance on them in the back side?
Are you gonna reinstall the roof rack?

EDIT>>>I have my Unimog on the way should be here Friday

[BGGruff]

Originally Posted by mississippirocs

Looks good with the 1.55s. How is the clearance on them in the back side?
Are you gonna reinstall the roof rack?

EDIT>>>I have my Unimog on the way should be here Friday

Thanks! I think it's going to stay this way I like it!
Clearance in the back is a problem. Will have to trim up the fenders some more and then repaint. When the tires stuff up in the wheel wells they get jammed up and cause hesitation in the drivetrain. The fronts were giving me trouble too do to the sag in the suspension and the crazy steering angles I'm getting but I stiffened up the shocks (which are now also Losi Aluminum MRC types to match rear) and trimmed a lot of the inner wheel wells off and fixed it for the most part.
Been doing some testing on the backyard course and I'm liking it so far. It crawls pretty damn good! Now we just gotta get your Mog comp ready.

Oh to answer ya I don't think I'll be putting the rack back on...don't want the added weight up top. I'm going to build a spare tire mount off the back that holds a jerry can and the hilift and shovel.

[Worsey]

Great thread, lots of inspiration for my forthcoming Paj build - it's currently winging it's way across the pond...

[LR3]

I am going to use about 100% of thses ideas on my CC FJ

[BGGruff]

Originally Posted by Worsey

Great thread, lots of inspiration for my forthcoming Paj build - it's currently winging it's way across the pond...

Thanks man! It's a cool little truck to mod and experiment with.

Originally Posted by LR3

I am going to use about 100% of thses ideas on my CC FJ

Good deal! I've been working on some other stuff for this thing and I'll be posting up more soon.

[constantmotion]

Originally Posted by LR3

I am going to use about 100% of thses ideas on my CC FJ

Wish that I had a XC to use some of the mods I only like the XCs to compete with. I just don't have too much fun bashing around.

[mississippirocs]

Originally Posted by constantmotion

Wish that I had a XC to use some of the mods I only like the XCs to compete with. I just don't have too much fun bashing around.

THen buy you one to compete with. Thats what I just did. I should have mine ready soon and then I am gonna start a thread

[BGGruff]

Originally Posted by constantmotion

Wish that I had a XC to use some of the mods I only like the XCs to compete with. I just don't have too much fun bashing around.

Originally Posted by mississippirocs

THen buy you one to compete with. Thats what I just did. I should have mine ready soon and then I am gonna start a thread

Yea get you one for the competition! You had one last year didn't you? There's a lot of stuff can be done to these little rigs, but it does take some work to get them comp ready. I just brazed up some sliders for it. I finally found some 56% silver solder at Airgas in Gulfport. They also carry 45% too plus some other cool gadgets I need. I also borrowed your idea on the wheel nuts. The 1.55's do use 2mm nuts and I had enough 2mm locknuts laying around to do 1 wheel. I'm going to get more for the other 3. I'm gonna post some pics of my recent mods soon.

[constantmotion]

Originally Posted by BGGruff

Yea get you one for the competition! You had one last year didn't you? There's a lot of stuff can be done to these little rigs, but it does take some work to get them comp ready. I just brazed up some sliders for it. I finally found some 56% silver solder at Airgas in Gulfport. They also carry 45% too plus some other cool gadgets I need. I also borrowed your idea on the wheel nuts. The 1.55's do use 2mm nuts and I had enough 2mm locknuts laying around to do 1 wheel. I'm going to get more for the other 3. I'm gonna post some pics of my recent mods soon.

Yeah I had one last year...got everything and built it the week before the comp. It brought home second.

How much was the silver solder?

[BGGruff]

Originally Posted by constantmotion

Yeah I had one last year...got everything and built it the week before the comp. It brought home second.

How much was the silver solder?

I thought so, Scout CGR. That's pretty damn good, do it again!
I paid 18.00 for 1 troy ounce with the flux. I think I'm going to put up a thread in the Tools section maybe people don't know about Airgas.

[BGGruff]

Here's what I've done recently.

I installed a fan I got from Radio Shack on top of my box that houses the esc and winch controller to keep them cool. It's hooked to a rechargeable 9V battery.


Here are the 2mm nylon lock nuts I used on my RC4WD wheels (Idea borrowed from constantmotion.)


Here's the passenger side slider made of 3/16 brakeline.








Here's the driver side slider. I made it out of brass tube and solder I had before I got my hands on some good silver solder and brakeline. Seems to be holding up.

[JLF]

Cool idea on the cooling fan!

I really like those rock sliders! Any chance your going to market those in the near future?

[mississippirocs]

We need to GTG sometime soon. I have an idea for a front winch mount for the mog and the Tracker Sliders look good BTW

[spankrjs]

Dont forget me if yall have a get together I have a cc01 wrangler ready to go Might be busy with the 1:1 Scrambler, but give me a shout

[BGGruff]

Originally Posted by JLF

Cool idea on the cooling fan!

I really like those rock sliders! Any chance your going to market those in the near future?

Thanks, I don't think much heat is generated by the little esc but better safe than sorry. I do live in the deep south after all.
I'll pm you about the sliders.

Originally Posted by mississippirocs

We need to GTG sometime soon. I have an idea for a front winch mount for the mog and the Tracker Sliders look good BTW

Thanks! We'll get something made up for both of them.

Originally Posted by spankrjs

Dont forget me if yall have a get together I have a cc01 wrangler ready to go Might be busy with the 1:1 Scrambler, but give me a shout

We won't, may do it this Sunday.
Hell bring the Scrambler too!

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

nice!

YES GREG! get another one!!

i just got done with opening up my wheel wells on my jero
hardbody for some rc4wd tomahawks/axial beadlocks.
its a tight fit..
ill get some pics tonite..or 2mrw if its not raining..

[BGGruff]

Originally Posted by rubiredunlmtd

nice!

YES GREG! get another one!!

i just got done with opening up my wheel wells on my jero
hardbody for some rc4wd tomahawks/axial beadlocks.
its a tight fit..
ill get some pics tonite..or 2mrw if its not raining..

Thanks!

I know he needs one so all of us can run all 3 classes in Sept.

Get some pics up so we can see it! I had some Tomahawks but never ran them on the Jero but they're roughly the same size as the Stompers I have now so it is a tight fit. I actually still have some rubbing on mine and was thinking about taking a dremel to it. I was running the 20T pinion and it didn't have enough to turn the tires when they were bound up rubbing in the wells. I put the 16T pinion in and no more problems just some rubbing.

[missions1]

how easy is the body to get on and off with the winch that close to the mount

[constantmotion]

Ya'll some beaches talked me into it. Got one on the way. Going for a XC Brat on 1.55 Stompers. Already got my GPM parts on the way. They left Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, or wherever yesterday.

[mississippirocs]

Originally Posted by constantmotion

Ya'll some beaches talked me into it. Got one on the way. Going for a XC Brat on 1.55 Stompers. Already got my GPM parts on the way. They left Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, or wherever yesterday.

I resemble that remark