the thermostat housing is on the bottom on these and stock it extended all the way to the steering shaft so i hacksawed it out 3-4" out from the mount and clamped the uniflex 90deg hose on
no brakes yet! (i taped up the vaccum plug to run it),the remaining 4 wires coming out of pcm plug will go to the rear gas-tank/t-case loom
yes i know i'm risking starving the motor for air :)
this hose(aeoquip socketless) was $14.65 a foot with the fittings and the npt adapters and the spin on adapter and filter mount the cost was close to $300 to move the oil filter 4ft away
and no its not getting a heavy bulky ugly spare tire bolted to it if i blow a tire i can call aaa
i will have to build a custom fiberglass speedo bezel as it it ~3" higher than a stock tj speedo
from the factory this plate is spot welded to the tb pedal cluster.My drill press took care of that
stock tb shifter almost all plastic. The 12v lockout assy easily removes w/ 2 torx screws its allready removed(you can see where it was mounted)
as you can see the jeep itself was saved from the crusher when i got it it was a tub and frame only! no interior no axles no frontend
the silver/tan/black/primer mix is in style
me do anything? half this project belongs to my esab migmaster 250 :)
its a tight fit but i think it will be fine (i plan on removing the carrier mounting bosses to make more axle room)
this was a b!tch to install i had to use a diegrinder to carve away the BLOCK so i could spin the adaper on
dynomax 2.5" catback
the washer bottle pump and lines are hooked up and functional i also hooked up the hvac vaccum line
new hummer h3 shifter installed (trailblazer/envoy one was to tall)
new rear track bar bracket is welded on
its starting to look more like a jeep the wheels are off of a 97 lexus sc430 mounted with bridgstone dueler a/t's (265-75-16) the front seat is from an explorer sport trac
it ended up higher than i originally thought it would be (2 in budget boost susp lift) but i like it as it is
if the seat looks low and a little far back that because i made it that way when i built the bracket. i fit pretty well (6'9")
brake booster is in and brakes are functional
some how after a beer a friend convinced me to do a gravel burnout (it needs posi)
sway bar is now connected
i got the passenger seat adapted to the stock jeep track
i made sure the flip forward feature was preserved
carpet? we don't need no stinkin carpet!
what ? the drivers side is lower than the pass side?...... :)
