FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[SuperBuickGuy]

for SEMA pic

[Monster]

I heard rumors that that stuff started already !!!

[DanStokes]

for SEMA pic

I am SO glad I don't live in that! My internal thermostat is set to about 79 degrees F.

[SuperBuickGuy]

I am SO glad I don't live in that! My internal thermostat is set to about 79 degrees F.

well, I'm not such a good looking guy - like you are - so I need all the layers I can get so that the ladies find me attractive. I've heard tell that ME, when she first saw you, swooned.

[silver_bullet]

[DanStokes]

well, I'm not such a good looking guy - like you are - so I need all the layers I can get so that the ladies find me attractive. I've heard tell that ME, when she first saw you, swooned.

Sorta. Seriously, we were drawn to each other right from the start and were thinking marriage in 2 weeks! That was 33ish years ago - so far so good. And it was in MI with muckluks and snow clothes which maybe worked in my favor.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Sorta. Seriously, we were drawn to each other right from the start and were thinking marriage in 2 weeks! That was 33ish years ago - so far so good. And it was in MI with muckluks and snow clothes which maybe worked in my favor.

there are few women who can resist a feller in muckluks

[DanStokes]

there are few women who can resist a feller in muckluks

True confessions - they were really moon boots. Wonder what happened to those?

[SuperBuickGuy]

True confessions - they were really moon boots. Wonder what happened to those?

after walking almost 20 miles in a pair (after an epic stuck)... .I don't ever want to see another pair

[DanStokes]

after walking almost 20 miles in a pair (after an epic stuck)... .I don't ever want to see another pair

I just wore mine around town and maybe to shovel snow and they were OK for that. 20 miles - probably not.

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Sorta. Seriously, we were drawn to each other right from the start and were thinking marriage in 2 weeks! That was 33ish years ago - so far so good. And it was in MI with muckluks and snow clothes which maybe worked in my favor.

For those of you who have never met ME, the truth is she's a pushover for lost causes and puppy dog eyes.

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to mark this doneish
shiney rebuilt box. I'm so satisfied with my experience with Advantage.

almost looks like it did before, just in grey



it may seem weird to fill the PS pump while the cross shaft is disconnected but it was the best way I could get the ram bled

then onto the welder.... need to build the box but I'm getting close on this as well

[65RHDEER]

Keen to hear how well this welder works.

[SuperBuickGuy]

drove it a fair bit yesterday, my initial impression is it makes it less streetable. Before, my on-center was natural, now, it gets a degree or so 'off'..... which is interesting because the 'help' only really happens at the edges. I get get more 'help' on center with a higher-pressure pump but think I'll give it 1000 miles or so before I do any more upgrades on this. As an aside, I never needed a steering stabilizer...

[SuperBuickGuy]

so waiting on stuff for other stuff, so back to this stuff
so the biggest issue at the Rubicon (beside not having welding rod) was not having 2 batteries. I designed it and ran it with 2 batteries for awhile... and now it's back...

all the same except top posts and date (Optima Challenge gets me a great deal on batteriess)

new/old batteries

back to how it was built

So here's the deal, I do not want the alternator having the shortest path for surges through the EFI. The 'fix' on this is put shock absorbers on the system... aka batteries. I'll run the power cable from the rectifier back to the batteries and let them absorb the surges that are part and parcel of the system design. While I'm at it, I'll add a battery kill switch in the system as well... though I don't think the issue will be shutting the system down through a short, rather frying everything via a surge..... ah the joys of this.