FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[DanStokes]

Dan, I appreciate your attempts at pun, but sometimes your pun just falls a little flat.... maybe if you sharpened your voice you'd sharpen your puns?

Thank you!!! I'll be here all month (I have a better agent than Beags) - and don't forget to tip the servers. Beags - you CAN tune a fish but you have to freeze it first. Interestingly, they all tune to sea flat.

Things like this just show up in my head unbidden - don't know why. There has been no cure in 68 years and I expect I'll go punning into the Great Beyond.

Dan

[Deaf Bob]

I'm a strong believer in starting an engine in the chassis by just hooking stuff up and giving it a quick roar..
You can find out mistakes that way which can be remidied easier ..
Case in point, the kid likes his derby cars pretty well"done" before firing them up.. He is usually right.. But the last car was an aluminum cradle Crown Vic with a steel cradle built for it.. Somewhere a measurement or two got fudged.. Had no left turn. It was read difficult to get to the steering by the time we found that out.. What could have been a simple fix took 2 days..

[SuperBuickGuy]

Ahh, so you stepped up and bought one of those fuel mats...I'd love it if you ran a test for us, slosh a little fuel around the tank floor (or simulation) w/ a pump hooked up and returning...see how low you can go before starving. No smoking for that one! (j/k) I had also wondered if they needn't be restrained against the bottom of the tank to not be flapping around all the time in rough terrain and maybe eventually tear.

they are restrained. they have magnets that hold the corners down..... as for video, chad did one when they came out a year or so ago. what will be interesting will be putting the pieces in the tank through the sender hole.

[Loren]

chad did one .

Found it.

[SuperBuickGuy]

to me, I think this will eliminate the need to run a surge canister .... crossing fingers

[Russell]

I think I saw MF on one of the MT shows looking at one in a fish tank at the booth. What is the life span of the mat?

[SuperBuickGuy]

all of your questions, answered
https://www.holley.com/products/fuel_systems/hydramat/

[SuperBuickGuy]

thoughts?

http://www.digitalguarddawg.com/automobiles-trucks/push-button-start-automotive/pbs-tr

I think, rather then brake-pedal activation that I'd simply put a button on the dash to push since having to hold the brake when you're using the starter to move the vehicle would kind of defeat the purpose....

and I'd either put a slot in the dash or the sensor in the driver's seat....

[DanStokes]

They should send me a free one for testing.

Oops - it says "Keyless" - I misread it as "Clueless"...... Never mind.

Dan

[Russell]

Sounds like extra complexity. Kill switch or three and key or just a push button. Put one kill switch inside your lock box. A row of kill switchs where some have to be on and othere off to work. Use a plug in relay for the fuel pump. Pull the relay.

[SuperBuickGuy]

So, since everyone seems to be against it (though the suggestion of a key in lock box kind of seems to be adding a layer of complexity - after all, if I lose the keys, how do I get into the lockbox?) I'll go ahead and do it

until then... today was a short day because of dogs

I got the "antifreeze" that isn't - it's good from 40 degrees and won't boil up to 375 degrees. Everyone whines about cooling issues. This should solve it since this is a far better cooling fluid - it should, at $45/gallon it's not cheap. Oh and in other news, the people that say filling the dry block is 2.5 gallon are a bunch of liars. It's more than 3 gallons and that is without the heater cores


clean bench = sick mind... I'm obviously right as rain


anyway, I begrudgingly decided to do this the right way (well that and I didn't completely fasten the bracket on so I had to take it apart anyway


I'm sure this picture is showing something important... can't think what it is... but something


*&(^^***@@@@!!!! GM engineers


they soldered the loop back onto the back of the reservoir.... fortunately, I have tools and torches and have no fear of using them (even incorrectly)


for those who think I can't weld, don't look at this next picture


onto the fuel pump... don't ask me if it's on the right way - I've no idea


and mount the air compressor tank






gratuitous picture of the frame


wiring of the EFI


I've decided that I'm utterly sick of tracing bad butt-connection joints and non-waterproof connects. Now I've hidden them and made them even harder to trace.. smart, huh?






and about instructions - I've read about 100 different ways of making the joints "perfect" they're all full of Jeep - the easiest way is simply bend the tabs over, then use the crimp device to give them a final crimp....

main power lines are run and started brake lines.... and that's it for tonight, thanks for reading

[DanStokes]

It all looks great to me. That should make you uneasy.

Dan

[silver_bullet]

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[SuperBuickGuy]

the end is in sight because I'm ordering rubbers for it.

then I can put the windows in

and you just read that pun and sighed.

winner

[JOES66FURY]

haha, "rubbers"