FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'll get to the sliders tomorrow.... I'm actually running out of other things to do; but it may be nice tomorrow and I need to do another shakedown run - so tonight's episode is titled "I wish I had a slip roll"

for the record, this won't work with the 350... weird, no? After all, the motor removed and the motor placed are both GM motors....


it's solidly in place, it will be pretty later

[SuperBuickGuy]

sliders
not the tasty kind


hmmm


maybe?


all that, and I may simply surround the original steps with tube....


I dunno, I'll work on it tomorrow and come up with something...

[SuperBuickGuy]

blind bolts welded


miter done


1 1/2 x 1 1/2 1/4" square tube installed






I have a ways to go, but the decisions are done - just the doing left.

[silver_bullet]

WOW!

[SuperBuickGuy]

a bit more done
some CAD work (Cardboard Assisted Design)








next up the back bracket.

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to come up with the back half brace plan
hmmm, no


maybe....

[silver_bullet]

that's one heck of a tutorial!

[SuperBuickGuy]

first step was to clean contacts in my welder


onto braces




getting there

[SuperBuickGuy]

I figured I'd wait a day or two to update since this is a tedious and often interrupted job....
time for some chopping and welding










non slip application

non slip applied

so there's a problem with attaching to the body. It's got nice pads to limit vibration, but if I bolt solid to the body I'll have no end of trouble, and worse, squeeks


answer is rubber hose


and a bit of paint to limit rust

[Deaf Bob]

Fancy paint brush!
The details!
Looookin goooood!

[SuperBuickGuy]

didn't have a lot of time tonight to work - sent the land rover to a new home - but at least got the steps in place

[STINEY]

Congrats on rehoming the Rover.

[SuperBuickGuy]

completed sliders


exhaust ... I seriously considered square exhaust as a nod to someone (Chad) who swore that it made a performance difference, but alas, I have an ARB airbag and it inflates a lot quicker off the exhaust - so I had to save the joke for later


to quiet it down a bit, I reduced the interior volume, we'll see if it's enough tomorrow




end of week, pretty much done pictures







and now the batteries are held in place and the cover is held down.

[silver_bullet]

I have my doubts as to it ever being done....waiting on the snorkel and a replacement steering wheel....

[SuperBuickGuy]

the Land Rover was done. Key point being it's no longer where I can work on it again. To me, finished is when I drive it regularly. That is where it's at now... there's things left to do, upgrades I'd like to make, but it's dangerously close to its first date with mud - and it's going to happen soon. Pictures will happen.