Did a video update of my last three projects. Battery Box, Composting toilet and just finished the Propex in a tool box.
Enjoy
Enjoy
What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?
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Influencer I
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- Marc
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- Bouchard
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- Retired Fire/EMS
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- David
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- Vonderhaar
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Finally got the Baja Design lights in the Octane front bumper.
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Scrubbed my weather techs… never ending cycle of cleaning and making dirty
Fosters
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added kilmat to all four doors and new vapor barriers.
Red_Leaf_Overland
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Autism Family Travels
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Created the list I need to do to Pat. Damn, it's a long list. First things first...New front half shafts. I think I have a bad U joint in one of them, replace both to make sure. Then it's suspension work. Going with King springs and Bilstein shocks/struts. Gives us 1.1 inches of lift, more carrying capacity and takes the sag outta the butt. All new control arms etc as well. Since I am diving in, might as well go whole hog on the rig to make it good for another 100,000 km. Winter tires and summer tires are needed as well. The rest is goodies not requirements. My friend and I are going to dynamat the entire rig to knock down exterior noise. I dove an EV the other day and loved the silence. Roof rack, hitch and protection are big on the to-do's as well. The hitch is finally in so we are doing that one soon enough. Time to crack at it!
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We traded it in, the little 2016 range rover evoque is gone. Used cars are at a premium right now. Moved up to a 2022 infiniti QX55 all wheel drive with all the bells and whistles. Labor day holiday sale. Even has a self driving mode but if you take your hands off the wheel for too long it will slow and stop, unlike the tesla. Now the wife can get to the mall again.
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Cleaned the air filter, changed the oil, and checked coolant level for a big trip back East soon
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Had to go back and Loctite everything on our rack made from extruded aluminum t-slot and Gamiviti mounts on top of our 2004 GX470
the t-slot was repurposed from a table we pick-up at a local trift store, the silver "fairing" was a found item maybe starting life as custom aluminum molding for an appliance or store fixure? we had proof of concept so it was time to lock it in.
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Had some wood laying around and built up a small cabinet to lift my fridge in order to slide it out, while I was in there made another shelve for a cutting board / sink. Still need to finish it but its about 98% done.
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I want to make a DIY Slide for my Fridge similar to this. Very well done!
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Added another Jeep to the driveway. Previous owner has it listed as a 1950 CJ3A but those more knowledable on older CJs have told me it's probably a 46 or 47 2A with a 3A windshield on it. There are no frame serial number tags left so all I have is the tub serial number which are 10,000ish less than the frame serial numbers. If that number is accurate that puts this as a 47 2A. Given the running gear I'm leaning towards early 47 as it's still rocking some MB running gear, which was a common thing when CJ2As first came out because they were using up left over MB/GPW parts from the war.
Has a blown head gasket for sure but will run and move under it's own power. Current plans are a full tear down and refreshing of the tub, and at least a reseal of the engine if not a full overhaul.
Has a blown head gasket for sure but will run and move under it's own power. Current plans are a full tear down and refreshing of the tub, and at least a reseal of the engine if not a full overhaul.
Expedition Master I
- 8,095
- First Name
- Vance
- Last Name
- Ely
- Member #
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- WRNX949 is my GMRS, haven't taken my test yet but working on the HAM
- Service Branch
- USAF BRAT
can't wait to see what you do with this.Added another Jeep to the driveway. Previous owner has it listed as a 1950 CJ3A but those more knowledable on older CJs have told me it's probably a 46 or 47 2A with a 3A windshield on it. There are no frame serial number tags left so all I have is the tub serial number which are 10,000ish less than the frame serial numbers. If that number is accurate that puts this as a 47 2A. Given the running gear I'm leaning towards early 47 as it's still rocking some MB running gear, which was a common thing when CJ2As first came out because they were using up left over MB/GPW parts from the war.
Has a blown head gasket for sure but will run and move under it's own power. Current plans are a full tear down and refreshing of the tub, and at least a reseal of the engine if not a full overhaul.
Member III
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- First Name
- Joshua
- Last Name
- Downs
- Member #
20468
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KK6RBI / WQYH678
- Service Branch
- USMC 03-16, FIRE/EMS
It'll look largely like it does now but with gray paint (picked by the wifey).
