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[zjmartin]

All kinds of good stuff here. I friggin love this thread


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Thanks hope to be done soon. Wife is pushing for a new house so we all can guess what will be put on the back burner

[cache96]

Looks good man!! alot of plating I have been debating on cutting out the rear wheel wells but haven't done it.. Looking at your pics i will most likely do it now!

[zjmartin]

Looks good man!! alot of plating I have been debating on cutting out the rear wheel wells but haven't done it.. Looking at your pics i will most likely do it now!

It wasn't to bad. Only advice I have is cut a little at a time. I went to town with a sawzall. And when welding go slow. The heat started to warp the outer fender. But I do think it looks cleaner than the fold back and weld method. I used a 6" pipe to bend the inner fender around to match the shape. Good luck

[zjmartin]

The Easter Bunny came early. He ordered me parts earlier this week. Hahahaha

The fuel rail adapter fitting is
Russell efi push on 5/16" the sending unit end is ⅜". It was out of stock and will be here around Wednesday



It looks purdy on there



Fuel line



The adapter fitting from the cylinder to hydro lines x2

[zjmartin]

Been a long time since an update. The wife got her new house and we close on thurs. So guess what stopped getting my time. Yep the build. With that being said.

Got the fuel cell mounted and plumbed for the most part. Had to wait on the sending unit fitting for 3 weeks.



Also decided to go all stainless braided for the brake lines from the valve to the axle side t. A lot easier to run.

[brendan3216]

Update?

[zjmartin]

Update?

I wish there was some great things to put on here. But....... the wife got her new house and I've been working like crazy on the new one getting it painted and move in ready. We have been in it for a month or so. The old house I've done all the stuff I put off so we can sell it. It's on the market now. Everything is moved BUT the jeep. Hope to start on it again very soon. At least the new house already has 220 in the garage so once it's here I'll start back up.

[zjmartin]

Got the jeep to the new house last week. Gonna try to finish up all the loose ends before starting on something new. Steering lines,brakes,button up the fuel, and get the battery cables to the back. What a start list. Need to get it mobile so it's easier to move than on the wheel dollies

[zjmartin]

Got it done sooner than I thought. Hope I fit inside it. HahHahah :p

I know it was already on the Internet but we had an extra pumpkin and I was feeling creative.

[zjmartin]

Made a really big dent in the list. This weekend. Hydro lines ran and mounted. Fuel line finished and mounted. Brake lines ran and secured from orbital to axle T.

[zjmartin]

Also got the headlights put on. The old headlight grill support was broken and when I took it off to mount the cooler it broke in half.

If I don't say so it is looking good and like a jeep again. I feel better just having the grill and lights on

[zjmartin]

Got the rock sliders up on stands



Front stand off mount



Front two are straight. 3 and 4 mounts needed bent



All the bars



Hope to have them mocked up and welded by tomorrow night

[Kraqa]

all that cutting and you keep the stock rocker?

why not remove it and gain some clearance?

[zjmartin]

Not ready to cut into the body yet (cab). Build was supposed to be done already but had to put it on hold for a few months. Maybe eventually but not yet

[Stealth Crawler ZJ]

I'm not wanting to chop the pretty body but I also know that I need to do certain strengthening ie rocker replacement instead of tacking on some sliders especially on my dubjay like long term body support and the total fact that most of us eventually go that route anyway!
Just some thoughts.

[zjmartin]

I'm not wanting to chop the pretty body but I also know that I need to do certain strengthening ie rocker replacement instead of tacking on some sliders especially on my dubjay like long term body support and the total fact that most of us eventually go that route anyway!
Just some thoughts.

I completely plated unibody from front to back on sides and bottom with quarter and 3/16 steel. That's what my sliders are welded to. If that won't give me enough support for the exo cage to mount off of the sliders I don't know what will. The sliders are 2x4 3/16 box with 4 1 3/4 dom standoffs

At least when I do decide to cut more I have a strong base to work off of.

I'm not wanting to chop the pretty body but I also know that I need to do certain strengthening ie rocker replacement instead of tacking on some sliders especially on my dubjay like long term body support and the total fact that most of us eventually go that route anyway!
Just some thoughts.

[zjmartin]

Got driverside done and almost welded up. Went a head and painted them so they had good coverage. Got to finish weld driverside and mount the passenger but it is done and painted too

[OrangePower]

Merry Christmas

Nice build!

I will also put full hidro in my ZJ. All parts are here now I only need time to put them in.
Can you make photo of orbital so all lines are visible?
I wonder if you mounted steering cooler (on return line)?

[zjmartin]

I will when we get home. Let me know exactly what your wanting to see of the orbital. And yes the cooler is ran from return out of orbital to bottom of cooler and the out of the cooler to the pump reservoir

[OrangePower]

You described exactly what I wanted to see of orbital.

You can post picture of hydro lines on orbital anyway.

[ELLLLLIOTTTTT]

I could see the support tubes getting hung up on rocks quite easily.

[FOUR.GO]

The build looks awsome man! Are you only running one upper to your front axle or do you have one over the pumpkin too?

[zjmartin]

I could see the support tubes getting hung up on rocks quite easily.

Thought about running something down the supports to let rocks slide but we don't do a lot of big rocks that I think will hang me up. That will be one I address from the back burner if needed.

[zjmartin]

The build looks awsome man! Are you only running one upper to your front axle or do you have one over the pumpkin too?

Thanks!! Yes 3 link and a panhard bar. Hope it flexes good. Hahaha we ran the numbers on a link calculator and they were good. But we will see

[zjmartin]

Went with running the battery cables from rear cargo area to engine bar thru frame. Ran two 1/0 wires sleeved in 5/8 heater hose



Unknown pain in the a$$ job this became. The unibody and dog house were two separate pieces. Had to cut an access hole in floor and cut away some metal so we could feed it from one to the other.



Flipped back up part of the cut out. Will cover with a piece of sheet metal and rtv


Where the lines came up in cargo area





Engine bay wired up. Extra wire ran for future 2nd battery