MMTR Brolite

[mr.mindless]

4 flat tires and a fully charged battery after sitting many many months. Maybe since last fall? Aired up tires and drove it out of Joe - at WOT.

Need to fix intake, only runs at wide open throttle with all the air going around the MAF
Painters tape made it run enough to do a couple loops.





Not sure about building bed extensions. I’ll look at it in the rain and daylight tomorrow.

[Wingman]

Just strap the front down good and let it hang…

[M4wdFab]

chain the front, lift middle with jack, sit on jack stands at end of bed,  more chain binder in rear haha

[mr.mindless]

So I repaired the intake boot by cutting it up and using an intercooler kit aluminum elbow plus pieces of the boot to adapt to the MF sensor and to hold the IAT sensor.

Also threw a couple zip screw in the air cleaner adaptor. It had been held with 2 bolts, one broke out so not it’s got 2 zip screws and a bolt.

Added 1-2qt of water to cooling system.

No apparent issues in beating a bit yesterday at smikes.

Need to bring 12 gal of e0 and make a quick mud muncher setup for it and set up my helmet for that. Should be ready to rock n roll.

[mr.mindless]

Ordered a crimped AN line for power steering pump to box. Hopefully the pump isn’t wasted from running dry. I think it’s ready for more abuse once that’s done

[M4wdFab]

i think we swapped either the pump or the pulley i cant remember.  i had a spare TC pump in my "ZJ" that got donated.  i have a red AN nut on my fridge i found in my driveway i think is from your truck also

FYI i have had super good luck just buying both OEM lines, and then using a swedgelock 3/8" compression union at the hard section of the high pressure hoses to made dissimilar kinds


im also close to pulling the trigger on a spendy hydro crimp that has all hose types / fuel, brake, hydro, AC from will.  should have just done it 2 or 3 jobs ago. 

[mr.mindless]

I'll be happy give you margin on making hoses. I spent way too much on the single crimped hose for this conversion application. that reusable AN fitting stuff clearly can't take power steering pressure. All the fittings that have seen that are going in the bin. Maybe consider it safe for engine oil or fuel pressure but not PS.

Keeping stock of proper ends and adaptors is scary expensive. but making right lines is priceless...

I noticed that whatever fancy pulley I'd had on there was gone, didn't note if pump was different too, used to used I wouldn't know. I _think_ I have one more on the shelf if backstock is needed.

[M4wdFab]

that confirms, the pulley was loose on the pump and lost its press fit just spinning and no pumping.  we pulled a stock XJ pulley off the pump i had and installed it, then the line blew next race. 

[mr.mindless]

5 out of 6 ribs on the belt seems fine. $94 hose and fixed. That’s -one- part that’ll never fail again. Meh. I want a hose crimper and thousands in inventory of special ends to make it useful


Gonna try to clean the bead on that leaky tire for the 87tg time before I check the coolant and shove it in Joe for the winter.

[M4wdFab]

surplus didnt have 2 fittings and a 12$ standard hose?  thats what i have been doing on full hydro installs if im not in a hurry

[mr.mindless]

I already had the -6AN adapters and just wanted to improve current design

I should have noted what fittings I adapted so I could get new adaptors to jic and do exactly that.

[mr.mindless]

LR tire had sidewall damage and a very leaky but clean bead. Beads on the tire are a bit chopped up. Also has one lug partly ripped off but not leaking. I didn’t patch the sidewall, it got a tube.

Should probably get fresh drive tires if there’s a full race season, ever…

[mr.mindless]

Harvested spare front clip and rear axle and driveshaft from a '98. unsure if that driveshaft is anything more than scrap, 3.0 auto 4x2 xcab. don't know if that's any sort of a match to a manual 4cyl. aluminum 1 piece.
need to get that to scrap. the spare rear isn't terribly desirable but would get a truck operational again. drum brake 3.73 7.5"