new buggy build

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high steer arms welded on and tie rod machined for front today.  finish up rear tomorrow. 

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beefy

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hopefully it doesn't fail, the Barns kit uses a 1" bolt through the OEM hole.  it moves the tie rod out for diff cover clearance, keeps the Ram push point same place.  with ~50* steering i use exactly 8" of Ram travel.   


lathe extension worked great today to machining the 53" tie rod.  just have to take care with squaring it up a little bit more than usual but not a big deal. 

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Rams mounted this afternoon

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need to start populating control locations before finishing up tube work. 

1550 shafts came, ordered coolers to get rad pack and charge pipes finalized. 

pretty close to plumbing things and wires soon. 

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engine block tapped for turbo oil drain.  more fittings and parts on the list to wrap up plumbing on this hawg

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cooler stack for rad, trans, steering, intercooler

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so for an off the shelf M12 x 1.75 coper washer seal to 1/8"NPT there are two options brass or AL

brass lots of reviews the piece is junk, breaks, etc.

comes with instructions not to exceed 25ft lbs.  i set my torq wrench to 20ft lbs.  immediately snaps at like 1/3 of that lol 


no options and my lathe i guess doesnt do metric threading
going to try making what i need out of a bolt i guess
 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CIJ39O?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

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the install tool for super duty vacuum seals is comically big and heavy lol 

[Harrison]

You are cruising right along with this thing.

Any chance we'll see this thing in New England?

[M4wdFab]

i dont know, we will see.

[M4wdFab]

so for an off the shelf M12 x 1.75 coper washer seal to 1/8"NPT there are two options brass or AL

brass lots of reviews the piece is junk, breaks, etc.

comes with instructions not to exceed 25ft lbs.  i set my torq wrench to 20ft lbs.  immediately snaps at like 1/3 of that lol 


no options and my lathe i guess doesnt do metric threading
going to try making what i need out of a bolt i guess
 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CIJ39O?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

dug though my metric bolt bucket and found a M12x1.75 bolt, stuck it in the lathe and made what i needed.  steel should hold way better. 
header wrapped and installed with turbo.  oil feed and drain lines, O2 bung, oil pressure gage tap isntalled.

working on sourcing braided AN3 brake line parts to make all lines since it gets a little tricky and annoying doing it how i would normaly do with off the shelf hoses. 

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rear tub work done for cooling and cell

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boxes and boxes of parts pilled up, hoping to get back on this thing in April   


front winch came in.  its so cute. 

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drug back into shop for a couple of days   

ambition is low, stuck on cab controls/floors/4th engine mount


i guess i just need to start throwing tube at it and see what happens.