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That's great insight. I'm sure in that case I will eventually be unhappy with them as well. Sigh, time to see if there's anything out there that can be slotted in, in future.

Previously I used Goatbuilts exhaust kit and ran the passenger side with a couple of v-bands added for clocking and ease of service (it's tight!). I was made aware it's obnoxious with these little straight through mufflers. Instead of seeing for myself, I cut that muffler out and managed to...

I got the carrier bearing mount from Goatbuilt so I could move forward on driveshaft parts which will let me move ahead on exhaust. To start I had the old front driveshaft from my last crawler, 1350CV head and 2"OD .25w tube. I also had the 3.31 pinion from the SD60. Plan is to adapt the pinion...

They just make a lot of sense. Considering how much straps stretch under dynamic load and then statically stretch over time, having an inch to take up helps a lot. Thanks!

Still plodding along. I printed a bunch of PETG clamps to try and help route the hoses. Black Friday bit me. Merry Christmas? Trying to mount the air cleaner. Went off the t-bolt clamp thread, but I still think I need a support at the other end of the filter. Goatbuilt brake assembly...

Studs and clamps I used to route things 'cleanly.' Engine oil filter head and filter. Filter clears the tube below it unthreaded by a millimeter maybe so it can still be installed/uninstalled full of oil without spilling. I couldn't make a sweep fittings work and had to resort to the block...

Work continues and has. Drew up and welded out an oil cooler mount. This plus mounting the oil filter housing on the firewall allowed me to start routing power steering, oil and reservoir hoses. That lead to pulling them all out after marking clocking and depth, one at a time to crimp and...

I've been on PBB since 03 and made the transition to Irate. I was briefly on offroadfabnet as well. I miss the builds and the flared holes probably speak to my wish to emulate the builds I watched through '08.

Lots of little bits. Radiator and fan are buttoned up. I welded together the blank off plate and riveted to the fan shroud. It hooks to the radiator top lip. I turned some bosses and those got welded to the rad tanks to bolt the fan body on. Otherwise it has been laying out the engine...

Radiator showed up and I dropped the e-fan I procured onto it. The shroud fits great...just a little tall. Off with its head. I put the fan on upside down (I'll have to close secure the flaps, but likely would have anyways) so it extends past the radiator on top instead of on the bottom which...

Many a burnt sock from overhead mig welding for sure. Never comfortable...but I almost never put boots still.

Picking away at the front end. Turned down some HMS's so the rod ends on the mini tie rods will fit in tot he welded plates on the steering knuckles. I took it all off on one side to bias them just little bit closer to perfectly horizontal @ center. I fit up the low profile upper shock...

We will have to see. It's a looser converter and I tend to drive with a heavy foot, hope the air flow can keep up.

All the links are in and they fit with a couple of threads showing. There's a big space between the fuel cell and the back of the rear seats that's open to air on 4 sides, but impossible to really get to. It tapers from the top so it's bad for storage, the shocks are on both sides so access is...

Front bump cans mocked up using a drop of 2" .25w tube. Goatbuilt winch fairlead mount in place with a Brennan's Garage fairlead. Trying to do a better job of wiring on this rig than the last one. Old dirty cooler is just to show what they come from the factory like, that was the PS...

Goal for the weekend was to get the drivetrain attached. I drilled out and sleeved the mounting holes for the ****** crossmember. Then the repurposed Goatbuilt bushing mount got chopped up and burned it. Thank you for easy bench fillet welds to make me look like the welder I am not...

Thank you. Thank you and I am sorry to hear that. It is a curious thing that I have had to describe to my wife. It is such a non-unique feeling, parents have been passing since people were people (whenever or where ever that was), but the pain and loss is so solitary. My dad was not much for...

I am still alive. Spent last summer building an outdoor space at the wife's request and my dad died pretty suddenly late last year but I am righting the ship and we are headed in the right direction again here. Engine got a genIV manifold because I needed injectors (they were all stuck) and I...

Primary Solidworks user for 20 years. Certificates in Pro-E/Creo, Inventor, and SW, but SW has always been the most intuitive for me.

Thank you! Yes, kind of like a poor mans version plus all the weight :ROFLMAO: