didn't get it running again this weekend, instead spent most of the day saturday wiring in a new knock sensor, and building a slick little mount for the rear mounted radiator. turns out I was pretty busy doing other stuff sunday and didn't get to running rad lines to the back. got most of the materials though, decided to use aluminized pipe, (conduit from menards) 1.5", and Im gonna see if I can pick up so 90 degree rad lines for the bends underneath tommorrow. should turn out pretty sweet. and Im figuring it should hold an extra 3 gallons of coolant. Also have a ton of room to work on the motor with the radiator out of the way.
heres some pics of what I did.
started with the stock comanche crossmember, cut it up a little bit, now I need to get another one for the front, this one was already pretty bent up anyway.
was looking through my scrap parts and noticed I had a stock tj front bumper, checked it and it fit damn near perfectly flat across the top of the bed. drilled some holes for the posts, added rubber grommets, welded the crossmember to the bottom of the bumper, welded some mounts to bolt to the bed in 4 places. and wallah,
in this shot you can see the mounts I made to bolt to the bed, and the little mounts that hold the shroud on.
overhead view
turned out pretty sweet, and it doubles as a great place to sit. Also when I put a cover on for the bed, it will be a great support, and I think I might only make the cover go back to that mount.