SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Littleton NH
Thanks. The Orbital will mount on that tube. Lines will run to the hole in the floor and down the inside of the frame.
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Full bodied MJ on 42.5 boggers
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Thanks. The Orbital will mount on that tube. Lines will run to the hole in the floor and down the inside of the frame.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton NH
Cab side of wiring harness. Tried to keep it simple.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
Cage almost complete.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
Ass. Lol.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
Dash is in. Waiting on my gauges, and steering wheel, hub and shaft.
Sigh of relief when everything I sat in it and everything was in the right spot.
Sigh of relief when everything I sat in it and everything was in the right spot.
89eliminator
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- Location
- Delphi, IN
hell yeah. lookin good
- Location
- Hartsville, South Carolina
Am I the only one that cringes when I see the updates??? 
Poor MJ! :doh: J/K! It's Bad Ass!
Poor MJ! :doh: J/K! It's Bad Ass!SkinnyRidgeMJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton NH
UPS truck showed up with my column this afternoon so of course I had to mock it up before I left work.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
I picked up some VHT wrinkle paint to do the dash. Did a test panel and it looks pretty cool. Can anyone think of anything I am missing on the dash? I want to make sure all my welding is done before paint it. No radio, Maybe a pass. grab handle...
- Location
- WA state
More cowbell?
SkinnyRidgeMJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton NH
I didn't like the dash at first but its growing on me.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
I painted the interior black. Then decided I wanted the cage to stand out so I repainted it orange, and coated the tube with Rustolem Hammered black. Now I wish the seats were not blue. I hate painting...
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
I also finished up the engine harness. I shortened a bunch of wires and lengthened others to get the harness to fit properly. Them put it all in loom.
Next step is to remove the engine, clean and paint engine bay, put my heat mat on firewall and trans tunnel and reassemble. Hopefully for the last time.
Next step is to remove the engine, clean and paint engine bay, put my heat mat on firewall and trans tunnel and reassemble. Hopefully for the last time.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton NH
Got the engine pulled last night, hopefully for the last time. Put heat mat on the firewall and tunnel. Hopefully my floors will be a little cooler this year.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
My engine mounts have been bothering me since I welded them in. The mounts themselves are rugged enough but they are only welded to one layer of sheet metal. That area of the frame has 4 layers but the weld only penetrated the outer, maybe the second at best. The idea of that much HP and TQ pulling on sheet metal does not inspire confidence. So I cut a 1 1/2" hole in the center of the mount, all the way through the bump stop mount on the outside of the frame. Then shoved a 5" piece of 1 1/2"x1/4" wall dom through it. Welded inside and out, then capped it inside the mount with a 1/4" plate. Will never have to worry about it now.
SkinnyRidgeMJ
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- Location
- Littleton NH
No pics yet but the engine is back in, transmission has been swapped (still a sm465 but the last one was very noisy in third gear). I have been waiting on a throttle cable from the scrap yard. They were supposed to give it to me with the engine but didn't... So today I went and pulled it myself. While I was there I grabbed the pedal too.