USAFAGumby Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 4hrs later.... I have a pile of parts in my living room waiting to be installed as well so stand by for an update on the next project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Bear with me as I update all the pictures on this thread. I am slowly converting them all to imgur, stupid photobucket :fs1: In the mean time I finally got around to installing some parts! Closed to open cooling system conversion accomplished. Most of the parts were compiled from these two threads. I now have room for a new project and the rest of the parts that are sitting on my couch, updates to follow! https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/89-cherokee-close-open-cooling-conversion-200594/ http://comancheclub.com/topic/44535-closed-to-open-cooling-diy/ It's a bummer photobucket crapped out on us. Lets keep this page and the tech articles alive though! I have learned nearly everything I know about mechanics from this site alone and couldn't be more grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 THOR cowl intake installed! Looks great and sounds pretty cool. There is a quite vacuum noise like most people have pointed out, as well as a slight whistle when the throttle is open a certain percent, but when at wide open throttle under load it sounds amazing!! :rock on: Throaty kinda noise right into the cab. Time will tell if all that gets annoying. I capped off the vacuum lines from the fuel vapor canister and the smaller one from the intake. The preheat intake tube I cut down and left open. Any ideas on how to cap off that pipe? So much room for activities! I'm thinking dual battery, but I'll leave it open for awhile. Also, since I have a bored throttle body I had to order a spectre flange adapter and a different coupler. Both those combined gave me plenty of clearance along the valve cover and still room under the hood. The largest hole saw I had cut this and I ended up having the cut all the way up and down the cowling to cram the cone filter from THOR in there. It will fit! Also may have figured out what was wrong with the shaking and vibrations I was getting around 60mph. I thought maybe death wobble was coming back but now I believe the new culprit is the G2 wheel spacers I had on. Both front and rear cross threaded and broke studs in the year they were on the truck, while also causing problems with my front hub, and possible my rear bearings/diff alignment. The grinding noise continues but I believe it was damage from having these crappy wheel spacers on. Time will tell if the shaking has stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalBman Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Dual battery setup and auxiliary fuse box!! Leaves room for my OX electric actuator and space for a hydro assist reservoir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Also moved down to Pensacola FL for my first training assignment! Anyone in the area let me know, I go out with Emerald Coast Jeepers every now and then. Does this mean you have graduated from the USAFA? If so, congrats! I know in the Navy they send the cadets out to sea a couple of times to work in their specialty fields before they graduate, but don't know how the USAF works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 I graduated in 2016 and thank you! I'm here for combat systems officer training and my follow on assignment is still up in the air for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Very cool. My daughter is an ABM at Tinker, recently made O3, and starts on instructor duty pretty soon. No more deployments for awhile. I'm hoping she makes a career out of it. Looks like both you guys are working in the weapons arena. Best wishes to you for the future mate. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Finally got around to cleaning up and taking a picture on the beach! Also had some spare time and finally made this diecast Comanche out of a Johnny Lightning Cherokee. Used a Dremel to cut the back off and grind down the rear seat. Super glued the rear window back on and painted it up to look like mine and tried my best to be detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalBman Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Is that Pensacola Beach by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Driver Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Hurlburt Field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Johnson Beach on Perdido Key. There's nowhere near Pensacola I've found that lets you drive on the beach, this one I only drove out and took the pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalBman Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Johnson Beach on Perdido Key. There's nowhere near Pensacola I've found that lets you drive on the beach, this one I only drove out and took the pic. Lol that was gonna be my point... Iv watched people get arrested and their vehicles impounded out there. Some aussies were out their busting through the sand dunes in an old land Rover. They were fined something like $500,000. I was lived my whole life in that area until the AF put me in kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Holy cow that's incredible. Yeah the road is about 10ft from where I parked and I didn't go any further because of what I heard. What do you do for the AF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) Old motor mounts both looked like this. Lots of little maintenance done in prep for another road trip. Exciting news coming soon around Christmas. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Edited September 30, 2022 by USAFAGumby Picture link lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Found the cause of my shimmy on the highway. Rounding out the lower front right control arm body mount. Causing a clunk when accelerating and decelerating. Trip back to NC for break next weekend and won't be able to fix it before then so I tightened it down and will keep an eye on it for the trip. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 21 minutes ago, USAFAGumby said: Found the cause of my shimmy on the highway. Rounding out the lower front right control arm body mount. Causing a clunk when accelerating and decelerating. Trip back to NC for break next weekend and won't be able to fix it before then so I tightened it down and will keep an eye on it for the trip. I think I'd find a way to get that welded up before the trip mate. How's the other side of the LCA body mount look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Agreed, I drove on it all this weekend and it never moved despite the shimmy so perhaps that isn't it. I couldn't feel any shake in the control arm when it was on jacks either so I'm gonna go with it. Passenger side appears normal otherwise. We'll see!?Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Big news! Bought a house and ensured I got a 2 car garage! Say hello to the beginning of lots of work on my truck. Can't wait to get started, finally having a place to really tear apart this truck will be very helpful. Got a 2000 Durango as a daily driver and work will commence soon! Don't mind the bikes, they are my roommates. Yamaha FZ8 and honda shadow. Ended up not taking the Jeep on the trip up to NC so no worrys with the suspension issues. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Edited September 30, 2022 by USAFAGumby Picture link lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 That looks like a great spot to work, and looks like it's about the same size as mine too. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven the first time I worked on my truck in the garage, and not on a wavy gravel driveway. Being able to actually find all the stuff I dropped on the ground changed my life! What brand were those motor mounts and how did they fit? The ones on both of my trucks are looking a little sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCO6 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 13 hours ago, USAFAGumby said: Big news! Bought a house and ensured I got a 2 car garage! Say hello to the beginning of lots of work on my truck. Can't wait to get started, finally having a place to really tear apart this truck will be very helpful. Got a 2000 Durango as a daily driver and work will commence soon! Don't mind the bikes, they are my roommates. Yamaha FZ8 and honda shadow. Ended up not taking the Jeep on the trip up to NC so no worrys with the suspension issues. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Congrats on the house purchase ... and especially the garage! It's not only a 2 car but it's also a single door which is important to a car, boat, etc. guy. It provides much better access and lets' face it, 2 car garages often become singles once you fill them up with tools, projects, etc. Up here, and I'm sure elsewhere the new home trend for years has been double width garages with 2 single doors for "urban design" reasons. The argument is that they offer a better streetscape. I'm a retired Town Planner and Land Developer ... and car guy. I argued for years for double garage width doors in our projects and I got no where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Minuit said: What brand were those motor mounts and how did they fit? The ones on both of my trucks are looking a little sad. They were Ankor I think? Autozone replacements and they fit fine. Seemed pretty cheap but there is no more torque motion so I'm happy! Also thanks, I was glad it wasn't divided too. Jeep will be moving in next week most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Finally got the truck in the garage and not a day later out comes the bed! Not pictured but the bumper brackets, shocks, bump stops, and some other extra equipment is gone too. Next is gas tank, e.brake, exhaust and finally rear axle. Having my own place to work is amazing but not having tools like what was at the auto hobby shop is not amazing. Slowly building up a respectable tool collection. Ignore the wonderful Maaco paint lol Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalBman Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Sorry I didn't reply to ya back in October, I didn't see your response till now! I am a Hydraulics Specialist on the KC-135R and I am trained up on the new KC-46 as well, just waiting on it to get here. I completley here ya on having your own workspace!! I wanted ome so bad that when I was living in the Dorms at McConnell I bought a friggin Box Truck from Outdoor Rec with a hydraulic lift gate on the back to lift my motorcycle in and out of the back of it. I fiberglassed and built my whole new headboard inside that thing, rebuilt my axles, did my duel battery setup and cowl intake, slider install, bumper installs, winch wiring, and all sorts of other projects on my stuff and my buddies things! Now I have my own garage and it's marvelous!! It's only a single car... But it's enough room for me install triangulated 4 link front and rear! Plus! None of the Kansas wind blowing crap around and across the parking lot!! Actually.... Now that I think about it, I still have my spare 1999 4.0 sitting in my old storage pod container outside of the dorms... Lol oops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) A box truck?! That's commitment, and we'll done being able to make all that happen in a parking lot! Another work day is done. Gas tank, e.brake, exhaust, driveshaft, and brake lines all gone. Next step is probably gonna be rolling into driveway and prepping the frame for paint. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Edited September 30, 2022 by USAFAGumby Picture link lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Major progress. Had to cut all the leaf bolts because they had seized to the bushing sleeves. Next up is prepping the frame for paint! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Edited September 30, 2022 by USAFAGumby Picture link lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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