Limeyjeeper Posted June 1, 2019 Author Posted June 1, 2019 Got the bed painted this week and the hood is almost fitted. That was not easy. The mold is not the finest, but the guys made it work. Bed has still got to be cut and polished. Rest of the truck getting painted next week. What do y'all think of the color?
MJXJjeepguy Posted June 1, 2019 Posted June 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, Limeyjeeper said: Got the bed painted this week and the hood is almost fitted. That was not easy. The mold is not the finest, but the guys made it work. Bed has still got to be cut and polished. Rest of the truck getting painted next week. What do y'all think of the color? Drool over the hood.....
Limeyjeeper Posted June 1, 2019 Author Posted June 1, 2019 The LS L33 5.3 engine and a used LS1 manifold turned up today also..... This is madness in action lol "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
Pete M Posted June 1, 2019 Posted June 1, 2019 47 minutes ago, Limeyjeeper said: The LS L33 5.3 engine and a used LS1 manifold turned up today also..... This is madness in action lol things are getting real!
Limeyjeeper Posted June 12, 2019 Author Posted June 12, 2019 Body is done. Can't wait to see it all back together. Just got the hood to go. Lousy fit. Had to cut the fiberglass and realign it. But it will be worth it.
kansashogan Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 On 5/31/2019 at 9:47 PM, Limeyjeeper said: Yea real expensive lol. Oh wait, it gets worse. Lol
Red Mistress Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 Your painter is making fast progress, wonder if he will do another Comanche?
Limeyjeeper Posted June 16, 2019 Author Posted June 16, 2019 Seats are in. Decided to make custom brackets. I am 6' 3" so we needed to get as much rear travel as possible. Dirtbound offroad bumper is painted. Hood is in paint this week.
Limeyjeeper Posted June 16, 2019 Author Posted June 16, 2019 Spending most of my time on the engine. Learning the world of LS engines. Have to say it is an amazing platform. Using GM ECT and Jeep Oil pressure sensor. I am hoping the GM sensor works with the Jeep engine temp sensor. I am going to rig up a test as I have a spare gauge I can use. I had to source an Earls Straight 1/8" NPT Female to M16 x 1.5mm to be able to use the Jeep oil pressure sender unit as the block has an M16 hole and the jeep sensor is 1/8 NPT. not even close. See pic!! Heavily into the harness. I have got all the not needed jeep wiring out. Now to lay in the LS harness and get power to it. The GM PCM will controls the fans. I am going to repurpose the auto shutdown relay (Not needed in LS) to control the second fan. I will also be adding wiring for auxiliary lighting, radar detector, Winch controller. Wide band O2 and cruise control. Using the GM cruise control module, it will be integrated into the Jeep Cruise control switches on the Column. The GM cruise needs On/Off, Set/Coast, Resume/Accel, power, brake switch, and VSS feed. All these are available from the Jeep harness or the GM PCM and will be connected to the Cruise Control module. I am also going to connect the GM Cruise engaged status wire to the indicator cluster in the dash so I have an indicator when the cruise is engaged. The Jeep VSS (mounted in the transfer case) doesn't talk to the GM PCM so I am using using a Dakota Digital 8,000 PPM Sensor SEN01-1 with an SGH-5E to convert the GM AC sine wave signal to the Jeep square wave so I can run the Speedometer . You need to connect the GM PCM VSS signal input to Out 1 and the Dakota Digital VSS goes to VSS input. The GM PCM PPR needs to be set to 3 which gives 8,000 PPM. The GM PCM speedometer output will be connected to the Jeep Harness VSS wire going to the speedometer . I have a post 1990 cluster so it isn't a mechanical speedometer. If it was I wouldn't need the SGH-5E box. Novak has a nifty emulator to handle the tachometer. The Jeep PDC has had all its wires marked. It will replace the PDC that came with theLS harness. For those interested the PCM is a RED/Blue PCM Part no 12200411. I got the PCM with programming and the LS1 harness from PSI Conversions. High quality stuff.
kansashogan Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 I can't wait to see it finished. You are doing a helluva job.
knever3 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 This is outstanding! This is what I envision if I wouldn't have gone the cheap route and wanted an oem look. Fantastic work and I love to see all the information about wiring modules xcetera.
Limeyjeeper Posted June 18, 2019 Author Posted June 18, 2019 Had to share this. Baja fiber hood painted, cutouts for Rubicon 10th anniversary vents.
MJXJjeepguy Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 Hood will be my next order for XJ, i have always want it those hood for while! "on the hood" opps sorry let me get the rag and i will clean it up
MJXJjeepguy Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, onebigmj said: That hood is art Yea u can buy it from guy on facebook and sometime in eBay if he relist again but current it not in eBay at the moment.
Limeyjeeper Posted June 18, 2019 Author Posted June 18, 2019 You can get the hood from Baja Fiber. You can Google them. Based out of CA
MJXJjeepguy Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 31 minutes ago, Limeyjeeper said: You can get the hood from Baja Fiber. You can Google them. Based out of CA Erick? Does name sound familiar to u? We talked little bit in faceboom while ago about same hood u have right now and he mentions about shipping cost and all that from Texas I wonder if that the same person who build hood or someone copy?
Limeyjeeper Posted June 18, 2019 Author Posted June 18, 2019 He buys the hood from Baja Fiber. I got mine from him as I live in Texas and it had a Baja Fiber sticker on it. Baja Fiber are the only manufacturer I know who makes this particular hood.
onebigmj Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 2 hours ago, MJXJjeepguy said: Yea u can buy it from guy on facebook and sometime in eBay if he relist again but current it not in eBay at the moment. Thanks for the info. I don’t think it would work on my truck. I decided the embrace the patina look haha.
MJXJjeepguy Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 24 minutes ago, Limeyjeeper said: He buys the hood from Baja Fiber. I got mine from him as I live in Texas and it had a Baja Fiber sticker on it. Baja Fiber are the only manufacturer I know who makes this particular hood. Gotcha..
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