Thursday, July 30, 2009

yj cage painted and sitting in Jeep.

Aaron's YJ runs again.

Cummins is pulled.


Tomorrow... finish rear frame tie ins on YJ cage and bolt interior back together

swap flywheel in FJ40

mount seats in Jeepspeed

Look at ranch YJ towards making street legal
It's already thursday? Guess I've been slacking on the blog. Chris broke a toe the other day, so I finished the YJ cage. It's being painted right now. After we reinstall it with the seats, harnesses, and put the top hardware back together, all that will be left is to finish the rear frame tie-ins. Hopefully, Chris will be back tomorrow.

Ted and Eric knocked out the 5.13 re-gear on Patrick's Rubicon. The rear also got a 35 spline axle upgrade with an ARB to avoid the inevitable Rubicon rear locker failure.

We finally got the forrect cap and rotor for Tori's FJ40. Thanks to the guys at Wimberly 4wd. I cant tell you how many wrong caps were sent back to the local parts store.

Scott's FJ60 got to the shop on a tow strap. We warrantied the alternator, but looks like it also needs a flywheel. We'll be pulling that one part tomorrow, more than likely.

As we speak, Ted is diagnosing Aaron's YJ. It hasn't died on us after a 20 minute test drive, but we're going through electrical diagnostics right now.

After Eric is done painting the cage, it's on to cummins removal.

Friday, July 24, 2009





Chris and Eric knocked out this sport bar on James' clean half cab EB.

Cory's 4Runner is finally done. He'll be driving it to New Mexico for storage while he is deployed in Korea in a few days. Be safe, and thank you for your service!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

So far, this has been a very productive week! Ted is doing some finsihing touches on Cory's 4runner, but she does run and drive under her own power with the 3.4L and 5spd conversion. Joe's Firebird is also finally gone, with working a/c and zero overheating problems.

Chris knocked out the 8.8 swap in Dallas' TJ, as well as a leveling kit on an 08 FJ cruiser, and reworking the rear coil suspension on JJ's Scout.

Eric has started forward progress on Tori and Will's FJ40 project. He is also working on mounting/modifying the gen-right sliders that will complement the cae work on James' YJ.

The remainder of the week will be spent regearing Patrick's Rubicon, setting up Jason's Currie D44, Building a sport bar for an EB, diagonosing the brakes and steering on another EB, looking over the front axle/suspension of a Tundra, and working on mounting seats in the Jeepspeed.

More exciting news, we just got the deposit on the 12V Cummins swap in to an 89 3/4 ton Suburban. Check the forum for pics and a full build thread.

Friday, July 17, 2009

It's been a long week! We have been pushing forward to get Cory's 3.4L and 5spd conversion done so he can drive it before being deployed again. Pretty confident we will have it done tomorrow.

Chris knocked out the YJ cage in James' Jeep. Once the suspension seats and harnesses arrive, we can build the seat cage, pul it out for final welding and paint, and get it back to Houston.

Eric has proven to be a great match with the company. Today he finished a Camburg suspension on Thomas' 02 F150. The kit is comprised of eibach coils, heimed steering knuckles and chromoly arms with Bilstein shocks. The rear suspension also has bilstein shocks and flexy Deaver springs. On the 285's it looks pretty killer. Check out the photo gallery in the next few days for pics.

Tomorrow, Ted and I will finish Cory's 4runner. Chris and Eric will work on Dallas' 8.8 swap and SYE transfer case conversion. We will also put Tori and William's FJ40 landcruiser in a bay and get it on the road to street drivable again.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

First off, I'd like to apologize for any communications we might have missed yesterday. I run the office now and the guys knock out the work. Monday, I was in Granbury for the funeral of one of my dearest friend's mother. I will get back to every body by the end of the day in the order messages were left.

The guys got a ton done while I was gone.

Leah's Isuzu alternator problems and valve cover leak are taken care of.

My father's oldsmobile now has working a/c.

James' YJ cage is done mostly done. She just needs the seat cage, front and rear harness bars, finishing welds, and paint.

Cory's 4Runner lacks very little. Pedals, shifters, and most of the wiring are done. Still need to finish the wiring, install the intake and hoses, plumb the clutch hydraulics, modify the exhaust that was built around the automatic tranny, cut the hole in the hood for intake clearance, and fire that bitch up.

We will be focusing on the 4runner, YJ cage, and firebird wiring today.

The rest of the week will be dedicated to a Camburg 2wd F150 kit, Dallas' 8.8 TJ swap, the Jeepspeed rear air bumps and seat cage. We will also squeeze in a trackbar for a coil sprung Scout and some steering work on an EB. As time permits, we will be going through an FJ40 that has sat in a field for two years, trying to get it back towards road worthy status.

What a busy week!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Today was pretty productive. Eric got all of the mounting plates built for the YJ cage. Chris got a few of the bars in place. The rest of the cage should go pretty quickly tomorrow.

Ted is whipping away on cory's 4runner. The complete drivetrain is mounted and together. After the pedals and shifters go in, we'll make the clutch lines, bleed the slave, and move on to the wiring.

I knocked out some brakes on a Grand Cherokee. tomorrow we will continues with the YJ cage and 4Runner. If there is time on Friday, we'll do the seat cage in the Jeepspeed and wiring on the Trans AM.

Next week will be a Rubicon ARB and regear, a 8.8 TJ swap, a Scout traction bar, an WJ40 rewire and maybe a few others.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Chris finished the Jeepspeed rear shocks. We will be focussing on the seat cage in the next parts of this build.

Right now we are looking at James' YJ cage. It will probably model closely to the poison spyder trail cage design, but not have the cheesy plate steel brackets on the dash. It will also have the front seats tied in to the cage and a removable rear harness bar.

Ted and Eric have Cory's 5spd and clutch in place. We are tracking down the correct bellhousing bolts before the t-case goes up. Tonight we'll get the pedal assembly and shifter off of one of Patrick's parts yotas. Once the bellhousing is secure and the t-case is installed with the modified adapter plate, we can check for issues with crossmember mounting and rear driveshaft length. The clutch master cylinder should be here in a day or two.

I finally got my diesel back on the road. Turns out the injector I bought was faulty. I will wait for my refund before I publically blast the company.

Tomorrow we'll continue on Cory's truck and the YJ cage. We will also have an 8.8 swap at the end of the week in Dallas' TJ. Next week we will continue to work on the Jeepspeed, pull Tori's FJ40 in and look at some wiring, regear Patrick's Rubicon, build a track bar for a coil sprung Scout, and maybe start on removal of the 12V to be swapped in Mark's Suburban.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Ted and Eric knocked out most of Aaron's Rubicon upgrades... Savvy offroad aluminum raised gas tank skid, Clayton oil pan and t-case skid/crossmember, 3/4" poly spacers, 1" motor mounts. We are waiting on inner axle seals for the front from the dealer so we can get this truck off the lift and I can work on my truck!

Hopefully Ted can finish the e-brake system on Henry's yota while we wait.

Chris and I are coming up with design pics for James' YJ cage. He should have the Jeepspeed rear shocks done soon. I'll probably work on the website photo gallery a bit.