Carwash Crawler - Build Thread... again.

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:01 AM

Gotta show off the STAK, it is such a work of art.

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:02 AM

And a pile of other miscellaneous build parts, shocks, joints, trans, unbuilt motor, etc...

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:03 AM

Pics of the BTF parts that arrived today...

Tube chassis winch plate, orbital mount, Rockwell 4 link mounts, and a pair of DIY diff cover kits.

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:03 AM

Fabricators mounts from DIY4x. Stout SBC block mounts and poly filled fabrication sets. Crazy stout and cheap as hell. check this guy's stuff out at www.diy4x.com .

I just gotta get out there and start putting this stuff together.

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:03 AM

Ok, made some progress this weekend. A lot of time was spent initially getting the chassis level. You don't realize how unlevel your shop floor is until you put a level across it. Had my buddy Bobb helping me on Saturday. It's amazing how nice it is having someone to help, it makes things go more than twice as fast. Some things one person just can't do.

Man, I really need to buy a notcher. It really sucked making all of these...

Made a nice little grill mount off the backside of the winch plate, utilizing the stock YJ body mount location.

Got the winch plate on, top tube of the double tube frame front, and the top inner fender tube with support. Sux, seemed like i got so much more done than i did...

The two tubes sticking out the front top will tie into a grill hoop. the bottom tubes sticking out, i'm still undecided on. Any suggestions? Im thinking of splicing and grafting a mini stinger onto it. It needs to be terminated somehow. It was designed originally to use a different winch plate that tied both bars into it. So, i gotta figure something out.

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:04 AM

Need suggestions on how to terminate this bottom tube. Originally planned to have it terminate into a winch plate, but not using that winch plate now, as you can see. so, i gotta come up with a way to terminate the bottom tubes.... what do i do?

Do i just cut it short up by the short vertical support and put a nice cap on it? Like this one...

Any other ideas? Make a stinger off of it. would have to be grafted... so not the strongest, etc.

carwash · 02-06-2008, 10:06 AM

Well, a little late, but better late than never. I borrowed a Lowbuck Tools notcher from my buddy Travis. Got it home tonight and mounted it up.

Talk about some fast notching. CHOMP CHOMP and i get this...

and it fits perfect... a perfect notch.

Just wanted to share my excitement and time savings from here out...

(edit: I hated this notcher, and wouldn't recommend buying one. angled notches are near impossible, and found myself needing to grind every notch, even the 90 degree ones to get them to work well)

02-06-2008, 10:01 AM	#1
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Gotta show off the STAK, it is such a work of art. __________________

02-06-2008, 10:02 AM	#2
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	And a pile of other miscellaneous build parts, shocks, joints, trans, unbuilt motor, etc... __________________

02-06-2008, 10:03 AM	#3
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Pics of the BTF parts that arrived today... Tube chassis winch plate, orbital mount, Rockwell 4 link mounts, and a pair of DIY diff cover kits. __________________

02-06-2008, 10:03 AM	#4
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Fabricators mounts from DIY4x. Stout SBC block mounts and poly filled fabrication sets. Crazy stout and cheap as hell. check this guy's stuff out at www.diy4x.com . I just gotta get out there and start putting this stuff together. __________________

02-06-2008, 10:03 AM	#5
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Ok, made some progress this weekend. A lot of time was spent initially getting the chassis level. You don't realize how unlevel your shop floor is until you put a level across it. Had my buddy Bobb helping me on Saturday. It's amazing how nice it is having someone to help, it makes things go more than twice as fast. Some things one person just can't do. Man, I really need to buy a notcher. It really sucked making all of these... Made a nice little grill mount off the backside of the winch plate, utilizing the stock YJ body mount location. Got the winch plate on, top tube of the double tube frame front, and the top inner fender tube with support. Sux, seemed like i got so much more done than i did... The two tubes sticking out the front top will tie into a grill hoop. the bottom tubes sticking out, i'm still undecided on. Any suggestions? Im thinking of splicing and grafting a mini stinger onto it. It needs to be terminated somehow. It was designed originally to use a different winch plate that tied both bars into it. So, i gotta figure something out. __________________

02-06-2008, 10:04 AM	#6
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Need suggestions on how to terminate this bottom tube. Originally planned to have it terminate into a winch plate, but not using that winch plate now, as you can see. so, i gotta come up with a way to terminate the bottom tubes.... what do i do? Do i just cut it short up by the short vertical support and put a nice cap on it? Like this one... Any other ideas? Make a stinger off of it. would have to be grafted... so not the strongest, etc. __________________

02-06-2008, 10:06 AM	#7
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Well, a little late, but better late than never. I borrowed a Lowbuck Tools notcher from my buddy Travis. Got it home tonight and mounted it up. Talk about some fast notching. CHOMP CHOMP and i get this... and it fits perfect... a perfect notch. Just wanted to share my excitement and time savings from here out... (edit: I hated this notcher, and wouldn't recommend buying one. angled notches are near impossible, and found myself needing to grind every notch, even the 90 degree ones to get them to work well) __________________