Bent Fab CH2

[Mac5005]

Radiator and fan are here, fuel cell en route, will be working on the mounting for those and fluid coolers next. Then it’s time for the hard lines for fluids and then, then, Then maybe it’s time to start working with some aluminum!!!!!

 

[Mac5005]

Trans and steering coolers mounted.
Radiator mounts built, getting them into chassis today and then onto fuel cell mounting.

 

[R Q]

Why the use of heims rather than rebuildables such as Johnny Joints? Not a critisizm, just wondering. This is an awesome thread, thanks for the detailed chronology

 

[Mac5005]

Why the use of heims rather than rebuildables such as Johnny Joints? Not a critisizm, just wondering. This is an awesome thread, thanks for the detailed chronology

Strength. Heims last longer and too much of a battle trying to find cartridge joints that have the same misalignment and strength as a heim. Then it’s also cost. Just easier to replace the heims when they are worn out @ 3 yrs or so. That is based off 7/8 and 1” heims, anticipate these 1.25” to the the same or better. The price on all 1.25” was good enough to not worry with smaller uppers

 

[Mac5005]

 

[Mac5005]

@WARRIORWELDING asked about these on Instagram so I thought I would explain a little on here.
I made mounts out of steel to hold these radiator bushings from summit.
the Scott drake ones are rubber but are secured easier than the prothane poly ones.
The Scott drake ones have two “nipples” and one pin to locate and hold the rubber to the mount. They can be used flat or have a relief to fold around corners. They fit the universal speedway radiator perfectly tight when folded.
the prothane ones only have one round pin to sit in the bracket as the oem application has a small step to secure the other end. Much more difficult to keep in the brackets but do “float” to self align where the tanks meet the core.

 

[Bebop]

Great tech, thanks !

 

[Pennsylvaniaboy]

Heads to Instagram for a search.....

You don't think we all follow ScottyMac on insta because HE is so cute, do ya?



I mean..he's cute and all but.....

What's the IG? The BFR chassis is my fav. I think these and goatbuilts are pretty put together for the setup.

 

[Mac5005]

We took a weekend off, sam and I went and spent time at KDH. Forgot to update thread after the other weekend.
Been working on coolant lines, air intake, shifters, front d/s carrier bearing, fuel cell mounts, and wiring harness.
Image dump.

 

[Mac5005]

 

[rockcity]

Y’all are moving pretty quick. Like, last minute KOH build quick. Good job.

 

[paradisePWoffrd]

Going to go ahead and put a heater core in the hot side of that coolant pipe? Seems like it flows through the perfect spot to stick a small heat exchanger under the dash on the pass side.

 

[Mac5005]

Going to go ahead and put a heater core in the hot side of that coolant pipe? Seems like it flows through the perfect spot to stick a small heat exchanger under the dash on the pass side.

We’ve talked about it. The new seats have heaters so he’s going to wait and see how it is in the winter, but definite possibility. There will be room for it in there.

 

[Mac5005]

With the help of my dad Russ @moldman05, him and Steve thinned a bunch of unnecessary stuff out of the engine harness and got all the old loom off. This allowed cleaner routing of the harness. Still working on getting the extra length into a big loop behind the center dash panel to keep the ends clean and trouble free.
Built the battery box, finished the fuel cell mounts and bed floor.
Built the upper radiator and center cell support.
Steve Started cutting templates and transferred them to aluminum to get started on the fire walls and floor.

 

[Mac5005]

Upper rad mounts

 

[Mac5005]

Air Intake done, filter goes in pass footwell.
Fan shroud done. It hangs on upper rad mount and bolts to sides of rad itself.
Worked on floor and firewall behind seats.
Fan is volvo 2-spd.

 

[Mac5005]

Sorry guys, cleared my cache, got logged out, and couldn’t remember password. Been super busy with work and with this build, finally had t to reset password.

next couple updates will be photo dumps as time is short with getting this finished up. Haha

half way thru with final assembly for maiden voyage. Going to come back to me to finish side skins and rear tin work as well as a proper hood and dash.
Sam, Steve, my dad Russ, and our good friend Kevin have been helping tenfold with painting everything.
Decided to rattle can the chassis for now, until the remaining sheet metal and tabs are all done, then will likely get blasted and powder coated later. Likely when the rear steer goes in. This way the spray paint is easy to remove and add necessary tabs and mounts, and touch up.

 

[Mac5005]

More

 

[ponykilr]

Looks awesome!

 

[Mac5005]

Had a pretty productive evening. @BRUISER came over and helped sam, Steve, my parents, Kevin and I with assembly.
Fuel cell in and lines installed.
radiator in, coolant lines in and checked for leaks,
Trans and steering lines and coolers in. Need a couple fittings for steering lines that Steve will get tomorrow.
battery in, exhaust in and done.
winch in.
Final bolts in all the links and tightened. These are shanked correctly to get the shank of the bolt thru both sides of tabs and the extra thread cut off.
Tomorrow after work we will work on getting the remaining fluids in, work on finish wiring, and hopefully fire it up. Once the wiring is done, the tin work will go in, with seats and harnesses.

 

[AdamH]

Am I the only one impressed with the lack of white overspray on the trailer?

 

[Mac5005]

Am I the only one impressed with the lack of white overspray on the trailer?

i was hoping it would have covered it haha

 

[Bebop]

Do you have a park lock out on this trans shifter ?

 

[Mac5005]

Do you have a park lock out on this trans shifter ?

It’s a winters shifter.

 

[Bebop]

I'm looking at the doubler shifter thinking it was the trans shifter. My bad.