Well I'm back for the rest of the year (yay!), and time to get this thing going. Basically in the mean time enzed re-bent all the hardlines for the power steering and aircon and braided the rest. Unfortunately he couldn't do much for the radiator hoses, so i've ordered a few goodies which may be able to do the trick, otherwise I'm just going to have to live with what i've got and change the hoses every 20K km, as they rub hard on the steering box.
Fans came in and look the goods
2x11 inch pullers and I got a 14 inch pusher just incase
Rear Driveshaft modified
And now just waiting on the shroud to be bent up and the remote oil filter kit, radiator recovery tank and the few hoses mention before to arrive, then thats the engine finally done.
Now onto the transfer case...
I'll do a semi detail thingy here as this applies to all JK's wanting the install. Basically the new 4 speed atlas that has come out is a bit longer then the original and clashes with one of the cross members.
This circle part here...
Will hit around here...
Now in my case it will be worse, as all the engine and gearbox gets push to the back of the jeep to get it to fit (around 25mm-ish), but I would see this happening on stock jeeps too.
You can go by this a few ways depending how you roll. If you don't like welding/fabricating then you could get by with a 1 inch body lift?? (doesn't make sense but that what atlas suggests, they may have answers for stock jk's) or the american way and just chop out what gets in the way (not legal here, though some french the frame which still isn't legal) or you move the whole thing back 20 or 30mm (which i'm hoping shouldn't be a problem for the DOT...unless they have another jk to look at on inspection day)
So since i'm not a fan of body lifts, first things first - remove fuel tank
Pretty straight forward
Then hack away...
enough space for some triangulated 4 link...pity thats gunna have to wait
And thats it for today, tomorrow I will burn in the crossmember to new location and fit the atlas in.