Go You Aussie Jeepin' Fabbers hey!

[TJPete]

Tub went to a bloke in Melbourne.
Motor went to Hammond Jeep along with the manifolds and motor spares.
Cage went to a local bloke.
Winch bar went to a local bloke's Mrs who bought it for her nephew who is building a Kaiser and likes to fabricate things.
Radius arms went to a bloke who built an F100.
Coilovers went to a local bloke.
Nerf bars went into another Jeep project which I later sold.
Remnants of the OE chassis went into the scrap bin.
Winch went onto a tow truck.
Various folks bought the lighting, pumps, filters, diff bars, motor mounts, electronics etc, etc.
Carbon fibre hood recently went to a local bloke.
Driveshafts went to locals, we make our own now.
Wheels went to a local bloke.
Tyres went to a local bloke.
ECU & Digital Dash went to a V8 Supercar team.

I still have the grille.

[bubs]

Shame it had to come to that, it was a cool truck

[GMEMUD]

What ever it is it sure aint going to bend in a hurry. Nice work, I tip my hat to you and your kind.

[zzzz]

Originally Posted by TJPete

I have not participated in this forum for a long, long time. The degree of involvement from aussie jeepers in this site is now incredible. I never thought I would see a fabrication section in here and I am stoked to see the growth and interest. Whoever on here has encouraged and nurtured the fabrication interest is to be congratulated

Here is what I have been building at home since I sold the little yellow TJ; I just finished her prior to Christmas:

Needs more triangulation

[Agent Orange]

Aussies and our sheds.

WOWeeee....

[TJPete]

Bracket I made to mount the motor oil pump.



The bracket has to be strong but as light as possible without sacrificing strength in all planes. The image above shows it is after initial machining, shaping and welding.

Over the weekend I will finish the machining and remove the material that is not required and post an afterwards pic.

[TJPete]

A couple of Jeepers have asked how I dealt with venting the fuel system to prevent vaccuum lock while at the same time ensuring fuel didn't leak in a roll-over or similar off-camber scenario.

I did this ...



I cut an off the shelf, black top style alley filler suround and used the CAM's approved internal cap. I threw the remainder into the alley scrap bin of life.

Then I rolled two 5000 series alley cones, you don't need to use structural alley for this. I cut both cones to suit their mounting orientation.

I run the fuel down FormLine hose so I used a -20 AN alley fitting at the terminal end. I tapped the little cone to suit an off the shelf breather we sell and then I TiG'ed the lot together and hey Presto!

Now there is one last final but just as easy step, but pics will show it better. I reckon I am only 2 weeks from pics of the assembled car so I'll post that pic then.