BlueWolfFab
Running Behind
- Location
- Eagle Mountain
That with a little silver and black.
ChestonScout installs some Axletechs and reworks the Scout for the umpteenth time
- Thread starter ChestonScout
- Start date
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
Your boy is awesome!
ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
- Location
- Clinton, Ut
The plan is the blue panels and a few other parts, black tube work, then all the aluminum will be left raw.
I think by boy is awesome! But i am of course biased. Glad to hear other people agree. Hehe
I think by boy is awesome! But i am of course biased. Glad to hear other people agree. Hehe
Machrism82
Member
This is a nice a blue and holy crap. I had no idea your Scout looked like that. It's badass and I usually don't pay much attention to IH. Well. You proved me wrong. Awesome work.
rholbrook
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Kaysville, Ut
Jonah ROCKS! Both Harrison and Franklin love it when he comes over. Leo is no slouch either Stratton. Based on his greasiness the other day, he'll fit right into the RME community just fine. Besides that, all he does is smile. Having sons that share your same interests is so much fun.
ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
- Location
- Clinton, Ut
Wow what a few weeks that was!
Piles of work done, almost zero pics and even less tech. But ill put up what i do have
The trip to Nevada was uneventful. Once there the Scout made itself at home on the rack again. Pretty sure thats the rigs favorite place to be
Skipped Link wasted no time getting the trans buttoned up.
The trans was upgraded with e4od parts to give me a lower first gear. It was also outfitted with a slighter higher stall converter and of course a new pump
After the trans was back in, it was time to get rid of the old wiring. This was taken directly out of the rig and placed where it belonged
About this time, Josh from Team 208 Motorsports showed up and got to work. Like i said before, his wiring is insanely clean and really hard to get pics of. I had this switch panel that fits over my Chettah shifter. I have never really liked it but it was there so thats where Josh started.
After he got this work of art together we came up with a plan i was much happier with for the switches and shifter and ended up not using this panel. But i wanted to show the cleanliness of the wiring
Here is the fuse block he used
Being a pretty bare tube chassis, there wasnt anything good to mount the wiring to. Ive seen the small zip tie mounts and thought they were slick. But being in the middle of nowhere and needing something quick, Josh came up with the idea to chop some washers in half and weld them on fo zip tie mounts. They ended up working very very well
I had planned for the shifter to mount on top of my console with that switch panel around it. But it just wasnt doing what i wanted it to. Josh to the rescue again
He came up with the idea to recess the shifter into the console and then just install the switches in the diamond plate. Sold!
Thank you Josh and Team 208!! Couldnt be happier with your work and i cant wait for you to play with the tuning
Piles of work done, almost zero pics and even less tech. But ill put up what i do have
The trip to Nevada was uneventful. Once there the Scout made itself at home on the rack again. Pretty sure thats the rigs favorite place to be
Skipped Link wasted no time getting the trans buttoned up.
The trans was upgraded with e4od parts to give me a lower first gear. It was also outfitted with a slighter higher stall converter and of course a new pump
After the trans was back in, it was time to get rid of the old wiring. This was taken directly out of the rig and placed where it belonged
About this time, Josh from Team 208 Motorsports showed up and got to work. Like i said before, his wiring is insanely clean and really hard to get pics of. I had this switch panel that fits over my Chettah shifter. I have never really liked it but it was there so thats where Josh started.
After he got this work of art together we came up with a plan i was much happier with for the switches and shifter and ended up not using this panel. But i wanted to show the cleanliness of the wiring
Here is the fuse block he used
Being a pretty bare tube chassis, there wasnt anything good to mount the wiring to. Ive seen the small zip tie mounts and thought they were slick. But being in the middle of nowhere and needing something quick, Josh came up with the idea to chop some washers in half and weld them on fo zip tie mounts. They ended up working very very well
I had planned for the shifter to mount on top of my console with that switch panel around it. But it just wasnt doing what i wanted it to. Josh to the rescue again
He came up with the idea to recess the shifter into the console and then just install the switches in the diamond plate. Sold!
Thank you Josh and Team 208!! Couldnt be happier with your work and i cant wait for you to play with the tuning
ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
- Location
- Clinton, Ut
It was very nice to have 2 professionals working on my rig. Mostly i just stayed out of the way, bought parts, and ran for food. I can be a little picky about letting people work on my rig but these 2 i wish i could afford to have them do more for me.
After the trans was done, Leroy went to work on plumbing. We laid out the brakes first to measure for stainless lines i needed to order. Good thing about his location is Summit is only a couple hours away. His wife just happened to be heading to Reno so she was able to pick up the list.
I had a couple ideas on how to plumb the dual calipers per corner. Pretty much had decided on using a Y fitting mounted on the axle and running lines to each caliper from there. It would have worked but Leroy decided to take a cue from his rig and he fabricated some banjo bolts with an outlet.
Its amazing to me that he can make fittings needed. Little silver solder and an insane amount of skill and there ya go. If you remember from the Monster Buggy build, he made little hard lines to connect the 2 calipers. Insanely cool but way more work than this rig needed. So we just used a short stainless line between the 2. Im extremely happy with the outcome
After the trans was done, Leroy went to work on plumbing. We laid out the brakes first to measure for stainless lines i needed to order. Good thing about his location is Summit is only a couple hours away. His wife just happened to be heading to Reno so she was able to pick up the list.
I had a couple ideas on how to plumb the dual calipers per corner. Pretty much had decided on using a Y fitting mounted on the axle and running lines to each caliper from there. It would have worked but Leroy decided to take a cue from his rig and he fabricated some banjo bolts with an outlet.
Its amazing to me that he can make fittings needed. Little silver solder and an insane amount of skill and there ya go. If you remember from the Monster Buggy build, he made little hard lines to connect the 2 calipers. Insanely cool but way more work than this rig needed. So we just used a short stainless line between the 2. Im extremely happy with the outcome
ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
- Location
- Clinton, Ut
After brakes, he got the front and rear steer lines built and trans cooler lines, and fuel lines built without many problems.
He reused most of my old plumbing and even donated some parts from his recent rebuild to save me some cash. Very much appreciated!
Didnt get many pics of this stuff
Looks like thats all i got of the rest of the plumbing
Plumbing up the rear radiator was looking like it was gonna suck. But really it went together quick and clean. We used 1.5" exhaust tube with some strategic bends, welded on some header bends on the ones that needed to be tighter, and hooked them up with some radiator hoses
While mocking up the tubes i came up with a great idea for the exhaust
Last thing we messed with was getting a good start on the air system. As you know, the Axletechs come equipped with air lockers. I decided to use the small ARB compressor.
At this point we were ready to fire it up. Cranked on it for a bit with zero luck and acting like no spark. It didnt take Josh long to realize that i hadnt hooked up my friggin computer. Haha. Bolted it in and fired right up. Lol. I blame lack of sleep but was good for a laugh anyway.
Altho the brakes were all plumbed, we decided not to fill and bleed since i still needed to remove the axles for finish welding.
But my goal was still accomplished of driving it on the truck at the end of the week.
I cant express how grateful i am for the work that Josh and Leroy both did on my rig. Everything was better than my expectations.
Thank you both and your families. It was a long week but a good one
He reused most of my old plumbing and even donated some parts from his recent rebuild to save me some cash. Very much appreciated!
Didnt get many pics of this stuff
Looks like thats all i got of the rest of the plumbing
Plumbing up the rear radiator was looking like it was gonna suck. But really it went together quick and clean. We used 1.5" exhaust tube with some strategic bends, welded on some header bends on the ones that needed to be tighter, and hooked them up with some radiator hoses
While mocking up the tubes i came up with a great idea for the exhaust
Last thing we messed with was getting a good start on the air system. As you know, the Axletechs come equipped with air lockers. I decided to use the small ARB compressor.
At this point we were ready to fire it up. Cranked on it for a bit with zero luck and acting like no spark. It didnt take Josh long to realize that i hadnt hooked up my friggin computer. Haha. Bolted it in and fired right up. Lol. I blame lack of sleep but was good for a laugh anyway.
Altho the brakes were all plumbed, we decided not to fill and bleed since i still needed to remove the axles for finish welding.
But my goal was still accomplished of driving it on the truck at the end of the week.
I cant express how grateful i am for the work that Josh and Leroy both did on my rig. Everything was better than my expectations.
Thank you both and your families. It was a long week but a good one
ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
- Location
- Clinton, Ut
I want to say that when i got home from Nevada i had 16 days before ITTC (idaho tuff truck challenge). Altho the rig was moveable there was still piles of work needed to make the rig wheelable. I ended up sluffing a ton of work that i shouldnt have and pissed the wife off a bit in the process.
First thing was to get the axles out and welded. Lot of people are just burning brackets on these axles and i havent heard of any failures. This would have saved me a lot of time but for my own piece of mind i pulled then out and preheated them.
I took yet another idea from Skipped_Link and used a propane weedburner to get them up to temp
I kept the burner on one side til it was around 250-300 degrees then moved the burner to the next side and welded where i had just heated. Then the ram mount got the same treatment. I went to .035 wire and set the machine on kill. Seemed to go well
I used 3/4" threaded rod in the link mounts to keep the brackets at the correct width
Also had to get the bump pads built before welding
All done
While they were out i gave them a couple coats of Rustoleum gloss black. I hated wasting time with paint but the cast steel rusts if you just look at it
And back in place
First thing was to get the axles out and welded. Lot of people are just burning brackets on these axles and i havent heard of any failures. This would have saved me a lot of time but for my own piece of mind i pulled then out and preheated them.
I took yet another idea from Skipped_Link and used a propane weedburner to get them up to temp
I kept the burner on one side til it was around 250-300 degrees then moved the burner to the next side and welded where i had just heated. Then the ram mount got the same treatment. I went to .035 wire and set the machine on kill. Seemed to go well
I used 3/4" threaded rod in the link mounts to keep the brackets at the correct width
Also had to get the bump pads built before welding
All done
While they were out i gave them a couple coats of Rustoleum gloss black. I hated wasting time with paint but the cast steel rusts if you just look at it
And back in place
ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
- Location
- Clinton, Ut
With the axles back in i worked on finishing the air lines, took a full day to fill fluids, got the brakes mostly bled. I then revalved the shocks to a good starting point. Things were looking promising for ITTC.
The rig is still missing floors and half a firewall. But instead of messing with that i spent my last day before leaving for the trip to throw a super quick paint job on the cage
With it out i decided to drive it around the block. Brakes were nearly non existant but everything else felt good. This was the day i was planning on leaving for Idaho
Out of time, no test besides a drive around the block, and me being 200% spent, i loaded it on the truck, hooked up the camper and headed to ITTC
The rig is still missing floors and half a firewall. But instead of messing with that i spent my last day before leaving for the trip to throw a super quick paint job on the cage
With it out i decided to drive it around the block. Brakes were nearly non existant but everything else felt good. This was the day i was planning on leaving for Idaho
Out of time, no test besides a drive around the block, and me being 200% spent, i loaded it on the truck, hooked up the camper and headed to ITTC
AaronPaige
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Price ut
Every trip feels like I run out of time to prep too, but that just adds to the fun... Some how everything comes together in time, good luck
idahoyj
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Twin Falls Idaho
Jinx
when in doubt, upgrade!
- Location
- So Jordan, Utah
thanks for sharing.
Good luck!
Good luck!
LT.
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Los Alamos, New Mexico
No brakes needed. Everything is a timed event and using the brakes just kills your time. Lol.
Very nice. I am gonna have to use your build crew for the punch list on my stepside.
LT.
Very nice. I am gonna have to use your build crew for the punch list on my stepside.
LT.
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
ghetto
Registered User
- Location
- Glenwood Springs, CO
I love scouts. I have always wanted one. Yours is a beast!
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