Post your offroad vehicle

[Xodius]

My on and off road transport!

...I don't think the pic is there unless it just isn't showing on tapatalk.

 

[Tophog]

For anyone looking for an adventure this weekend check out Tierra del sol 2015 in borrego CA. We will have a good size group there and always welcome people to join. Shoot me a PM if you can make it out

I'm too busy . . . figuring out what to do with all the colored spaghetti hanging over my Jeep fenders! :lol:

This wiring job is a pain, but cheaper than the $1K 'Painless' wiring kit! :001_rolleyes:

 

[Xodius]

I'm too busy . . . figuring out what to do with all the colored spaghetti hanging over my Jeep fenders! :lol:

This wiring job is a pain, but cheaper than the $1K 'Painless' wiring kit! :001_rolleyes:

Lol I remember doing that on my '49 Studebaker. God that sucked! Wiring is probably one of the few things I am not a fan of. Not that it is hard but just not my thing. Lol.
Good luck buddy! You rewiring the whole jeep?

 

[loic1]

My 4cyl a few days ago...lol

 

[Xodius]

I worked for a guy who pulled his 4.0 for a race motor...kept a three speed in it though. Not really sure why and was, in my mind, one of the dumbest things he would do. Lol.

How is your rig doing Loic?

 

[b0neZ]

My 4cyl a few days ago...lol

Not bad!

My 8 cyl right now

 

[Tophog]

Lol I remember doing that on my '49 Studebaker. God that sucked! Wiring is probably one of the few things I am not a fan of. Not that it is hard but just not my thing. Lol.
Good luck buddy! You rewiring the whole jeep?

Yep! Somehere in it's past, someone who had little knowledge of wiring other than continuity did some massive fiddling with the harness.

Splices crimped, not soldered, then wrapped with duct tape!

A main 10 ga. ignition wire reduced to 14 ga., then down to 18 ga., where an inline 20 amp fuse was wired to the starter relay, without benefit of a fusible link!

Three crimp splices within a 6" run was commonplace.

Surprises galore!

And all of this wonderment was deftly hidden inside a nice wrap of electrical tape, mimicking an actual wiring loom!

I'm surprised it ran at all.

 

[loic1]

Not bad!

My 8 cyl right now
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[Xodius]

Yep! Somehere in it's past, someone who had little knowledge of wiring other than continuity did some massive fiddling with the harness.



Splices crimped, not soldered, then wrapped with duct tape!



A main 10 ga. ignition wire reduced to 14 ga., then down to 18 ga., where an inline 20 amp fuse was wired to the starter relay, without benefit of a fusible link!



Three crimp splices within a 6" run was commonplace.



Surprises galore!



And all of this wonderment was deftly hidden inside a nice wrap of electrical tape, mimicking an actual wiring loom!



I'm surprised it ran at all.

Wow. No issues running? At least you found those issues. I am terrible at soldering but am working on. Never really had a need and at least for me there is a learning curve.

 

[Tophog]

Wow. No issues running? At least you found those issues. I am terrible at soldering but am working on. Never really had a need and at least for me there is a learning curve.

No issue running until I went offroad. Then the bouncing eventually caused a worn wire to ground against the dash, resulting in a blown fuse and total shutdown. After that happening 3 times is when I decided to check all the wiring, and found all this other crap.

I'm surprised it didn't burn down just for GP.

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My soldering isn't pretty, but it works.

 

[Demon061]

Wish the Littlefield collection had just moved up here. Or said would sell an an m60a3. Excellent offroad

 

[mdashoot]

Some updated pics of the truck with the new bumpers built by Vegas Dezert Fab.

 

[TAGS]

Some updated pics of the truck with the new bumpers built by Vegas Dezert Fab.
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Looks real nice man! If you don't mind me asking how much did they charge you to fab them?

 

[mdashoot]

Looks real nice man! If you don't mind me asking how much did they charge you to fab them?

$900 for the front, but they start at $625. I went overboard on the request with how the plating was done and building a hitch reciever into it was a task. They did everything I wanted and then some. Rears I think start at 4-500, not mine of course.

 

[4x4Brit]

That's not bad at all. I plan on getting mine from there....eventually. First I need to give them money for a suspension. Wait, first I need the money, lol.

 

[vegasdom]

Funny, I never see any on these full-size over lifted trucks actually go off road.

 

[doz]

Funny, I never see any on these full-size over lifted trucks actually go off road.

Supposedly the strongest spacer made, it bent. Along with my brand new front bumper being cracked while up in the mountains around Baker, NV Gave me a good reason to upgrade to coil-overs.

 

[mdashoot]

Funny, I never see any on these full-size over lifted trucks actually go off road.

Thats about all my truck does is off-road thats the reason for the bumpers. I would always drag the rear bumper coming off something or scrape the front going up or coming down steep stuff. Other then that the truck is in the garage because I drive a company vehicle all day. Most people with the big full size trucks do not off-road because they are just to big to really do anything, as far as rock crawling type stuff.

 

[vegasdom]

Thats about all my truck does is off-road thats the reason for the bumpers. I would always drag the rear bumper coming off something or scrape the front going up or coming down steep stuff. Other then that the truck is in the garage because I drive a company vehicle all day. Most people with the big full size trucks do not off-road because they are just to big to really do anything, as far as rock crawling type stuff.

Nice setup on your truck!

 

[mdashoot]

Nice setup on your truck!

Thanks. The next step will be the biggest, full titan suspension and diff swap.