lil bit of tinkering

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So do I, lol
After watching the King of the hammers last change qualifier yesterday, I am itching to go back out there.

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Started to do some sheetmetal work, to recreate something that will cover the Atlas.

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bit more sheetmetal stuff

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Two days worth of work but the floorboard and tunnel went from this



To this



and then to this

[dirtman13]

Come on already. I want to see this thing in action.
Nice work Art.

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Chucky, I decided to take my time and fix all the little things to my liking. Still it's pretty close, the honey do list is pretty short.

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Today's little bit of rain could not dampen my spirits, so of to tinkerland I went.
Started on finishing my rocksliders, the edges underneath needed to be tied to the tub. I also started to contemplate how to make a frame tie in for the A pillar of the cage, that is tucked up high and out of the way. Yesterday I mounted front tow hooks and welded the tabs for the steering ram in place, so that has a nice home also.





This one is to dark but Y'all get the idea.



Oh yeah looks like my Atlas is trying to play hide and seek

[red baron 13]

Okay, I need to call Homeland Security. Art is building a machine to take over the country!!

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Couldn't do much all day yesterday since it poured all day. got some stuff done today though. Finished the front fenders and did some welding underneath. Going to start on cage tie-ins tomorrow.

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Got a start on frame tie in for the A pillar
and had to do a bit of posing lol

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Got some more work done on the front frame tie ins for the cage

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Kept my self entertained for awhile with my toy today

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Started on a rear bumper and some D ring mounts for the rear

[Geebo]

Dang Art!! I look at yer rig and some of the others on MJR then look at mine..Again WoW! Looks like you could drop it from a heli-copter and the thing wouldn,t break..lol...cool stuff.......

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I guess today's post should be called the downs and ups of a Jeeper lol
I had bought a York compressor a while back for my toy and when I tried to run it, the cycling clutch ended up having a short in it.
Was a real downer, so today I decided to tackle that bit, went to the best stocked AC place in town and talked to the parts guy, long story short no part to be had and a complete clutch assembly would run about 350 bucks if I would even be able to find one.
Talk about a major damper of my good spirits, so when I left I spied another kinda run down looking AC place a little way down the street and on a whim decided to see if they had something that would work. So after about 10 minutes of searching for the owner he showed me a cabinet with a whole bunch of compressor clutches and coils, after some digging in the parts pile I found an exact match and walked out of the place 4 dollars poorer and a heck of a lot happier. Once home and the whole shebang put back together it works like a charm, makes a ton of air in a heart beat and no airleaks in the whole setup that I had cooked up. So all in all it ended up being a pretty darn good day