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Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:05 am
by maxlee
Short Story how i ended up owning turf:
Went to pay & play day in disco, all most rolled disco, 1sth thought as it went over was
"how am i going to get this home" so then on face book turf pops up for sale local ish so went and got it dragger it back and here we are
Its called turf as it did have its own grass till some one pulled it out!!!!
been doing some work on turf to get it ready for pay & Play day Sunday
been thinking i must do a build topic on SCU
so here is the start
so far i have replaced transfer box mounts as they all snapped and one snapper rear spring
the list left to do it
Finish viscus fan delete and fit lecy fan
wire up wipers / washers
change all oils
finish off brake light
change tie rod (new one in post)
do axial breathers
fit winch cable to winch
The list is a little longer but thats most of it
pics to come later after work
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:32 pm
by maxlee
broken rear spring off 2nd hand one fitted
this evnings progress
fan delete
cut up some scrap metal i had kicking about
bolted bits of metal in pace moving the rad 2ish inchs back giving room for the lecy fan
wiring done for fan making up switch plate soon
wired up/ made brake light so people no when i'm using the brakes
next plans find some more scrap metal mout rad and fan get it up and see if it drives ok the get on with the list for sunday
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:10 pm
by turbo-tom
brake light? thats a flood light aint it mate?
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:28 pm
by maxlee
no no its red! peugeot pepper red
so clearly a brake light
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:35 pm
by turbo-tom
Fare play matey! i take it its off road only?
i still think it should be a national rule that at pay and play sites even the off road vehicles should have atleast a brake light and a working horn the amounts of times ive seen people come close to bumping each other is worrying!
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:24 pm
by maxlee
yep off road only building to see if i like the sj off road liking working on it so far
handy not having to worry about a mot
not sure if its a rule on the site i'm going to about the brake light but thought for the 30 mins it takes well worth it also sorting the wippers is a must i think
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 3:34 am
by dan_2k_uk
maxlee wrote:yep off road only building to see if i like the sj off road
Everyone likes an SJ off-road..... and on-road!
The only thing about it thats not liked is when its in pieces on the kitchen table
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:29 pm
by maxlee
kitchen rebuilds for the win!
got brake/flood light fitted today and cleaned the back and cab out glad i did i'll show why with pics tomorrow. rads all in fan is in it pulls the air through the rad tho :( should be ok as will emty thew bay of hot air and pull cold in i'm thinking?
tomorrow starting at 7am when misses goes to work going to get the switchs wired up and fan mount finished then test drive to see if it moves not to sure on back axil as i couldn't line the pin up on the spring
also bout new box/diff oil for it
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:33 pm
by Jordi
Not sure about your fan set up. The fan should be on the engine side of the rad and pull air through or (for Robbie) on the grill side of the rad and suck in overs forcing air through the rad.
If thats how its fitted its all good.
If its fitted so it pulls air from the engine bay out of the grill its bad. It'll just suck hot air from the engine through the rad and won't cool as efficiently. Also when you're driving along it will be working against the natural flow of air.
Re: Propper country build (turf the sj)
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:41 pm
by ROBBIE
Jordi I use a pug fan, which sits in front of the rad and forces air in. Works a treat