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mlove6 · 09-20-2010, 07:19 AM

haha yea I cant find the damn factory hood latches anywhere! I couldnt imagine loosing shit like that after three years.. So I bought some Mr. Gasket hood pins from Vato-zone, drilled the holes and when I went to install them the damn nuts were machined so poorly that they would just spin on the stud instead of tightening down. I got some better nuts ( thats what she said) and im gonna install them this weekend.

mlove6 · 09-20-2010, 07:23 AM

and before someone comments on the cooler.... The only way that I can squeeze it behind the grill is by mounting it inverted so I think thats where air is getting trapped so Ive got it sitting where it is hoping I can get the rest of the air out.

vogelj · 09-21-2010, 06:53 AM

I was reading that people have been having trouble bleeding the steering with the flat coolers and have been switching over to a tube cooler. Might be something worth checking into.

mlove6 · 09-21-2010, 09:54 AM

yea talked to Sean at POS yesterday and he confirmed my suspicions on the cooler. It wont work inverted even after the system is bled, because the system will make air and mounting it this way will basically make a big trap for any air produced...

He also brought up another factor I hadn't considered, any minute slippage in the belt will make for erratic steering, good chance that i got some oil on it when I was pre-filling the system so I am going to look into this as well

jhood12 · 09-25-2010, 01:35 AM

I will try and post the pictures and video here in the next couple days....

mlove6 · 02-27-2011, 02:19 PM

little update on the steering. So after having dissasembled the entire system twice, moving the cooler, moving the resevoir twice and buying three different suction lines I still had very expensive pile of shit posing as a steering system! I talked to sean at POS and he just kept telling me it was either my fluid or the suction line. well I tried premium CAT Hydro fluid, and regular power steering fluid, had the dash 10 suction hose that the system called for, a dash 10 with a higher vac rating and finally got a dash 12 that had an extremely high vac rating and it still didnt work for shit. pump made no noise and the system showed no signs of air!

eventully gave up on calling sean and called PSC. The guys there were great! After talking to lance for about 15 mins I sent my pump off to them, a few days after they got it they ran it on the dyno and found that the pump was only running at about 20% because it had the wrong cam!!!!!! They rebuilt the pump for 60 bucks and sent it back. Hooked everything up and it works awesome now.

PSC

POS

mlove6 · 05-17-2011, 10:01 AM

few pics from the badlands this weekend...

mlove6 · 05-17-2011, 10:03 AM

video, not sure if the link will work or not
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2024981632138

mallard15 · 05-17-2011, 01:36 PM

Wow man I haven't seen this build yet and I am excited to have found it. Lots of good info. Looking great man!

mlove6 · 08-27-2011, 03:00 PM

Heres a couple of pics from harlan last weekend. Jeep did well for the third run. gave it hell for 2 days and had a blast, found that my big ass fenders and full cage do not mesh well with lions den; and broke a 30 spline stub on your turn. also through in a random pic of my last ride that ran across

stever70 · 08-27-2011, 04:56 PM

Nice build thread. just got done reading the whole thing. Nice job

mikes04tj · 08-28-2011, 09:09 AM

very cool buid thread, and pics of KY with it too. I cant wait to go back there again. That was awesome

82DODGEonDANA60s · 09-30-2011, 06:05 AM

Thats funny. We were at the Badlands at the same time. Im in some of your pics from there. haha

AlxJ64 · 09-30-2011, 07:55 AM

When you were in Harlan did anyone make it up that last line to the right at the top of Mason Jar? Thats a fun ass trail. Jeep looks good man. How'd it do in lions den aside from evidently dragging some?

mlove6 · 09-30-2011, 08:57 AM

I hit that line hard for about 10 min. and just couldnt get up it. Lions den was cool but with the long wheelbase and full cage I got pinned between a "rock and a hard place" and had to winch over the big rock. seemed pretty slimy down there the week we went

RebelK25 · 12-05-2011, 10:56 AM

Hey it was good to meet you and wheel with ya this weekend. Jeep build looks good, looking forward to getting to wheel with this one at some point.

1TONZR2 · 07-30-2012, 04:48 AM

build looks good...chop them fenders up so you can use all that up travel!
BTW, who do you usually wheel with? I grew up in TH, graduated from south in 99.

Brian

09-20-2010, 07:19 AM	#151 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	haha yea I cant find the damn factory hood latches anywhere! I couldnt imagine loosing shit like that after three years.. So I bought some Mr. Gasket hood pins from Vato-zone, drilled the holes and when I went to install them the damn nuts were machined so poorly that they would just spin on the stud instead of tightening down. I got some better nuts ( thats what she said) and im gonna install them this weekend. __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

09-20-2010, 07:23 AM	#152 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	and before someone comments on the cooler.... The only way that I can squeeze it behind the grill is by mounting it inverted so I think thats where air is getting trapped so Ive got it sitting where it is hoping I can get the rest of the air out. __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

09-21-2010, 06:53 AM	#153 (permalink)
vogelj Granite Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 49483 Location: Indiana Posts: 597	I was reading that people have been having trouble bleeding the steering with the flat coolers and have been switching over to a tube cooler. Might be something worth checking into. __________________ Tellico Rally Post - 312

09-21-2010, 09:54 AM	#154 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	yea talked to Sean at POS yesterday and he confirmed my suspicions on the cooler. It wont work inverted even after the system is bled, because the system will make air and mounting it this way will basically make a big trap for any air produced... He also brought up another factor I hadn't considered, any minute slippage in the belt will make for erratic steering, good chance that i got some oil on it when I was pre-filling the system so I am going to look into this as well __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

02-27-2011, 02:19 PM	#156 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	little update on the steering. So after having dissasembled the entire system twice, moving the cooler, moving the resevoir twice and buying three different suction lines I still had very expensive pile of shit posing as a steering system! I talked to sean at POS and he just kept telling me it was either my fluid or the suction line. well I tried premium CAT Hydro fluid, and regular power steering fluid, had the dash 10 suction hose that the system called for, a dash 10 with a higher vac rating and finally got a dash 12 that had an extremely high vac rating and it still didnt work for shit. pump made no noise and the system showed no signs of air! eventully gave up on calling sean and called PSC. The guys there were great! After talking to lance for about 15 mins I sent my pump off to them, a few days after they got it they ran it on the dyno and found that the pump was only running at about 20% because it had the wrong cam!!!!!! They rebuilt the pump for 60 bucks and sent it back. Hooked everything up and it works awesome now. PSC POS __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

09-25-2010, 01:35 AM	#155 (permalink)
jhood12 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 56303 Location: Indiana Posts: 79	I will try and post the pictures and video here in the next couple days....

05-17-2011, 10:01 AM	#157 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	few pics from the badlands this weekend... __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

05-17-2011, 10:03 AM	#158 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	video, not sure if the link will work or not http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2024981632138 __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

05-17-2011, 01:36 PM	#159 (permalink)
mallard15 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Member # 171030 Posts: 196	Wow man I haven't seen this build yet and I am excited to have found it. Lots of good info. Looking great man!

08-27-2011, 03:00 PM	#160 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	Harlan trip Heres a couple of pics from harlan last weekend. Jeep did well for the third run. gave it hell for 2 days and had a blast, found that my big ass fenders and full cage do not mesh well with lions den; and broke a 30 spline stub on your turn. also through in a random pic of my last ride that ran across __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

08-27-2011, 04:56 PM	#161 (permalink)
stever70 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 174447 Location: Paso Robles CA Posts: 18	Nice build thread. just got done reading the whole thing. Nice job

08-28-2011, 09:09 AM	#162 (permalink)
mikes04tj Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Member # 150759 Location: mechanicsburg, PA Posts: 11	very cool buid thread, and pics of KY with it too. I cant wait to go back there again. That was awesome

09-30-2011, 06:05 AM	#163 (permalink)
82DODGEonDANA60s Wheeler Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 51428 Location: Mishawaka, Indiana Posts: 313	Thats funny. We were at the Badlands at the same time. Im in some of your pics from there. haha __________________ Build up Old Build

09-30-2011, 07:55 AM	#164 (permalink)
AlxJ64 Ruiner of the Things Join Date: Feb 2009 Member # 130031 Location: Chesapeake Va. Posts: 1,003	When you were in Harlan did anyone make it up that last line to the right at the top of Mason Jar? Thats a fun ass trail. Jeep looks good man. How'd it do in lions den aside from evidently dragging some? __________________ '97 TJ -SM465, KluneV/D20, HO72/HP60, ORIs, 40" Comp Treps http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...=781656&page=3 '42 Dodge WC53 - Cummins CRD, Allison 1000, HO72s F/R, 38" Michelins http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/tow-r...airstream.html

09-30-2011, 08:57 AM	#165 (permalink)
mlove6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103428 Posts: 291	I hit that line hard for about 10 min. and just couldnt get up it. Lions den was cool but with the long wheelbase and full cage I got pinned between a "rock and a hard place" and had to winch over the big rock. seemed pretty slimy down there the week we went __________________ link to my build... [url]http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717075[/url]

07-30-2012, 04:48 AM	#167 (permalink)
1TONZR2 Rock God Join Date: Dec 2004 Member # 40567 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,269	build looks good...chop them fenders up so you can use all that up travel! BTW, who do you usually wheel with? I grew up in TH, graduated from south in 99. Brian __________________ 96 ZR2 HP60,14B, 5.13s,locked ,F/R tri'ed 4 link,16" SAW COs and 4" SAW bumps front, 16" ORIs rear,RCI fuel cell, Truggied out, 42" PitBull Rockers & TR beadlocks, 5.3L Vortec w/LS6 cam/springs, 231/205 doubler, 1410s, 9.5ti Over the Top Offroad South East Tough Truck Challenge

12-05-2011, 10:56 AM	#166 (permalink)
RebelK25 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Member # 90170 Location: Plymouth, IN Posts: 85	Hey it was good to meet you and wheel with ya this weekend. Jeep build looks good, looking forward to getting to wheel with this one at some point. __________________ 1981 GMC K25 Tow/Plow Rig 1978 Chevy K20 Truggy "Camper Special" Trail Rig 2003 Ford F350 7.3 My Build Thread

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