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TheHNIC · 10-25-2011, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b4wscrambler

I also finally got a reply from Duffy at DD Machine about my shifters. Paperwork got misfiled? We will see how it goes from here on that...

Cough Cough Bullshit Cough Cough

I hope they come soon, oh, and good luck with that raise from the boss. hope it goes better for you that it did me!

csutton7 · 10-25-2011, 09:39 AM

oh so close, but yet so far, far from completion(which means running under its own power) for quite a few of us here--just have to keep plugging away ---I like the spring bolt set up--trick.....chris

b4wscrambler · 10-25-2011, 04:11 PM

I have a line on a M38 tub for $300 that it is 3 to 4 hours south from me. I can wait another month or two and get a early CJ2a tub for free. Both tubs need about the same amount of work. Thoughts?

Mieser · 10-25-2011, 04:24 PM

The M38 tub with the removable tunnel panel should make building a custom tunnel WAY easier. The M38 battery box is kind neat for getting the battery out of the engine compartment, or just using it as something else....remote air cleaner box, tool storage, beer cooler, etc. You get the shovel and axe indentations on the m38 tunnel which would be cool.

A somewhat military looking m38 with your 3b windshield would look very cool.

m38a1jpn · 10-25-2011, 07:16 PM

I would go with the free one, my because I'm cheap. That 300.00 bucks could be used elsewhere on the build. Just my 2 cents.

b4wscrambler · 10-26-2011, 04:59 AM

The worst thing about the M38 tub is that it has been patched before. It is also missing all of the little military pieces.

Free 2a tub

M38 tub

wilez5150 · 10-26-2011, 05:11 AM

i'd go with the 2a, free, close, frees up 500$$( tub & fuel) and you can make your own tunnel to fit. plus 4 weeks to work on it. my 0.02

b4wscrambler · 10-26-2011, 05:22 AM

The 2a tub seems simpler and therefor lighter than the M38 tub. It would be cool to have a "M38" though.

It would be a bit of a snowball though. M38 tub with a 2a grill would really bother me. Plus all of the other things it is missing. Short term the 2a makes more sense.

Mieser · 10-26-2011, 06:26 AM

Thank you for making me feel like my tub wasn't that bad!

Free is Free, but time is time. I would rather be out a few $100 now and have the tub I am going to use this weekend. To me it looks like the M38 tub is in a bit better shape.

A month or two without a tub is a long time, to me it looks like you are about to the point where you need a tub now.

csutton7 · 10-26-2011, 07:14 AM

if you can wait then wait, but I'm with Mieser on this one, buy that m38 and you can piddle with it while other things have ground down to a stop----chris

wilez5150 · 10-26-2011, 09:26 AM

my bad, i got the 2 mixed up

. remember covered in od green from 50' away they all look the same. its just sheet metal and its easy to change and rearange any way you want it. i cut 4" out of a m38 winshield frame for that lo look on my 42. i like the way your's is looking

b4wscrambler · 10-26-2011, 01:24 PM

I had a chance to measure the 3b windshield frame in the upright position and it was 22" to the highest point.

Mieser · 10-26-2011, 01:37 PM

I need to measure my MB windshield. I think it might be an inch or two taller?

Mieser · 10-26-2011, 02:21 PM

AAANNNNND.....

Can you please post some pics of what you did for a steering column?

early 46 · 10-26-2011, 02:43 PM

A m38 grill is really close to a 2a grill, the only real difference visualy is the loops over the headlights and the hinges on the bottom of the m38, I wish my mb has the big tranny tunnel and battery box of a m38. Come over to the dark millitary side!

Im sure glad I went that way. Oh and they re pop all of the special bits, and the dash is way easier to mount gadges.

b4wscrambler · 10-26-2011, 05:37 PM

The column is not something I am real proud of, cobbled together from stuff I had laying around. I will get some pictures of it tomorrow.

b4wscrambler · 10-30-2011, 02:55 PM

Sorry about the delay on the pictures, weather has been odd the last few days and the jeep is sitting outside on the trailer.

Steering wheel with quick disconnect.

YJ steering shaft from a manual steering box. I am not sure if I will keep the bushing at the lower mount or not.

On a bright note I finally got my wood stove up and running in the shop.

Mieser · 10-31-2011, 03:11 PM

MMMMMMmmmm shop heat.....

Did you get your seats yet? How does the steering wheel position feel if you lower the seats? I was thinking the column angle would have to be a lot flatter.

b4wscrambler · 10-31-2011, 06:40 PM

No seats yet. I did a very scientific block of wood seat test for mock up of the column placement. I think it will be close.

b4wscrambler · 11-01-2011, 08:02 PM

Shifters finally came in...

b4wscrambler · 11-02-2011, 06:36 PM

I love these shifters. So simple but complicated at the same time...

m38a1jpn · 11-02-2011, 07:39 PM

Nice shifters were they worth the wait? Your scrambler is in the January issue of Petersen's 4wheel and off-road. Probably one of the nicest ever. I went back and had to watch the 07 UA. I remembered there being a flatty on there. Keep the pics coming.

b4wscrambler · 11-03-2011, 09:16 AM

Since I was not further along in the build it was worth the wait. It is a shame DD Machine does not have better customer service. I really think he could sell a ton of these kits.

I was pretty excited to see the picture in the Peterson's. Not as cool as my buddy Carl's write up on his Bronco but I will take what I can get.

b4wscrambler · 11-03-2011, 09:20 AM

I think I need these.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-He...sories&vxp=mtr

Mieser · 11-03-2011, 09:27 AM

That seems like a pretty good idea! I was joking with the misses that if she wanted to chip in $300 we could add heaters to the PRP seats. She said ' how about $150 and I only get it in in my seat!". At that point I went back out to the shop......

10-25-2011, 09:39 AM	#52 (permalink)
csutton7 Rock God Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 4962 Location: san francisco Posts: 1,245	oh so close, but yet so far, far from completion(which means running under its own power) for quite a few of us here--just have to keep plugging away ---I like the spring bolt set up--trick.....chris __________________ '48 cj2a --my '48 build: /forum/jeep-willys/1004065-not-build-thread-but-kind-just-tryin-help-others.html '99 Dodge CTD 4x4

10-25-2011, 04:11 PM	#53 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	I have a line on a M38 tub for $300 that it is 3 to 4 hours south from me. I can wait another month or two and get a early CJ2a tub for free. Both tubs need about the same amount of work. Thoughts? __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

10-25-2011, 04:24 PM	#54 (permalink)
Mieser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5326 Location: Southwest Colorado Posts: 3,902	The M38 tub with the removable tunnel panel should make building a custom tunnel WAY easier. The M38 battery box is kind neat for getting the battery out of the engine compartment, or just using it as something else....remote air cleaner box, tool storage, beer cooler, etc. You get the shovel and axe indentations on the m38 tunnel which would be cool. A somewhat military looking m38 with your 3b windshield would look very cool. __________________ 42 MB, 225, T18, big kid go cart with clown tires 92 Dodge W250 daily driver on 39s

10-25-2011, 07:16 PM	#55 (permalink)
m38a1jpn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Member # 35564 Location: Jacksonville,Al. Posts: 304	I would go with the free one, my because I'm cheap. That 300.00 bucks could be used elsewhere on the build. Just my 2 cents. __________________ 95 jeep grand cherokee 5.2,3.5 IRO lift,km2s,(parts hauler) 1946 cj2a (new build) collecting parts

10-26-2011, 04:59 AM	#56 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	The worst thing about the M38 tub is that it has been patched before. It is also missing all of the little military pieces. Free 2a tub M38 tub __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

10-26-2011, 05:11 AM	#57 (permalink)
wilez5150 Granite Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 86194 Location: apple valley ca, 35 miles from hammer town Posts: 581	i'd go with the 2a, free, close, frees up 500$$( tub & fuel) and you can make your own tunnel to fit. plus 4 weeks to work on it. my 0.02 __________________ USN 2x Viet Nam Vet. member Victor Valley 4 Wheelers hammer road crew 42willys 109" rock dog with some stuff 51 willys 106" with some fast stuff retired wheeler

10-26-2011, 05:22 AM	#58 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	The 2a tub seems simpler and therefor lighter than the M38 tub. It would be cool to have a "M38" though. It would be a bit of a snowball though. M38 tub with a 2a grill would really bother me. Plus all of the other things it is missing. Short term the 2a makes more sense. __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

10-26-2011, 06:26 AM	#59 (permalink)
Mieser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5326 Location: Southwest Colorado Posts: 3,902	Thank you for making me feel like my tub wasn't that bad! Free is Free, but time is time. I would rather be out a few $100 now and have the tub I am going to use this weekend. To me it looks like the M38 tub is in a bit better shape. A month or two without a tub is a long time, to me it looks like you are about to the point where you need a tub now. __________________ 42 MB, 225, T18, big kid go cart with clown tires 92 Dodge W250 daily driver on 39s

10-26-2011, 07:14 AM	#60 (permalink)
csutton7 Rock God Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 4962 Location: san francisco Posts: 1,245	if you can wait then wait, but I'm with Mieser on this one, buy that m38 and you can piddle with it while other things have ground down to a stop----chris __________________ '48 cj2a --my '48 build: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1004065 '99 Dodge CTD 4x4

10-26-2011, 09:26 AM	#61 (permalink)
wilez5150 Granite Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 86194 Location: apple valley ca, 35 miles from hammer town Posts: 581	my bad, i got the 2 mixed up. remember covered in od green from 50' away they all look the same. its just sheet metal and its easy to change and rearange any way you want it. i cut 4" out of a m38 winshield frame for that lo look on my 42. i like the way your's is looking __________________ USN 2x Viet Nam Vet. member Victor Valley 4 Wheelers hammer road crew 42willys 109" rock dog with some stuff 51 willys 106" with some fast stuff retired wheeler

10-26-2011, 01:24 PM	#62 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	I had a chance to measure the 3b windshield frame in the upright position and it was 22" to the highest point. __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

10-26-2011, 01:37 PM	#63 (permalink)
Mieser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5326 Location: Southwest Colorado Posts: 3,902	I need to measure my MB windshield. I think it might be an inch or two taller? __________________ 42 MB, 225, T18, big kid go cart with clown tires 92 Dodge W250 daily driver on 39s

10-26-2011, 02:21 PM	#64 (permalink)
Mieser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5326 Location: Southwest Colorado Posts: 3,902	AAANNNNND..... Can you please post some pics of what you did for a steering column? __________________ 42 MB, 225, T18, big kid go cart with clown tires 92 Dodge W250 daily driver on 39s

10-26-2011, 02:43 PM	#65 (permalink)
early 46 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Member # 150843 Location: Ashtabula, OH Posts: 30	A m38 grill is really close to a 2a grill, the only real difference visualy is the loops over the headlights and the hinges on the bottom of the m38, I wish my mb has the big tranny tunnel and battery box of a m38. Come over to the dark millitary side! Im sure glad I went that way. Oh and they re pop all of the special bits, and the dash is way easier to mount gadges.

10-26-2011, 05:37 PM	#66 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	The column is not something I am real proud of, cobbled together from stuff I had laying around. I will get some pictures of it tomorrow. __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

10-30-2011, 02:55 PM	#67 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	Sorry about the delay on the pictures, weather has been odd the last few days and the jeep is sitting outside on the trailer. Steering wheel with quick disconnect. YJ steering shaft from a manual steering box. I am not sure if I will keep the bushing at the lower mount or not. On a bright note I finally got my wood stove up and running in the shop. __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

10-31-2011, 03:11 PM	#68 (permalink)
Mieser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5326 Location: Southwest Colorado Posts: 3,902	MMMMMMmmmm shop heat..... Did you get your seats yet? How does the steering wheel position feel if you lower the seats? I was thinking the column angle would have to be a lot flatter. __________________ 42 MB, 225, T18, big kid go cart with clown tires 92 Dodge W250 daily driver on 39s

10-31-2011, 06:40 PM	#69 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	No seats yet. I did a very scientific block of wood seat test for mock up of the column placement. I think it will be close. __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

11-01-2011, 08:02 PM	#70 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	Shifters finally came in... __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

11-02-2011, 06:36 PM	#71 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	I love these shifters. So simple but complicated at the same time... __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

11-02-2011, 07:39 PM	#72 (permalink)
m38a1jpn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Member # 35564 Location: Jacksonville,Al. Posts: 304	Nice shifters were they worth the wait? Your scrambler is in the January issue of Petersen's 4wheel and off-road. Probably one of the nicest ever. I went back and had to watch the 07 UA. I remembered there being a flatty on there. Keep the pics coming. __________________ 95 jeep grand cherokee 5.2,3.5 IRO lift,km2s,(parts hauler) 1946 cj2a (new build) collecting parts

11-03-2011, 09:16 AM	#73 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	Since I was not further along in the build it was worth the wait. It is a shame DD Machine does not have better customer service. I really think he could sell a ton of these kits. I was pretty excited to see the picture in the Peterson's. Not as cool as my buddy Carl's write up on his Bronco but I will take what I can get. __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

11-03-2011, 09:20 AM	#74 (permalink)
b4wscrambler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 80328 Location: Sykesville MD Posts: 485	I think I need these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-He...sories&vxp=mtr __________________ Script GPW project in progress.

11-03-2011, 09:27 AM	#75 (permalink)
Mieser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5326 Location: Southwest Colorado Posts: 3,902	That seems like a pretty good idea! I was joking with the misses that if she wanted to chip in $300 we could add heaters to the PRP seats. She said ' how about $150 and I only get it in in my seat!". At that point I went back out to the shop...... __________________ 42 MB, 225, T18, big kid go cart with clown tires 92 Dodge W250 daily driver on 39s

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