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LandCroozer · 01-18-2004, 09:01 PM

ENGINE FIRED AND RAN !!!!!

Project BuiCroozer fired up today. Very inspiring!

Wires spill out of the cab like a telephone junction box vomited out the door. Wires run haphazardly out of the engine bay, drooling out the side of the hood, licking up underneath to the fuel pump. The battery sits on the trailer directly underneath the engine, life support coming from the battery charger. Strategically placed cardboard and shop towels keeps vital bits from shorting together.

A hole needs to be cut in the firewall for the tranny shifter. Transmission tunnel hasn't even been test fitted, surely won't fit without major sawzall work. There is no radiator at all. Likewise no clutch linkage, driveshafts, shifters for the transfer cases or muffler.

One lonely wire snakes off the starter solenoid over to an open hotspot in the rest of the birds nest. Touch together, and bam, she starts. The rumble of open exhaust floats down upon my ears like the sweetest siren song.

Lots to do, but I'm definitely past the halfway mark now. My most ambitious automotive undertaking to date. And the end is finally in sight!

Now where's my damn cookie?!

-tom

larryboy · 01-18-2004, 09:22 PM

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Originally posted by LandCroozer
[BNow where's my damn cookie?!

-tom [/B]

orangefj45 · 01-18-2004, 09:22 PM

you want a cookie, well here ya go:

!!!

by the way, clean wiring!

stocker75 · 01-19-2004, 12:10 AM

Man that is sweetbox nubbins! That's the kind of compliment you get from a guy who has had his new Griffin Nascar aluminum radiator held in by ratchet straps for 9 months on a daily driver/trail rig. Oh yeah, no fenders either. I also have my headlight ground held dwon by locking pliers...but, hey, I don't want to steal your glory. Cookies for the house, on me.

TxCruzr · 01-19-2004, 08:51 AM

And the Sunray guys made fun of my wiring

Joseph

BJ On Roids · 01-19-2004, 05:01 PM

what sort of motor is it?

01-18-2004, 09:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
LandCroozer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 16812 Location: Tacoma, WA Magazine: crawlmag.com Posts: 1,226	Somebody give me a cookie ENGINE FIRED AND RAN !!!!! Project BuiCroozer fired up today. Very inspiring! Wires spill out of the cab like a telephone junction box vomited out the door. Wires run haphazardly out of the engine bay, drooling out the side of the hood, licking up underneath to the fuel pump. The battery sits on the trailer directly underneath the engine, life support coming from the battery charger. Strategically placed cardboard and shop towels keeps vital bits from shorting together. A hole needs to be cut in the firewall for the tranny shifter. Transmission tunnel hasn't even been test fitted, surely won't fit without major sawzall work. There is no radiator at all. Likewise no clutch linkage, driveshafts, shifters for the transfer cases or muffler. One lonely wire snakes off the starter solenoid over to an open hotspot in the rest of the birds nest. Touch together, and bam, she starts. The rumble of open exhaust floats down upon my ears like the sweetest siren song. Lots to do, but I'm definitely past the halfway mark now. My most ambitious automotive undertaking to date. And the end is finally in sight! Now where's my damn cookie?! -tom Attached Images

01-18-2004, 09:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
orangefj45 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6816 Location: Fawk if I know Posts: 15,276	you want a cookie, well here ya go: !!! by the way, clean wiring! __________________ Maybe you outta stick to legos!

01-19-2004, 08:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
TxCruzr Wait this ain't Tx.. Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9380 Location: Del Boca Vista, AZ Posts: 2,191	And the Sunray guys made fun of my wiring Joseph __________________ "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter." -Ernest Hemingway '69 FJ-40 - under construction

01-19-2004, 05:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
BJ On Roids Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6588 Location: 'Straya....mate Posts: 7,434	what sort of motor is it? __________________ [COLOR=yellow]Bj on Roids 1970FJ45, Quad Cam V8, Auto, Broken T-case, H-TEC (traction control and cutting brakes) 42 TSLs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=green][URL=http://www.outerlimits4x4.com]Aussie Wheelers Bulletin Board[/URL] [/COLOR]

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01-19-2004, 12:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
stocker75 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Member # 10714 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 185	Man that is sweetbox nubbins! That's the kind of compliment you get from a guy who has had his new Griffin Nascar aluminum radiator held in by ratchet straps for 9 months on a daily driver/trail rig. Oh yeah, no fenders either. I also have my headlight ground held dwon by locking pliers...but, hey, I don't want to steal your glory. Cookies for the house, on me.