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06-01-2012, 10:38 AM
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i am watching your build closely. oddly enough i want most of what you are doing...
btw... just ordered a CSF 3 row all metal radiator from radiator barn, $240, and cause i used my works FEDEX account (with permission of course) the shipping for overnight saturday delivery dropped from 190 to 103. i hate handling fees
got a transmission mount, and plan on getting the correct zj fan clutch from NAPA. not autozone. should have known better...
what are scrap prices for aluminum... i will have 2 radiators...
btw... just ordered a CSF 3 row all metal radiator from radiator barn, $240, and cause i used my works FEDEX account (with permission of course) the shipping for overnight saturday delivery dropped from 190 to 103. i hate handling fees
got a transmission mount, and plan on getting the correct zj fan clutch from NAPA. not autozone. should have known better...
what are scrap prices for aluminum... i will have 2 radiators...
06-01-2012, 10:39 AM
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If you do get people together to buy a bender, look at getting something like this
This is cheaper...but less flexible....but in budget if fewer people go in on it...
http://www.tjdieselperformance.com/s...DER/Categories
06-01-2012, 10:41 AM
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I bought
at full price @$400, it is very temper mental and the reservoir doesnt allow it to lay on its side so you better bend short pieces or put the bender on top of a ladder. Also it will not bend anything less that .100 wall without rendering it useless with kinks....
You get what you pay for and to make it worth while with a few people you will want a good one, otherwise its cheaper to drive to my shop and bend what you need if its thicker then .100 wall ....
You get what you pay for and to make it worth while with a few people you will want a good one, otherwise its cheaper to drive to my shop and bend what you need if its thicker then .100 wall ....
06-01-2012, 10:45 AM
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I bought one of these at full price @$400, it is very temper mental and the reservoir doesnt allow it to lay on its side so you better bend short pieces or put the bender on top of a ladder. Also it will not bend anything less that .100 wall without rendering it useless with kinks....
You get what you pay for and to make it worth while with a few people you will want a good one, otherwise its cheaper to drive to my shop and bend what you need if its thicker then .100 wall ....
You get what you pay for and to make it worth while with a few people you will want a good one, otherwise its cheaper to drive to my shop and bend what you need if its thicker then .100 wall ....
Then there is this....similar to the Model 3....dies are cheaper...
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...7693_200437693
06-01-2012, 11:30 AM
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I have a pro-bender. It is very compact and is on casters, so it's very portable and very easy to store. I also like it cause it bends vertically. I would also recommend a bending software. I use bend-tech. It saves ALOT of tube an eliminates a lot of guess work.
06-01-2012, 11:36 AM
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Also wouldn't mind putting a ragtop on mine but dont think it is available for the 97+
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also the picture looks like a 97+ , but thats just me.
06-01-2012, 11:39 AM
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Also wouldn't mind putting a ragtop on mine but dont think it is available for the 97+
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06-01-2012, 11:51 AM
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you mean I am not supposed to bend the same angle 12 times? lol
06-01-2012, 12:04 PM
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I am going to attempt and make my own Steel Hawse Fairlead today at work. Gonna blow the dust off the end mill and give it a go.
06-01-2012, 12:07 PM
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Help me design my cage?
06-01-2012, 12:30 PM
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So....with the expected weather this afternoon....I am going to make my rounds tomorrow.
So are any of you going to be around tomorrow?
xjnut? (swap header for head unit)
oliver/Cordelia? (Rear quarter glass)
Mark? (gas tank box cover)
If I head thru Barnesville....I can then come up to Frederick to meet Mark, and then maybe XJNut, you could meet me in Frederick?
Let me know guys....PM or call me at 301-524-0494. Gas is at a premium till I get my first check end of next week.
If it won't work...we could do it next weekend too.....
Thanks
So are any of you going to be around tomorrow?
xjnut? (swap header for head unit)
oliver/Cordelia? (Rear quarter glass)
Mark? (gas tank box cover)
If I head thru Barnesville....I can then come up to Frederick to meet Mark, and then maybe XJNut, you could meet me in Frederick?
Let me know guys....PM or call me at 301-524-0494. Gas is at a premium till I get my first check end of next week.
If it won't work...we could do it next weekend too.....
Thanks
06-01-2012, 12:52 PM
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Frosty, that sucks. Sorry I didn't stay longer yesterday....
Ducky, fenders are looking good and clean!
And mickey where are you gonna be working out in NC?
Ducky, fenders are looking good and clean!
And mickey where are you gonna be working out in NC?