Oscar's No Build Thread

Finally finished my winch project today! I started with making some fairlead stiffeners from some 1/4" x 1 1/4" flat stock, cut them to 4" long on the cold saw:

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Drilled some holes and painted:

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The fairlead mounting went from this:

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To this:

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I don't think the bolts will pull through anymore! Then I painted the winch plate:

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After that I cut the fairlead hole in my bumper facia with an ultra sonic saw (no pics ☹️), mounted the winch, bumper, vacuum pump, control box and ran all the wires:

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Turns out it was just shitty enough outside to stretch the cable [emoji51]:

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Hard to believe that I started to pull the dumpster [emoji33]:

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Then a stop a Home Depot for license plate mounting hardware:

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Done:

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Time for some beers! [emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481]
 
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USMC Wrangler said:
Well done! Looks great! [emoji106] [emoji482][emoji482][emoji482]


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Overall "build thread"
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?26097-I-guess-it-s-the-quot-Super-Stocker-quot-build

DIY trail/tube door build http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?24449-My-DIY-Doors
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Thanks! It took a long time, but I'm really happy with how it all turned out! Nothing like being able to say "I did that". [emoji41]

jkris said:
Damn buddy that is terrific! Awesome job! [emoji1303]


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Thank you!

WJCO said:
Nice! :thumb:
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Thanks! It was a lot of work! Now I have to start thinking about the next project [emoji6].

MR.Ty said:
Nicely done!
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Thanks! You wouldn't believe how many times I considered just buying a plate for the top of the bumper [emoji33]. 30 hour mod and install means that I had my share of issues to deal with!

Clutch said:
That is fantastic!

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Thank you!
 
That's great work it looks amazing! I'm curious how you mounted the license plate cause I can't get an efficient way to keep mine on my winch and we need fronts here in NY


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DannyD said:
That's great work it looks amazing! I'm curious how you mounted the license plate cause I can't get an efficient way to keep mine on my winch and we need fronts here in NY


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Thanks, I used 1 1/2" conduit straps and attached them right to the fairlead rollers with wing nuts for easy removal:

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Looking down:

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I tweaked them in a vice to make them "snap" onto the rollers so they stay put.


benatc1 said:
Looking good, keep up the good work!


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Thank you!
 
I had some free time today so I started to build a rear seat recline kit. I had a bar of 7/8" x 1 1/2" x 18" Ductile Iron that had been Blanchard Ground on 4 sides just laying around the shop:

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I cut 4 blocks to 2 5/8 long:

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And set them under the seat legs to transfer the hole location, did some layout and punched the centers:

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Afterward, I drilled a 1/2" Diameter hole through each one.

Then I cut the three rear spacers from 1/2" x 1 1/2" Steel Bar to 1 5/8" long and drilled a 1/2" Diameter hole through the center of each one.

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Ready for painting. I replaced the 4 leg hex head screws with longer M12x65 SHCS and flat washers. I will post a before and after picture once the installation is complete.
 
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USMC Wrangler said:
Man! I'd love to have access to that equipment and "scrap" metal! Nice [emoji1303]


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Overall "build thread"
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?26097-I-guess-it-s-the-quot-Super-Stocker-quot-build

DIY trail/tube door build http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?24449-My-DIY-Doors
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I'm a little spoiled having a 90,000 square foot facility and equipment available for my hobbies! Especially during the winter months. It's always nice to have a warm place to work on Oscar.
 
Finished the recline spacers and installed them this afternoon. Started with some paint for the spacers and oxidized the washers.

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Then the tedious task of removing 8 seat bolts plus 2 nuts, adding the spacers and reinstalling.

Before (notice the headrest to window relationship):

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After:

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I think I cheated the photo a bit. It seems that the spacers offset the seat a good 3" and definitely made a difference! In all this project cost me zero dollars, but I wouldn't recommend it since that wouldn't be the case for most people. Kits are available from Amazon for $25. That's hard to beat if you had to pay for the materials and hardware.
 
Made a stop at Home Depot for a furnace filter and a bunch of other stuff made its way into my cart:

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Found some painted, aluminum, expanded metal designed for rain gutter screens that were 5" wide by 36" long for less than $3 each. A bag of zip ties, anchors, and epoxy rounded out the purchase.

Cut the screens to 3 3/4" wide by 12" long. I need to peel away the 2 way tape from the 32 anchors and epoxy them into place:

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Then zip tie the screen to the anchors. This is what the end result will look like when I finish tomorrow:

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I think I like it!
 
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