Hey, don't be goin' all Dexter on me now, lol...

I reversed the L bracket for the steering damper, and now it makes a lot more sense. While I was under there, I saw where to mount that strap in order to relocate the steering damper to the front steering rod. That will be a quick project for another day, since I don't have the metal strap handy. But at least I know now where it goes, like in the picture, and it looks pretty simple.

Also took some pics of the I-beam setup on the trailer, and emailed them to a boat trailer place. I stopped by there earlier, told them what I had and was wondering if they could just flip the axle, to get more ground clearance. The guy had this puzzled look on his face, and asked me to send him some pics. Now I'm no welder, but it looks pretty darn simple to flip this axle. They'd have to fabricate a new way to keep the hubs from turning, but I'm thinking something like braces on each side on the back of the hub, welded to the axle, should keep them straight?

 

Just get some trailer leaf springs and a straight trailer axle

 

I'm pretty sure that's what the boat trailer shop is going to recommend. As long as they have hubs with the right bolt pattern to mount these tires/wheels, as long as it won't cost a small fortune, and as long as it'll give me as much ground clearance as flipping the axle...

 

drove to va. temp gauge 195 no a/c on 204 a/c on, stopped and bought a new s10 clutch fan, now runs 185 with a/c on btw it was like 93* today with high humidity no a/c on sucked bad even at 65 mph

 

I second the add springs, this things got to bounce all over with no suspension, gonna be real bad off road, had a ww2 ammo trailer no suspension, horrible to tow not realty designedto go over like 35 MPh Max but made to carry a lot of weight

 

This build has been going on for a year.


Installed:


New Terrafirma +2 shocks
New stock springs
Old Man Emu steering stabilizer 2 shock set up
Salvage seats in great shape
Salvage carpet
Salvage door panels
Salvage center console
Salvage door pockets not broken or cracked
New ac controls
Salvage window controls and cluster not broken and still works
Salvage bumpers front and rear
Salvaged push bar
New window seals side and back
Salvaged speedo bezel not broken
Used motor
Complete reseal of motor
New water pump
New oil pump
8mm Kingsborne wires. (Lot cheaper than other 8mm and you can get them any color.) </title> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta name="GOOGLEBOT" content="INDEX, FOLLOW" /> <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.kingsbornewires.com" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/j
New exhaust man. both sides
Used trans with low miles
Alarm spider bypass
Used rear ladder
Baja Roof Rack Baja Rack
Head lights and grill
Maf
New fuel Rail
Distributor
New Coil
New Tires
Front wheel bearings
New Exmoor floor mats
Jump seats
Used Rhino gear rock sliders
A decade of discovery badge
Salvage side lower seat bracket cover for man. seats




Still to come:

New Radiator
New brake lines
Door seals
Radio (old one still works but its time to update)
New speakers
New retrim kit from Exmoor
New fuel Pump Pro Line from Rovers North
New Drives Tail light
Full hella light kit 7 total



The hood is coniston green not black I had to put my extra hood on while I was repairing the original one. Still has the original paint and in my opinion the best color for a rover coniston green.

 

Nah !!!!!!!!!! it can be any color as long as it is WHITE !!!!!

In meantime got hold of a DC knuckle and had it fitted to the heavy duty wide angel front prop shaft.

Eagerly awaiting delivery. Just hope to receive it before the weekend.

 

replaced my ignition switch.

 

Installed the trailer wiring harness from AB. Directions were pretty simple, and worked like a charm the first time I hooked it up to the trailer. Certainly not the cheapest trailer wiring harness, but there's something to be said for a true "plug and play" connection!

 

I agree. I love coniston green.