Hey, looks good! Did the "stinger" come with the bumper or if not, where did you get it from.?

 

Couple shots from URE this weekend. I wasn't able to come down the whole weekend, but I ran down Saturday and wheeled for a bit before shooting back home.

 

Today found a post by "T-Rex" about a diy discreet winch diy and purchased the bracket to hopefully get my old winch on. Going to overhaul it first.

Got the extinct thermostat on, mine wasn't opening so it needed replacement anyway.

Also since I have to save a bit to get the terrafirma lift, I got some lift blocks to try.
​​​​​​During that install I discovered my shocks were most likely stock and absolutely shot hahaha.

Got the fronts on today, tomorrow will do the rears after I get paying customer work out the door.

Next is oil pan gasket, power steering has several leaks so going to start with the definitely leaking pressure line and see if pump and box also leaking.

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Thanks to all the posts on this, install went smoothly. Now to flush and fill dexcoolfree

 

I had a slow leak on my thermostat, upon inspection it looks like the housing is not quite round and the thermostat did not seat well. Took a Dremel to it and fits much better. Hopefully this is the fix.

 

Replacing a crank sensor wouldn’t be a big deal if I didn’t have large forearms.🤣 luckily for me, my neighbor has skinny arms and isn’t afraid of getting dirty. It was strange having someone else working on her.

 

I think you will find temperatures much more consistent if you cut that jiggle pin out. Are you running a re-usable silicone gasket, really ideal for getting the system to seal without needing precision machining.

 

Mine had similar "straight" spot so I ended up using the pair of paper gaskets instead of the silicone and that made the seal perfect.

 

I am using black permatex and paper-like gaskets. not exactly paper, but thin, fiberous material. I should probably consider a silicon gasket, my plan is to swap the higher and lower temp thermostats in the winter/summer.

 

Well it has gotten colder 40F here in Sw BC and I have discovered that my in line setup is running cold 166-174 most days. I did not want to mess with a setup that is perfect for summer off roading, so I have added a Radiator grill cover.


Cover opened up

Closed
I woll report back after this coming weekend off road trip, as to effectiveness

 

I used Extinct’s 190* t-stat on my P38.