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rtcb65 wrote:The battery tray is removed and a new one is going to be made to suit the other side. As were it was , is where the air fillter is going. Beside the wheel well , there is to be a box made to take a back up/accessory battery . IF we can make it fit.

Why not put the secondary battery in a box under the tray in the cavity beside the spare wheel? There'd be plenty of room to put it there with a bit of protective plate to look after it offroad. It'd keep the tray looking clean with just the spare in there...

Cheers

Bennie

Elfreddo,

I think thats exactly what Rick was trying to say. The plan atm is to have the aux battery underneath the tray next to the wheel well with an access door cut into the rear wall of the cab. Thats of course if a big deep cycle battery will fit in the space left over from the well. I suppose if it is possible these lads are the ones that will put it off.

She certainly will be a unique little brumby. Rick keeps coming up with mods that I hadn't even dreamed of until the build started. While the wheel well and aux battery under the tray were my idea's I think a few will be shaking thier heads once she is done with all the weird and wonderfull little touches Rick has instore. Every time I see him he has a new one

A lot of credit needs to go to these three and thier very nice back up crew that keeps them going.

Cheers

Chris

lovey80 wrote: A lot of credit needs to go to these three and thier very nice back up crew that keeps them going.

Cheers

Chris

Thanks alot for that Chris,

Steve was at it again today. He made a new battery mount for the other side of the engine bay, where it has to go to suit the EJ transplant.

Also made and fitted 2 floor braces/ seat mount.

Here's the finished battery platform, on a piece of the same sheet it was hammered out of, just for some perspective...





And here sitting in its final resting place.



All welded in and finished.



And these are the only tools used in shaping the piece up, except for the drill press further along the bench. The vice is the only former used to beat it over, and the sockets are just used to flange the hold-down holes.

craftsman at work. really nice to see proper panel beating going on, not just remove and replace.

love your work man, good job well done.

Rik.

Today Steve made up a center bearing carrier. Even though this car will be running a single drive shaft, we are putting a bearing carrier in. That way if anything happens to the single shaft, there is the option to put the 2 piece shaft in. There would be a lot better chance to find a 2 piece shaft at a moments notice than a one piece shaft. This bearing carrier is not going in this one yet. It is going in one of ours to test it. To make sure it does the job. We would rather test it on our own car and make sure it does the job, than put it in a project car and hope for the best.

2 piece shaft would be better option due movement etc.. Gen 1, 2 & 3rd Liberty has two shaft, but fair enough about single shaft.
Cheers
AP

AlpineRaven wrote:2 piece shaft would be better option due movement etc.. Gen 1, 2 & 3rd Liberty has two shaft, but fair enough about single shaft.
Cheers
AP

People seem to like the singles, it saves buying 2 uni joints and replacing the centre bearing. At least this way, he has the choice .

That is one neat centre bearing mounting point! It looks heaps stronger than the L series unit - it's pretty much two captive nuts with a small bit of reinforcement around them, not a full on bar from one part of the underbody rail to the other... Good work!

Cheers

Bennie

I spent last night reading this entire thread from start to finish. I am completely and utterly floored by your fantastic workmanship - the attention to detail, and use of 'old school' skills is art in itself. I can't wait to see what the finished car looks like, and I'm eager to scour through your other posts as well! Keep up the magnificent work, guys (and a big thumbs up to your support crew!).

I think you guys need your own website...

Ewan

Another little update to this "nearly done modifying the crap out of it" project...

Designed and made up the final flanged "subframe bridges" to gusset the front to rear sections of the main subframing today. I'll be making a template tomorrow whilst knocking up the sister to this one for the other side, so it'll be simpler to replicate for other cars in the future (very near future appearantly). As you can see in the pics, it's fabricated out of a basic piece of "C" purlin (1.6mm wall).









Next step (after whipping up the other chassis gusset tomorrow) will probably be fabricating and grafting in one of these to carry the centre bearing on the two piece tailshaft...

i wood not used a big deep cycle battery in a car if u do not have the right bits to charge it as it will only last about 3 months .
it is that the alternator will charge it to fast .

That looks bloody solid Rick, she'll be a tank of a Brumby. I guess I'll have to rename her. 'Scrappy' just aint going to cut it anymore..... Although lots of scrap has been fabricated into it? Only a few weeks and ill be up to say g'day!

Cheers

Chris

Once again, the quality you guys produce puts the rest of us to shame! Great stuff. It'd be great to see video of this thing on (or off, rather) the road once its done!

lovey80 wrote:That looks bloody solid Rick, she'll be a tank of a Brumby. I guess I'll have to rename her. 'Scrappy' just aint going to cut it anymore..... Although lots of scrap has been fabricated into it? Only a few weeks and ill be up to say g'day!

Cheers

Chris

Hey Chris,

You will have to call her H4 Jr, Since you drive around in a hummer for your job over there. We wish to make it as safe , if not safer, so it new name could be H4 since there is not a H4 hummer yet and since it is smaller , Jr. Or h4j. Just a silly thought. Just thinking of a way to include work and play into one. Now i am starting to sound like a dick head. Shut up rick , before ya show ya true colors.

Thalass wrote:Once again, the quality you guys produce puts the rest of us to shame! Great stuff. It'd be great to see video of this thing on (or off, rather) the road once its done!

Thanks Mate,

It's comments like that , that keep us going. Upon saying that, we dont think we will be doing this for much longer. Once the 2 brumby's are done , at the moment we are thinking of giving it up. Time will tell.

When I start my brumby I may end up asking you guys a bajillion stupid questions about this sort of thing. It has just occurred to me that the spare wheel slot you have here would be a good spot for a battery box.

Okely Dokely... These bits are done and welded in now...







Thought I'd include a pic of the process and the template I made up today.

Have just read through this thread, read the blue wagon thread last night. You are simply magnificent. It is wonderful seeing old cars given the respect they deserve.