CJ buggy build

I finally remembered to make some reservoir spacers for my coilovers. I uses some scrap plastic we had laying around at work.
 

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Making progress on the floor pans, learning how to shrink steel. Definitely a steap learning curve
 

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Getting closer to hitting the trails. Got a new front drive shaft from Adam's
 

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I knew the new yoke for the front drive shaft wasn't going to fit as is but I knew I could make it work with the stock flange and a half round yoke. I took the flange to work and cut it to size, turned the outer diameter concentric with the spline diameter and bored the inner diameter .002" under size for a press fit. I'll press the new yoke into the flange and weld them together. I'll have to make a mandrel to use while pressing them together to get the splines to line up. That tooling should be here in about a week.
 

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Got the yoke figured out. I made a nut to help press the new yoke inside the old machined yoke flange.
 

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Welded the yoke together. Installed it on to my transfer case and put my transfer case back in after remembering I forgot a gasket. Installed the front drive shaft. Did an full extension test, the splines didn't move.
 

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Got a pair of limit straps in for the rear axle. 20" in length. I need a pair of 18" for the front, ruff stuff was out of stock so I'll probably order a pair from summit. Been focussing on my TJ lately. An upper control arm bracket broke off my front axle, both relays in my dual air compressor went bad and I picked up a dana 70 to throw in the rear.
 

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Got half the tabs I need for the limit straps, going to start on them soon. Picked up a new zeon 10 for my TJ and going to use my old m8000 as a place holder until I figure out what I want to do with it.
 

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I finally remembered to make some reservoir spacers for my coilovers. I uses some scrap plastic we had laying around at work.

Build is coming along great :beer:

Have you secured the spacers to the frame? I'm thinking you should secure the reservoir spacers in place with a small bolt drilled through it to the frame tubes.. just incase the clamp holding the reservoir loosen during the drive, you wouldn't lose the spacers..
 
We had a pretty bad snow storm for this area which caused all packages to be delayed. Finally got the rest of my tabs for my limit straps and my transmission shifter
 

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Figured out the winch situation. I sold the old m8000 and picked up a warn 8274. It'll need a rebuild nut it's complete and had the ratcheting brake.
 

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