Build Thread The '80 FrankenJeep frame off reassembly

[gert]

Very sweet congrats


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[shum8]

Ever had one of those hose clamps that you over tighten and strip out the band, pitch it to the side and grab a new one, then when cleaning up forget it’s bad and throw it in with the other hose clamp? And do that several times before you throw it away for good? This was mine LMAO

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[gert]

LMAO I have done that several times, I feel guilty for throwing them in the trash


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[shum8]

HA - I hammered this one flat first.....


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[shum8]

Won’t mistake it for a good one any more....

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[gert]

LMAO


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[gr8dain]

You might still try to reuse it. I know I might if it was the only one I could find when I need one.

 

[shum8]

HAHAHA - You’re right. I should cut it in half. Or thirds....


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[mtnwhlr]

Or maybe just toss it in the trash

 

[shum8]

Went over to the pick-n-save in search of horns and a battery hold down. I only had one horn, and have proceeded to loose my battery hold down. I have the bolt for the hold down, all freshly painted, but can't find the hold down. Found one the correct configuration but it was a bit too long. It was also covered in what looked like black Plastic-dip. Over its lifespan, it appears battery acid got between the covering and the bracket itself, so I peeled it.

Marked the cuts to shorten it to fit the battery I have now

And welded it back together. From here I'll dress the weld and hit it with the aerosol bed Liner

I then disassembled the horns, cleaned and painter them to look halfway respectable

That is all......


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[gert]

Man I don’t remember what happened to my horns either lol, I haven’t even thought about them


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[Belizean]

Man I don’t remember what happened to my horns either lol, I haven’t even thought about them


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I would have thought you guys would be air horn dudes.

 

[gert]

I would have thought you guys would be air horn dudes.

Sshhh don’t tempt me I work around big rigs and know how they work


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[shum8]

I would have thought you guys would be air horn dudes.

Now, I can’t speak for Gert, but for you’re information, I am not totally classless and without proper upbringing. I even got the dual horn setup so it would sound normal.

Besides - I have to have em to pass inspection.

And the air horns and air tank are going under the rear cargo area HAHAHAHABABA


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[Belizean]

I have a small one. Couldn't get the Amtrak one under the hood.

 

[shum8]

I have a small one. Couldn't get the Amtrak one under the hood.

Mine came off a boat. They hung in my grandfather's garage for over 40 years before I got hold of em...... just two trumpets...


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[shum8]

Made a little more progress today. Got the battery hold down bracket done - but do need to work out the threaded connection at the tray.....

And got the horns mounted, wired (complete with relay [emoji6]), and they fit on the fender like they were supposed to be there. Hit the horn button and NUTHIN. Not a sound. I know I have issues with the turn signal switch in the steering column, and I’m hoping the new one will fix this. I didn’t have time to troubleshoot to see what’s going on, but I do know I have power to the relay, it’s wired correctly, and the horns do in fact work - checked them before I did anything. I’ll replace the signal switch before I tear into these too much.

When I patched the shock tower cutout with fiberglass, I created a squared off section that provided the perfect mount for these - just got lucky.

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[Belizean]

Could easily be ground at horn button on stearing wheel. Even mine sometimes gives trouble there

 

[shum8]

Could easily be ground at horn button on stearing wheel. Even mine sometimes gives trouble there

Yes, yes it could. That would make sense. But it's not....... once again my knuckleheadedness strikes again. One of these days I'm gonna stop trying to big deal stuff that doesn't need big dealing. I decided when I wired in the horns, I'd add a relay. Got all my spade connectors soldered, plugged em all in on the back of the relay, mounted that sucker on the fender, connected to the hot and ground buss, connected the battery and nuthin. Dead. Direct connection to the battery and they sounded off rather smartly. Tonight I started tracing wires...... had voltage out to the new relay. Unplugged the pos lead for the horns, touched them to the battery, and they hurt my ears...... then I remembered the connector I had asked about earlier WAS for the horn relay..... I swear I cause myself more work....... removed the relay and now they work perfectly.

Still had issues with the signal lights - now that the new signal switch allows the signal lever to function properly, the signals would just come on and not blink. Swapped the hazard flasher in and they work fine - bad flasher. Sweet!! But the front passenger signal light will not light up. It does with parking lights, it does with headlights, and it functions properly with hazards on. That tells me the light itself works, but I have a bad connection somewhere in the signal circuit. I'll sort that out tomorrow. Once I get that figured out I'm down to getting the wipers working so I can get it inspected.

Have a couple gauges not working, couple gauge lights not working, but I can work on those after getting it in service. I would say I'm getting close again, but the last time I said that the cam bolt backed out...... so I'm not gonna say it........ [emoji12]


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[shum8]

Today was "get the stupid signal light to work" day..... and from a frustration standpoint, it didn't disappoint LOL. The signal switch in the steering column needed to be replaced - it wouldn't hold position for either signal, and I was hoping a new switch would correct some if not all the issues. Swapped the switch out, reinstalled the steering column, connected the battery, and hit the signal...... Yay, same exact issue. All lights worked flawlessly, but the front right signal along with the front side marker. They worked with the lights on and with the the hazards on......but with the right turn signal on, nothing. With multimeter in hand, I started tracing wires. I pulled the side marker bulb, and the signal on, I got 11.5v from one lead, and 9 from the other..... should have been 0 for the second one.... I start untaping and unwrapping the headlight harness working my way back the the firewall.... voltages stay the same. The signal lead for the front right shows 9 volts constant at the main harness connector on the firewall. Pulled the signal switch connector part on the steering column - all voltages are as they should be - left and right...... so I figure I have a wiring issue between the fuse block and bulkhead connector - and since it was a wiring harness of unknown heritage, that was my assumption. Figured I'd reassemble the front end before I tackled the fuseblock, seeing how I removed headlights, signal lights, side marker lights, and tore the out of my headlight harness...... just for giggles, I turned on the right turn signal, picked up the right parking lamp, and the dang thing started working..... along with the side marker light. What the heck!!?? After all that - 4 or 5 hours of tracing voltages, untaping and unloosing....... it was the connector on the parking light wiring pigtail. Taped it up nice and tight, works perfectly now. I couldn't believe it. So - only thing left to get the inspection is wiper motor and linkage, and fab up some temporary shifter boots.....

Time for a startup attempt........ pushed it out into the driveway (I hope my pinhead neighbor sees it and calls the county again...LOL), cranked it a couple times, and she fired...... call it my imagination, but I swear it idles MUCH better than before pulling the heads. Before, I couldn't get it to idle smooth much below 1000 rpm or so. Gonna try to post a couple videos...... I'm stoked!!