Timmys Jimmy, 5-28 WITH PICS***

[Gotlabs]

As most of you guys know me, and have heard me talk about "I can't wait to get the Jimmy on the road". Well wait no longer!!! I took it out for its first legal spin today, felt good to drive it. For those of you that don't know me, I won't hold that against you :D

Here are the upgrades:
14bff detroited and disced, D60 open-4.56's
37 SSR's
converted to power steering
replaced tranny-tcase adapter (465/205)
replaced body bushings (all but one lower one :oops: )
ord flip
home built zero rates front and rear (Thanks Ryan)
completely rewired front to rear, well except the tail light wires
headlight relay
all autometer electric gauges on a ghetto fabbed gauge panel
desert digital seats (only have one completed so far)
van tilt with newer steering wheel
wire wheeled the entire frame, all the crossmembers, gas tank and tranny/tcase
3/4T brake booster/master cylinder
sandblasted bumpers and grille
STC soft top
replaced driver/passenger floor pans, inner/outer rockers and A pillars
motor:
gear drive (very annoying so far)
204/214 420/442 lift cam
performer intake
headers with 40 flowmasters
new harmonic balancer (thanks to the block of wood and hammer)
7 blade fan
Mallory HEI

Going to top it off with a personalized tag (it will match my trome CarolinaK5 sticker)

14 months in the making, I have no idea how much money I have in it, I quite saving receipts after 1500.


Here is the before 4"suspension 3" body 35 sx swampers on 15X12 MT knockoffs.


http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/24658jimmy_frontal_before_teardown_feb_05.jpg

and as of today.

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/Jimbo1.jpg

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/Jimbo4.jpg

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/Jimbo2.jpg

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/Jimbo3.jpg

[dontoe]

That's a proud Pappa!!!! thumbsup thumbsup

Congrats my good friend!!! :D

[81K5GUY]

Looking good bro I like that Tan ,is the the color your painting it or just primer?

[Gotlabs]

Looking good bro I like that Tan ,is the the color your painting it or just primer?

It is going to be the tan color. I just need a few days in a row over 70Degrees.

[81K5GUY]

looks good with the spice top

[Gotlabs]

looks good with the spice top

I'm trying to look like someone else :roll:

[81K5GUY]

Ah lil toe hahaha!

[badarse]

SWEET :D :D LOVE THE OLD STUFF!!! VERY GOOD JOB 8) 8)
I hate the rims, tires, lift 2 tone paint and the "spice top" yes now i'm jealous :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Steve_Kibbe]

Looks good Tim :D Is it going to make it to DPG?

[CB77GMC]

Cool Beans :D

[Gotlabs]

Looks good Tim :D Is it going to make it to DPG?

Still a little early to tell.

[79Stomper]

Sweet. Glad to hear you got it running again. Ought to swing by sometime. I am sure my neighbors miss seeing other big trucks in my drive way, plus the guy down the street thinks his STOCK Jeep on 33's is a "Hard Core Wheeler".

[pipeline]

Nice truck, I likey

[Bushwhacker]

Tim, that thing is lookin SWEEEEET!! like the soft top, didn't know you had one for it.

Keep the pics rollin!


Clay

[Gotlabs]

Hopefully get it registered on base this week, then I can swing by.

As for the soft top; its cool right now but should have kept the hard top to.

[Gotlabs]

Have you used any UV protection on yours?

[dontoe]

Have you used any UV protection on yours?

When I first got it, then it's been totally forgotten about. I bought a half gallon of the stuff too................ :roll:

[sapper]

Man that looks good :D

[Gotlabs]

Have you used any UV protection on yours?

When I first got it, then it's been totally forgotten about. I bought a half gallon of the stuff too................ :roll:

What did you use on yours?

[81K5GUY]

STC recommends uv-303 which about the same as Turtle waxes formula- 2001

[Gotlabs]

I started installing the electric fans and ps cooler a few days ago. Had to babysit all day today, so it put me a little behind the power curve. Anyway I managed to finish it up except for a little work on the bundles of wires.

Here is the aux fan, it has thermostat on temp of 195 and is also wired through the oba switch. The cooler is from an exploder, tranny cooler.

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/coolernfan.jpg

Here is the taurus fan, I mounted it with those push through jobbies. I'll be changing them shortly. This is controlled by a toggle under the dash,

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/taurus_fan.jpg


Here is my ratsnest of wires. I have a 75/120 relay for the hi side of the furd fan, and a 30/50 for the low side. Running a 60a fuse with the hi side, 30a with the low side. I searched for a while for relays that would handle the hi amp draw on the furn fan, and had three of them in my junk. I got them out of a land rover something, looked them up and they are cont duty 75/120a relays!! saved some coin. :D

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/rats_nest.jpg


I like these jewels, they have so many uses.

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/hoodlight.jpg

I was not to enthusiastic about cutting holes in the dash for switches, so I looked around and found two holes under the dash that mounts the toggles nicely. This one controls the furd fan, it's straight wired so I can leave it running after the truck shuts off.

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/hidden_toggle.jpg

This is my ghetto switch panel, it is an ashtray front with hole drilled in it. I don't like cutting dashes so this one fits in the original ashtray spot. And I can take this out and put the ashtray back and you wouldn't know the difference. It has switches for the front lites, rock lites, oba, and ?.

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/500/switchpanel.jpg

I did find out that I need to do some serious reinforcing in the front between the framerails. It has some twisting action going on now, figuring a X brace and a 1" bar across the front on the original bumper mount holes should suffice. Especially with hyd assist.

[southern_n_crunkk5]

looks good man keep up the work

[dontoe]

Great job...............can't wait to see it live. :wink:

[badarse]

I just scored a couple lectric fans also. do you have to run all the relays etc? I want to run it on a thermo switch like 180deg. what do I need to know about what I got

[Gotlabs]

I just scored a couple lectric fans also. do you have to run all the relays etc? I want to run it on a thermo switch like 180deg. what do I need to know about what I got

1.Find out what kind of fans they are
2. I run relays with either a fuse or CB in line with them
3. summit makes a great kit for about 40$ it has a sensor that plugs into the block and acts as the ground prong on the relay, so it cuts on and off when the temps reach specified levels.

[Steve_Kibbe]

Quit posting pics, this makes me want to keep my 72 :oops:

[CB77GMC]

Lookin Good :D