Cynicalriders "J0hnny5 is ALIVE!" 01 build thread.

@Squeaky Penguin i was going to point you in Greg’s direction, glad he replied ^

Sadly I have not added the bottom armor yet ha, I do plan on doing what Greg did eventually and replace the bottom two studs with bolts.

but yes, very much in vacation mode right now.

 

Thanks gents.

I just fully committed and cut the whole plug off.

 

Atta boy! Full send that mother fucker.

Also with the chaos back home, I don’t want to leave this place...



my throne...



Also look at this bad bitch in the parking lot:

 

Haven't updated in a while.

Saved my buddy from being stuck in the woods before vacation:

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Ended up being a more complex recovery than I thought it would be, I got stuck just getting to him due to tons of rain, and had to winch myself out before winching him/snatch block winching to keep from winching him into a tree.

Getting him out revealed the shit job I did on the passenger side, when I rushed installing the shocks. So I moved them, and was able to do a good job getting it closer by slightly undoing the JIC fittings, which is terrifying but doable for minor adjustments.

Before:

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After:

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Some vertical down welds:

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Def a bunch of undercutting but should be solid.

Coronavirus projects:

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I built this with the stick welder, but some wasn't square, so I cut the not square parts out:

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Then rebuilt:

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And welded my CO2 carrier to it.

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Favorite weld from that project:

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That's almost done, just need paint and install.

Next up was under bed fuel storage based on this concept @Reh5108 made originally:

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My idea was to hopefully add to it.

I have a tub that I carry a bunch of fluids and a 6 ton jack stand in. Eliminating that tub would be so much easier if I can find perm storage for that jack stand.

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But I do not have nearly enough space I need.

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So next best thing, another thing I always carry is a CV, and that's something I can fit.

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I decided to build the carrier first, then worry about adding on the CV after I get the jerry can stuff figured out.

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Very happy with the fit so far:

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Next up is figuring out CV mounting. Got a bunch of concepts in my head.

 

That's a sweet idea with the fuel tanks there, damn. I wish I had more steel than just scraps around here. I've just been making stupid shit

 

Like dicks?

Yup bought all this steel with the steel I bought for frame boxing. Just haven't had time to tackle it all. I am saving 2 hours every day with no commute and WFH. I also bought steel for my welding table but not for legs or anything unfortunately.

 

Exactly Quarantine taking its toll. I haven't left the house in a week now. Of course now I'm out of welding gas so who knows when I'll get to refill that. I'm ready for the rona to go away.

 

@cynicalrider jerry can mount looks awesome. You should put an aluminum skid plate on it

 

lol. Looks good mike. In all seriousness I’d probably skin the bottom with a thin sheet of steel or aluminum just to keep road salt and rocks from kicking up and denting or chipping the paint on the Jerry cans

 

I mean I though about it, and I have both I can probably cut up to do it with, but I feel like why bother? The cans are steel and beefy to begin with, I am not really worried about damage from gravel or salt. Figure maybe I'll run it for a year and reassess.

 

I haven't noticed any damage to my can yet. They get dirty but a pressure washer makes quick work of that.

 

Did you PC you're break calipers or just rattle can? I never noticed until now that they are blue

 

Good to know

Just rattle can with duplicolor caliper paint:

$18 Dupli-Color BCP104 Brake Caliper Spray Paint - Blue - 12 oz. Aerosol Can

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00295T5DW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's relatively new, those are the new tundy calipers.

 

Did you pull the third to do it? I'm feeling lazy. Might just double nut the two studs to pull them, replace with bolts, pull the drain plug and weld it up, and refill it...

@slander You said you used regular bolts right? I rather those than allens.

 

Yea I used 2 regular 14mm bolts i had laying around replaceing the bottom 2 studs, you know the size that's holding like 90% of the truck together LOL!! Those are now my drain "plugs". I personally dont like Allen heads either. If you have to you can also screw in a bolt from the backside as a stud if some of yours pull out and you cant find any studs.

I would keep as many studs in there as you can as that would suck royal ass to try to get the 3rd back in without them.

 

It seems I forgot to update this build with the biggest mod coming soon... the kid mod.

We are keeping the gender a secret.

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Congrats, Mike!

 

That's a pretty expensive mod!

 

Congrats Mike

 

Thanks guys!

Haha yeah but now I can drag someone camping with me since the wife doesn't like it.