Night Eagle's kind of a build thread

Is that for the poopies so they don't stink?

 

Just copy Bret why don’t ya. Since you never wheel without him is one for beer and the other for beer/food?

 

No that is what Brett's is for.

Yes I kinda copied brett on the fridge but I have tossed the idea around for a while but kept telling my self it was not practical. over the past few years I have spent a shit pot of money on ice and the fridge should cut that out for the most part. No I will possibly still end up with a cooler for beer and drinks on longer trip. My girlfriend won a smaller yeti cooler that she kinda gave me and I will use that.

 

Something that is definitely nice to have, even just daily driving. You'll always have a cold one and a lunch meat sandwich on hand.

 

Only problem is I wont leave the fridge in the truck 24/7 and it will end up living in the bed.

 

I guess I should give an update on the truck. It is that time of the year to start diving into all possible maintenance and projects I can before wheeling season. So last weekend I replaced a CV boot on my CVJ axles. I think the cause was during one of our big snow storms, the axle got packed with ice and snow, which caused it to the rip. I ended up calling CVJ and they were a huge help to figure out the cause and remedy the issue. They ended up working with me on the price because I only bought the axles last February. While doing the boot I started going through everything on the front end and found a bad wheel bearing. So I order some new one that day and they arrived today. Also plan on tackling all my wiring. I just want to clean it all up. I bought a blue seas fuse block to help with that. I also need to plumb and wire up the locker.

 

Oh I also need to fix my swing out. The round tube that was used for the tire carrier has a crack all the way around it. So that needs to be cut off and weld a nice square tube and new gussets.

 

What about the Jerry can holder?

 

I duel can holder I need to paint and then mount it. So that one is easy.

The duel hold is a lot more stout than the single.

 

Well I got a couple of updates on the truck. So this weekend I got my tire carrier cut off and welded up a new stronger on.



The original carrier was vertical and made out of thin walled round tube. So I put on some 1/4 wall square tube and slanted the tire back 10*. I think the slant cleaned up the back of the truck. Happy to have tire back on the back of the truck and not in the bed.

I also tore the front end down after work today and put some new bearings and hubs in.




List of stuff to still do:
Paint and mount dual can holder
Install 4 new switches in the head liner
Install blue seas circuit breaker and fuse panel
Sound deaden the roof and back wall.
Also need to flush the transmission.

 

You slanted the wrong way for the GFN...

 

I know I did but a GFN will need a lot of mods to the swing out to work. We also need to make one first

 

got a couple more parts coming my way for the truck. One part was an unplanned part but I look forward to getting it.

 

Car seat?

 

HELL NO! i am no where near ready for those.

 

Got some wiring done on the truck yesterday. Not fully wired in but plan to pull the head liner during the week and wire them in next weekend.





Finally got a new solenoid for my winch. So that can finally get to put it back in the truck.

 

You got a fridge? No more whitchcraft cooler nonsense?

 

Ya I got a fridge. I spent a lot of money on ice to do my witchcraft. I still might have a small cooler for drinks. Every once and a while i might pull out my old craft for you guys.

 

Truck is officially has its summer shoes back on it.

 

Summer shoes? What about the snow storm coming in 2 weeks?