Well, I have been slow with the updates lately. We had our family vacation a couple weeks back, and since then I have just been plugging away at my list trying to get things done for my trip to the San Juans (leaving one week from Saturday). I'll try to get more pictures this week, but I'll get everything up to date when I get back with better explanations.
Last week was a nightmare with little things going wrong (bumper bolt threads buggered, starting problems, TPS acting up, the list goes on). After re-tapping the front bumper threads I got the TG winch plate on. I modified the stock bumper for now due to time constraints just to get the winch on (need to mount solenoid box tomorrow night and wire). After changing my starter and ignition switch on Fri/Sat I figured out I had some bad wiring which was keeping the truck from starting. Luckily the guy at Auto Zone let me return the starter and ignition switch when I finally figured out what was wrong. And finally, my throttle is sticking at 1500 rpm's when I come to a stop from speed. This is a recurring problem that I think is the TPS. Will adjust and/or replace later this week.
With the rear bumper, I decided to try and reduce the weight. I ripped the 3x4 down to 3x2, and I am only going to run one MFC for now. I will notch out the 3x2 to sit down onto receiver tubing from 4Crawler-type frame mounts (tried to order these but lead time was too long so I built them). I'm moving the MFC to the passenger side next to the spindle, tire in the center, 5 lb propane on the passenger side. Framed out for a fold down table on the back side in the pic below. Should have this finished this weekend.
Sorry for the crappy pics and slow updates. Will get on this better up to date as soon as I can.
My helper: