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Yup, just power and ground wires. This one is getting a good old Warn 8274 mounted proudly on the front. The mount will be kinda similar to my flat fender with the winch sunken down behind the bumper with the hawse down low behind the face of the bumper. I think it is really hard to beat the...

Nothing amazing, but I did do something tonight. Even those small bites add up.... I finally got the right clutch and fan that will work together. Clutch- Hayden 2986 Fan- Derale 17917 I did have to drill the mounting holes in the fan out to match the M10-1.5 hardware ( and I need to get...

Do you have any pics of what you have done for radiator mounts?

I finished up most of the details on the grille crossmember. I had a few people mention that they didn't think the power steering cooler was going to get enough air flow with only the 3 large holes. I let it eat on me for a bit and I finally relented and added some more ventilation. All...

Good stuff, thank you.

I believe I am also going to run an obd2 driven transmission temperature gauge in the primary dash cluster. That should let me keep tabs on things a bit better than normal.

Yup, good value I thought especially with the mounting system I could use the majority of. The duramax/allison combo has a hefty tow rating from the factory. My hope is that the slightly larger cooler will augment the deletion of having the additional heat exchanger in the radiator. I didn't...

I can look for one tonight, but if you Google ACdelco 22819356 many will come up. That is the part I used. Automatic transmission cooling was a bit of a concern, I figured a little overkill would be good in that department.....

I could make more holes, but it is only a power steering cooler. While having it in the direct air flow path, or fan cooled, would be better, many oem PS coolers are positioned just as radiant coolers with very little air flow from vehicle motion. The holes still need to be flared which will...

Testing tools! I started on the front crossmember that will be under the grill. This will add some structure to help support the steering box along with provide a home for the power steering cooler. It will also provide somewhere to attach the lower radiator mounts. This is the first...

After a slow snowy weekend I was finally able to make something new. I decided to use a 2013ish GM Silverado 2500 transmission cooler from a Duramax/Allison application. That seemed to be one of the larger coolers from an easy to replace oem application I could find. The fittings are...

Bigger parts are showing up! I was able to finish the mockup on the upper grill mounts and get them tacked into place. Once that was done I decided to mock up the radiator into position since it showed up today. Radiator specs. Brand:Griffin Thermal Products Manufacturer's Part...

Part two of the grille mounts on this installment of what did I cobble up in the garage tonight.... These are the upper grille mounts. They mount to the same structure in the side of the grill as the lower mounts do. They are 'in plane' to the side so that the fender assemblies will bolt over...

My hope is summer time.

Sometimes the littlest things make me happy... The grille now holds itself in place! I don't know why that makes me so happy, but it does. These are the lower grille mounts. I decided to mount the grille directly to the frame. As far as I can tell, the FJ40 was mounted like this from the...

Sometimes to create something, first you need to destroy something.... It didn't go so well for the OEM crossmember.... Now I have all the space I need to mount a bunch of junk..... Grille mounts Radiator Shroud Fan/Clutch Transmission cooler Power steering cooler Hydro assist ram LED...

Yes. A normal 2 inch tube front driveshaft clears everything at full bump. The biggest issue was the starter pocket on the bellhousing. I had to trim and smooth off a factory boss. The front is just the oem radius arms. They sure do package nice. The high pinion front diff on the passenger side...

After a few more hours today, this is what I ended up with.... All the mockup work on the new grille re-shape is done. I was also able to get the passenger side trimming and flange done. I also narrowed down headlight bezel to fit the new grille. The medal for the bezel is THIN. Oh boy that...

I had to reshape the grill in order to have clearance for the tires at full lock. With the 40" tires on a 63" wide axle, the tire swings right into the area where the OE grill shape had a corner below the headlight. That corner is basically there to adapt to the stock bib and fender design. In...

Lets see....where did I leave off.... After trimming the ends to the proposed shape of the new grille I made the new end caps. These are 1.25" x 1/8" flat bar. I decided to use some weld in captured nuts to secure everything. This should mean that everything can be disassembled from one side...