8.8 rear end is installed. It went much quicker than I had thought.
Spring pads welded in place, shock mounts made and the whole works installed.
I got the engine harness cleaned up and wrapped with Tesa tape. What, you haven't heard of Tesa tape!
This is the best kept trade secret. Tesa brand tape is a cloth tape that is used by VW, BMW & MB on their engine harnesses. It forms itself very well as you wrap it. It sticks REALLY well and is very resistant to underhood temps. It does not relax with heat and release itself.
I've just got to mount my little swap fuse boxes and wire the engine harness into the Jeep's system.
Rear brakes are done. Just a good clean up and new pads.
The biggest relief was getting the rad & fan installed. I had fabbed something up but was not really feeling it was my best work. I didn't like how the rad was supported and the cooling fan didn't fit as nice as I had hoped.
I redid the lower rad support and used a piece of 1 x 2 tubing with some foam strips to support it.
The Taurus fan is a bit too long for the core so I cut it down.
Reworked the shroud and fabbed a support of the lower rad support.
Installed and looking purdy!
I've just got the rad wired on low right now. It still moves a lot of air. If I find out I need more cooling I can wire the high speed.
I've got 3/4" between the fan & the water pump pulley.
Here is a Youtube video with a quick look around on the rad & fan.
Hoses look straight forward. Spent a few minutes looking at the rad hoses on the wall, picked out 6 that I thought I could make work. 4 will and I just need one pipe to complete the system.
I can already smell the burning rubber!