Project Karma

[Tahoedonner]

Got some more work done over the weekend and so far this week. Most of the engine bay wiring is finished. Heat shrunk all connections and will be covering all wire runs in split loom. Picked up a 100 amp alternator because mine needed a rebuild and I knew in the future I was going to need the extra amperage. Right now I'm running with the single pulley on the alternator. I have additional dual pulleys to swap on if I need to. We'll see if I have any slippage. Need to start on the dash and steering column wiring so I needed to get the steering column and dash cleaned up and painted. I coated them in eastwood semi gloss black. They turned out great. I also have an IH only dash panel and auto meter gauges that will be going in.

Here's a few pics of the progress:

alternator

Wiring for now:

Steering column and shaft
before

After

Dash
before

After

 

[Tahoedonner]

Boring post here but............ash tray, glove box, and dash supports are all sanded and painted up nice.

Glove box

Ash tray

Dash supports

 

[Tahoedonner]

Got the IH only steering box plate and a straight steer brace put in today. As always the IH only products were top notch and delivered extremely quickly. Also stoked to find a new fastenal store has just popped up in san carlos about 3 blocks from my house. Very convenient.

IH only steering box plate

Straight steer

 

[Scooter]

Way cool. Looks good. Having that channel piece on the outside of frame on the passenger side helps too. I don't think that those bolt holes, on passenger side, are sleeved inside the frame, like they are on the drivers side frame. With what ya got there mounted you will be fine though. So no worries
carry on

 

[Tahoedonner]

way cool. Looks good. Having that channel piece on the outside of frame on the passenger side helps too. I don't think that those bolt holes, on passenger side, are sleeved inside the frame, like they are on the drivers side frame. With what ya got there mounted you will be fine though. So no worries
carry on

They're definitely not sleeved on the passenger side. Not sure if I was supposed to use the original drivers side inside channel on the outside of the passenger but it sure makes a lot of sense. Currently carrying on.

 

[chico]

Man! Its looking good for sure. Ive been following this post for a while. I just wish I had the time and space (oh and money) to do mine. My 75' doesnt get much attention. Appearently my wife thinks buying a house is way more important. Psssh. Looks great though. Keep it up. Kcco

 

[Tahoedonner]

man! Its looking good for sure. Ive been following this post for a while. I just wish I had the time and space (oh and money) to do mine. My 75' doesnt get much attention. Appearently my wife thinks buying a house is way more important. Psssh. Looks great though. Keep it up. Kcco

Thanks!! My wife knows how much I enjoy toying around with the Scout so I don't get any flack for it. (knock on wood) she also really misses my old one so that helps also. With no kids and a rental house with ample space this was the perfect time to start building my dream.

 

[Tahoedonner]

Finished sanding and painting the brake assembly, and steering column. Got them installed and am quite happy with the results. It's great to finally be putting together some finishing pieces to this ride. Oh, and I got some tires delivered. I love tires!!

Brake assembly all rusty:

Looking better primed and painted in eastwood satin

Under dash

Firewall look

Steering wheel

Best day of the build so far!!!! The tires show up.

 

[Scooter]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

donuts

 

[IHRunner]

I want da micky thompson baja claws I'll steal them and leave you a nice set of 205's

 

[Tahoedonner]

Shoes are on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

35x12.5x16 mickey thompson baja radial mtz's
16x8 mickey thompson classic locks 4" bs

pics aren't amazing but they're all I've got right now

Rear wheel well opening. Front is to the right. There will be more clearance when the new shackles are installed. The tire also pushes to the rear (left in the picture) so clearance shouldn't be an issue. Full stuff is not an option with this tire choice though.

Here's a couple shots of the wheels:

 

[IHRunner]

Hubba hubba I want the tires! Holy crap that Scout is gonna roll around in style

 

[vancetater]

Wow lookin so dang shiny. I had the same rims and tires on my old toyota tundra, one thing about those tires is that theay did not last to long on the streets but did awsome offroad

 

[Scooter]

Sweet

looks good

 

[Tahoedonner]

Appreciate all the thumbs up.

It's been awhile since I've updated mostly because I haven't had a ton of time to work on the truck lately.

Stuff that's been completed since last update:
- installed dash, gauges, switches, and wired all gauges and switches.
- wired steering column
- installed new greaseable drag link
- installed, sanded, and painted tie rod with new greasable ends.
- installed bogsen steering joint.

Here's a couple pics of the few things that have been finished:

dash with new auto meter gauges

New ron francis switches

Tie rod and drag link pics:

Bogsen steering joint

 

[Tahoedonner]

Truck went in for exhaust today. I will be running stock manifolds, 2.5" stainless pipe, magnaflow cat, flowmaster 50 series delta flow with dual 2" out, and 3" chrome tips dumping out behind tires. Should be done tomorrow. I will upload pics when done. Should have this truck running and driving in the next couple weeks.

 

[Tahoedonner]

Exhaust is finished up. Here are some pictures:

drivers side

Passenger side

Rear

 

[IHRunner]

Smexy. Did you go two into y into a flowmaster back to two? Or how is that routed? I notice you only have one flowmaster so im curious

 

[Tahoedonner]

smexy. Did you go two into y into a flowmaster back to two? Or how is that routed? I notice you only have one flowmaster so im curious

Pics tell the story but it's a magnaflow y 2.5" out into magnaflow cat 2.5" out into flowmaster with dual 2" out. The y is after the crossmember. Pretty sure that the factory joint/y pipe happens right as the pipes meet up as the passenger pipe makes it's final bend towards the rear. Had to stay single muffler with cat due to smog restrictions. Also don't like the unbalanced look of one tailpipe. I am slightly disappointed because the exhaust guy didn't mandrel bend the pipes. I just assumed that he would since he said that they use "all the latest technology". Just another instance of me not asking the right questions before hand even though I knew what I wanted. Another lesson learned.

Man I can't stand these cell phone pics.

 

[IHRunner]

Ahh forgot about the emission stuff. Here in rural Colorado our national past time is make it louder. Looks clean though. Bet it gives it a nice throaty sound. One good lookin Scout.

So basically since he didnt do mandrel bends you're still gonna get that restricted flow instead of that nice reduced backpressure. Bummer

 

[Tahoedonner]

Boring post but more progress nonetheless. Just more cleaned, sanded, and painted parts. I will be looking to fire the truck up this weekend. If I'm lucky I can take my first ride in it. Excluding steering it onto the flatbed the day I bought it.

 

[mikeindustries]

I like the attention to the details you have given this build. As I start to prepare to restore my newly aquired Scout I look to builds like yours for inspiration. Great job. I am excited for you as you are so close to putting the rubber to the road.

 

[Tahoedonner]

I like the attention to the details you have given this build. As I start to prepare to restore my newly aquired Scout I look to builds like yours for inspiration. Great job. I am excited for you as you are so close to putting the rubber to the road.

Thank you very much. Look forward to seeing your build on here in the future.

 

[Tahoedonner]

Started up the truck yesterday. She started up on the first crank which is a good sign that I have wired everything correctly. Engine has already been broken in by the builder. It is running pretty rough at idle. I will need to get it timed, make sure there are no vacuum leaks, and re-seal the upper water tube on the drivers side. It is leaking a bit. The temp gauge went to 250 and it didn't seem that any water was running through the upper radiator hose. I believe this means that my thermostat isn't opening. Other than that all seems well for now.

 

[Scooter]

Sweet. Too bad the temp got up there. Thermastat in backwards? Not un heard of with them being deffective from off the shelf newly purchased. Happened to me once a few years ago. Hope it goes well. Maybe cruise it up here some time. Would love to see it in person