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02 Jeep Grand Cherokee Build (AKA Project Silent Night)
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<blockquote data-quote="nkrell11" data-source="post: 8537659" data-attributes="member: 645505"><p>Well more small updates I figure if I keep plugging away at it there will be less work to do in the future. So last night I drilled out my top plates and the back plates for the weld nuts. I used two different size drill bits a 3/8 to go the depth of the weld nut and a 5/16 to open up the top of the hole a little because the weld nuts wouldn't sit quite flat. Picked up the steel for the neo pillars today it was $40 from Alro which is the local steel distributor. Hoping to get them machined next week I'll try and get some videos or something because I think he plans to do them on a CNC machine.</p><p></p><p>In other news I ended up finding 2 Mechman 320's for the jeep used so I bought them, figured it was a better route as it was only a little more than some of the quotes I got for a single alternator. They're coming with a bracket but it looks kind of rough so I'll probably fab up a better one. Additionally I finally got in touch with Droppin Hz and Mr. Young from Full Throttle. They ran out of 65's and the one the dealer was going to send me went elsewhere. So they're sending me a Group 31 instead of a 65 I just have to make it fit. Might have to weld up a battery tray. So anyhow on to the pictures, nothing real exciting.</p><p></p><p>I screwed the top plates down while drilling them made it a little easier.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161221_160426_zpsltog9gxj.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161221_160426_zpsltog9gxj.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Top plates drilled.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110740_zpswauvaaxz.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110740_zpswauvaaxz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>T-Yoke bottoms drilled, by this point I was over drilling it was a tedious job.<a href="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110831_zpsm708dfk4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110831_zpsm708dfk4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>20ft of A36 I only needed like 11 feet but I figured I can have some extra cut in case I want to run 6 subs in the future. The rest can be used as bracing or something.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_143004_zpsxon5utuz.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_143004_zpsxon5utuz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I plan to cut the threaded rod tomorrow, I have a safety meeting at work and then I'll probably cut them real quick afterwards on the band saw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nkrell11, post: 8537659, member: 645505"] Well more small updates I figure if I keep plugging away at it there will be less work to do in the future. So last night I drilled out my top plates and the back plates for the weld nuts. I used two different size drill bits a 3/8 to go the depth of the weld nut and a 5/16 to open up the top of the hole a little because the weld nuts wouldn't sit quite flat. Picked up the steel for the neo pillars today it was $40 from Alro which is the local steel distributor. Hoping to get them machined next week I'll try and get some videos or something because I think he plans to do them on a CNC machine. In other news I ended up finding 2 Mechman 320's for the jeep used so I bought them, figured it was a better route as it was only a little more than some of the quotes I got for a single alternator. They're coming with a bracket but it looks kind of rough so I'll probably fab up a better one. Additionally I finally got in touch with Droppin Hz and Mr. Young from Full Throttle. They ran out of 65's and the one the dealer was going to send me went elsewhere. So they're sending me a Group 31 instead of a 65 I just have to make it fit. Might have to weld up a battery tray. So anyhow on to the pictures, nothing real exciting. I screwed the top plates down while drilling them made it a little easier. [URL="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161221_160426_zpsltog9gxj.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161221_160426_zpsltog9gxj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Top plates drilled. [URL="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110740_zpswauvaaxz.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110740_zpswauvaaxz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] T-Yoke bottoms drilled, by this point I was over drilling it was a tedious job.[URL="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110831_zpsm708dfk4.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_110831_zpsm708dfk4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] 20ft of A36 I only needed like 11 feet but I figured I can have some extra cut in case I want to run 6 subs in the future. The rest can be used as bracing or something. [URL="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/nkrell11/media/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_143004_zpsxon5utuz.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/nkrell11/The%20Jeep%20Build/20161222_143004_zpsxon5utuz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I plan to cut the threaded rod tomorrow, I have a safety meeting at work and then I'll probably cut them real quick afterwards on the band saw. [/QUOTE]
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