1992 Kawasaki Mule project

it will have all mod cons by the time you are done with it!

I think you should stop all the worrying and just stick it in an envelope, addressed to:

George,
Manila,
Philippines.

Thank you.

I'll just put these here

That is in the plans!......They make ones that tap into the coolant pipe circuit, which could certainly work....they are very pricey however...so Im on the hunt for a retrofit of some kind....it could be out of any vehicle with a blower motor and a heater core, I guess........




So I was at the shop today working on some other stuff and squeezed in trimming out my infill panels on the brake...nice and clean that way....





The panels have a protective covering on them at the moment. They are also VERY yellow. Ill probably paint them red to match the rest of it when it warms up a bit....

in other news, I printed out a trial version of my dashboard graphic....I think its going to look pretty good.....it fits...thats the main thing....(the word "ignition" will be in white)



now its time to go get dinner started!....

thanks for lookin

JP

a small item crossed off the list....the light switch infill panel is in temporarily. it needs some paint and some smoothing.....



The garage got a bit of a clean today. (not that you could really tell)....Its getting to that point where it needs a really good cleaning. This happens every winter...I would love to get one of those garage floor tiles/epoxy/mats but the cost is really up there......

anyway, thanks for lookin

JP

This was a good weekend to start on the front end lift on this project! Ive decided to make my own spacers based on the design I found and posted a little while ago.


the strut came out with a little fuss, but nothing that brought out the "Dictionary of Expletives".





the strut is in good shape apart from having a fairly wimpy spring on it and being quite tired. Its like someone put a full size strut in a shrinking machine....





I used my M.E.A.D. (manilla envelope aided design) system for making a few templates and settled on these....there will be 2.25" spacers between each plate. The bottom plate will have a large hole in it for the strut top to poke through, but it looks like the top plate will not need that. each plate will have holes for the mounting bolts. the bottom plate for the strut, the top plate for the frame location.





4 plates clamped together for final shaping.....





and with holes for the mounting bolts added and in progress for the large hole in the middle. Im trying my hole saws here, which I have not really done before as I was not sure they would hold up drilling in steel. But they do!.....Im taking it very slow and keeping things cool and lubed.....





and it worked well....


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So thats as far as I got today...its a good start. Ill probably weld some bolts to the upper plate for those mounts as I dont want them spinning when I try to tighten things down. I cannot reach that back bolt once everything is installed......


thanks for lookin!


JP

thanks, Strikey

I made a little bit more progress on them today. I got the bolts welded in, the spacer bars cut and trimmed down and one, yes, ONE, spacer welded in place.



In attempting to get welds "like I used to"...I gave the machine a bit of a tune up. I replaced the contact tip, checked the ground/earth wire, connections, clamp (giving the clamp a thorough filing so the jaws would clamp flat against the workpiece and adding a wingnut and bolt to tighten the jaws securely) checking the gun liner, cleaning the feed wheels, and adjusting the tension a bit. It seems to have worked quite well. much better initial spark and a more even feed of the wire. I may replace the clamp and liner to see if I can get anything more out of it!......



Ill see if I can get the spacers done before tuesday as we may have some weather coming in.

JP

Just to save you some time; don't bother fitting a heater, it won't need it here!