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Company agreed to replace the radiator but said it would take roughly 2 weeks to make. I went ahead and added a baffle of my own to the old radiator. Drilled a hole in the top for a npt bung and used a rod to bend the old baffle down. Then cut a slit in the tank and slid a plate in and welded it...

Thinking I may have a bad radiator… Im waiting to hear from the company to see what they are going to do before I attempt to add a baffle cause this one isn’t doing anything. My theory is the baffle is allowing hot water to go in and right back out. Company says 10% of fluid should pass but...

I messed with it more today. Just idling it didn’t take more fluid. I tried lifting the rear with the engine hoist. Shaking the radiator. And all sorts of other stuff including cracking lines. In a last ditch effort went for a drive and backed up a rock and let it Idle. It took longer but it...

I got the new thermostat in yesterday and a quick heat cycle. I pulled the jiggle valve out of it and made sure to have the hole at the top. Today I spent all morning trying to bleed it. Someone else suggested the bypass might be causing issues so I pinched it off. At first it seemed to work...

Thermostat ordered. Drained the coolant today and caught almost all of it and didn’t make a mess so that was good. My dad and I got the passenger fender mounted. Will try to get that in Friday and start bleeding the system. At some point I’ll try to put some kind of grill on it but it’s a super...

Lots of stuff fighting me but we are getting there. The passenger seat doesn’t fit as the top shoulder area is wider. And a big overheating issue. Thinking it’s a bad thermostat so going to replace that. Windshield is out. I made the panels for behind the head. Just need to bead roll and cut...

front arb locker works. Air free spool works. Compressor finished wired. Dash had to be narrowed to fit the door bars (not sure why I have pictures of it in and out with the door bars in but think it’s cause of the center panel). Parker pumper finished. Horns in and wired to a button. Switch...

current as of Feb 13 got the third in yesterday and front axle back together. And finished the jack handle mount. Any ultra4 guys in here have a recommendation of who to go to get this thing banded? Preferably close to Vegas

Monday I called gearworks to make sure they have the bearings and seal needed to fix the pinion so my dad could take it home with him and fix it. Gearworks asked what happened and despite us setting the gears up etc they said bring it by and they’ll get us setup. This morning we stopped and they...

We left koh Saturday night to avoid the chaos of leaving Sunday. My dad was staying till Tuesday so we could get some more things done. Sunday we got up and worked on the truck some. I got the front end apart and diff pulled. It ate the pinion bearing for some reason. We made a new list of...

Got the springs on day before we left for koh. During a test drive though front end locked up and I had to pry the drive slugs out and take the driveshaft out to get it home. Fronts about an inch low and rears about an inch high. But plan was to take the rzr anyway since we were going to just...

Welded the body to the cage. Only have one more to do between the upper a pillar but waiting to pull the windshield. Made a quick mount for the air tank. Got the lower springs already and hopefully upper springs show up tomorrow. Chased down an issue where on startup the truck would go straight...

Only a little bit of time today. Got it weighed. Tuner let me borrow his scales so I didn’t have to haul the car around. It’s way more balanced than I thought and I’m pretty happy. I put weight where I thought it was needed to mimick what I’ll carry. And then got the bungs welded on the air...

It lives. My dad shaped the front fenders and will take them home to add some more fiberglass. My mom and I finished some heat shielding which proved to be very effective. The panels barely get warm now. We bled the brakes again. Some templates to mount the body to the cage. Hooked up the...

Parents back for another couple days to help. My dad took the exhaust and wrapped them. My mom and wife wrapped the headers and helped put some more heat shield stuff on panels. With both making koh to race my dad went to town redoing the rear. Looks good with the tire and hoop to finish it...