The Gladiator I bought in 2018 was half done, and I finally had time to start refitting in the past two days. After thinking for a long time, I didn’t know which board to post, and finally chose 2020. If it is not in compliance, please ask the moderator to raise your hand.
Originally, I dismantled a whole 3400 and wanted to use the entire chassis and engine gearbox, but recently my head got hot again, and I still like the direct transmission of manual transmission, so I bought a set of Beijing Jeep Cherokee 6-cylinder engine gearbox.
This is what the original plan looks like
The car shell has been fixed for a while, and the proportion looks good. If the body is 10 cm shorter and the hood is 10 cm longer, it will be more coordinated. Later, a set of Patrol y62 wheels and tires are replaced, and the effect is very good.
Now that the plan has changed, it is necessary to remove the car shell and reposition the position of the engine gearbox. Because it is completely done by myself and the conditions are difficult, I bought a 2-ton manual hoist with a 6-meter chain and used the expansion joints of the factory building. Lift the car shell up.
The car shell is hoisted, so the problem is that the space between the two pillars is limited, and the car shell can no longer be placed, so I want to stack the gladiator car shell on another car shell, hoping that they will mate. The product will be satisfying.
Working people are hard and wise. I bought two big bearings and put them on the water pipes so that I can slide the bearings to move my car shell. But this process is very difficult and dangerous. , the floor is uneven, the sliding bearing is very difficult, and the force must be controlled very carefully. If one side is too strong and slides too much, the entire water pipe and bearing may fall from the expansion joint, then it will be a tragedy. Although There was no one downstairs, and I was the only one doing it by myself, but the accident must have dealt a huge psychological blow to me, so I was careful, and finally completed the movement of 2.5 meters in half an hour, and my arms and legs were already numb!
Facts have proved that true knowledge comes from practice. After some thinking, I went to the street and bought an angle iron, cut it into two pieces, each 2.75 in length, and welded the rest to both ends of the angle iron, thus making a simple I lift the car shell and slide on it, the distance is 2.5 meters, it only takes 5 seconds, and it is very smooth, and most importantly, it is very safe. The angle iron track fixes the sliding direction of the bearing and does not deviate. Is this considered manual driving?
This also confirms an old saying: If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools!
Well, it’s a breeze to complete the overlay.
I hoisted the car shell and pushed the chassis away. I lifted the car shell back and put it on the ground. I pushed another 3400 firewall over and compared it. I always wanted to have a good sound insulation effect. Gladiator with good air conditioning effect, if I can complete the combination of domineering firewall and Gladiator, pay attention, the focus is the perfect combination, then I have a Gladiator with perfect chassis, perfect instrument panel and perfect air conditioner, please help to see, there is Not possible?
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Author: Yixin LWD
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