Project Mulligan

[suicideneil]

So, what we just saw was:-

1. GPM axle guard mount thingies, stripped and lightly polished with 300grit paper & wd40
2. NewEra front and rear skids finally fitted, front skid trimmed a little to make it look... nicer.
3. Two days work on building the tranny mounts. Went through 2 or 3 design concepts before settling on the sturdiest and easiest to make option ( I have new plans for the mounting posts I had the Candyman make for me ).

If I had a better workshop, and a few nicer toys ( pillar drill/ bench drill, decent bench & vice ) it wouldnt have taken more than a few hours, but working at floor level basically on an old coffee table with a shonky vice and cordless drill makes life awkward- cant drill a hole in the correct posistion to save my life, even after marking the posistions with a centre punch & hammer. Got there in the end though- we now have a proper roller with the tranny mounted and driveshafts all hooked up- have to stretch the rubber boots a bit so they may have to be replaced with something longer or just removed.

Tranny does sit fairly high, cant be helped due to the off centre spur leaving little clearance on that side, would hit the upper rod ends otherwise, and I dont want to mount them on the outside of the chassis rails so.. Next up is the battery tray thats going up front, then some clearance work on the knuckles and axle guard thingies to increase the steering throw, before moving onto tweaking the suspension; ordered my MMM, 1/4 scale servo and a few other odds & ends like 10g wire and fixings, got an email to say they were posted today. Until the next time, stay groovy

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Sweet!!! loving this build a lot Neil... can you make me one too?

hi neil/all...looking good neil, like the custom mounts.
just a bit of advice, allways centre punch and next time you are in the tool shop pick up a bs 1 centre drill and go through nearly all the way with it. then swap to your drill bit and it will follow the hole made better. if your using a hand drill make sure its 90 degrees to the work, lol or pack sum sandwiches and jump in your car and come to mine and use my mill . have a metal band saw here and a lathe too.
my e-maxx is still in bits, bit cold outside in the workshop atm...cold fingers see ya neil...

oh yer and when u finnished with the 300 grit (i find 800 much better not so scratchy) rub over with 1200 wet and dry and water and i think you'll like that finnish. then u have the option to polish from there...