Two weeks ago I started on the core support mounting the radiator and electric fans.
I made a set of lower mounts
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I made a set of brackets to mount the fans. I used 1/4 20 rivnuts
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The fans where almost a perfect fit they needed a slight amount of trimming. I think I got them out of a late 90s or mid 2000s ford windstar.
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All last week I started on a raised garden. I used 10 foot 4x4s and 12 foot 4x4s as we get a lot of deer on our property. A neighbor up the road has a raised bed garden that they built last year with a 5 foot fence. They have had deer jump there's so we built it to be 8 foot. We have always had a small garden on the other side of the barn and we have tried rope and wire and a few other things to keep deer out and it was better than nothing but with everything going on and the possibility of a food shortage we decided to finally build a fenced in garden and with all my extra time we have we should get started on it now while I can. It looks like my work won't be reopening until june 14 or july 4th.
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I did however get a chance to mount my battery tray.
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The other day I was able to pick up a second gen cummins intercooler for cheap. Now I will finally be able to get the front end mounted.
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I ended up mounting the intercooler 1/2 lower than the core support to clear the hood latch.
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The intercooler only has about an 1/8 of clearance so I notched the frame.
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After that I finally fixed the core support mount. It turns out that a 43mm knockout punch is the exact size need for the mount.
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I got the core support and radiator and fans mounted.
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I just have enough room to be able to change the belt.
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The main fan just clears the timing cover and oil fill.
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I mounted the intercooler.
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I also fixed the passenger side fender bracket as someone smashed it up and cut it to fix a bigger battery.
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I also added a crankcase breather filter to the vacuum pump as I wont be using it and dont want to suck dirt dust.
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