Well thanks to the advice on yotatech, I was able to finish up my fuse block install. If you want to see my idiot questions, the initial query is located here:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f131...-block-264922/

If you end up with a 3rd Gen limited, there is very little working room under the hood, and I didn't want the block in the cab (longer power wires/heavier guage etc).

First of all, My rig:


And the available space I have to fit in a fuse block, you can see I all ready relocated the alarm horn:


So, first things first, I need to modify a few minor things to free up some room. Fab up a quicky bracket to drop these lines a few inches. A Vice and a BFH made quick work of it.


Next, I picked up some puckboard (thats High Density Polyethelyne sheeting to you Americans) and fabbed up a mount for the FuseBlock, Relay, fuse, and Circuit Breaker. For anyone who has not discovered the wonders of puckboard, it is pretty awesome. A heatgun and a dremel tool made short work of this. Incidently, the yellow wire is just left over from testing, All the power wires are 8 guage.



And Installed:


All so I could do this:


Just have to connect the few wires, and good to go.

 

Pics no worky.

 

For real update pics

 

See if that works...... pics show up on my computer both before and after, but I reloaded them all.

J.

 

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Upload them to imgur.com or imageshack.us or something similar and use the easy forum links to post images in the forum.

Edit: Here, I just took care of it. Here's the original post, duplicated, but with the pictures:

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Well thanks to the advice on yotatech, I was able to finish up my fuse block install. If you want to see my idiot questions, the initial query is located here:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/9...-block-264922/

If you end up with a 3rd Gen limited, there is very little working room under the hood, and I didn't want the block in the cab (longer power wires/heavier guage etc).

First of all, My rig:



And the available space I have to fit in a fuse block, you can see I all ready relocated the alarm horn:



So, first things first, I need to modify a few minor things to free up some room. Fab up a quicky bracket to drop these lines a few inches. A Vice and a BFH made quick work of it.



Next, I picked up some puckboard (thats High Density Polyethelyne sheeting to you Americans) and fabbed up a mount for the FuseBlock, Relay, fuse, and Circuit Breaker. For anyone who has not discovered the wonders of puckboard, it is pretty awesome. A heatgun and a dremel tool made short work of this. Incidently, the yellow wire is just left over from testing, All the power wires are 8 guage.





And Installed:


All so I could do this:


Just have to connect the few wires, and good to go.

 

BTW, nice work! Looks good, I'll have to check out this puckboard stuff for sure. I've got a fuse block installed too, but it's not as pretty as yours!

PS: Nice bumper!

 

I can tell you from running a amp wire through the grommet on the firewall under where you mounted your box that area on mine gets a lot of water when it rains. I didn't get the grommet sealed up good and water run into the floor. Of course if may just be bad seals on my cowl letting water into the engine compartment. Just a heads up incase.

 

Nice setup, just like mine except with a better fuse box (aka bigger budget).

 

Nice I love running blue sea systems great stuff! I have one blue sea and I'm also running a cirkit boss as well lol no room left under the hood!

 

Nice man, looks sharp. I plan on installing mine as soon as I get off my ass and wire my lights up. Side note, I'm looking to fab a bumper very similar to your front. I don't know if you already have a thread up but any info you can share would be GREATLY appreciated(dimensions, weight, metal thickness ect.)

 

Hey Farty,
I don't do fab work near this nice. The front bumper came with the rig (as did the rear, and the sides...) when I bought it.

The bumper was fabbed by Perkins Performance in Seattle, and they used to have a bunch of pics up, but looks like no more. It is all 3/16 steel.

Let me know what you need as far as pics or dimensions and I will see what I can do for you.

 

Thanks for the reply first of all. In a perfect world id like the measurement of every individual piece of cut plate it was made from so I can make an exact replica, but that takes time and we are all busy people. If I could at least get a pic of your mount and perhaps a measurement of the pentagon on the sides and the stickout from your grill that would help. Looks tough as hell, what do you think it weighs? I don't want to toss on 75+ without a rear to balance it out. thanks again.

 

I think it weighs aLOT. I haven't pulled it, but from pulling the rear off, (4" square tube with side skirts), I am guessing the front is somewhere around 150 lbs.... NOT including the winch.

I will see about some pics and dimensions for you. I have a 1.5" body lift, so take that into consideration when it comes to the mounts.

J.

 

Farty,
Sorry to take so long getting back to ya.
Here is a sketch of the top of the bumper.... should be a good starting point for the frameup.

And starting from Passenger side rear:



Mount from Pass side looking in. The Fog light mounts utilize the bumper mounts as well, so one of the 2 bolts is hidden by the light.


Front Shot of Mount

Inner shot of Pass Side Mount

And just for Kicks... the rear

 

your the ˟˟˟˟ man! that should do just fine. well done on the drawing btw, very clear and exactly what I was hoping for. thanks a million, I was afraid to be caught measuring some strangers rig in a parking lot and you just saved me that encounter.

 

how's that Blue Sea fuse box been working for you so far?

 

Nice write up.

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Fuse box is working Just fine. The plastic is holding up just fine with the heat, I should find out in the next few months how it handles the cold.