Rather than throw pics all over everyone else's threads, I thought I'd make a thread of my own on the things I've done to my machine over the years. Some of these may be duplicates from other threads but it should help me keep them organized. As I take or find more pics, I'll be back to edit this from time to time. I've done lots of mods. I'm gonna start from the beginning.
I'm going to try and find a larger overall pic, this one was taken with my cell camera just after I had carried it in my pocket for several days and the lens is covered with pocket fuzz. haha
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This one gives everyone an understanding of what I did under the scoop. Thats the factory radiator. The stainless plug in the top left corner sticks out of my scoop. That's where I fill the radiator with coolant. In order to bring my snorkels up the center like I wanted, I had to relocate the stock fill cap. I'll get pic's of that later. Yes, the skull eyes light up. Bought that from Wally World for like 12 bucks. It didn't light up at first but I drilled out the eyes, bought some blue LED's and set them in with epoxy. I had to remake the shifter shaft to make it hollow, then ran wires through the shaft to a switch mounted just inside the left rear of the scoop area so I can turn his eyes off and on. I've also taken a couple of 6" flouresent bulb like you buy at Pep Boys and mounted them inside the scoop. The same switch that controls the eyes also controls these. It's hard to get a pic of that but I'll try later.
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The scoop removes as a one piece unit. I actually don't even need to attach it to the frame at all. It fits extremely snug and doesn't even budge when I'm pulling it on the trailer at 80 MPH.
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This is where my stock radiator was located. If anyone here is old enough to remember the 5 gallon stainless coke sryup kegs, this is one of them. I had to cut some off the length so it wouldn't rub my tires but it makes and excellent completly dry storage compartment as well as give me additional floatation.
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I've removed the o-ring sealed cap to show access to the keg.
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The keg looked cool until I had to pull one of my buddies out of the woods and he trashed it.
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Here is a view underneath the scoop. Those are the two blue florescent tubes I bought at Autozone. They can pulse to and MP3 player or stay on constant. I chose the constant glow.
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The original Prairie hitch used to hang allot lower than the rear diff. I removed that and custom built a reciever style hitch.
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I did the KOD mods on this. I removed the KEBC and the belt switch. I hated that belt switch. Heck I can tell when the belt is about to fail and I want FULL power if it's about to break so I can get back to the camp.
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Ok, you gotta look close at this one. I had to relocate my fuel cut off switch for some reason. I don't remember why right now. LOL Look in the background and you'll see where I mounted my stock coolant fill/thermostat housing. It had to be removed for the center snorkels. I couldn't figure out a good place to mount it and still have the lines pointing in the right direction. I finally ended up mounting it upside down! If you think about it, the pressure cap is nothing but a relief valve and a relief valve will work no matter how it's mounted.
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One of these switches controls the skull eyes and blue florescent tubes under the scoop. The other is my fan sensor bypass switch. I can make the fan run full time with the flip of a spst switch or let the original rad temp sensor do it's job.
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Making the snorkel mount like this takes every bit of the wobble out.
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Side view of the snorkel mount.
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The eyes don't look like much during the day but at night they are bright enough to read by.
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And finally the most important mod I did to my machine! It's a 3" gray pvc coupling turned on a lathe to smooth the outside of the coupling. I took the air box cover off and screwed it to the cover from the bottom.
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I'm going to try and find a larger overall pic, this one was taken with my cell camera just after I had carried it in my pocket for several days and the lens is covered with pocket fuzz. haha
This one gives everyone an understanding of what I did under the scoop. Thats the factory radiator. The stainless plug in the top left corner sticks out of my scoop. That's where I fill the radiator with coolant. In order to bring my snorkels up the center like I wanted, I had to relocate the stock fill cap. I'll get pic's of that later. Yes, the skull eyes light up. Bought that from Wally World for like 12 bucks. It didn't light up at first but I drilled out the eyes, bought some blue LED's and set them in with epoxy. I had to remake the shifter shaft to make it hollow, then ran wires through the shaft to a switch mounted just inside the left rear of the scoop area so I can turn his eyes off and on. I've also taken a couple of 6" flouresent bulb like you buy at Pep Boys and mounted them inside the scoop. The same switch that controls the eyes also controls these. It's hard to get a pic of that but I'll try later.
The scoop removes as a one piece unit. I actually don't even need to attach it to the frame at all. It fits extremely snug and doesn't even budge when I'm pulling it on the trailer at 80 MPH.
This is where my stock radiator was located. If anyone here is old enough to remember the 5 gallon stainless coke sryup kegs, this is one of them. I had to cut some off the length so it wouldn't rub my tires but it makes and excellent completly dry storage compartment as well as give me additional floatation.
I've removed the o-ring sealed cap to show access to the keg.
The keg looked cool until I had to pull one of my buddies out of the woods and he trashed it.
Here is a view underneath the scoop. Those are the two blue florescent tubes I bought at Autozone. They can pulse to and MP3 player or stay on constant. I chose the constant glow.
The original Prairie hitch used to hang allot lower than the rear diff. I removed that and custom built a reciever style hitch.
I did the KOD mods on this. I removed the KEBC and the belt switch. I hated that belt switch. Heck I can tell when the belt is about to fail and I want FULL power if it's about to break so I can get back to the camp.
Ok, you gotta look close at this one. I had to relocate my fuel cut off switch for some reason. I don't remember why right now. LOL Look in the background and you'll see where I mounted my stock coolant fill/thermostat housing. It had to be removed for the center snorkels. I couldn't figure out a good place to mount it and still have the lines pointing in the right direction. I finally ended up mounting it upside down! If you think about it, the pressure cap is nothing but a relief valve and a relief valve will work no matter how it's mounted.
One of these switches controls the skull eyes and blue florescent tubes under the scoop. The other is my fan sensor bypass switch. I can make the fan run full time with the flip of a spst switch or let the original rad temp sensor do it's job.
Making the snorkel mount like this takes every bit of the wobble out.
Side view of the snorkel mount.
The eyes don't look like much during the day but at night they are bright enough to read by.
And finally the most important mod I did to my machine! It's a 3" gray pvc coupling turned on a lathe to smooth the outside of the coupling. I took the air box cover off and screwed it to the cover from the bottom.
