H250

[ottenbuilt]

I did a little more sanding on the skeleton and got a couple coats of primer on both sides. I took a drill with a wire wheel and cleaned up the inside of the panels. I used a 3M "rapid strip" wheel on a grinder and went over all the outer surfaces of the panels smoothing out gashes in the paint and sanding down high spots. These panels are pretty rough I might end up just getting the entire vehicle shot in bedliner.

[ottenbuilt]

I assembled a few of the panels to see how they lined up. Its starting to looks like something!

[ottenbuilt]

I worked on getting the B pillar mounts made up. This took way longer than it should have. Granted i needed to clear out the garage to get in there and work but still it was almost an all day event.

[ottenbuilt]

Its time to change direction again. I found a m998 rolling chassis on craigslist a few hours from me. I talked the owner into selling me just the body. I am trying to keep as many of the dodges systems as possible. I want the dodge heater and AC instead of the Hummve heater only. I have been trying to remove the HVAC system from my Dodge but I have had no luck...
If anyone has experience in pulling the HVAC system any advice is helpful.

[ottenbuilt]

I did a bit of refurbishing on the Fuel filler neck. The metal part had been pulled from the plastic part tearing the mounting holes. I made a washer of sorts out of some 10ga 5052 aluminum. I also glass bead blasted the inside of the unit.

[ottenbuilt]

The shifter in the hummer does not have a park option and the coulomb assembly from the dodge will not work. I am going to have to modify the hmmwv unit and add a park option.

[ottenbuilt]

I was having issues with disconnecting the AC lines. After spending 3 hours on the connections I finally got them disconnected. I still need to pull the dash again and see if the HVAC unit pulls out now. The other projects have been nagging me as well.

[samuelscreech]

Nice score on the body. That should make that project a whole lot easier. I love the idea of being able to lighten the body up by 1000 lbs.

[ottenbuilt]

Thanks man! I havent made much progress on the hummer recently.
I did pick up some jeep mirrors (for 05 wrangler) that will look quite at home on the hummer.

[ottenbuilt]

It was quite a battle but I finally got the HVAC unit pulled out of the dodge.
I started to mock things up in the Humvee... this is going to be interesting.

[ottenbuilt]

I finally picked up a Dually rear axle to match the front. A 2013 AAM 11.5 axle 4.10 gears. The only issue it has is one hub wont turn (i have a feeling the E-brake is just locked up). The other thing is it is an open diff so a limited slip is definitely in order at some point. Even as wide as this thing is, its still 3" narrower than the front. I figure i will just add a 1/2" spacer to each side and live with it. Now I get to buy yet another specialty socket to pull the hubs...