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<blockquote data-quote="ScepterToad" data-source="post: 458911" data-attributes="member: 25142"><p>Got started on moving my Air Force 1 Braking System from the X to the Jeep this past weekend. Didn't take too long to get the system out of the X. A lot shorter than installing it, that's for sure. I was looking for a good place to put the control box and under the hood of the Jeep is pretty tight. In addition, there's not a lot of good mounting points. Seems like most of the places I looked were plastic. Also, I'm not real keen on drilling holes in things unless I have to. The less holes the better IMHO. I had made a simple bracket out of sheet metal to sit the controller on in the X and was able to reuse that with another bracket added. I ended up using rivets to put the two brackets together, which seemed to work fairly well. I didn't want to drill more holes in the plastic housing where the ABS module sits, so I used double sided body panel tape. If I find that doesn't really hold, I'll drill one more hole and use a longer rivet to secure it. After that, I ran the air line that will connect to the brake actuator inside the cab. Fortunately, they put in a nice pass through right in the firewall that's easily accessed. I stopped there because I needed to order a new 6 pin round connector as I had broken the cover off of the one on the X and I didn't want to wire everything up and not finish it. When I put the brake system in the X, I didn't connect the vacuum lines. I didn't feel the need, but you're supposed to, so I swapped out the old cut off line with a new one. I also got a tee so I can put it in the vac line for the brake booster. I'm still missing a check valve that's supposed to be plumbed in near the brake booster. The control box has one, so I'm not sure I'd need one to be honest. I'll dig into that a bit more before full installation. </p><p></p><p>On another note, I scored an "installed but not used" Demco tabless tow bar from etrailer for $38 and picked up a new 6 pin and some new 10K pound safety cables. I should get those by the weekend and get all that installed. Should be good to go at that point! Then it'll just be down to a test run prior to an out west trip end of July. On to the pics!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124556[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124557[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124558[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124559[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124560[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124561[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124562[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124563[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124564[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124565[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124566[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124567[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124568[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124569[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124570[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]124571[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScepterToad, post: 458911, member: 25142"] Got started on moving my Air Force 1 Braking System from the X to the Jeep this past weekend. Didn't take too long to get the system out of the X. A lot shorter than installing it, that's for sure. I was looking for a good place to put the control box and under the hood of the Jeep is pretty tight. In addition, there's not a lot of good mounting points. Seems like most of the places I looked were plastic. Also, I'm not real keen on drilling holes in things unless I have to. The less holes the better IMHO. I had made a simple bracket out of sheet metal to sit the controller on in the X and was able to reuse that with another bracket added. I ended up using rivets to put the two brackets together, which seemed to work fairly well. I didn't want to drill more holes in the plastic housing where the ABS module sits, so I used double sided body panel tape. If I find that doesn't really hold, I'll drill one more hole and use a longer rivet to secure it. After that, I ran the air line that will connect to the brake actuator inside the cab. Fortunately, they put in a nice pass through right in the firewall that's easily accessed. I stopped there because I needed to order a new 6 pin round connector as I had broken the cover off of the one on the X and I didn't want to wire everything up and not finish it. When I put the brake system in the X, I didn't connect the vacuum lines. I didn't feel the need, but you're supposed to, so I swapped out the old cut off line with a new one. I also got a tee so I can put it in the vac line for the brake booster. I'm still missing a check valve that's supposed to be plumbed in near the brake booster. The control box has one, so I'm not sure I'd need one to be honest. I'll dig into that a bit more before full installation. On another note, I scored an "installed but not used" Demco tabless tow bar from etrailer for $38 and picked up a new 6 pin and some new 10K pound safety cables. I should get those by the weekend and get all that installed. Should be good to go at that point! Then it'll just be down to a test run prior to an out west trip end of July. On to the pics! [ATTACH=full]124556[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124558[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124559[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124560[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124561[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124562[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124563[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124564[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124565[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124566[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124567[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124568[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]124571[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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