Baja Bumper
Since I bought a nice Lincoln MIG welder, I decided (in a moment of inspiration) to weld flanges on the top mounts, and matching flanges on the top tubes of the bumper. This is great. The welds were easy to make, I gained at least 1 and a half inches of length, so now my bumper clears my exhaust.
The flanges are 3/32 or 1/8 thick 2 inch wide mild steel. They are butt welded to the ends of the tubes, and drilled for 8mm bolts.
The transmission mount tubes that came with the bumper are long enough to just slip inside. I drilled through the bumper and mount tubes and bolted these. The interesting part was putting a jack under one side of the engine to support the engine and tranny while I removed the 20mm bolt on the tranny mount. The transmission mount tubes that came with the bumper are long enough to just slip inside. I drilled through the bumper and mount tubes and bolted these. The interesting part was putting a jack under one side of the engine to support the engine and tranny while I removed the 20mm bolt on the tranny mount.
