Assembly - 8x8 Amphibious Vehicle Argo REBUILD Ep.9

In this second to last video of this series I'm bending, welding & painting ARGO handrails and fixing mounts; installing fuel tank, fuel line, battery box and battery, battery leads and fuel filler tube. Then it's time to apply the butyl seal to the bottom half (the tub) that makes the seam between top and bottom watertight. The top half goes back on pretty easily considering I have to do it alone. It wasn't simple because it was uncomfortable to reach, hold and lift. But it wasn't that difficult either. The top half gets mounted using stainless hardware instead of aluminium rivets like it originally had. Using stainless steel bolts and nuts makes it easier to pull the two halves together tight and compress the butyl seal. Then I'm ripping apart the old rusty 12V DC electric winch that was on this 8x8 Argo. The fair lead roller mount is frozen solid due to rust and neglect. But it finally pops open so I can somewhat clean and spray paint it black so it doesn't hurt the eye anymore. Before I'm able to install the winch mount I have to install a rubber strip that goes around the middle seam of Argo. Then the winch mount goes on after I beat it back into shape using a hammer. I'm having some serious trouble installing the headlights which brings me to the end of the video where I show other stuff that needs to be done and fixed. Last episode coming next week, fingers crossed. Then onto other projects!

8x8 ARGO rebuild series full playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkmF7FAZBzkWAxdjmPVllgDNSKXkXYuOg

This 8x8 ARGO sparked the homemade tracked amphibious vehicle build series a couple of years ago that you can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkmF7FAZBzkWdzAxcrnz-WJbzSRyqrSBt

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Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter

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