The Battery That Saved My Life

[@BFT88]

I’m so glad we still get to see Tom Tom after he left MORR. I was going to be so sad if this man disappeared.

[@YusssoM]

When he was still at MORR, he's always the one I was looking for. Both recovery or build project content gets technical with him and it was fun to watch. Now it's even better that we always get his content once a week 🙂

[@retrotellephone]

The instantly high quality videos are a huge bonus too

[@martinjackson3273]

@@YusssoMBeen that way my whole life …. It’s look at this look at that …… I ran away from it and moved 1200 miles away….. keep up the great work brother !!!!!!!!!!!

[@LogicIndustries]

The body, frame, cage, etc are SPRUNG weight, IE the weight suspended by the springs. Unsprung weight would be the axle housing, wheels, tires, brake rotors, everything that is not carried by the springs. Drivelines are half sprung, half unsprung because they connect between the two realms. The springs themselves are unsprung weight, as are the ends of the shocks that are attached to the axles. The pool noodles are a nice touch.

[@randytolle6706]

Beat me to it. "The stuff that moves with the suspension is "Unsprung." Less Mass can react to the bumps more easily and that is the reason to strive for less Unsprung Weight. I had offroad motorcycle racing friends who drilled holes in brake shoes on drum brakes to reduce the weight. Rock Crawlers tend to benefit from Low Center of gravity and I have heard higher Unsprung Weight can be desirable. But I am no authority on that.

[@J.P.__]

Just commenting to push this to the top. Loved the video otherwise.

[@tomtomsshop]

I saw that I said it backwards in the video. Thanks for keeping me straight.

[@michael1988CA]

@@tomtomsshopwe all knew what you meant! I doubt anyone in these comments thinks otherwise. Awesome job so far!

[@randytolle6706]

@@tomtomsshop you give out so much useful information and techniques on your channel. My intention wasn't to be critical, just helpful. When I first began giving classroom instruction on a technical subject and noticed students taking notes I thought "I hope I am wording my explanations correctly." It can be a bit of a burden when some people assume every phrase you say is completely accurate.

[@wbball15]

Angela, thanks for sharing Tom with us.

[@Microphone73]

Love Tom's enthusiasm. Congrats on the wedding. Cheers!

[@frankchance557]

Tom, I’m very happy to see you with your own channel. I’m a retired Nuke power plant worker and that gives me great insight and humor in how you approach things and work through them. So between all you Utah You Tube dudes I follow I’m sticking with all of you and happy to add Tom Tom to the gang of favs….

[@kevinfiebelkorn4715]

Thanks for always bringing a smile to this old face. You are not only informative, you're also entertaining. I love your sense of humor.

[@jimcrossland557]

Tom, so many others do not paint. It is so important for longevity and I thank you for taking the time to paint.

[@tiredagain6722]

It never ceases to amaze me when I see these super creative people 😂

[@glyn1]

Hi from NZ Tom Tom just watching a 4x4 WIZARD at work your videos ROCK just like your 4X4 Will ROCK

[@daycowhite6947]

If only we had a good supply of these types of trucks here.

[@ddutton0]

Tom it’s great to see you on your own really digging into projects and executing them at such a high level so wonderful to keep watching you on your journey

[@BruceOlschewski]

I love your definition of a messy shop! :) Many of us would kill to have our workspace as clean as yours!

[@chuckrf1502]

Loved those Broncos! I have a ‘75, and it’s fun. That battery tray is seriously stout now. Can’t wait to see the mods and paint work.

[@MurCurieux]

So stoked you are painting your truck. Boy does it need to get get up after all the work you are putting it. It deserves it!

[@almclean4835]

Resurgence sound like very interesting guys to work with. Hope you show us more of their work.

[@ajjcruz4337]

I enjoy watching everything that goes on in the shop, but taking us along on your road trips really sets you apart. I realize that some may be plugs for other shops but you don't just take us there and back. It almost seems like you actually want us to tag along with you and your family and that's awesome. Dig Dug is coming out quite, nicely. When is your store going to be ready?

[@tomtomsshop]

Thanks! I think next week we’ll have the website working and merch for sale.

[@offroad6309]

As a classic Bronco owner i appreciate you showing Resurgence Automotive. Great to see what they are doing with Broncos. Keep up the good work. Have a few square bodies as well so I think you have good taste. 😊.

[@TechmoChamp]

Resurgence looks awesome, if I ever hit the powerball I'm getting one of those broncos, those things look awesome.

[@user-dy7ku4xv7h]

i watch many of the towing, recovery. and fabrication channels. Tom yours is strong. keep the content coming

[@erics1271]

I completely expected something to pop out of that box from misadventure labs!

[@deanwellerassociates]

HI Tom, I love your enthusiasm and work ethic, If I was in the neighborhood I'm sure we could be mates. Best from Thatcham, UK 🛠

[@wesleypulkka7447]

Tom Tom, love your attention to detail and your overall craftsmanship!

[@user-tr5kr1re9r]

Tom you’re an inspiration, I wish I had your knowledge and enthusiasm.

[@Mr.OCanada]

Watching him makes me want to come be his assistant and help him with the awesome stuff he is doing. I'd probably be more in the way. 😊 He's so knowledgeable.

[@rhekman]

Tom Tom, honest question at 3:26. Since you're _subtracting_ axles, wheels, and tires, aren't you calculating SPRUNG weight? Unsprung weight should be the weight of the components that are not held off the ground by springs - just the axles, wheels, tires, brakes, etc.

[@ianbedwell4871]

I had the same thought, to me unsprung weight is the axles , wheels etc

[@rhekman]

@@ianbedwell4871 Yup.

[@whitman911]

Tom, I also followed you from MORR. I loved your fabrication work there, I love that you're doing your own thing now. Also, ILY.

[@jeffomalley100]

Wow those Bronco's are amazing 😍.

[@sarge27271]

Them Resurgence gents make some niiiice trucks. That shorty is gonna be sweeeeeet!!! Do a follow up when it's done! Cheers

[@michaeltablet8577]

Thank you very much! Your passion and attitude are contagious! Thanks for the tour of Resurgence! Absolutely awesome work!

[@davesdetail906]

Great job, Tom! I love your explanations of your work and attention to detail! I recommend a sandblasting cabinet for your shop. They're not too expensive. Again, great job on your channel and what you do. 😊

[@xjeeper1]

Tom, wire clothes hangers make great universal hangers for spray painting small components. Just chop them up to the size that works and bend a hook on each end.

[@CoolBikeProjects]

I love all the attention to detail! Thanks for all your work documenting the process.

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@zerocoolak]

Imagine the weight you could save with pool noodles. 😂 Love the channel. Keep the videos coming.

[@danm2419]

Thanks TomTom! So much going on, and it's all so exciting! What a satisfying feeling when that life-saving battery dropped in like a glove!!! Keepm up the great work!

[@12Cortana]

Oh....those pool noodles are not structural? Goddammit. I liked those colors.

[@LifeInJambles]

Petition to paint the structural members to look like pool noodles once it's done. Who's with me on this

[@12Cortana]

@@LifeInJambles that would be awesome

[@davidflorcruz2908]

😂😂

[@theburtseoni]

Tom, someday you will need to get a full time sidekick to help you lift and fabricate items!

[@pezpengy9308]

i dont know why im so addicted to watching this (i dont know which end of a wrench is dangerous) but its utterly fascinating watching you poke your way through the design/fabrication process to your final goal. rock wheeee!

[@rerun578]

Tom - great interview with Resurgence. Such an easy visit with them. i have seen such visits where interviewers didn't even know host names - really embarrassing.

[@kevinp.2039]

Hey Tom Tom, loving the truck! Comment about your rear weight via scale setup, hoping you considered the leverage arm of the rear scale being so far back resulting in a light reading.

[@skateinspace]

offroading is fun

[@Sir_MaxD]

That battery looks like an old micro machine tower. Showing my age lol

[@Crewsy]

My little brother had Micro Machines. Showing my age too. 😉

[@markcatanzaro9699]

Another great one! Love you TomTom!

[@johnperun232]

Thanx for sharing your experience with your Build Have a Great Day 👍

[@doughaven-rf8id]

Would like to have heard you sing the song you traded for the transmission. lol This is a great build and really like how your videos flow so smoothly.

[@larrystevens3170]

Love your road trips .

[@benmudn]

Maybe the title should be "The Day My Seat Belt Tried To Kill Me"

[@EnufIsTooMuch]

That would be more accurate and truthful. That battery did not save his life. No different than any other battery that tipped over, shorted out but not a firm enough contact to explode it.

[@PercivalProject]

Lifes a garden dig dug it!!!

[@rayporter6197]

You do good work Tom !

[@robertr4193]

Truck is coming along nicely. I'm sure you are really looking forward to getting it all put together the way you want and getting to working again.

[@Kevin-ti3rz]

Will Dig Dug be ready for you to Pre Run with Matt's off-road racing team.

[@jeffomalley100]

I think you should keep the foam. Could make it amphibious lol.

[@sketabug1259]

I love watching your videos and I like you you explain in detail and show the process instead of trying to explain and say ill be back when it's in. Keep up the hood work cant wait to see digdug painted.

[@neilkirkes]

I’m not sure you know what unsprung weight is. That would be axles,wheels, tires, half of the link and shock/spring weight. What you are trying to measure is “sprung” weight. Just thing about it. It is the weight sitting on top of the springs, therefor it is sprung.

[@tomtomsshop]

You are right. I said it backwards in the video.

[@neilkirkes]

@@tomtomsshop I say stuff backwards all the time, but I don’t have 30,000 people nit picking my every word. Love your content keep it up! The real question is, how soft are you going to go? Hovercraft or full on cloud. How much stability are you going to sacrifice for comfort? Tune in next week!

[@jefferywells2288]

Sorry Tom. The battery never saved you 😢. Don't click bait us man! Your content is great for those who love it.

[@EnufIsTooMuch]

I enjoy Tom's style and content but I agree with you on the battery. Nope, it did not save his life. Not a good reason for being devoted to that battery brand.

[@katreniaclark]

Great to see Dig Doug coming along. Save the air compressor for airing up tires and such.

[@edchenal821]

Tom, If you suspend small parts from an overhead support with bailing wire, it allows you to paint the whole object with ease. I use a rolling clothes rack to suspend parts. Keep the Faith.

[@bjornegan6421]

Keeping up the enthusiasm and charisma while by yourself and filming yourself is something that i would suspect is not 'easy'. I realize youtube is a job, but a lot fizzle out when changes happen. Thanks for keeping it up.

[@BuilderofRat]

In 2009 I bought a new Polaris quad. It came with an AGM battery. Earlier this year, I sold that quad. It still had the original battery in it, and it was working fine. All of my toys have batteries. I have replaced all of the factory flooded cell batteries with AGM batteries. I am THAT sold on AGM batteries. I have a 1923 T-Bucket. It is 100% hand built. There is a long story, but it was originally going to be a street-legal dune buggy, but to get it titled, I had to turn it into a T Bucket. I had to cut the fiberglass body in half so I could widen it to fit my frame. When I got to the point of starting the 396 Chevy engine, I bought an AGM battery. This was about 2014. That battery is still in my T Bucket, and it is working just fine. I also have an Optimate battery charge indicator installed on all of the batteries of my toys and lawn equipment. I can tell with a glance if I need to hook up a battery charger to them. The Optimate also has a handy 12 volt two wire fused link to the battery. I have modified all of my trickle chargers with this same two wire connector, so if the orange light starts blinking, I know that it is time to hook up a charger. You just plug it into the Optimate. It can't get any easier than that.

[@MurCurieux]

Really enjoy the Timelapse of you cleaning your shop after you are done :)

[@rehepeks]

If you have the scale under rear bumper then you do not get the actual weight that is going to be on rear axle. Its going to show less on that scale and the ones under front axle will get more load.

[@anomamos9095]

Unsprung weight is the what is below the top of the springs not above the top of the springs . So the diff control arms wheels tyres shocks and springs are all unsprung weight. Everything that is held up by the springs is sprung weight. If you use a fancy canter leaver suspension then the springs and shocks are sprung weight.

[@seelafever]

One thing I'm interested to know more about is "where you weigh" on the vehicle. Total weight would be the same regardless but if you put the jack on the very rear, as in the video, the ratio of front to rear would be different than if you measured it closer to the axle or center of the vehicle, which is just an extreme example. Same with the cargo, spare, etc. Also, how do you figure the leverage on those long arms when the shock/spring is part way up the arm and not near the axle? Love the channel and all you are doing.

[@guypehaim1080]

In the future, paint the bottom of any parts and then paint the top side. That way the top side always looks best.😊

[@MotoDeSoto]

Nice truck.

[@enordquist1]

Great Content Tom! I had a square body back in the day - be sure to lube those hood hinge pivots to avoid the dreaded hood buckle. Will be awesome to see Dig Doug with proper gears, lockers, and suspension, it will be a great crawler. Glad you got the "sprung" weight figured out, how does the math go on what rate springs to used?

[@njlooksee]

Good video. I like the out of shop adventures.

[@charliejarvis2961]

OOPS! The unsprung mass (colloquially unsprung weight) of a vehicle is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them.

[@jesseleesamples]

When he said that, I was thinking that unsprung was the wrong word, but later he did say he’d have to subtract the weight of the axle and tires, so I think he knew that. Unsprung weight is really just anything below the springs, or anything that isn’t supported by the suspension

[@jordangryg5442]

im happy for you tom tom , glad your doing what you enjoy !

[@eekee6034]

I should be in metal fabrication. That battery box work is right up my alley. Maybe I'll do something with my old bike, I'm sure I could improve its low-speed stability. I saw a shortie or two in magazines back at the end of the 80s. As if the Mini wasn't cute enough already... *shakes head & grins* But I didn't realise there were people building whole new bodies for old cars. It's great! I did wonder about Robbie. Good to know he's not short of work, and it's good to see other crews.

[@rockercover]

I recall the battery incident on Matt’s channel. Glad that was not a flooded-cell lead-acid type. 12:42 - Family friend had that era of Bronco, what a luxury looking rig this one is. The original Bronco’s were more like a noisy metal can. 👍

[@mh7743]

Another great episode, stoked to see the paint job Resurrgance will do for you. Betting they do better work than the guy that turned you away! lol😂

[@maryshandley403]

Mr Tom Tom and his skills really enjoy your videos. Thanks

[@FrankMeiser-yv4rn]

Thank you Tom. Good video.😇🇺🇸👍🙏

[@xxBlazinBobxx]

Love the new channel, Tom! You are a natural at this stuff and the work is top-notch!

[@jackrichards1863]

Hey Tom. Nice to see you got away from that bearded image full time. Have you considered getting Lizzy in for a Cameo appearance on your channel? She has a lot to offer as a fabricator and has the sort of character that lends weight to anyones on screen persona. Plus it would be nice to catch her in a friendly stop by after you both have left working with Matt. Your Dig Dug build is starting to be a phenomenal truck. Proper harness and crush protection is a must but aside from that lightweight is a massive bonus for going places.

[@1rstTry]

Cringe

[@gungadingo]

Lizzy fangirls suck. I for one don’t miss her for a second.

[@chrisjohnson5888]

I agree Caitlin is a hell of a lot better than Lizzy, Lizzie always acted like she was better than everybody else. I got to tell you the look that she gave during the off-road games, it was so funny Caitlin was getting all the attention and Lizzy wasn't getting none. you could tell that she was not happy to be there. 😂😂😂​@@gungadingo

[@1rstTry]

@@gungadingo I’ll bet you’re fun at parties, huh?

[@stephenpoe2037]

Great improvements on the truck ! Thanks for sharing !

[@jamessmith7691]

Professor Tom Tom. You have so many thoughts in your head at the same time , how do you keep them in line ? Hoarding is always a good thing. Having spare parts is parts for any occasion the way I figure.

[@jeremychvilicek118]

What lights are you using to illuminate your workspace and record? It looks like some sort of magnetic attachment

[@dirtrocker8]

I have two of them in my duramax. They have been in there for 6 years now and still start up every time

[@davebaker489]

For a rocket scientist you ain't baaaad. Well thought out and well done sir.

[@TheCosmicRealm3]

When you turn out not not be right, just go left. You can never go wrong going left.

[@Crewsy]

Sometimes it might take 3 lefts to get where you want but left still isn’t wrong. I worked with a guy in the 90’s who would make 3 right turns instead of a left turn because in his mind it was safer. Yes. Everyone hated him and he took forever to finish his delivery route even though his route was right where the yard was.

[@timwintersoncntr]

You mean *sprung* mass (weight), Tom; but you know that. It's nice to finally find a YTer who does thing right and actually knows how to use tools.

[@charleswelch249]

Dig Doug is going to be awesome.

[@mikepayne5032]

Good morning ☀️

[@simonmitchell7439]

On board air compressor can be useful to air up tires.

[@krick9181]

This channel is getting better and better. Great video today.

[@everettdegrasse8478]

Wow, Resurgence Automotive is incredible! I am amazed at what people are capable of doing.

[@Wolfburns]

Thanks for bringing us along! Love the videos!

[@andrewcaune5293]

Well on his way to 250k subs. Well done Tom Tom

[@KristofKay-k3e]

great video as always Tom, loving the new battery tray and it looks nice where you placed it, thanks for sharing

[@davemurphy4056]

I enjoy watching your videos, Tom! From watching Robbies videos, I see how far behind he is. To many irons in the fire lol.

[@Jfransome]

While your at it you should consider converting to a tilt forward nose like a semi truck. It was a pain but I did it on my small block swapped wrangler and let me tell you it was so nice for maintenance and people who saw it were dark green with envy.

[@rogeredwards7056]

It doesn't look like the extension shaft out of the new trans is sticking out far enough to get into the new transfer case. Maybe just an optical illusion? RenoRoger Long-time off roader

[@joecolumbia5104]

When using rollos make sure the item being weighed is level it will make a difference in CG.

[@fredwatson441]

It's fast, but I did figure out my alternator!😂

[@Freedbird]

I wasn't too fussed you got sprung/unsprung twisted. But, why scientific curiousity didn't make you do a four wheel weight first kills me ! A weight mesurement from the front crossmember would have been interesting. Of course, the final, finished weight versus now, would be interesting too.

[@ThePobolycwm]

Did Tom Tom delete the part where he lays the rumours about why he left Morr to rest, about to have a second watch in case i missed it

[@davidflorcruz2908]

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[@hikariyouk]

Damn it, I really want a Bronco...

[@nutsandy7183]

That shorty mini was cool… reminds me of the shorty vw busses

[@rc2634]

Thank you for explaining everything so well🙏