Varg In Jeep's Clothing

I'm sure you could re-purpose some Volvo headlight wipers to keep that plexiglass panel clean and clear.

 

I made a removable plate over the sending unit for the second tank(mounted on frame rails) for the cj6.

 

I gave up on the seatbelts the other day and moved onto something equally as frustrating. I wasn't happy with the shifter location, especially since I got the seats in. It took three complete redesigns to end up with something I can live with. (The shifter boot is going to get complicated.) I still might bend the shifter rearward a few more inches, but it's better than it was. I moved the shifter up 3" and rearward 1 1/2", and I twisted the mount a little; this angled the shifter away from the seat.

 

Very nice. You really do make ITLKSEZ.

 

Only because I only ever show the end result. None of the swearing, hair-pulling, head scratching...

 

Put it in a jeep. You'll never hear it!

 

Volvo shifting patterns have improved. I remember our 122s and 554s having reverse WWWAY over to the right and down and heavily sprung to keep you from going there unless you really wanted to

 

If I could figure out how to fit a 5-spd, I'd be all over it.

 

or the Corvette forced 1st to 4th shift.

 

Probably not. The wiring harness is from an automatic. They have the low-gear light, but I'm sure it'll get lost in translation with the 4-spd. I think it got its signal directly from the trans.

 

The TJ has an upshift light. I ignore it.

 

I figured out the upper mounts for the seat belts. They were frustrating me because the tab has an oversized 5/8" hole, and the Torx shoulder bolt that came with it is an M11x1.0 thread. Unobtanium. So I had to come up with something different.

I re-used some extra 5/8" wheel studs and old lugnuts from my '64 Ford. I bottomed the threads, then cut down the center of the nut.



Then I cut some coins out of 1/4" and drilled 5/8" holes in the center and pressed the splined section of the stud into the hole. I tacked it in place, then cut the flanged end off the stud.



I welded the coin into a section of tubing and cleaned it up. The nut bottoms in the threads before it tightens on the seat belt tab, so the tab still spins freely.



The tubing got coped and tacked in place.

 

Amazing.

 

That's pretty clever! I may be "borrowing" that trick!