What Did You Do To Your Jeep Today?

I kept an eye on it, and rotated it to the area I was working on, never getting closer than about 18" to any side. Worked well.

 

So I had a nerd moment, to see how evil a jeep could be...

=55.944/84*1000

666

So, travel just a gnat's butt short of 56 inches up the ramp and you'll have some pretty wicked articulation.

And mmmmm, PI.

 

I don’t know math to save my life. But if you where my math teacher in school I think I would have done a whole lot better . Thanks for the lesson .

 

......Nut'n . Have not even Started her in two weeks.
In my defense, she was good to go when I parked her.

 

Poor Rosie's knew you should have left her with me....

 

Awwwwww......You would have just raced her up your Long driveways
She's goin' with me in 2 weeks. I've been look'n for a lift for her new home shop.

 

Replaced the condensor in the dist.
Had it in the garage the other day to do some maint on the Meyer E-47 and then parked it outside and let it run for a bit.
Was moving one of my sleds in the garage to prep that when the ole F-head just stopped running.
No sputter, no cough, just died.
Condensor pooped its pants, picked up one from NAPA (hecho in Mexico) and runs like a top once again.

 

I started the hanging pedal part of the project.

Got a 6”x9” piece of 10 ga. plate cut & smoothed. (Using an angle grinder & cut-off wheel is slow compared to a plasma cutter.)

The hanging pedals, if mounted where I want them, will fall within a half-inch of where the existing pedals are when “at rest”. That’s a Good Thing.

The existing fuse panel will have to be relocated, but it’ll get replaced by a modern one, with spade-type fuses.

The steering column could pose a bit of trouble but nothing insurmountable. It may (key word) be less traumatic than I first thought…

Jon B.

 

I picked up this cheap for the future CJ2 project:


It's a Ford heavy duty 1/2 ton truck Dana 60 with flanged axles and a 5x5.5 bolt pattern.

It's not as good as it sounds for the following reasons:

• It's a 3.73 and I want to run 5.38s so it's needs a carrier swap
• It's a powerlok so I can't run a lunch box locker in it, but it needs a carrier swap anyway
• It's got 30 spline axles, so it's basically a 44 in the places that will break. It needs a carrier (or spider gear swap/lunch box locker swap) and custom axle shafts to go to 35 spline.

The good things about it:

• It's a D60!
• It's 64" wide so I can cut 6 inches from the right side to match the 58" wide D44 front I have. This will give me about the right offset for the D18 transfercase.
• A Detroit locker and 5.38 gears aren't all that expensive.
• 35 spline custom axles will work with the outer bearings and there aren't terribly expensive either.

I think in the short term, I'll find a 4.10 and down open carrier to put a 30 spline lunch box locker in and have the right side 30 spline axle cut down. I'll be into that for a little over $1000.

In the long term I can upgrade to a 35 spline Detroit or selectable locker and 35 spline axle shafts. That will be approaching $1800 to $2400 for everything but would be a really nice axle for the money.

 

Nice! Just an fyi, Dana 60 case break is 4.56-1 down to 7.17-1 which is 4 series and 4.10-1 to 3.54-1 or whatever is 3 series. They are not the same case break as a 44.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I've been futzing with this Sears Deluxe hard top I picked up cheap in kit form. It was pretty wonky in the back but I've got it fairly squared up now with some aluminum angle and pop rivets . I started working on the doors but the sun was setting after a beautiful 60° day.

 

Looks better than it did on the phone.

 

I washed the CO dirt and mud off that was under the PA mud today. Beautiful day for a JEEP ride to the car wash with the Mrs. riding shotgun.

 

Not so much with the hard no now?

 

I ground just a touch off my frame and engine block. Tomorrow I'll address the bellhousing with a fresh flap wheel and better PPE.
20221126_175706 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr
20221126_191545 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr
20221126_191442 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr

 

I tore the knuckles apart on the CJ5 and got them cleaned up. Picked up a HF blast cabinet and I have to say it works pretty well.

 

That Poor old sandwich fridge. Was it a Norcold or delfield?

... is that from scotts drive thru?

 

Mazzio's pizza joint; no idea what brand it is. The guy I rent the building from and who owns the CJ5 has a refrigeration company (think HVAC and appliances) and this was sitting in the boneyard. I figured it'd make a great work table and it does.

 

Ah, We make a competing unit with a split system. You need some hotel pans for the open area to hold your parts.