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Thanks Coop for clarifying, I took it the wrong way. I understand your point/concern, I'll try and get it going by the end of this week and maybe bring it up to C.S. then if you're not too busy you could take a look at it and we could do some work on it if you'd like. :gigem:
Didn't take any pics today, I forgot the camera. We finished up cage and added 2 more overhead bars, built gas tank skidplate, built new battery tray/box, found a crankshaft pulley that works finally, finished front driveshaft, and the best yet....I now have a Rolls Royce power steering pump. :gigem: I grinded off all the surface rust on the btf kit and spring mounts and painted them so the jeep doesn't look so bad now.
This is becoming more like a mutt than a Jeep...
We're getting the steel braided brake lines tomorrow and start working on that as well as making mounts for the 5 pts. to tie into the cage.
While most trail jeeps do end up this way, 95% of the wheelers in the world will never use parts from as many different (albeit the same brand) vehicles as I have for pigpen. Best I can figure no less than 15 seperate trucks have contributed anything from a few nuts to the engine and tranny.Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
Here's a list of donor vehicle parts-
81 dodge fullsize axle
80-90?? ford fullsize axle
85 S-10 (thanks robert for the box)
70's Rolls Royce pump
some sorta slant six motor? for a crankshaft pulley.
meh, thats nothing. When I traded the my last rig for the buggy the only original parts were the transmission, gas tank, rear axle housing and frame. It was still all toyota, but alot of vehicles gave thier life for that thing
I went to Smiley's today to get the lines, but they had to order in the fittings which I'll pick up with my seat covers in a few days. I did get an Optima redtop to fit in my new battery tray.
I am picking up the Jeep TOMORROW!!! Finally I can get it home and do the little odds and ends I need to and go wheelin'.
Odd's/End's that I'll do when it comes home- get hoses for p.s., get belt for p.s. pump, drill out straps for front driveshaft and install. Other than that I just need to bleed the brakes and fire it up. I got a couple hills in the back I could flex it out on and test everything, I just want to bring it back with me to school so I can keep working on it. I was talking to my dad about the situation of me having a way to get it around up there and for trips, and since he needs the big trailer he said he's buying me a carhauler or something. Problem is, today is his last day in town for awhile and when he gets back he'll be too busy with rodeo so I really need to get on taking care of the inspection, registration, etc... just in case I need to make it street legal. The only thing it needs for that is to rewire the blinker module. Oh yeah, and another reason it might need to be streetable is that I have NO truck at the moment.
If you dont get the trailer in time make a towbar and flat tow it.
I just talked to my dad about the trailer issue and he said we'll figure it out but until then just take his. So that's cool, I'll take some pics tomorrow of my pile flexing on a load of dirt in the front pasture, I can't guarantee that one of the horses won't try to be in the pic though. They always follow me around when I'm mowing....freakin' idiots.
Just finished chores, now I'm loaded up and going to get my rig...hell yeah!
Got it home, did a little wrenching and took it for a spin. It's idling pretty high considering I have the set screw all the way out. Also I ran into an overheating problem which I think is the thermostat stuck in place, but my grandpa is coming down to lend a hand in the diagnosis. Have a power steering belt, but I still need to get the lines. Went to NAPA and they didn't have the right fittings so I went to a hose shop where I knew the guy there but he wouldn't have the fittings in until Monday so I think I'll try and find a different shop instead of waiting.
Didn't get any pics of wheeling, it got dark pretty quick so I didn't have time to install the front driveshaft since I was too busy working on other stuff, so I left it in 2 and did a little flexing.
Tomorrow I'll change fluids all the way around, install front driveshaft, finish putting passenger seat and harness in, bleed the brakes some more, etc...
Got some stuff done today. Front driveshaft installed, pass. seat and harness installed, and ran down some parts. I get to go back to Smiley's tomorrow to pick up the steel braided lines, plus I'm still searching for the fittings to do the power steering lines.
I did get to put it in 4 and wheel though.
I did succeed in catching my pants on fire while welding and blew a u-joint in the front driveshaft.
I hadn't shaved enough off the yokes on the driveshaft and front axle so it bound up whenever I was at full droop causing the u-joint to break. I limped it back to the shop and replaced it after shaving the yokes down some more. I made sure not to go shave them too far so they wouldn't weaken though.
Pics-
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take some in the daylight or learn to use the camera :flipoff2:
are these power steering line fittings for the rolls royce junk?
you really need to ditch that rolls royce crap and go back to stock. I'm betting more rolls royces have saginaw pumps than the other way around.
That's what I was thinking since I've been to 3 different places and it just seems to be too much trouble. Like Davido said, where are you going to find parts for the thing? I'll just go down to one of the parts stores tomorrow and pick up a saginaw pump. It'll be alot easier to make lines for a jeep pump and Gm box than trying to find all the fittings for the damn rolls royce ****. I only thought it was bling til' I figured out no one has any fittings for em'. I wonder if I one of the parts stores would stock the bracket to hold the pump on or should I just use the one that we made?
whats next, paint?
and how comfortable are those seats