The CheapJeep

Went ahead and cut the front fenders. I left the inner fenders so theres at least something to keep crap from getting under the hood. I put the saginaw pump back together and cleaned it up but I'm going to hold off on putting it in for now until I get the fittings I need and decide on how I want to run my hydro assist. The Rolls pump will just have to hold up for its last trip. :flipoff3:

Edit- And in other news, I decided to take it for a spin to show off the new body work....ahem...I mean mall crawl. I ended up running out of gas down the road and had to call my mom to come bring me some...funny story. :p

Get fittings for the new pump? Guess what, saginaw pumps and saginaw boxes were used on the same vehicles prety frequently so chances are you can get a factory hose from a parts store. When I say "chances are" I mean get a hose from a damn parts store.

I only need one fitting. On the current pump it's a regular male/male fitting, instead of buying a whole new hose which I'd probably have to get lengthened anyway, I thought I'd just see if I could get an inverted male/male fitting. I'll pull the old pump off tomorrow morning and figure it out since my pop's won't be ready to go until mid-day. That way I can finally lay the screaming R.R. pump to rest once and for all.

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an inverted male/male fitting

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what? daddy never gave you the birds and bees talk?

Ah, I was waiting for that one... :flipoff2:

Just got back inside...man it's scorchin' out there. I had to tweak the old bracket to make it work with the Saginaw. Otherwise it swapped fine. I just need to go get some p.s. fluid.

The saginaw pump worked awesome, it handled the welded front and 38"s fine, staying relatively cool for the few hours it ran.

In other news it's time for a new radiator and electric fans.

was that you who was talking about how to boost the output of a cj steering pump by drilling something out bigger at tcc

Like this.

http://westtexasoffroad.homestead.co...rsteering.html

that doesn;t look like a cj pump but i'm sure its the same concept and on the bright side i hav4e an extra pump if i f- it up

I ordered some new parts today. I'm hoping for them to come in and to get it together before school starts back up. Should be pretty sweet.

tell us what you ordered

you'll just have to wait until it's done... :flipoff2:

fag, your sh it aint top secret

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I ordered some new parts today. I'm hoping for them to come in and to get it together before school starts back up. Should be pretty sweet.

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The ol' radiator cap swap? :flipoff2:

I think in robbie's case it would be a steering wheel swap

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I think in robbie's case it would be a steering wheel swap

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:laughing:

be carefull you don't want robbie to go post delete happy,

and

Be sure and take pictures, I can't wait to see you actually wheel it for more than a couple of minutes.

Screw this "skunkworks" **** I think its more like "skunkspunk" (even though I actually know what hes doing...)

tell us what is he doing, it sounds like a stretch using XJ springs and rear bumper mounted shackles

He should buy my F-150 springs. They've allready got a few extra leafs in them and give about 4" more lift than he had. They really would work great spring under.

how much do you want for those springs?

No thanks Kopecki, if you had some 12" lift springs I'd take em though... :flipoff2:

I probably have about a 30 pack in them, and I'd take the same.

Robbie still owes me for some other parts anyway. Once he pays me I might tell him about the 258 york mount I found in one of my jeep parts piles.

Yes I remember. I've been waiting for you to come back in town so I could meet up with you on that. When are you coming back?

Some time before school starts.

i want it, i need oba

Did a couple of things today, got new motor mounts installed, still need to do t-case and trans tomorrow. Pulled the old radiator and fan, and got the new one in. I'll probably see about getting an electric fan setup tomorrow as well. I also removed the glass from the windshield frame since it was cracked really bad. I plan on going with a lexan windshield setup that's incorporated into the cage and new tube work I'm going to do. I have to change up the rear x to accept a fuel cell for the stretch kit and to allow more storage space. I'm also going to add a stinger/radiator hoop and change a couple of things.

An idea of how some of it may look....Just an idea.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...verSide_sm.jpg

One thing I've noticed before and even earlier today as I was pulling the Jeep into the shop was the rear locker slipping. I know that the powertrax's are loud when they engage, but this was more of a grinding noise which made me think I stripped the ring and pinion. Then after it idled back down it re-engaged and everything was cool. I'm wondering if this could be a potential problem or if this is a variance of what everyone say's about them being noisy?

Motor, trans, and t-case mounts in. Waiting on fans to put the radiator in.

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Motor, trans, and t-case mounts in. Waiting on fans to put the radiator in.

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What fan and where are you getting it? I need to find a good electric for the cheby.

you gonna cut out all of that expensive tube?

I was going to get a taurus fan but I sprung for a Flex-a-Lite. Got it from 4wd.com

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you gonna cut out all of that expensive tube?

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Some...

Still gathering parts and waiting on order's to show up. Got a set of XJ springs and fuel cell, thanks Colman. BlueTorch order should be here soon as well as the flex a lite fan.

since my plans fell thru i might as well help someone else dump more money into their jeep

Opened up all the boxes of stuff I've had waiting for me tonight. The BlueTorch rear stretch kit looks pimp... I got a couple other things from them and the flexalite fan came in. I'll start working on stuff tomorrow. Pics to come.

i need pics of the btf setup please, i need to make a copy for myself before christmas

I'll take some pics tomorrow. I didn't get any work done on the Jeep today, I ended up putting a new system in my dd, then went for a ride in a family friend's 65 Stingray Vette. Man was that awesome, pics will follow.

Made a little bit of progress today...I actually opened all the boxes and started messing with stuff. Mounted the e-fan to the radiator and dropped it in. I still need to do all the wiring. If I don't go to buzzfest tomorrow I'll do the wiring and start on the stretch. I need to get it on stands and start taking the rear crossmember off, then drop the tank, etc... All the hardware looks great though. BlueTorch makes some quality stuff....

I'm working on uploading the pics right now.