The Barn Burner

[Eckert]

grind off the stock perches!

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I agree i think that it is binding, my truss is not tied in that much more but I am sure that it will be strong enough

You don't have a stroker under the hood though.

Oh, and a stroker in the driver's seat don't count neither.

[CheapJeep]

Rear disks finished, new front spring shims in, trans should be ready after spring nationals in baytown next weekend.

Test flexed the rear suspension (granted this was without a trans and t-case). The new springs are alot better, no more inverting. The anti-wrap setup cycled fine without any binding, just have to see once I take it for a spin.

[CheapJeep]

[CheapJeep]

In the above pics I didn't max out the suspension as the hoist wasn't liking it. There's still a little more travel left.

Forgot to mention the difference in ride height. With the new leaf's it's currently sitting level, if not a little higher than the front. Once the weight of the trans, t-case, skidplate, etc... are added the springs will settle a bit more.

Before...


After...

[Jackasic]

Rear disks finished= spaybombed silver

interpreted

looks good!

[CheapJeep]

Picked up the transmission this afternoon. I forgot how much fun it is to install a th350 by yourself... About to head back out to the shop to put the stak in, then on to hooking up trans/tcase shifters, install floor, etc... Should be ready to rock tomorrow.

[Sharpe]

Drop it on your head?

[CheapJeep]

Surprisingly no but I do remember the event you're referring to...

[CheapJeep]

Thrashed pretty hard today... As usual, doing stuff like this alone sucks but playing metal/rock really loud helps to pass the time and melt faces.

Transmission, T-case, shifters, cooler lines, etc...all installed. I'll get the trans tunnel/cover in, t.c. bolts in, and adjust the brake pedal tomorrow.

Brake pedal/master cylinder mount I made to help keep the firewall from flexing.



Couple of pics from today.

[CheapJeep]

Got it all back together today. Ran it for a couple minutes before bleeding the brakes, then it decided not to start up again. Found the spark plugs to be fouled, I'll pick up a set tomorrow and get it rolling again.

[CheapJeep]

It lives once again!

Got it running and driving yesterday before heading back to CS. Front wheel burnouts are fun.

Swapped out the plugs and increased the gap for a tad longer spark. Fired right up and run's great. Made a couple of adjustments to the stak shift linkage which was getting hung up and added a few more quarts of b&m trick shift atf. After bench bleeding the master cylinders, new rear brake lines/fittings, rear disk conversion, extending the m.c. plungers, new pedal/m.c. mount, etc... I was still having issues. With a deadline to make TCC and still having school priorities I loaded it up on the trailer and dad dropped it off at Bill's shop yesterday evening.

They're fixing the issue with the master cylinders, new rear driveshaft, extending the front driveshaft, fixing the oil leak coming from the rear of the intake manifold, and a couple other small details.

Overall I made a huge amount of progress for working solo this weekend but just ran out of time.

Fouled plug





Loaded up...

[CheapJeep]

Two more....

[AggieTJ2007]

looks like it is running a little rich looking at that plug

[CheapJeep]

Yes, that would be a fairly obvious plug reading.

I had added more fuel and increased the idle to keep it running on the trail. After changing the plugs I leaned it out a bit. Fuel injection is on the way...