Build Thread 83 CJ7 its time to get it done

[gert]

Yes, but I guess I don’t believe the sellers when they say “Worked great when pulled”.....


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Yep that sure is a gamble


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[gert]

Their "Traditional" set looks original...ish.

Lol stock ish, I need mine to work so I think for now it will be an aftermarket mechanical gauge like the auto meter, I will probably buy one from my local parts store in the next few days

My main goal for now is get it ready for title/tags/inspection and then Colorado in August so restoration looks will have to wait but I think I am also done with the electric gauges for now I have an old mechanical water temp gauge hooked up under the hood... time to move it to under the dash


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[mdeluca]

My main goal for now is get it ready for title/tags/inspection and then Colorado in August so restoration looks will have to wait but I think I am also done with the electric gauges for now I have an old mechanical water temp gauge hooked up under the hood... time to move it to under the dash

I've got one under the hood as well. I do like the looks of the Stewart gauge better, but I think the AutoMeter will look better next to the stock speedo.

 

[gert]

I've got one under the hood as well. I do like the looks of the Stewart gauge better, but I think the AutoMeter will look better next to the stock speedo.

I agree with you on that, it has the correct colors for the 80s CJ
I think The Stewart would look right on the early CJs and MBs


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[shum8]

Safe to assume the Autometer gauges will fit in the factory locations? Didn’t see a diameter on Advance’s website


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[gert]

Safe to assume the Autometer gauges will fit in the factory locations? Didn’t see a diameter on Advance’s website


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They should, most gauges are the 2 1/16 unless they specify that they are 2 5/8

Lol I looked at the mechanical water temp gauge under the hood and it’s also a sunpro


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[gert]

The more I look at my Jeep the more I realize I have a million small things left to do. One thing at a time


I got my winch control remounted and painted the positive cable red so I can remember where it goes as well as getting my hood latch on the passenger side

Glad to have the winch back in operation which it also got me to remembering that I want a remote switch on the dash for it as well

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[gert]

I also got more of the rotisserie made Saturday just have some 2.5” schedule 80 pipe and casters to pick up to finish it

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[Eyeball]

I've got a tick as well and I'm feeling a skosh feverish...

Bourbon anyone?

 

[gert]

Bourbon anyone?

Lol that fixes every ailment


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[Eyeball]

for some reason the Stewart warner gauges have a classic look to them
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sww-82322

They have been around since fred flintstone, in the old days you'd be hard pressed find an old piece of any equipment with a motor in it that wasn't fitted with them!
The best old school gauges IMHO.

It's what's going to replace everything that's on my dash, including the dash, plus I'm already looking around for old school push pull knobs for a manual choke, throttle and anything else that needs pushing and pulling, I have an old big truck manual throttle that has the center push button for a quick set, or you can turn it in and out on threads. Everything electric that goes on/off, gets a heavy duty toggle switch.

Oh yeah, forgot to tell you's...the theme for mine will be between wartime (yup, O.D.G), and bush, mining and just mechanical and cool looking equipment.
Oops, forgetting myself here, not my thread, but just saying. (green smiley).

 

[Belizean]

Bourbon anyone?

Hey Eyeball, you better lay off that stuff. You gotta get back on the road !

 

[Eyeball]

Gert - dad blastit...... how am I gonna focus on extraneous like amps and speakers when you keep posting important stuff like functional, nice looking gauges?????

I wish they would make a replacement fuel gauge the fit in the original speedo cluster.......


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Try V.D.O, they used to make duplicates of everyone's auto gauges.
Volkswagen was famous for them. Still current too.
My older harleys had them for replacements.

 

[Eyeball]

Hey Eyeball, you better lay off that stuff. You gotta get back on the road !

Delayed by a day, snow crushed the building we load out of.
My own roof had 3 1/2 feet of snow on it when I got home after the last trip, log house,...strong like bull.
But I'm in the Michigan U.P now, sober and sorry,
but fat dumb and happy 'cause I got my Jeep. heh heh heh.

 

[Eyeball]

The more I look at my Jeep the more I realize I have a million small things left to do. One thing at a time


I got my winch control remounted and painted the positive cable red so I can remember where it goes as well as getting my hood latch on the passenger side

Glad to have the winch back in operation which it also got me to remembering that I want a remote switch on the dash for it as well

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If you're like myself, I like remote controlled winches, nothing like hooking up and getting back in the seat having a coffee while winching out of the mud on a 200 ft cable.

 

[Eyeball]

I also got more of the rotisserie made Saturday just have some 2.5” schedule 80 pipe and casters to pick up to finish it

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That looks nice Gert, If I had a shop like yours, I'd be in there 24/7 lol.
I have all the tools, like welders, 3 different sets of torches, a mill, lathe and other toys, but no shop, that's coming in the spring or I move into my mobile home trailer and build it there and sell the house.
I have retirement on my mind and a million things to do so it gets to be confusing lol.

 

[mdeluca]

Safe to assume the Autometer gauges will fit in the factory locations? Didn’t see a diameter on Advance’s website

2 1/16". Might have to kiss the holes a bit bigger. I believe the OEM are 2".

 

[j6824]

The more I look at my Jeep the more I realize I have a million small things left to do. One thing at a time


I got my winch control remounted and painted the positive cable red so I can remember where it goes as well as getting my hood latch on the passenger side

Glad to have the winch back in operation which it also got me to remembering that I want a remote switch on the dash for it as well

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So let me ask you...was your decision to mount it there based on keeping it out of the weather?

Reason I ask is I just got a used M8000 off a guy that had it rigged the same way...he said he was worried about moisture getting in the solenoid

I was planning on putting it back on the spool till I saw your pic...maybe I need to reconsider

 

[gert]

2 1/16". Might have to kiss the holes a bit bigger. I believe the OEM are 2".

man that would suck to have to sand off the Krylon i used on my dash lol

 

[gert]

So let me ask you...was your decision to mount it there based on keeping it out of the weather?

Reason I ask is I just got a used M8000 off a guy that had it rigged the same way...he said he was worried about moisture getting in the solenoid

I was planning on putting it back on the spool till I saw your pic...maybe I need to reconsider

my decision was exactly that, its plastic and will weather in the Texas sun, i also want to protect it as best as i can from a possible deep water crossing and i want wire in a remote dash mounted switch to it as well