Build Thread Jeep CJ for my daughters first car.

[BIG4D]

New clutch belcrank assembly installed before fender goes on. Just easier to get to while it’s off. Progress!


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[gert]

Man that’s looking sweet


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[Lumpy Grits]

Strongly suggest you go with Heim joint clutch linkage.
Very nice work and great pictures!
LG

 

[BIG4D]

Heim joint on the Transmission side?


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[BIG4D]

Good progress made today!




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[shum8]

DANG, Dude - Save some work for next week........ LOL


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[BIG4D]

Haha!!!! Trying to get it back together before I forget where everything goes!! There is plenty left to do!
Taking the “other” Jeep out to Disney this weekend for some crawling. Won’t be able to touch it again till next week.

But, I was able to get out there tonight and get a few things done. Rollbar is in and spare tire carrier is back on! Coming along nicely!!








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[BIG4D]

Work progressing well. I’ll have it on the road before the end of fall!












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[shum8]

Work progressing well. I’ll have it on the road before the end of fall!


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No you won’t! Don’t even lie..... At this rate it’ll be on the road by the end of the week...... Amazing progress, Dude!!



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[BIG4D]

Lol!! You may be right!


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[BIG4D]

Let the wiring begin!!




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[gert]

I really like my painless wire harness, took awhile of surfing through the different ignition and charging systems in the manual to figure out how to wire my engine bay but the dash was real easy


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[BIG4D]

Yes, I’m loving this one. I needed most of the connectors and this kit comes with 90% of them.
At some point in this jeeps life there was a fire under the hood and got a lot of them. Most of the ones behind the dash were pretty molested. I bought the most complete kit Painless offered. It was about $900 at the time but was well worth the cash.


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[BIG4D]

Got the polished side trim on tonight. The Jeep did not originally have them. I found a really nice pair through a buddy. They were originally anodized black. Took a good bit of sanding and even more polishing to get them to look like this. Love the way they turned out.

The “T” bolts I decided were overly complicated and made a set of my own.
A small piece of flat steel welded to some stainless 1/4 bolts. I used stainless washer and nylock nuts on the back side.






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[BIG4D]

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[shum8]

That’ll work! Many don’t care for the rocker mouldings, but I really like em. Makes the Jeep look finished to me. Probly cause my first one had em and that got me started.

Did you clear coat them? I wanna take mine down to a satin finish - then a clear coat.


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[BIG4D]

Not yet. I have some stuff called Sharkhide I’m going to put on them. I have been using it on a lot of the unpainted bare metals, like the master cylinder. The stuff is awesome!
Clean the part with lacquer thinner and just wipe this stuff on. Dries in seconds. It’s not paint. It’s a type of metal treatment.


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[BIG4D]

I love the rocker moldings. I’m with you, gives it that finished appearance.


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[shum8]

And where might one get “Sharkshide”??? Inquiring minds would like to know.... [emoji51]


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[BIG4D]

I got it from Amazon. It’s not cheap though. I saw it on one of the weekend car/truck build shows.

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