What did you do to or with your CJ today?

[DHugg]

Drained the vinegar from my radiator (much scale and red-brown crud flushed) and put fresh water with 1/2 a box of baking soda to neutralize.

 

[IOPort51]

put the seat and seat belt back in, charged the battery, hasn't been out of the shop since oct. took it out and drove it , put 5 gal of gas in it and parked it in the driveway. managed to find most of the floor in the shop and pile 90% of the stray tools in /on/or close to a tool box. Tomorrow I start working on the flat horizontal surfaces. then it is on to finish the roll bar.

 

[Reddrig]

Stripped everything down and dropped it off at the paint and body shop. New Ford Darkside color is the choice. Now the waiting begins!

 

[Petescj]

Found my overheating was just a bad thermostat. Replaced the stamped steel 2 piece steering box mount with a nice heavy duty unit.

 

[Scooter402]

Started overhauling my rear brakes today... I'll have to post some pics up in my build thread sometime this week. Yeah -- they were that bad. No wonder they never worked... Hey, I was only mud racing...brakes are for quitters!

 

[Suz]

Took her out for a run. Crossing a major 4-lane x 4-lane intersection, heard a sickening cluck-clunk. Think my drive shaft is about to fall out. Will get on that when this stormy weather passes...

 

[IOPort51]

Drained the tranny and TC, no water but it smells like it has had a good work out. I guess pushing 33 through 3.54s across the divide 5 or 6 times will have an effect on your gear lube.:grinjeep:

 

[Posi]

I installed my second "new" fuel pump last night after finding a pinhole in the first one. Below is my cage I painted a couple months ago.



After several hours of prepping.

 

[IOPort51]

Killer cage, almost makes you want to roll over just to show off how well it works!

I installed my second "new" fuel pump last night after finding a pinhole in the first one. Below is my cage I painted a couple months ago.



After several hours of prepping.

 

[Posi]

Thanks

 

[mtnwhlr]

Very nice I wish I lived closer so I could bring mine over so you could put a cage in it .

 

[Posi]

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[jpeck71]

Finished up adjusting the idle speed and mixture after rebuilding the carb. Drove it a bit and its better but not quite right. We'll see after some more miles with it.

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[Suz]

Just gazed longingly at my girl. Afraid to drive her again until I crawl under there and see what that clunking was all about...

 

[jzak]

I installed my second "new" fuel pump last night after finding a pinhole in the first one. Below is my cage I painted a couple months ago.



After several hours of prepping.

Amazing roll cage. I had something simular on my old CJ5 . I got it from a guy who flipped his cj down a mountain. The CJ was totaled, but the roll cage remained strait as an arrow.

Amateur Question! Coming from someone who has never welded a roll cage together. How do you get everything to line up correctly? Do you use a Jig to keep all the tubing in place while you're welding it? There seems to be very little room for error. If you're an inch or two off, you're screwed.

Thanks!

 

[DHugg]

Decided to check centrifugal advance with my new timing light. Lo and behold! There IS no centrifugal advance. Too much mudding by the PO probably filled the dissy with goo, and it hardened. I can guess what my next CJ job gonna be.

 

[AussieCJ7]

Killer cage, almost makes you want to roll over just to show off how well it works!

I like the layout of your cage and seems to be good fab work best you can tell in a photo

I dont really like the typical web response of you should have done this or that but for strength and safety the A and B pillars should each be one tube bent for the left and right and horizontal (start at the floor on one side go up --- bend and go across -- bend and go straight down)

You look like you have gone A to C pillar as one tube for each left and right sides

Even if not doing any competitions it is well worth reading the rule books from competition official organizations to understand the best designs there is some common elements in all of their rule books on design and then some individual rules, read a couple you will soon see the common elements, the A and B pillar designs are common in every rule book i have read

Sorry to point out the down side but this cage design risks not standing up to a big side over side roll (the most common if going over a few times)

Sometimes a bad cage design is worse than none because if it folds into the passenger compartment more injury can occur

Hope you take this constructively and not a negative attack

 

[Posi]

Amateur Question! Coming from someone who has never welded a roll cage together. How do you get everything to line up correctly? Do you use a Jig to keep all the tubing in place while you're welding it? There seems to be very little room for error. If you're an inch or two off, you're screwed.

Thanks!

No jig, tack welds keep it in pace for final welding. It's built in sections using a tape measure and square.


AussieCJ7, you mean well in your post, but in the real world this rig won't see speeds of 200+ MPH, big side impacts, or high speed barrel rolls for that matter. This rig was built for 90% off-road use at very low speeds (106.1 crawl). The Northeast is loaded with pine trees and not an abundance of large rocks, therefor it's more typical to see a flop in my area. The worst scenario would be several slow rolls which this cage is plenty strong enough to handle

I feel very confident in the strength of this cage to keep me and my passengers safe for it's intended use.

 

[IOPort51]

Amateur Question! Coming from someone who has never welded a roll cage together. How do you get everything to line up correctly? Do you use a Jig to keep all the tubing in place while you're welding it? There seems to be very little room for error. If you're an inch or two off, you're screwed.


Read more: http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f49/what-did-you-do-your-cj-today-753/index282.html#ixzz32AyRTgk0

An inch or two?? thats like a mile or two. If you can't work within 1/16th it more than likely isn't going to happen for you. the compound angles on the saddles are the fun part.

 

[AussieCJ7]

No jig, tack welds keep it in pace for final welding. It's built in sections using a tape measure and square.


AussieCJ7, you mean well in your post, but in the real world this rig won't see speeds of 200+ MPH, big side impacts, or high speed barrel rolls for that matter. This rig was built for 90% off-road use at very low speeds (106.1 crawl). The Northeast is loaded with pine trees and not an abundance of large rocks, therefor it's more typical to see a flop in my area. The worst scenario would be several slow rolls which this cage is plenty strong enough to handle

I feel very confident in the strength of this cage to keep me and my passengers safe for it's intended use.

Plenty of YouTube vids of violent roll overs that start at low crawl speeds. I fact one of the worst scenarios is a long moderate hill climb and getting a little sideways then a roll down side over side. It's not always speed that has the high impact but rather repeated impacts in the one roll over that lands on a small part of the cage

If this cage received a couple of hits around the B pillar the risk of tearing the welds increase and the dynamic of the cage change drastically

I still would prefer this over stock but and it's a good practical lay out

Cheers