What did you do to or with your CJ today?

[IOPort51]

o boy oboy o boy! I get to post in here again!!

Seats in and serviceable



they are solidly mounted and are truly strong seats, absolutely no flex, at all.

will definitely keep you in the position. siting upright is comfortable and slouching down in the seat is not. Great news is seat is wide enough for a guy with a 48 inch waist, it is, in fact , just right. firm, good support not hard. these seats are layered foam not injected foam. and they would be ever so easy to have recovered and re foamed. Getting in and out not too bad but that is very hard to be objective about. It is a for sure climb it and it is not something I would ask my grand mother or a pregnant woman to try but not much different from the original seats. My 10" console had to go, kind of bummed about that , but an 8" 20mm ammo can slides right in and 8" is enough for the radios and maybe a switch or two.

Now, whats next?

 

[Germy]

drove it to work the other day, first time since the last trail ride.
Noticed it was wanting to dog walk a little.
Took it apart to find that the spring bolt had sheered it's head off in the spring perch.
I decided to go ahead and change the bushings while it was apart.
Took it for a ride and hit some pot holes, now to retorque the u-bolts.

Did you go back to 33's?

 

[johnnyreb]

found the clunk in my driveline after installing new motor and tranny mounts.
It drives much better now. But I discovered quite a bit of lash in the rearend. So I think it's time to hunt up some 3.73 or 3.54 gears front and rear and drop the 2.72's

 

[Old Dog]

Did you go back to 33's?

It has the 33's on it in that pic. as I was planning to drive it on the road a bit before the next trail ride. Glad I did or I wouldn't have found the busted center pin.
The 35" claws suck on the road.

 

[DHugg]

Put in a new dipstick; no idea where the one that shoulda been in the slide tube went. Advance Auto had a really UGLY one made of recycled beer cans for $8.59, with no tube. O'Reilly's had a chromed tube and decent diptick for smallblock Chevy (P/N 6255) for $9 bucks. A drive to NAPA woulda used a gallon of fuel and NAPA would have charged me shipping from their warehouse in New Orleans. No contest!

 

[Germy]

It has the 33's on it in that pic. as I was planning to drive it on the road a bit before the next trail ride. Glad I did or I wouldn't have found the busted center pin.
The 35" claws suck on the road.

I want 33's, sick of manhandling 35's


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[IOPort51]

I drove it for a while this morning. Things I noticed: the rear brakes lock up before the front , need to look into the adjustable valve for the rear. The new skyjacker nitro shocks make turns at speed a lot more stable, I think I like this part , very much. I am getting used to the power steering. I like the new seats. I lost my favorite Jeeping hat to the wind and the highway, Daughter brought it back to me from Glen Canyon dam, Watched in the rear view as the guy behind me ran over it and it blew farther toward the middle of the 4 lanes. should never get too attached to material things but it still pisses you off. Now, to put the 33s on it and see how it drives.

 

[TroyaCantrell]

Took the CJ to the lake. First real test drive since the wiring harness install and seems good. Running a bit hot but I think is have a gauge issue I working on. Although it is suppose to be around 107 today.

Also first real 4wd test for me and the CJ.

Troy Cantrell
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Build thread - '66 CJ6 :
http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15075

 

[tjmons]

Today's do list = rear end paint job , plastic tote , and a good cleaning and get it dirty tomorrow

 

[GatorBate]

Gator, let me know how you like them! I'm getting ready to do the same, though mine will be a large "kit" for my year.



~ Jr

Big improvement. I got it put togather enough to take it for a short test drive. There a 100 yard stretch of road by my place that about throws me from the jeep. With the new OME YJ springs I just float right through. Now to work out the little things like drive shaft angle, brake line is to short and tie rod ect. I know its only two inch lift but I feel like ducking when airplanes fly over.

 

[JR74CJ5]

Big improvement. I got it put togather enough to take it for a short test drive. There a 100 yard stretch of road by my place that about throws me from the jeep. With the new OME YJ springs I just float right through. Now to work out the little things like drive shaft angle, brake line is to short and tie rod ect. I know its only two inch lift but I feel like ducking when airplanes fly over.

Nice!

This is the kit I got. Has shocks, brake lines, etc... everything I'll need. I already had tie rod flip kits, and will just have to re-do driveshaft angles (though already doing that since doing SM420 swap at the same time...)

YJ Spring Conversion: 1955-1975 CJ to YJ Spring Conversion

good to hear you liked the springs!



~ Jr

 

[cavie98]

Well, I replaced the gas filler and vent hoses. That is not as easy as I thought it would be, but I am finished.

 

[Old Dog]

That is not as easy as I thought it would be, but I am finished.

Seems like that's how it always is with a cj.

 

[IOPort51]

"That is not as easy as I thought it would be"


IO's second law, "nothing is ever as easy as it first looks."

 

[johnnyreb]

finished bolting down ammo can console and installing lock. Seems like the company posted a no guns in company buildings. Good thing the state of TN says us permit holders can keep it out of site and locked in our vehicles and the boss can't stop me.

 

[TroyaCantrell]

Dropped it off at the muffler shop. New duel exhaust going on and solving some exhaust leaks.

Also getting a custom Transmission tunnel / cover made to fit the SM 420. It will be nice to get it sealed up.




Troy Cantrell
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[Germy]

Pickd up from muffler shop. Mangaflows off and thrush weldeds on. With the cam, it has a real metallic sound, not thumpy like magna


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[ROB03HD]

Put the soft top on. Went on fairly easy.

 

[BusaDave9]

Put the soft top on. Went on fairly easy.

Easy? ! ? ?
It looks like you laid the soft top on the ground and then set the jeep upside down on the soft top. There's an easier way.

 

[ROB03HD]

[QUOTE
Easy? ! ? ?
It looks like you laid the soft top on the ground and then set the jeep upside down on the soft top. There's an easier way.[/QUOTE]

HAHA. Dammit i did say fairly easy. dont know it came out like that