Where I am at in my rebuild

Badge1236 · 04-16-2007, 04:43 PM

Tiny told me I had to add pictures a while back. This is where I am with my rebuild currently. The Jeep sat for a few years and it had one of the biggest mouse nests I have ever seen. Take a look at the 3rd picture.

Then engine will be rebuilt and put into this.

**tiny terror** · 04-16-2007, 05:25 PM

Very cool

We need more CJs and yes, pictures are always a plus (am I that pushy?). Keep us posted........ and I hope you built that poor mouse another home

**Scout** · 04-16-2007, 05:27 PM

I have no idea what I'm looking at?!?! But I'm glad you know what you're doing!

AzTJ · 04-16-2007, 05:43 PM

lol - Yep thats one bad rats nest!

IS that the original frame or anuther?

**1BLKJP** · 04-16-2007, 05:49 PM

Lookin good Badge. Mice can be so inconsiderate sometimes.

4.0l sahara · 04-16-2007, 05:50 PM

mice suck

Badge1236 · 04-16-2007, 06:53 PM

The grey one is a newer frame. The other one is way beyond help. It would be all patch and nothing original if I were to reuse it.

No to building the mouse a new home. It appears that he is long gone. On the bright side, if I need a wig I think I have the starting of one.

That is the transmission bellhousing and clutch pack.

Tiny you are not to pushy. I was just scared and thought I would not anger you.

**tiny terror** · 04-16-2007, 06:59 PM

I do tend to hulk up when I'm angry... to almost 5'2"

Did you just come across this jeep or has it been hanging about your yard?

Badge1236 · 04-17-2007, 11:11 AM

I actually bought it about 2 years ago and it had been sitting for a while before that. Not sure when the mouse lived there but I see the reminders.

By the way 5'2", your name fits you. I am a little over 6' so I think I am scared now.

**tiny terror** · 04-17-2007, 04:25 PM

I'm actually only 5'1" but my license says I'm 5'3"

shhhh.

Have you got a tub for it yet?

Badge1236 · 04-17-2007, 06:27 PM

I have not gotten a tub yet since up until recently I did not have anywhere to keep anything that was out of the weather. Now that I do if I run across something that is in good shape and at a good price I would be more inclined to pick it up. I still have a lot of work to do before I get to that point. My next step is to get the axles attached to the frame and I have a few things to do to get to that point. I also need to get a locker for the rear so when it is all rebuild and rebearinged then I can put it all together at once.
As for the tub I think I will get a YJ tub, make a few modifications and then use what I have for the front of a CJ. Most of the rest of it will be a CJ so I might as well stay with that setup. I will add more pictures as I go but I don't have a lot of time to work on it so the progress is going to be slow. I have already had it for 2 years and you see how far I have gotten.

**tiny terror** · 05-14-2007, 01:47 PM

It's been a month. Let's hear it. What have you done?

Badge1236 · 05-14-2007, 06:09 PM

Nothing much. Picked up a true track locker and then I had to take some time off to try and get in shape for a bike ride. I think I am a glutton for punishment. I am planning on getting the locker in once I get all the bearings for the differentials replaced and everything cleaned out. Trying to work on this in between two jobs, trying to get in a shape other than round and working on remodeling a house everything goes slow. I will post when more is done.

Dare2BSquare · 05-14-2007, 06:20 PM

Sounds like you need another project or two. Tiny does pottery, you interested in getting into that?

Badge1236 · 05-15-2007, 11:18 AM

I think I will keep my hands off of Tiny's jugs or any other type of pottery. Thanks for the offer though.

Badge1236 · 05-15-2007, 01:08 PM

Just to let everyone know I have already spent about $3k and the above pictures are all the further I have gotten. This is getting to be expensive

**tiny terror** · 05-15-2007, 01:12 PM

Still, it's cool that you're doing it and I'm itchin' to see the whole process. (I'm just not going to comment on the previous post, jeeze

)

DownandDirty · 05-15-2007, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badge1236

Just to let everyone know I have already spent about $3k and the above pictures are all the further I have gotten. This is getting to be expensive

You haven't even begun to spend money yet.

Badge1236 · 05-15-2007, 03:22 PM

Thanks. That is kind of what I figured.

debruins · 05-15-2007, 09:39 PM

and make sure u do it

the last 1 or 2k will be painful, but think about all the $$$ you already put into it, its not worth it to just leave the details off and then have it still looks bad, make sure you go all the way if ypur gonna do a frame off and spend all the time and money

Badge1236 · 05-24-2007, 03:02 PM

Just wanted to give a quick update. The brown santa dropped off a present. My trutrac came and now I am ready to get to rebuilding instead of tearing apart. I also have 1 motor mount, transmission mount and different shock mounts. Quadratrac still has not gotten my order right so I think it is time to be looking elsewhere. I will post pics when I get them. It will be a couple of weeks. I am busy for about the next three weeks solid. Yeah for the brown santa.

Badge1236 · 05-25-2007, 11:44 AM

Note on purchasing from quadtratec. Be careful, what they have pictured is not always what the part is. Even though they are supposed to match up. They do try to get another part to you right away but if it is the right part you will be lucky. Also if you call their customer service department plan on holding for about 20 minutes. EMail does not work.

Dare2BSquare · 05-25-2007, 12:20 PM

Have you seen how 4wd hardware does their catalog. I like how they have the lifts all laid out where it tells you max tire size you can run with that lift and everything packaged together. Nice layout.

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04-16-2007, 04:43 PM	#1
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	Where I am at in my rebuild Tiny told me I had to add pictures a while back. This is where I am with my rebuild currently. The Jeep sat for a few years and it had one of the biggest mouse nests I have ever seen. Take a look at the 3rd picture. Then engine will be rebuilt and put into this. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

04-16-2007, 05:25 PM	#2
tiny terror ccain's my avatar... WF Vendor WF Lifetime Member ::WF Moderator:: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'd better be writing. Posts: 10,941	Very cool We need more CJs and yes, pictures are always a plus (am I that pushy?). Keep us posted........ and I hope you built that poor mouse another home __________________ there's a hallway in my mind filled with locked doors where I write and a cliff where I scream VA Watchdog

04-16-2007, 05:27 PM	#3
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04-16-2007, 05:43 PM	#4
AzTJ Jeeper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Payson, AZ Posts: 6,497	lol - Yep thats one bad rats nest! IS that the original frame or anuther? __________________ Grand Canyon State Renegade

04-16-2007, 05:49 PM	#5
1BLKJP Jack Lives Here!!! ::WF Administrator:: Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,487	Lookin good Badge. Mice can be so inconsiderate sometimes. __________________ Thanks, Jack

04-16-2007, 05:50 PM	#6
4.0l sahara Jeeper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: shelton,ct Posts: 2,089	mice suck

04-16-2007, 06:53 PM	#7
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	The grey one is a newer frame. The other one is way beyond help. It would be all patch and nothing original if I were to reuse it. No to building the mouse a new home. It appears that he is long gone. On the bright side, if I need a wig I think I have the starting of one. That is the transmission bellhousing and clutch pack. Tiny you are not to pushy. I was just scared and thought I would not anger you. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

04-16-2007, 06:59 PM	#8
tiny terror ccain's my avatar... WF Vendor WF Lifetime Member ::WF Moderator:: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'd better be writing. Posts: 10,941	I do tend to hulk up when I'm angry... to almost 5'2" Did you just come across this jeep or has it been hanging about your yard? __________________ there's a hallway in my mind filled with locked doors where I write and a cliff where I scream VA Watchdog

04-17-2007, 11:11 AM	#9
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	I actually bought it about 2 years ago and it had been sitting for a while before that. Not sure when the mouse lived there but I see the reminders. By the way 5'2", your name fits you. I am a little over 6' so I think I am scared now. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

04-17-2007, 04:25 PM	#10
tiny terror ccain's my avatar... WF Vendor WF Lifetime Member ::WF Moderator:: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'd better be writing. Posts: 10,941	I'm actually only 5'1" but my license says I'm 5'3" shhhh. Have you got a tub for it yet? __________________ there's a hallway in my mind filled with locked doors where I write and a cliff where I scream VA Watchdog

04-17-2007, 06:27 PM	#11
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	I have not gotten a tub yet since up until recently I did not have anywhere to keep anything that was out of the weather. Now that I do if I run across something that is in good shape and at a good price I would be more inclined to pick it up. I still have a lot of work to do before I get to that point. My next step is to get the axles attached to the frame and I have a few things to do to get to that point. I also need to get a locker for the rear so when it is all rebuild and rebearinged then I can put it all together at once. As for the tub I think I will get a YJ tub, make a few modifications and then use what I have for the front of a CJ. Most of the rest of it will be a CJ so I might as well stay with that setup. I will add more pictures as I go but I don't have a lot of time to work on it so the progress is going to be slow. I have already had it for 2 years and you see how far I have gotten. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-14-2007, 01:47 PM	#12
tiny terror ccain's my avatar... WF Vendor WF Lifetime Member ::WF Moderator:: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'd better be writing. Posts: 10,941	It's been a month. Let's hear it. What have you done? __________________ there's a hallway in my mind filled with locked doors where I write and a cliff where I scream VA Watchdog

05-14-2007, 06:09 PM	#13
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	Nothing much. Picked up a true track locker and then I had to take some time off to try and get in shape for a bike ride. I think I am a glutton for punishment. I am planning on getting the locker in once I get all the bearings for the differentials replaced and everything cleaned out. Trying to work on this in between two jobs, trying to get in a shape other than round and working on remodeling a house everything goes slow. I will post when more is done. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-14-2007, 06:20 PM	#14
Dare2BSquare Pushy, Loudmouthed, and Ballsy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a Tree Stand.........Waiting Posts: 4,766	Sounds like you need another project or two. Tiny does pottery, you interested in getting into that? __________________ Sore Lip em all. Catch and release.Take a kid fishing, and clean up after yourself!

05-15-2007, 11:18 AM	#15
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	I think I will keep my hands off of Tiny's jugs or any other type of pottery. Thanks for the offer though. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-15-2007, 01:08 PM	#16
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	Just to let everyone know I have already spent about $3k and the above pictures are all the further I have gotten. This is getting to be expensive __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-15-2007, 01:12 PM	#17
tiny terror ccain's my avatar... WF Vendor WF Lifetime Member ::WF Moderator:: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'd better be writing. Posts: 10,941	Still, it's cool that you're doing it and I'm itchin' to see the whole process. (I'm just not going to comment on the previous post, jeeze ) __________________ there's a hallway in my mind filled with locked doors where I write and a cliff where I scream VA Watchdog

05-15-2007, 03:22 PM	#19
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	Thanks. That is kind of what I figured. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-15-2007, 09:39 PM	#20
debruins Jeeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Needham Ma, Rangeley ME in the summer Posts: 5,276	and make sure u do it the last 1 or 2k will be painful, but think about all the $$$ you already put into it, its not worth it to just leave the details off and then have it still looks bad, make sure you go all the way if ypur gonna do a frame off and spend all the time and money __________________ TJ site http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2671613 CJ site http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2671632 olllllllo and yes i know what the little red lines under the words mean, i just dont care!

05-24-2007, 03:02 PM	#21
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	Just wanted to give a quick update. The brown santa dropped off a present. My trutrac came and now I am ready to get to rebuilding instead of tearing apart. I also have 1 motor mount, transmission mount and different shock mounts. Quadratrac still has not gotten my order right so I think it is time to be looking elsewhere. I will post pics when I get them. It will be a couple of weeks. I am busy for about the next three weeks solid. Yeah for the brown santa. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-25-2007, 11:44 AM	#22
Badge1236 Jeeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 450	Note on purchasing from quadtratec. Be careful, what they have pictured is not always what the part is. Even though they are supposed to match up. They do try to get another part to you right away but if it is the right part you will be lucky. Also if you call their customer service department plan on holding for about 20 minutes. EMail does not work. __________________ 1978 CJ7, frame off rebuild, NV3550, Dana 300(twin stick with a sight tube), I6(258), Dana 44 Scout Axles with 4.09 gears, truetrac LSD. The rest yet to be decided.

05-25-2007, 12:20 PM	#23
Dare2BSquare Pushy, Loudmouthed, and Ballsy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a Tree Stand.........Waiting Posts: 4,766	Have you seen how 4wd hardware does their catalog. I like how they have the lifts all laid out where it tells you max tire size you can run with that lift and everything packaged together. Nice layout. __________________ Sore Lip em all. Catch and release.Take a kid fishing, and clean up after yourself!