My 67 CJ5 build

So I planned on spending a rainy Sunday just relaxing ........ after 4 1/2 minutes of that I went in the shop and plugged that hole that's been bothering me




Turned off the lights and used this LED light under the weld to see if I missed anything



Some grinding and a little paint

 

Got a bit enthusiastic today







Weld grind weld grind be easier if I can weld good



More tomorrow. Wish I can afford a new tub

 

how about nervous break down

 

If my wife was more understanding I would be driving it now with a new tub on it

 

Sorry. I was a little late to the party.

 

Thanks Vin,
What this tells me is every Jeep was buiilt different lol

 

FWIW mine is pretty much identical to Vin's.

 

And these are both factory setups for v6 ?

 

A bunch of little tack welds till it's all welded causes less trouble. But otherwise looking good

 

Mine is a 67' factory V6

 

Interesting. The factory service manual has the return line in the sending unit

 

Vin,
The photo of the bottom of the tank, is that rubber to nylon fuel line ?

 

Mine is also a factory 67 V6

 

I spent some time looking thru some old pics and this is the only one I can find showing the tank, yes that handsome driver is me circa early 80s, zooming in it appears I have the same setup, you can see the sender and what appears to be the return line fitting, although the sending unit looks closer to the filler tube than yours

 

Metal-to Rubber-to Nylon. The rubber merely couples the metal with the nylon fuel lines.

 

I hate to go off topic, but did you notice if your rear differential had a vent? I know the older models had a pinhole vent in the axle tube, but I can't see to locate one on mine.

 

Don't see one on mine

 

Slowly but surely I'm getting all my pictures updated here. actually had some time to work on the tub side today. welded in another patch and the fuel filler area. hope to get this side done and primed soon

 

It was a good yr business wise so I ordered all the parts to rebuild my tub from classic ent. Parts are trickling in
And seem to be of good quality.
My biggest challenges are going to be finding/building a transmission tunnel and since I don't have an original tub to measure off of, trying to figure out where all the parts get spot welded. Fun times coming