Project...Kahuna 66 cj6

I took the pedals into work today and modified them at the shop. Here they are as I recieved them

the brake arm didn't line up w/ the master so I ground off the weld and moved the arm 1/2" to the right on the rod....here's my welder helping the Boss

We also removed 4" from the arms to shorten the throw. As you can see in the pic they came out great....I'll paint them tonite and install tomorrow

Hopefully have this and the hydro clutch set up by the weekend so I can install the drivetrain next week
Jim S.

 

I worked on the fit of the swinging pedals over the weekend, but after seeing the amount of work to get the pedals offset enough I decided to put that set aside rather than butcher them up.
This is the hanging brake pedal I was useing before

I decided to modify these to work for the clutch and brake. I picked up a piece of pipe and bushing to attach the arm to.....got a 5/8" bolt w. enough neck, and added a third support to the base

I used a length of 3/8" plate cut 1 1/2" wide by 18" long for the arm....simply heated w/ a torch and bent to match the brake arm. I used the pad from one of my old clutch pedals and welded a offset to the back , then welded it to the arm and the arm to the bushing

When the pedals are hanging they are even and square. I'm gonna put a return spring from the top of arms to the base for return.
Just need to mount these up now to get the proper placement for the clutch master/plunger
Jim S.

 

finally have the pedals hung and clutch master installed. I figured 4-5 hours total .....week and a half later.....


just need to figure out a spring return on the clutch pedal, and it'll be done
Jim S.

 

thanks Christian that's good info....I'll try it w/o first
Jim S.

 

got some garage time today so decided to start motor/trans/ TC for install.
I purchased a new flywheel , but when it came the holes in the clutch housing didn't line up so they gave me this instead

bolted it up, installed the clutch, went to put on the bellhousing and......... you guessed it the flywheel OD was too big , Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Went back and got the other flywheel but I'm gonna need to drill and tap new holes for the clutch housing......tomorrows project I suppose
Jim S.

 

yea three of the holes line up perfectly, their partner holes were off so I'm pretty confident I can drill and tap those and it will remain perfectly centered.
Thanks for the heads up
Clint your right....sometimes you can't see the trees because of the woods
Jim S.

 

I went ahead and worked on the flywheel today. As you can see in the first pic I had three bolts to line up the pressure plate with

I centered the 3 holes necessary for tap and used a 5/16" drill bit to mark the spots. Drilled out the holes and used a 5/16" tap to finish off the threads

I'll go ahead and mount everything up starting tomorrow eve
Jim S.

 

got the flywheel and clutch installed, then bolted the tranny and TC up tonight

gonna make a bracket to hang the push clutch slave on

then we'll put it all back in the Jeep....gettin excited!
Jim S.

 

8) that's all I gots to say for now

Jim S.

 

thanks!

gonna pull the air pump, that'll get rid of one....think it will help R)

that's how I feel looking at the computer harness

got the trans crossmember installed tonight. I cut down some square pipe to make hangers for the cross

I bolted them up to the frame useing grade 8 hardware....I dropped it a 1/2" more than it was to give me more OD shift linkage clearance (sorry bout the crappy pics)

The cross attaches to the trans w/ a 3/8 plate that also bolted to the trans mount...worked lots better than what I had before
Jim S.