What Did You Do To Your Jeep Today?

Good point.

 

I’m too much of a noob to visualize how it is used. How about a demonstration photo?

 

Jump to the 19:00 min mark in this video for an example of its use...

 

Autobest, sounds legit!

 

The rain blew through and the sun came out. Good time to pop the cage back in.


The wheels are just rollers!

 

Alternator and ps pump belts installed. No loose ends under the hood.

 

Got my steering column finished and painted, re-bent my shifter cane and painted it, and started mocking up the install of my power steering.



I'll have more pics in my 5A resto-mod thread. These pics are before paint.

 

My 2 year old grandson helping prep for paint. He’ll be a Gearhead growing up, he’s always in my Jeep or on workbench.

 

Took advantage of 50+ degree day and painted Willys, now final wet sanding and assembly.

 

Got the 3A tub off (by myself...#@&%). Working on master cylinder and brake lines next.

 

I worked on test fitting the tub on the chassis:



It turns out the mounting holes in the tub don't line up with the brackets on the frame. This isn't a big surprise, since the replacement frame isn't the same year as the tub. I need to drill new holes in the tub, but before I do that, I need to determine the exact position of the tub on the frame. In order to find the correct position, I need to bolt the fenders and front grill to the tub so I can line everything up, front-to-back and side-to-side.



I had to trim the inner fenders to account for the different locations of the shock mounts and to accommodate the steering box.



I'm ready to drill new holes in the tub.

 

Finally came around.

 

Brown Santa came. Thanks to GeoffreyL for crawling around on the floor with me after working on horses all day in the cold.
This is one stout piece and I am impressed both with their service and workmanship.

 

This is my favorite thread. I get to see what everybody is workin on

 

Seeing this in the eBay and Craigslist section made me change my oil today. I feel better now (I think).

 

Last week I mounted the jeep tub and fenders, but I had to cut the driver's side fender to clear the steering box:



ITLKSEZ convinced me this would be a squeak generator as the frame flexes and bends. There needs to be more clearance between the fender and the steering box. This week I cut out the interfering section:



I cut out a piece of 16g to make a shield:



I bent the piece of metal by hand in a vice, tacked it to the fender, and then cut pieces for the top of the box, carefully matching the curves in the fender:



I also drilled holes in the tub and temporarily bolted it down:

 

I'll be doing something similar to my fender pretty soon.

 

Those wheels would look better if they were painted black.

Nice rig, nice project, carry on!

 

Swapped out my old burnt points and condenser today, what a HUGE diffence that made for my little 134! I now have all new ignition components (cap, rotor, coil, wires, points, condenser and plugs) and looking back, maybe should have just looked into Pertronix? Oh well, I’m very happy with how it’s running now super smooth

 

Bought a new speedometer and will install this next week - my original one basically "swarmed" on me on a hunting trip this fall.