1965 CJ5 Rebuild

Hi All,
Starting a new thread to follow the rebuild of my 65 CJ5. I picked it up on Saturday and started the tear down Sat evening.

Here it is Sat afternnon after unloading it.





Sat Evening





Sunday afternoon



Moved the chassis to the shed to keep the mess out of the garage while I clean the chassis and axles.



So far it is coming apart very easily for a 43 year old vehicle. Plan is to do a stock resto.

Mike

 

nice progress !
if only they went back together as quickly.

 

A few more updates. This evening I pulled the front axle, steering box, master cylinder, leaf springs and built some sawhorses to put the chassis up on. Hopefully I can get around to cleaning the chassis up tomorrow because i won't get much done on mother's day.







Mike

 

I love these kind of threads.

 

x2

Keep the pics coming

 

Man! I took a deep breath when I saw the first photos. Looks like you've done this before

 

A little more progress today. Fixed the drivers side frame where the bumper attaches. It was kinda mangled.





Looks a bit better now



Then I cleaned up the drivers side frame rail and front cross member. Lack of space and time means I have to clean and prime the chassis as I go.



Threw some paint on just for motivation



Mike

 

Nice job! Looks like your making speedy progress!!

 

A little more progress.

Chassis is cleaned, in primer and partly painted. Ran out of paint tonight so I'll finish it up tomorrow. Need to order a rear crossmember to replace the mangled mess that is there now. Also, I ordered new spring bushings, ubolts and center bolts so I can get started on rebuilding the spring packs.



Mike

 

man, what speedy progress. the project looks great. what are you going to do about the tub? fix any issues and use the stock one or get a new one? i like how you painted along the way for "motivation"... i do the same thing!R)

 

The tub is rebuilable so I'll just put in new floors up front and new side panels to fix the cut up fender wells.

Mike

 

Chassis is done with the exception of the rear crossmember, center crossmember and skidplate.







Mike

 

man you work fast!

 

Tore into the rear 44 today. I have 5.38 gears but was wondering what this means?



R539. Is this an indicator of a rebuilt rear or is this factory?



Mike

 

prolly factory
marking indicating 5:38(9) ratio would be my guess.
negatory on rebuilt

 

Wire wheeld and painted the rear axle tonight.





Hopefully front axle tomorrow and maybe the springs as well.

Mike

 

More progress today. Cleaned up the rear drums, steering box and column, center crossmember, skid plate and ubolt plates.







Mike

 

Man I wish I worked that fast. Nice progress, can't wait to see more

 

Super job! Sounds like your putting in a LOT of hours in a short time! Looking good!