Project...Kahuna 66 cj6

Looks good Jim (as usual)

Clint, your USN aren't you.....time to finagle a transfer to San Diego.....no better Navy town exists

 

...no way I'd be in the garage at anything below 40.....I wheeled it more than once before the rebuild

Hows your M38A1 coming along Don?
Clint Point Mugu and Port Hueneme bases are 11 miles from here
Jim S.

 

I was laying awake last night thinking about the things I need to finish and it struck me that I should weld up some plate on the front of the hangers for a convienient place to mount the tow bar. So off came the hangers for retrofit.

Now that I've got a good welding sunburn I'm going to change into shorts and begin rebuilding the OD and TC
Jim S.

 

me too Steve
I finished putting the OD back together last night (the trick to the shift dogs was a long zip tie)...it had been painted black, I stripped it down bare

I tore the TC case down today, and cleaned it all up good

I bought a rebuild kit from Herm and I'm about half finished w/ reassembley . If I can get it put together in a reasonable amount of time tomorrow I'll begin bolting the motor/trans/TC/Od together for mounting
Jim S.

 

Finally finished the TC tonight....freakin all day job!. I put the intermidiate shaft in then saw 2 rollers on the bench . Took it back out but found nothing missing , guess I had put a couple old ones out for comparison. Put the output shaft together, had no endplay,,,,call Herm....did you grease the bearings and cups first? uh no.....do have have more shims? uh...in another TC I have. Take it all apart, grease bearings and cups....take other TC apart to get more shims. Put it together w/ all shims, still very little back lash
put it all back together and put gear lube on the bearings while rotating the assembley.....turns well albeit a bit snug
MAN I HOPE I GOT THIS RIGHT dead horse
Jim S.

 

not sure on the exact number...never could get the dial indicator set up correctly. The original shims were 1 thick and 1 medium. When installed there was zero movement. I removed 1 thick, 1 medium, 1 thin from the old TC.......sprayed all 5 w/ copper gasket spray and installed.....if I had to guess I'd say under .004 but more than .000
I'll try it, but if it's obvious after running it that there's a problem I'll pull the rear output and add shims later.
The overdrive went together alright, the shift dogs were the only battle.....I greased the springs, and put a large ziptie around the whole thing centered on the dogs, finally slid into place.
Jim S.

 

the bushings and sleeves I ordered showed up today. I got stalled putting the motor/trans/Od together because the flywheel I purchased was wrong as well as the pilot bushing....correct units should be here tomorrow. I worked on mounting up the rear springs tonite....gained 4 1/4" height . I'm sure that will settle a few inches (I hope). I'll temp the front springs in place tomorrow night then work on getting the drivetrain together. Getting closer
Jim S.

 

Big Bear is a little over 2 hours....Rubicon is a full day's drive....Glamis with dunes is just over 2 hours.....Truckhaven about 2 hours.....Anza Borrego just over an hour....just depends on what you want.

 

so after almost a week being sick as a dog I finally got back to the 6. With the help of my son I was able to get the front springs and axle mounted tonight. I started w/ 5* shims, we'll see how the caster looks after mounting the motor/trans et al.


Nice to have a rolling chassis again!
Gonna start on the hanging pedals and clutch master tomorrow.
Jim S.

 

I bought a set of hangi ng pedals from a member here and set out on the install. The unit came out of a early 80's CJ. First thing was taking the housing that the pedals swing on and line them up w/ my master. It took redrilling the holes in the housing and making the hole for the plunger larger. Nice thing about the housing is it ties into the dash (with a little custom fab) which really strengthens the firewall as well. The plunger is differant than the mount that was on the pedal so I fabbed a bushing and drilled it out to size

The pedals are about 4" to long so tomorrow I'll cut them down and reweld, then I can bolt up the brake plunger and start on the hydro clutch mount
I enjoy the garage time, but reinventing the wheel on every project is..........................well I need something to drink
Jim S.