54 CJ3B 4.3 Build

Sorry some picts may be blurry or distorted never claimed to be photographer

First day 3b got home in 2004





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Beginning of tear down











After pulling engine this is what I found





Rusted solid only thing it was good for is a boat anchor

back to tear down













After the tear down I bought a 134 F head and rebuilt it



















After building the f head I changed my mind and bought a 4.3 along with a sm465











After repairing the body I put a bed liner on the tub before adding 1/4 in alum diamond plate Cutting and bending this stuff was a nightmare After going through 4 grinders 2 saws all and a jig saw I found it cuts like butter using a circular saw with a 12 tooth carbide blade used to cut plywood go figure









Have to find more picts on comp Ill add more in a few min

 

Added flairs from a S-10 blazer on rear wheel wells



bed lined whole inside of tub



installed 4.3 along with sm465









installed fuel tank



I painted the body panels but they came out like crap so i will be stripping them and redoing them

here are a bunch of goodies my wife let me order to finish my jeep











I went with gray seats







cant wait till these goodies get here

post more soon

 

Lookin Good

I also am going Chevy 4.3 and SM 465------Got a few questions for you.

What did you do for motor and tranny mounting?? Got any close up photos showing details of the mounts?? What xfer case, and adapter did you use??

What is the fuel pump from Summit---part # and/or output PSI??

Thanks,

 

As for the motor mounts I used these from advance adapters I bought them through summit

They made mounting engine a dream I cheated mounted mounts to engine put motor in place marked holes to be drilled removed engine drilled holes bolted them up to frame and other section to motor poped motor in welded rest of mount to frame just have help with enine install I did mine by myself and it was not fun keeping engine level by self but I managed

Transmission mount I fabricated up using the original cross member cut off the whole mount that was on it than I cut a 1/4 inch plate steel 4x6 welded to cross member drilled holes for trans bolts in the 2 inch overlay off cross member added a 3/4 inch thick piece of rubber between trans and mount seat bolted it together .
used the novac adapter for the trans to transfer case I used a dana 18 transfer case with dana 20 guts

8/15 psi fuel pump I will have to check part # was like a $139.
they had cheaper ones but thought they were crap

 

Thanks for the info----

How did you like the motor mounts------$121 seems pretty steep for what they appear to be, do you think they were worth the cost......I.E. ease of installation, fit, etc??

What you did for the trans mount is pretty much what I had decided was needed too.

My engine needs a 50# fuel pump, IIRC, so the one you have will not work for me, again thanks for furnishing the info.

 

one thing I would do different next time is use the sm420 its not as bulky with the 465 be prepared to cut out the center hump on floor
trans sits about 6 inches above the floor inside jeep
now going to fab up a floor pan like this

 

you will love them never need to worrie about breaking a mount also lets the motor shift with out vibration makes mounting simple also
you get what you pay for quality

 

That is good to hear, thanks.

 

forgot with my progress added a wood floor to the rear tub floor





and roll bar



also window frame



6 years and still going but considering I was down 4 years with cancer think I'm getting back on track
My goal to have finished is April 2011

this is the color I'm going with





Burgundy pearl candy

 

That's turning out nice. I couldn't tell by the pics what kind of wood you put on the rear floor. I'm in Wheat Ridge, just East of Golden. Congrats to a survivor.

 

actually its pergo

 

Sounds good to me I'm hoping for spring getting that itch again lol

 

I'm glad you posted those pics. I'm going to be installing a 4.3L soon, as well. It helps to see how others are installed.

 

your not to far if you want to stop by and get a look up close

john

 

My seats came yesterday started modifying the seat frames from the 3b to fit new seats got one mounted also got a few more angles of the jeep since I moved the jeep around in garage

























forgot to get a couple with the bikini top next round

 

What did you pull the 4.3 out of? Was it orignally carbed or did you convert it?

Looking at rebuilding my 53 3B.

Thanks

RVS

 

traded a old beat up 81 pick up for a donor 90 s-10 blazer no it is a factory tbi 4.3

got almost $9000. in all the parts glad I"m on the final round

 

Between last night and today I finished installing the seats

cleaned up wheels and painted them


and the headers just came now time to send out to be heat coated

and I see this is a better picture of the tub floor

tires will be my very last item I add thats after I finish everything else including paint

 

Got the headers back last night Ill post picts later today as soon as I get down to garage