Restoring my fathers old hunting Jeep

[JohnL48]

Well my friends did not share my enthusiasm on putting a jeep motor in today so i was on my own, and I dont wait well. I hooked a ratchet strap from the motor to the hoist to get it straight to the trans, got it started on the shaft but just couldn't get things lined up by myself so I got 2 more straps one on each side of motor to the crossmember behind the transfer case. I got some tension on it then jacked the back wheels off the ground and spun the tires a bit, the engine fell right into place !!!!!!whew

The hardest part was getting the pass side motor mount bolt in

My wife did not agree to my proposal to put it in the living room as a display pc so I move on

 

[JohnL48]

got the Motorola alternator rebuilt and restored and hopefully wired rignt

Yes I'm fixing that taped pc

 

[JohnL48]

My fuel pump line fitting was frozen and soaking for 3 days didnt help so I got a length of 5/16" of steel line and made one

My bending tool couldn't bend such a tight radius like the original so its a bit bigger

Just used the double flare part of the flaring tool

I didn't realize how close this line was to the exhaust manifold

 

[JohnL48]

Last edited: Dec 2, 2017

 

[JohnL48]

Not too much progress. I got the fuel lines and heat shield blasted and painted. Installed them today (clamps to follow ) I have my radiator at a shop getting recored and painted like new. Then I'll probably bring the chassis to a custom muffler shop to get the exhaust on. Same price as waldron but they're so busy its an 8 week wait. Then we fire her up.

 

[JohnL48]

Radiator shroud repair time. This fiberglass work brings me back to my corvette days.

Some more filling and sanding tomorrow

 

[JohnL48]

Used some Bondo - glass which is bondo mixed with fiberglass to smooth things out

Since the original had a lot of texture to it from the factory I just went ahead and used bedliner on it

 

[JohnL48]

I got busy at work so its been awhile. I hooked up the existing key switch to make it easier to get her running.







Last week I got the exhaust on

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[JohnL48]

Today I got her running at 2000 rpm for 20 minutes to break it in. It sounded great (sounds loud on video but it wasnt) Found a pin hole in the oil pan so now I need to find another one of those, and the rebuilt alternator wasnt charging so that was taken off and returned

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[JohnL48]

Well it's been a busy 6 months but I need to get going on my Jeep project for some therapy. Somehow I need to turn this rusted out 56 CJ5 tub into a factory fresh 67 tub...... pc of cake

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Ok, how many of us are guilty of doing this in the 70s

almost an inch of bondo...ugh







Yes, thats a chunk of bondo


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[JohnL48]

Whew, got it all here. Cutman please don't ever delete this forum lol.
So where I am now is I got another oil pan, need to paint that and put it on. Work has been nuts for me so I haven't been doing anything on it. 2 more weeks and things should level off. Oh yeah it's planting season...ugh

 

[Jason Broom]

That is really cool, John...very impressive stuff!

Don't make it so nice that you're afraid to get a little blood on it!

 

[JohnL48]

Ha, It will never be done unless I get a picture of it with a deer across the hood

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[cutman]

I love this thread. So glad you transferred it over. Can't wait to see the jeep in action.

 

[dogdoc]

So glad u were able to save this thread. Enjoyed going over everything again.

 

[Tenured Student]

Like many others, I am glad you moved this thread over- look forward to following this journey.

 

[jvanhees]

Nice nice nice work so far! Used to have a CJ7 myself. Love the CJ's. Cant wait to see it when its done

 

[Triple C]

Glad you brought this over!

 

[JohnL48]

Thanks, hopefully I'll get some time to work on it

 

[Sam]

Dam nice work!