Tell the group about yourself

[Mudrat]

This is an area where we can introduce ourselves, what we do to support our Jeep habbit and what that habbit is.

Mudrat

[Mudrat]

Mudrat, aka: Pat. I'm a technical engineer for Life Cycle Engineering. Right now I'm writing training plans for Navy communications systems.
Current projects are a frame up refurb of an 85 CJ, 258, Tremec T-5, Dana-300, turning D-44's on an SOA with 3" lift. Stuck some 35" BFG M/T under it all.

Mudrat

[littlejohn]

Littlejohn- aka: John- Sales Manager for direct marketing retailer (don't worry-we only recieve inbound calls)

Completing frame up rebuild of CJ-7 (Just odds and ends at this point.) Nothing original except engine and tranny, everything else (including frame) off other vehicles.
This is my first jeep, and I'm loving it. Looking for new places to use it off road, as well as other active jeepers to wheel with.

Near future plans: front locker, AMC 360, 4:1 kit for the Dana 300

[80 J-10]

80 J-10,AKA. Russ, Construction Inspector.
Currently rebuilding a J-10 (if I can just find the real metal instead of rust), seriously, restoring, live to fourwheel,fourwheel to live. :?

[jeepsr4ever]

Matt Crescenzo aka "MC" designer machinist drinker and general dink of the internet. Trying to build a AMC business and finding support form people all over the world in every single possible line of work...


Real metal instead of rust would be found on a pre 80 jeep :t:

[Mudrat]

Completing frame up rebuild of CJ-7 (Just odds and ends at this point.) Nothing original except engine and tranny, everything else (including frame) off other vehicles.
This is my first jeep, and I'm loving it. Looking for new places to use it off road, as well as other active jeepers to wheel with.

Near future plans: front locker, AMC 360, 4:1 kit for the Dana 300

What year CJ Littlejohn?
Since I've been doing that on an 85, I may have some insight to share :-)

I also just got another D-300 that I was looking at installing the 4:1 kit in. what (where) have you found for prices and reliablity?

Pat

[Mudrat]

80 J-10,AKA. Russ, Construction Inspector.
Currently rebuilding a J-10 (if I can just find the real metal instead of rust), seriously, restoring, live to fourwheel,fourwheel to live. :?
Russ...PSL??? is that Pensacola??? Don't worry about MC, if he read your handle (80J10) he would know you started with real metal :wink: And, he's really a light weight - 2 beers at 3AM and he's ready to rack out. But he did rip my rear axle out in record time :-)

Pat :mrgreen:
Hi MC 8)

[rollen dean montoya]

i'm rollen dean montoya. i help build the boeing c-17 globemasterIII aft
fuselage section on 2nd shift. we have a 1983 amc eagle and we go
anywhere the beast wants to go. all over the calico mountains on trails that all but jeep owners told us we couldn't go cause the eagle is just a
car :-| funny, we go just about everywhere our friend with a 96 cherokee
4x4 goes with no problems. when we aren't abusing the eagle we both are gunfighters at pioneertown in yucca valley ca and goldfield ghost town in apache junction az.we being samantha,dakota and myself. i am a member of the mojave muleskinner member #67 and a member of
gunfighters for hire.
later, rollen :lo1l:

[Mudrat]

Yo Red Dog - you DID get that axle fixed didn't you?? Tough to hunt down the bad guys with out some horse power :-|

Is Gail back to her normal self??

Mudrat

[rollen dean montoya]

at the moment the eagles rear is broke down and in works. just haven't
had alot of time to play with it. have been working on the next door naighbors 1946 willy's jeep. its got a 225 v-6 buick.
gail shot me with the street howitzer on saturday if that answers your question #-o

[Mudrat]

gail shot me with the street howitzer on saturday if that answers your question #-o

LOL hope it wasn't personal :?

mudrat

[jerry]

jerry I am a self employed well driller water well and pumps. I have 74 cj5 258 I have done few thing to it disk brakes ,hub and locked up all the way around. power steering. need to build a spear tire carrier and something for a gas can this weekend we are going some place next weekend.http://209.204.184.164/gallery/sendbinary.asp?ipath=gallery%2FJerry%2F&ifile=IM%5FA0160%2EJPG

[80 J-10]

That would be Port Saint Lousey.......I mean Port Saint Lucie. I know MC is a little 111!!! ,but that is OK in my book 8) ,at least it still has the factory visor on the cab. :mrgreen:

[rollen dean montoya]

no it wasn't. she was the sherriff!!!!!!!! never get an irish red head pissed
off or give her a shotgun #-o :shock: :!:
at least i know the shooter :mrgreen:
later, rollen :lo1l:

[littlejohn]

What year CJ Littlejohn?
Since I've been doing that on an 85, I may have some insight to share :-)

I also just got another D-300 that I was looking at installing the 4:1 kit in. what (where) have you found for prices and reliablity?

Pat[/quote]


The CJ is titled as an 85, but has an 82 frame, 84 axles, 90 tub, 83 front clip. Almost done, been wheeling it (Big Dog's) just having some electrical difficulties with gauges and lights (who needs them)

Still lookinng for wrecking yards in VA


John

[FSJnovice]

In the AirForce work small arms instructor. Soon will start building a garage near the house looking at 25x40 or 30x50 depends on what happens between now and then. This will be home to my 88 gw and anything else I can drag/drive home and hide from the missus. Also like using black powder weapons myself only have a few though.

[Mudrat]

Project/moneypit
M4/M16A4/M203/M9
And where preciesly did you find an M203??? I have the civilian version of the others, but something about 40MM grenade launcher would upset the local Garndarmes :shock:

Miudrat

[Lifted79CJ7]

And where preciesly did you find an M203??? I have the civilian version of the others, but something about 40MM grenade launcher would upset the local Garndarmes :shock:

Miudrat

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m203.htm :shock: :shock: :shock:
Oohhhhhh, pretty!! :lo1l: So Mud, you know anyone that would let a dumbarse civilian that likes to see things go boom play with one??!?!?
Jack

[Mudrat]

Don't have a 203, got lots of other stuff though...

[Lifted79CJ7]

Seriously? Want to go shootin' one day? I went shooting with a friend back in college out on his farm. What a blast, we shot all kinds of crap that he and his step father had collected over the years. He also taught me a lot about gun safety as well. The best was this BIG ARSE rifle (bullets were about 3.5" to 4" long) that had a ~70 round barrell clip on it and a spring on the back of the trigger. He also had some other ones that I questioned the legality of, but of course those were the REALLY fun ones. Needless to say my sholder was sore that night. :lo1l: Of course we easily blew over a hundred bucks in ammo, also!
Jack

[Mudrat]

Seriously? Want to go shootin' one day? I went shooting with a friend back in college out on his farm. What a blast, we shot all kinds of crap that he and his step father had collected over the years. He also taught me a lot about gun safety as well. The best was this BIG ARSE rifle (bullets were about 3.5" to 4" long) that had a ~70 round barrell clip on it and a spring on the back of the trigger. He also had some other ones that I questioned the legality of, but of course those were the REALLY fun ones. Needless to say my sholder was sore that night. :lo1l: Of course we easily blew over a hundred bucks in ammo, also!
Jack
It'll cost you some wrench time since I can't seem to get you hre anyother way :smile: I have 'enough stuff' to keep us occupied.

Mudrat

[rollen dean montoya]

went to a very small town in nevada and for the 4th of july i made
a concoction that was passed on to me from a great uncle who blew up
bunkers or anything else patton needed blown up. no traces of the victim
or the bunker but when i made it we buried it 30 ft under a dry lake
and after shooting lots of illegal fireworks i set off the stump remover!
big mushroom cloud and a 30ft deep by 100 ft wide hole was left :mrgreen: we also unloaded around 4000 rounds of 7.62x39 thru
a mac-90, sks, and a real ak-47 that my uncle gave me for my 10th
b-day :mrgreen: gotta love an automatic!
later,rollen :lo1l:

[FSJnovice]

that is one of the perks of being an instructor you get to use all the weapons and you have profiency ammo for them all and it is legal and all within regs. those are my assigned weapons not personall, you want M203 buy the 37mm in shotgun news take a peek and see what I mean. besides light machineguns get boring that is why i enjoy black powder weapons myself. it is also fun building and repairing all these weapons also.

[Lifted79CJ7]

My friends, I believe that this is the reason god created women, to keep guys from blowing themselves up. Damn I wish I had been there for that nice mushroom cloud. A friend and I made a stick of stuff back in early high school called (I could be wrong) HMTD. That stuff blew a nice little crater in the ground and sent out a nice little shock wave through the neighborhood. Maybe we shouldn't have set it off RIGHT behind our neighborhood.... 8)
Jack

[rollen dean montoya]

maybe you should have went alittle farther down the block :mrgreen:
i only used enough to level about 1/4 of a block 111!!! :shock:
gotta make it on the spot in the hole and don't screw it up or there
won't be enough of ya for ants to find :!: :shock:
later,rollen :lo1l:

[P700]

Hi guys, I'm P700 aka Chris from Northwest Ohio. I'm currently building a 79 CJ5 from the gound up. I bought a custom frame from Matkins and painted it with three coats of POR-15.a deluxe fiberglass body,4 inch lift,polished alloy Eagle wheels (15X10)mounted with Mickey Thompson 33" Baja radials. It will be powered by a professionally built AMC 360 that will be pushing 300 HP with a T-176 4 speed and Dana 300 t-case. I'm thinking about putting Dana 44 axles under it and could use some guidance in that area. I used to do alot of mudding,but now there isn't anywhere close to go so this will be a show Jeep. The cool thing is I hope to build it pretty,but also able to kick ass if need be.

[Mudrat]

Hello P700!! Welcome to the delinquents ... er ... ah D-links :-)
Sounds like your doing the right things - but a T-176 behind that much HP may prove to be your weak link if you rod it at all. D44's will have a different bolt pattern than your stock axles - just did that swap myself. Stock is 5x5.5 and my 44's are 6x5.5. (mid-80s cheby).

The D-300 will hold up though :t:

Show truck :shock: Bummer :smile:

Mudrat

[P700]

I knew I would catch grief for the show Jeep,but I have nowhere to play and it will be a nice eye catcher to cruise around with my wife in.
What tranny would you recommend? I know the T18 is the best,but that is like finding a 401,and the gearing in the T-150 isnt the best for highway use.
I'm going to try and use the D-44's out of an 89 Cherokee will this work,and I was wondering if you could get 5 on 5.5 axles for the D-44's.
Yeah, I always have to do things the hard way. That is why I'm in this room. :t:

[Mudrat]

I knew I would catch grief for the show Jeep,but I have nowhere to play and it will be a nice eye catcher to cruise around with my wife in.
What tranny would you recommend? I know the T18 is the best,but that is like finding a 401,and the gearing in the T-150 isnt the best for highway use.
I'm going to try and use the D-44's out of an 89 Cherokee will this work,and I was wondering if you could get 5 on 5.5 axles for the D-44's.
Yeah, I always have to do things the hard way. That is why I'm in this room. :t:
Well, you have a concept "show Jeep",
Have you done a plan yet? (list what you want it to have)
Evaluate what you want with what works - sounds like you've started eng/tranny/t-case/axles - don't forget the wiring harnes and the added goodies to make it <gasp>LOOK good <sigh> R U sure you want a gear box over a slush box tranny? Lot'sa automatics out there that fit the AMC bolt pattern . . .

Check the "for sale" board here and other Jeep Boards for parts. If you can help a fellow Jeeper off-load some inventory that's better than buying from corporate America in my opinion.

MC or Fuzz will have the answer to the Cherokee axel and somebody has a T-18 they aren't using I'm sure...

Pat

[iqsr2]

Hello all. I am iqsr2 aka Stan I am from Texas. I am a fire fighter and I have started house painting again on the side (due to the waggy addiction). I have a 83 waggy bone stock i have not done anything to it yet. yet being the magic word. I plan to drive it on the street with some weekend wheeling, so there will be some repairing upgraiding and modification going on. :t:

[Mudrat]

Hello all. I am iqsr2 aka Stan I am from Texas.

Where away IQSR? Originated in Bay City and raised in SE Houston (Friendswood)!!! I've got friends and family all over the state!!!
Been in a couple shipboard (2 C and 1 class B-fuel) and one trailer fire (A) (NEVER AGAIN!!)

Welcome to the board!

Mudrat

[P700]

Well I thought I had it all planned out,but then I keep running acrossed better parts and better ideas. I have kicked around the idea of an automatic, and actually have a couple, but to me it ain't a Jeep if you ain't shiftin' it. :?
I have a pallet rack in my barn and one whole shelf is dang near a whole Jeep in pieces(all new except for a scavenged grill). I still need a few things like a wiring harness,seats,and alot of time.
I have alot of used parts I will be getting rid of and I will be parting out the 89 Grand Cherokee. I'm also going to pick up a J10 this weekend that I will be parting out. So if you need anything let me know.
Meanwhile, I will look for a T-18 if you think the T-176 won't hold up.
Thanks for all your help.

[Mudrat]

If your going to rod it at all the 176 won't hold up long. Long enough to find an 18 but don't wait to put it together. and Yeah, I know just how finding "something better" make the program last longer ;-)

Mudrat

[jeepsr4ever]

Everyone knows more about bullets than me :smile:

[rollen dean montoya]

well, if ya come out her myself and cheapjeep can educate ya on the
fine art of large calibre weponry :mrgreen: but mudrat is alittle closer
so go see him :t: :mrgreen:
later, rollen :lo1l:

[Mudrat]

Everyone knows more about bullets than me :smile:
Been doing it a long time - but you know more about machining than I do so we'll call it square.

Mud

[jeepsr4ever]

:mrgreen:

[rollbar]

WaZZZZZZZZZZZUUUUUUUPPPPPP!

Electrician by trade; inside & outside & high line; Currently I work @ a maxium security prision 111!!! ; Jeep nut by birth. :shock: :t: :mrgreen:

See sig line.

Right now I'm in the middle of restoring my CJ8, ground up, the frame along w/the 3 1/2" lift was finished yesterday & this week I'm gonna finish the install of the "360"; TF-999; D-300 & runn 33's for now. :mrgreen: .

Gonna have one piece AMC-20 axles for now.
Gonna add a 1" BL. when I install the body.
Gonna Herc or bedline (roll) the interior.
Has a soft top, looking for a 1/2 hard top, I'm gonna steel my wife's hard doors off her 86'-7. :mrgreen:

Still can't figure out what color to paint it?

I guess that's enough for now,
RollBar

P.S. What's a D-link anyway. lol :?

[Mudrat]

Welcome Goose! (10/7/04) Your turn to tell us how you like to get in trouble :shock:

Mudrat

[Goose]

Ok here Goes, I'm Ken and I'm a Jeep-aholic :smile: also a chronic wise guy, I'm one of those corporate burnouts from colorado, System programmer for the aerospace and casino industries.One day hit bottom took my retirement and bought an over the road truck spent five years on the road seeing the country as a paid tourist with my wife. now living as a mild mannered Tube mill Tech In rural nebraska (You have seen Valley center pivot irrigation systems out in the field? I make the pipe from sheet steel)

I have wasted a signifigant part of my life rebuilding old Jeeps about 2 dozen at this point.. currently I have a 77 CJ-5 w/304 an 84 J-10 w 360 and a 72 CJ w/258.
as well as having a small street rod addiction and old motorcycle restoration problem.
I also do a bit of high power rifle shooting and Cowboy action shooting.

And I owe it all to a VERY understanding wife.

[rollen dean montoya]

welcome to D-LINKS =D> :t: i do the cowboy killing thing myself. mudrat
posted a pix of me in members pix area(i think) or i can be seen at
www.mojavemuleskinners.com . i'm member#67 and go by RED DOG.
i think mudrat is in lust of leadbottom lucy :mrgreen: 8)
later, rollen :lo1l:

[Mudrat]

i think mudrat is in lust of leadbottom lucy :mrgreen: 8)
later, rollen :lo1l:

Member #19 :t: :? :? :?

Oh Yea, Hiya Goose - welcome :lo1l:

[Goose]

Oh Man I v'e never been the same since I saw China Camp shoot at end of trail in 97 ..Those buckskin Pant's I chiiiwawa! I'll get some pics up here soon

Have you noticed the Shooting sports and Jeep type stuff seem to be where ya meet the nicest folks? I mean competitors helping each other ? Loan a guy your A- Rifle cause his broke before a match? that kind of stuff?
I'm gonna try three gun this year (al least I wont have to buy any guns for it).

And MC if you ever get the bullets thing going strong as good a machinist as you are, You be makin all kinda of "Race parts" For guns..
Mudrat Can you just see some of the stuff this guy would come up with for an Armalite? Would have to start another website and call it "Bullring"
:shock:

[Mudrat]

And MC if you ever get the bullets thing going strong as good a machinist as you are, You be makin all kinda of "Race parts" For guns..
Mudrat Can you just see some of the stuff this guy would come up with for an Armalite? Would have to start another website and call it "Bullring"
:shock:

OOooohhhhh chromed charging handles and forward assist levers and bolts for 15's / 16's [-o< lower maintenance and higher reliability!!! http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/hyper.gif

And bowling pin matches would never be the same!

http://www.huntercustoms.com/enlarge/hcr2000.jpg

http://www.gunsworld.com/colt/graphs/roc.jpg

Mudrat
#20 with 74 votes

[Goose]

Niiiiice,
Been doing a little bowling pin myself, It's a blast, I use a Springfield .45 or If I'm feeling sporty I use the ol' single action Ruger in the rvolver class (actually do pretty well much to the annoyance of some of the other shooters)

But what has been kind of holding my attention lately is the rimfire stuff Bought an inexpensive savage Turnbolt in .17 HMR WOW if there is no wind, that is a laser..But in 10 mph variable wind you're done..
and on the other end of the scale I'm trying out a friends .338 Lapua upper for the Armalite AR-10. It is very sensitve to seating depth, At this point I'm thinking If I get a new upper for mine it will be .300 win mag.

I bet MC could make some really snarky Compensators and other stuff I can see it now the Bulltear "Howitzer" Compensator designed to allow a 105 to be shoulder fired!

Shooting, probably the only other hobby that you can spend so much money so quickly and still not have anything without skill and PRACTICE.

[rollen dean montoya]

did the bowling pin hunt with the remmy! poor pins didn't have a chance.
the devil had a better chance of getting ice water than the pins had against my baby. could you imagine the destruction if i used the
desert eagle :-| oh yea , mudrat , did i tell ya the eagle works nicely off
road? now if i find a np-229 t--case it would really work bitchen :lo1l:
later, rollen :lo1l:

[Mudrat]

oh yea , mudrat , did i tell ya the eagle works nicely off road?
later, rollen :lo1l:

Numerous times - no need to rub it in that yours works and mine doesn't :smile:
But I'm on my way to Tellico (http://www.tellico4x4.com/murphy/index.htm)tomorrow night (y'all are gunna have to vote for me while I'm gone) and, by the end of the month, I'll have that sucker here at the shop with the plasma cutter, arc/mig/tig welders, lathe, mill and whole bunches of DOM tubing and a Hossfeld #2 hydraulic pipe bender to fab the cage and whatever other extremities I can think of. Need to get it done by Halloween so I can go scout the deer camps in Jeep Style!!

Mudrat :t:

#20 with only 90 votes - common gang WE can do betterthan this!!!

[rollen dean montoya]

got your back :t: i'll be killing for pay on friday :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
its better than going to work and having uncle sam empty my pockets.
have fun, later, rollen :lo1l:

[Lifted79CJ7]

Hey Mudrat, is that your gun?? That thing is sweet!!

[rollen dean montoya]

i know i wanna shoot the beast :mrgreen: :lo1l:

[Mudrat]

Hey Mudrat, is that your gun?? That thing is sweet!!
Maybe - maybe NOT :? I shoot 3-gun bullesye and position rifle - our rules are against things like that. Remind me the next time your over to open the vault.

Mudrat

[Lifted79CJ7]

Hell yeah man!! :lo1l:

[mikew]

I am Mike, a Senior at SCSU here in St. Cloud.
I have a 1996 Ford Bronco, veteran of Dresser and Gilbert.
Not driving right now since its parked at home in Bemidji.
Presently driving a 1988 Honda Civic, I gotta fix a oil buring problem before I sell it in March.

[Mudrat]

I am Mike, a Senior at SCSU here in St. Cloud.
I have a 1996 Ford Bronco, veteran of Dresser and Gilbert.
Not driving right now since its parked at home in Bemidji.
Presently driving a 1988 Honda Civic, I gotta fix a oil buring problem before I sell it in March.
'Splain something to me if you would ...

SCSU South Carolina State? or St. Cloud State?
St. Cloud, MN, KY, FL, WI, NJ ...?
Bemidji comes up in MN (almost Canada :shock: ) so I'll assume your in the frozen north :idea:
But then you sound like Lifted - driving a ... well ... not a Jeep. The difference is, your rig probably runs, Jack still needs the engine, body, suspension, steering and probably some tires under it :!:

Hi Jack!!! :hello2:

[mikew]

I am Mike, a Senior at SCSU here in St. Cloud.
I have a 1996 Ford Bronco, veteran of Dresser and Gilbert.
Not driving right now since its parked at home in Bemidji.
Presently driving a 1988 Honda Civic, I gotta fix a oil buring problem before I sell it in March.
'Splain something to me if you would ...

SCSU South Carolina State? or St. Cloud State?
St. Cloud, MN, KY, FL, WI, NJ ...?
Bemidji comes up in MN (almost Canada :shock: ) so I'll assume your in the frozen north :idea:
But then you sound like Lifted - driving a ... well ... not a Jeep. The difference is, your rig probably runs, Jack still needs the engine, body, suspension, steering and probably some tires under it :!:

Hi Jack!!! :hello2:

St. Cloud, MN
SCSU-Saint Cloud State University

It has a 2" lift and 32s right now, I used to have 33 MT/Rs.
When I have the capital, Im SAS'ing it.

[mikew]

Heres a shot from 2004 at Gilbert. Its not built yet for the hardcore trails.

http://photos-650.facebook.com/n4/50/36/n56003453_30063650_8933.jpg

[Mudrat]

Nice ride - do you have any problems with wheel stuff??? Looks kinda close there :-|

Also don't forget to VOTE for Bulltear (vote button in my sig line) WE're ... ah ... getting beat by a new um ...Bronco club :wink:

[mikew]

[quote="Mudrat"]Nice ride - do you have any problems with wheel stuff??? Looks kinda close there :-|

Never had problems with the stuffed tires, but it needs more lift.

[Thebigchief]

I like this place!! Yall bounce a bit 8)

I have "wanderlust" I'm 32 and have gone fast, loud, muddy,wrecked......Lot of people think I'm full O crap!
I have pics of MOST of the junk I built the rest I have an excuse for!
I have 4 Black labs #-o


Miss my FSJ and my current ride(S) of choice are 1 1980 Eagle 2 dr sedan. 2 1985 Eagle Wagon(Gonna be riding hi soon), and an 02 Cav Z24 with the ecotec 2.2(Waiting for the body shop to finish)Got the turbo and parts for it too! :mrgreen:

Well hope to have some fun here!

[Mudrat]

I like this place!! Yall bounce a bit 8)

Who US BOUNCE!! http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/cancan.gif

Not at all! Well some of the members do http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/cheshire.gif

Welcome aboard!!

[fuzz401]

I have 4 Black labs


that is a hand full right there
I have 2 and the one is slow tearing my deck apart one part at a time and making me a swiming pool in the yard

[Thebigchief]

MAJOR handfull!
Came home today to find the dogs don't like mini blinds, carpet or doors... Friggin kids down the street keep coming down here and teasing them :(:

[amckid6970]

I'm Nate a currently deployed "Weather Guy" with the Marine Corps. I'm here to help pass the time and learn a few things before I turn my 70 Javelin into a drag car. I'm also a HUGE FSJ fan, I still like the CJs but I'd perfer an FSJ. My dad has always owned one he currently owns an orange w/blue levi interior 78 Honcho. He put an 82 sport side box on it and put round tail lights on it to match the front. Tough looking even though it is rusted to oblivion. The time difference keeps me from chatting with all you guys :smile: but plan to soke in a ton of info while here. :idea: I just turned 24 Feb 25th. I also plan on having a restored 69 AMX 390 4spd upon my return to Council Bluffs Iowa (my home town). It won't be a rotisery job as it WILL be driven and occationally raced. If you want to see the Javelin and AMX send me your e-mail and I'll send the pics. I can't go to the site you all said to go to to post pics because they're all blocked so you'll have to bear with me. On the pictures.

[cj5 buggy]

amckid6970 is a Marine... saweet, another one of us...

hi my name is frank and well not to sure why i'm floating around these parts... but i guess since i let MC and Dave get a little muddy with us once in FL before we moved up here in GA... :razz:

:mrgreen:

[jeepsr4ever]

Ya, just a little muddy...

Hey Frank you making it out to the Florida spring scramble? Or U-wharrie NC in june?

[mulescj8]

OK OK...........I work for Bellsouth...........as a grunt....errrr Installer/repair tech...............started out with street rods......3-57 chevys,74 nova SS,68 impala ss,4-60 chevys,a dozen or two of chevy trucks and a couple of ford trucks,a couple of dodge trucks and 1 dodge van...........damn almost forgot a few pontiacs and completely stock turd pinto.........then 4 Jeeps all scramblers,
so far...................love the AMC Jeeps and have always been a Javlin fan even tho i've never own one...........too many dollars tied up in the heeps.....was involved in a drag race team where we ran low low 8's in the quarter mile in the early 1980's on a 68 camaro with a single carb at 165 plus mph....helped build the car and helped tune and turn wrenches on it.....now i'm into the rock crawling.........friends with Randy Torbett, 2004 world champ at the supercrawl.....lives just down the road from me :lo1l: and i really am a certified Jeep Hack...........just look at my pics if you don't believe me............. :t:

[FuzzFace2]

FuzzFace2 AKA Dave PC tech, break/fix, hardware/software, help desk support unemployed at this time (damn out source over seas!)

Not too much in to the Jeep side of AMC but have trailed & raced with guys that had Jeeps (I had an FJ40 toy) so I under stand that side of it.
I would say I am more into the street & drag racing side of AMC at this time.
I have a 75 v8 GremlinX 304/auto with 64K on it for the street, can’t bring myself to modify it too much-Holley 500 v2, shift kit, lock right locker 2.78 gear 16 sec ¼ mile.
Needs to have the body gone over again but is on the road.

Drag car is a 70 Javelin had a 304/TH400 just built a 360 (74 stock lower end) 291 stock heads, Comp 280 cam (should of gone for the 290), Holley 650 or 750 dp carb (got to do testing yet), Edel torker w/1” 4 hold spacer, 1 7/8 Hooker super comp headers, 4000 stall converter (was for the 304), TH400 manual reverse valve body, 4.56 gear with a locker & Moser axles, tubes/spring perches welded, 28x10x15 MT slicks, Cal-Track bars, fuel cell/batt in trunk, Glass fenders/bumpers (f&r) and rear valance, car is gutted no cage comes in at #3110 with a lard ass (me) inside. No passes with the 360 yet but the 304 with a bad cam was 15.03@88.4 mph no tuning as it blew up.

Also have a 70 MD Javelin 390/4sp car, has a 360 in it now may use the 390 for the drag car. The MD needs a LOT of work to get back on the road, it’s taking up room in the garage.

My 17 year old son has a 76 GremlinX 258/auto, his mom bought it new. Needs work too!

Here’s a link to my junk http://cars.grantskingdom.com/pics/albums.php
Sorry so long that’s what happens when you let a wind bag loose and his normal AMC site is down for maintenance
Dave ----

Fuzz401 is this where you hang out when not on the other forum? You know where any one else is?

[Mudrat]

Welcome in FuzzFace2!! Sounds like you'll be adding some Tech experiance to a few forums on here. :t: :!:

[FuzzFace2]

Mudrat thanks for the “welcome in”
If I think I have some thing good to add I will, have posted some already that I hope will help.
There is a lot of good information on here that I have seen, just wished picture links worked on some of the older posts but hey can’t have every thing can you?
Thanks again for the welcome
Dave ----

[youdidwhat]

Welcome Fuzzface2
good to see you on the sight

[Migzilla]

Hi guys I'm Migzilla aka Migz aka Miguel. I live in Cental Valley of Cali. I'm a PC Tech too mostly hardware. I work at a high school. I'm mostly an AMC guy I have a 75 matador With soon to have beefed up 360 and a 69 Javelin that has a 290 and a BW tranny but will eventually have a 401 with a TF. Always loved jeep prefere FSJ and the old willys pickups. As some of you have seen I'm looking for a truck. I've always loved the J-series trucks and would sell my right...arm to get one. Been on this forum for a while just don't post much. Like reading a lot though.

[Mudrat]

Hi Migz :t: - seen ya post a few times, glad you told us where your are :wink:

So which is your DD? the 75 matador or the 69 Jav?? :mrgreen:

[PaintedRat]

I go by Beardy most of the time, but a few have labeled me RadaR. I'm a PC/Network Tech in Central Cal. I'm working on a 74 CJ5 of questionable roadworthiness, that I've had a couple years. Shkool has prevented any major progress until recently. I'm repairing/upgrading as I can to keep up with rockcrawling friends in the local mountain trails. All I need is a new frame, running gear, drive train, and a few odds and ends to go with a new body, then I'm set.

I'm here to learn as much as I can about the AMC 360 I'm working on. I'm kindof a learn as you go kinda guy, so I end up asking a lot of questions that should be common knowledge. I've got the time to read forums, study how-tos, and use the almighty search, before asking my questions.

[Mudrat]

I think we've all been in that position at one time or other. And, welcome to the Board PaintedRat :wink:

Mudrat :mrgreen: !

[Goose]

I like the description, "All I need is a new frame , running gear tub and a few odds and ends.. Hah! you bought one of those instant CJ kits didnt you!! the one that has a radiator cap in the box and says "add parts and stir"..!!

Welcome.. :!:

[Mudrat]

You're SO CRUEL Goose :oops:

[PaintedRat]

Goose, I bought the California CJ kit. Smog exempt, legal title and vin plate, just add money. I got the special edition for extra $$$$ that came with a rebuildable 360 and tires. The sad part is I pretty much knew what I was getting when I bought it. Except for the frame. I was way too excited to notice that it looked like a pair of straightened paperclips. Really though, it is a running project. I drove it home, and have been to mild trail a few times. I'm still happy with it, except for that time the transmission fell out...

I've got a lot of the big parts to put on, now I'm rounding up smaller parts and trying to find a good supplier for spare time, I can't find any locally.

[bowtieman55]

alrighty...well, my name is Earl and I am from northeast NC. I'm 27 years old and to be honest, I've only (really) been into AMC (FSJs) for about a year now. I've was brought up (by my dad) to love musclecars. He's always had a thing for Chevrolets (of course), but HE LOVES to see an AMX. I bought my first Jeep ('78 Wagoneer) in Jan. '06 for $100, just because I could part it out and make money...well I ended up searching the net and finding info and websites, etc. Now I have 3 FSJs (not counting the parted out '78 ). Anyways, I'll see yall around. :wink:

edit-I would add a signature, but I can't figure out how... 111!!!

[mwouda]

Hey guys. Name is Mike Wouda, I am new to the forum, but in the short time I have been here, have learned a ton. Love the site. I am currently restoring frame up 78 cj 7. My first jeep and am already in it forever. I am making plans to restore a 70 rebel, as soon as I find one that is. Well keep up the awesome site.

[youdidwhat]

Welcome to the insainity mwouda.
look forward to seeing some pics of that CJ your working on. :lo1l:

[CowboysWJ]

Howdy everyone,

I am Danny and I live in North Carolina where I am stationed with the Army at FT Bragg. I have been married for 6 years and I have a 4 year old son and a 2 year old daughter. I use to wheel a full size Chevy K5 Blazer. I sold it and bought a 2000 Grand Cherokee WJ 4x4. It has a 4.0L, 42RE tranny and a NV242 tcase. I plan on putting a 6" long arm kit, either Rock Krawler's or Clayton's. Not sure which one just as of yet, still doing research on the two lifts. I will be putting a ford D44HP/9 inch full width combo in my WJ. I will be running 4.88 gears and 36" Irok tires. I will be having a custom winch front bumper and a custom rear with tire carrier bumper made for it also. I will also be having rock sliders, belly skid and gas tank skid made. I will be putting a full cage in this as well. This is for the peace of mind of the family when we are wheeling. This will also be my DD for a while.

Danny

[jeepsr4ever]

Danny welcome aboard...here is my ZJ

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/bulltear/Picture593.jpg

[CowboysWJ]

Nice looking ZJ, what axles, lift and tires are you running?

[youdidwhat]

Welcome to the insainity mwouda.
look forward to seeing some pics of that CJ your working on. :lo1l:

i should add as well Cowboys WJ, Bowtieman 55, and PaintedRat.
sorry to mess that up ya'll good to see some of the younger generation enjoying this addiction

[Mudrat]

Nice looking ZJ, what axles, lift and tires are you running?
I think you need to specify WHEN he had what lift, tires nd axle :? At one point I think he had Rockwells :shock:
Last time I saw it at the FSJ nvasion (04?) he had Airock's, and 37's on 60's?

[PaintedRat]

Pic as requested. This is last year. Right now it looks odd without fenders or an engine. The spot is Jose Basin, NE of Fresno, CA. I was 10-15ft up the incline when it died out, and the brakes wouldn't hold the hill. I had just installed a new carb and throttle cable, but the cable came undone at both ends when I tried to goose it. I'm the one under the dash trying to Okie rig the cable back on. We got it running again, then found out shortly after that the alternator was going out after I drained the battery restarting over and over. Trail pics later this year will have a shiny new engine hidden inside.

http://www.geocities.com/thepaintedrat/4x4/images/jeepatjose.jpg

I just ordered pistons yesterday, so 360 build will begin shortly. I got BJ builds and AMC, and read it several times. Any other suggested reading besides the forums? Now I have to buy a new digital camera too.

[boggerboy]

Hey my name is Sean and im a 35 year old wheelin fool from Washington State... my wife and i have two jeeps at the moment and will have more as time goes on lol we have the DD 1976 cj7 360/th400/bw1339/dana30/m20 on 38s.. and we have my beast 88yj/ sbc350/sm465/np205/waggy44/corp14 still under construction ... im glad i found this forum ive had a few amc powered jeeps but never really dug into the eng on them ive built my sbc350 in my yj but havent built an amc yet but that is about to change now that im here lol :lo1l: Anyway nice to meet you all and ill be diggin around here askin a million questions about crap..... Sean

[amcjeepman]

amcjeepman = James Belcher, Jr. employed as a half-a$$ed machinist for a tobacco co. Married w/ children. work 70-80 hrs a week and in my massive amounts of free time I play with my '86 CJ7 401, TF999 D30/D44 Sunday Jeep, or my '80? CJ7 360 T176 D44/M20 trail Jeep, or my '76 CJ7 304 T150 D44/D44
mud bog Jeep, or my '85 401 T727 D44/D60 very clean J20. When I'm good my wife lets me drive her '05 Rubicon Unlimited.
Alas I just sold my '68 Javelin SST project, though I still have a '72 Ambassador and a '51 WillysJeep wagon in need of attention.
I have owned, rebuilt, parted out many many Jeeps over the years (75+) and see more every day I would like to have.
Guess you could call me a Jeep addict.

[Goose]

Ummm Jeepman? being the resident wiseacre I am forced to belabor the obvious and ask...(75+) years?? Or Jeeps?? :mrgreen:




Sorry I had to do it... I couldn't help it.. the voices keep shouting in my head til I do what they want.

[amcjeepman]

hell I feel that old these days, but it is Jeeps.

[Mudrat]

Watch out for Goose!!!! More than just the resident wyzass :shock: :?

Now, I'm still looking for a 54 Willy's wagon (that's restorable) ... :wink:

Oh yeah the wife wants a 55-56-57 T-bird for me to restore too :oops:

[fuzz401]

like when are you going to have time to do this :? :?

[rollen dean montoya]

yea mudrat. when you gonna find time for that stuff 8)

[amcjeepman]

I'd be happy for you to come get this '51.

[Mudrat]

I'd be happy for you to come get this '51.
Well I finish in FL the end of July ... is it restorable? Pix??

'Dog & Fuzz - I may need your help :wink: But I did get a call from a head hunter today with a job offer for an Electrical Engineer job that "might" keep me at home. But don't know if If could hang with that #-o

[rollen dean montoya]

i'm sure i can find a couple of vollunteers to help :mrgreen:

[Jeepfish]

Jeepfish, aka; Chad. I was a union sprinklerfitter (fire, not lawn care). I'm 35 yrs old from Blaine, Mn. I have owned Jeeps for 17 years now. I currently own a '61 cj5- stock, hardtop, plow; '74 cj5- 400 hp 360, NP435 (ford), M20 t-case, lockers front and rear, spring over, 38.5 x 14 Swamper SX tires, and a bunch of other stuff; '78 cj5- 360, turbo 400, project; '92 yj- stock, 4.0L; and I will be picking up a late 60's Jeepster Comando soon. On 5/20/06 I was paralized below the chest in a atv accident. Now my DD is a Toxic Green GTX wheelchair (LOL). Since it's a bitch to get into big Jeeps now, I want to get some AMC cars. I'm looking for a '70 or older AMX or Javelin. I'm also thinking about building a AMC powered "rat rod". I am a huge AMC fan and I really enjoy this web site. Keep up the good work. Chad

[Jeepfish]

Jeepfish here again. I forgot to say that I am a member of the Mn Swampbucks 4x4 Club. I also own 8 shotguns and a S&W 629 Classic 44 mag that I use for deer hunting now since my accident. That's about it. Chad

[Goose]

Good luck finding the cars.. but dont give up on the jeeps yet.. after you build those upper body muscles you will be chinning yourself into those cj's no sweat..

And this is a bitchin website isnt it?

[ironman_gq]

Im 19 had a jeep for 3 years and have done all the work myself from the engine work to axles/drivetrain rebuild to a complete teardown and frame replacement and body work. I spend as much of my time as school allows in the woods either in my jeep or with a gun of some sort hunting the wild critters that infest the great northern forests of MN. In the colder months I spend a great deal of time staring at an 8inch hole in the ice hoping for some critter of the aquatic variety to eat my hook. I happen to live in the city that moved and has the worlds largest open pit iron ore mine, the small city of Hibbing :lo1l: . We just happen to have the most regular earthquakes of anywhere with them happening every wednesday at 12:00PM exactly.

[Mudrat]

I happen to live in the city that moved and has the worlds largest open pit iron ore mine, the small city of Hibbing :lo1l: . We just happen to have the most regular earthquakes of anywhere with them happening every wednesday at 12:00PM exactly.
You may want these links then ... :shock:

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

And I look at this one frequently.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/index.php?old=m_america.html

[ironman_gq]

Our earthquakes arent natural. every week the mine blasts at noon on wednesday. depending on which side of the pit they are on it can be hardly noticeable or if they are really close and the clouds are just right they can blow the windows out of your house. the whole town feels it :lo1l: and its not small Hibbing covers about 186sq. miles and every inch of it will feel the blast.

[Mudrat]

Our earthquakes arent natural. every week the mine blasts at noon on wednesday. depending on which side of the pit they are on it can be hardly noticeable or if they are really close and the clouds are just right they can blow the windows out of your house. the whole town feels it :lo1l: and its not small Hibbing covers about 186sq. miles and every inch of it will feel the blast.
Kinda figured that :wink: after watching the E-quackes they way I do :wink:

[ironman_gq]

You kinda learn to tune em out when you live with it. we got a hole in the ground more than 2miles! wide and a lot of smaller ones that run very deep. Most of the city and the other towns around have tunnels running under them up to 2500ft deep.

[BREK]

ironman
Is there anything left of the dragstrip that was in Keewaten a few years back?

[Conflicted4WD]

Howdy, all.
I'm Adam, from Colorado Springs. Stationed at Ft. Carson, in the Army (I'm a medic), getting out this month. My project is a 75 CJ-6, originally had a 232/3spd, getting a 401/TH400 and 60's front and rear.

Oh- and "Conflicted4WD"- I have the Jeep and also a Toyota 4Runner as my light-duty trail rig/daily driver, so I get flak from people on both sides of that one.

[mkzmomo]

Hi all,

I'm Mike from Quebec, canada, I'm an ex French legionnaire currently teaching in college. I'm rebuilding a 1976 CJ5 it as the 304/t150/dana 20 combo right now... just finish rebuilding the T18a/dana 20 that will go in with the 360 I'm working on right now!

[Mudrat]

Hi all,

I'm Mike from Quebec, canada, I'm an ex French legionnaire currently teaching in college. I'm rebuilding a 1976 CJ5 it as the 304/t150/dana 20 combo right now... just finish rebuilding the T18a/dana 20 that will go in with the 360 I'm working on right now!
Bonjour ! J'ai pensé à ce groupe, mais pensé ils me connaîtraient. :!:

[mkzmomo]

Hi all,

I'm Mike from Quebec, canada, I'm an ex French legionnaire currently teaching in college. I'm rebuilding a 1976 CJ5 it as the 304/t150/dana 20 combo right now... just finish rebuilding the T18a/dana 20 that will go in with the 360 I'm working on right now!
Bonjour ! J'ai pensé à ce groupe, mais pensé ils me connaîtraient. :!:

hahaha good one Mudrat, just dont say your real name they dont care :razz:

[Mudrat]

hahaha good one Mudrat, just dont say your real name they dont care :razz:
Yeah, well sometimes *crap* happens and Rollen rats me out :mrgreen:

[Migzilla]

Wow long list. :t:

[rollen dean montoya]

hahaha good one Mudrat, just dont say your real name they dont care :razz:
Yeah, well sometimes *crap* happens and Rollen rats me out :mrgreen:
now i would never rat ya out. might send ya up the river with a small paddle but not rat ya out :mrgreen:

[hoki06]

Hey everybody, my name is Eric. I'm a junior mechanical engineering major at Virginia Tech and a big Jeep guy. I have a 1990 YJ with SOA and 35s. I'm being given an AMC 360 for free and I can't wait to learn. I have never really worked on engines before except for oil changes and a little bit of trouble shooting when I blew the head gasket in my YJ. My plan with the 360 is to use it to learn how to build a motor by tearing it down and building it the way I want it. And eventually it will replace the 258. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

Eric

[mkzmomo]

welcome Hoki06

good luck with that motor and take your time, I'm in the process of rebuilding my first one too :lo1l: you will love it !

[Mudrat]

Hi Hoki06 :!:

As our college from Quebec said take your time. Be clean, methodical and think 4 parts ahead :wink: As you delve into the block make sure it worth rebuilding before you start buying any parts. If you spend a grand on pistons, cam, etc and then find the block is cracked - well, you have bigger headaches.

When you start putting the pieces together, think about how they all need to work together and make sure alignments and rotations are correct -putting on a cam gear/chain out of alignment (and not realizing it) will lead to serious frustration when you try and start the motor and can't figure out why. Then you get to break it all back down and start over on the front side. And remember; on AMC V8's the firing Order is: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 with the distributor rotation being Clockwise starting wihth the drivers side cylinder numbering (front to back) : 1 3 5 7. Not that ANY body ever wired a 360 backwards #-o :oops:

You'll be fine-just let us know how it's going and ask ANY question you may have. We've all been there at one time or another. 'Rat

[amccar]

Roger here. Not much in to the jeep side but in to amc for a long time. I race a gremlin that I bought in 1973. I met MC at cordova in 2007. I won no box and got runner-up in amc eliminator. My gremlin is a 1972 factory 304 that was orderd with 4.11 gear no power steering factory disc brakes. Now a 401 that has run a best 10.57 @ 127.I have a lot of other amc cars.

[BREK]

My gremlin is a 1972 factory 304 that was orderd with 4.11 gear no power steering factory disc brakes. Now a 401 that has run a best 10.57 @ 127.I have a lot of other amc cars.

Welcome Roger

How about a post (of all your cars) in the pic section?

[amccar]

Thanks. I am new at this computer and learning.I will take some pics as soon as I can. For those of you that went to cordova you might rember my gremlin. It was the orange one that won no box and runner-up for eliminator.

[zip]

Zip here (aka.zbd) just found the forum while searching for info on what would be the best vacuum location to hookup to for a brake booster upgrade on my slightly modified '80 CJ7 (pics posted in another section)

[rollen dean montoya]

Zip here (aka.zbd) just found the forum while searching for info on what would be the best vacuum location to hookup to for a brake booster upgrade on my slightly modified '80 CJ7 (pics posted in another section)


welcome to our insane asylum for AMC/JEEP nuts.

[Creepy]

Hey guys, name is Jan MacLean in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. I just signed up after ordering a 4x4 gantry kit. Can't wait to get 'er running in the garage!

I'll be making 4x4 parts and Celtic knotwork/zoomorphics decorative stuff. Got a bunch of Jeeps and a Toyota, trailer and a modest towrig. lots of forest and rock here, great local wheeling scene. Google Nova Scotia Jeep Club for some vids and stuff. We have an active forum too, i'm the admin.

I work for Pratt and Whitney Canada, making jet turbine blades. Lots and lots of them. I run CNC continuous-dress form-grinders, drill-head EDM's :idea: (.014" holes in nickle alloys), heat treat furnaces, CMM's, assist in quality assurance, training and shop floor leadhand work at nite while you sleep.

got a little old Southbend 9B toolroom at home along with the usual wheelin' home garage items. :razz:

looking forward to contributing to the new plasma section with my table build. Still getting the shop plumbed and wired for the equipment upgrade.

Jan MacLean

[jeepsr4ever]

Great to have you aboard Jan please check back frequently in the plasma section and be sure to go over it for any assembly questions :t:

[rollen dean montoya]

Hey guys, name is Jan MacLean in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. I just signed up after ordering a 4x4 gantry kit. Can't wait to get 'er running in the garage!

I'll be making 4x4 parts and Celtic knotwork/zoomorphics decorative stuff. Got a bunch of Jeeps and a Toyota, trailer and a modest towrig. lots of forest and rock here, great local wheeling scene. Google Nova Scotia Jeep Club for some vids and stuff. We have an active forum too, i'm the admin.

I work for Pratt and Whitney Canada, making jet turbine blades. Lots and lots of them. I run CNC continuous-dress form-grinders, drill-head EDM's :idea: (.014" holes in nickle alloys), heat treat furnaces, CMM's, assist in quality assurance, training and shop floor leadhand work at nite while you sleep.

got a little old Southbend 9B toolroom at home along with the usual wheelin' home garage items. :razz:

looking forward to contributing to the new plasma section with my table build. Still getting the shop plumbed and wired for the equipment upgrade.

Jan MacLean

you ain't alone on the nightshift. i work nights at boeing in long beach ca on the C-17

[retrorod]

Hey there, Im Collin I Live in Washington, and I found this site when I was looking for parts for my Jeep. I have a 76 Cj7 that I am currently in the process of swapping out my broke down 304 for a 401 Chev. killer. I am currently rounding up parts for the 401, and fishing for any ideas on where to go with it. All I know is I am looking to kick some Chev. swap but!!! This is by far the best AMC site in my mind, Im hooked, and proud to rock the Bulltear name! :laughing3: :razz:

[rollen dean montoya]

welcome aboard colin :lo1l: :razz: :mrgreen: i'm sure that
you will get alot of good info here. check out the engine thread and oiling thread for ideas and please ask questions. we are here to help .

[wildly]

Hello, How can I view pictures on this forum? "distributor grinding". I bought the bt distributor gears, timing chain and oil pump plate.. I want to know everything about my problems before I start working on engine, AGAIN. Thanks

[jeepsr4ever]

http://www.bulltear.com/forums/showthread.php?10608-idea-About-distributor-gear-wear-(UPDATED!!)