I am going to get beaten for this one cj7 for an 8

[Dusty]

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737391lAxBly
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737280wUDOXY
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737249eWNyDd

Clutch, flywheel, starter, bellhousing, tomken fuel tank, fuel injection lines fuel pump and filter, shackles, and accessories all hung ... alternator which i will replace and the PS pump which im getting a new one. One header is almost on, a warning to those with edelbrock heads get their headers, my doug thorley flanges have clearance issues with the head bolts i have had to grind a substantial amount off of them.


http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737345ULBSfu

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737417uErVdA

I used CJ rear 4.5" RE springs (42 or 43" eye to eye) in the front and rear shackle hangers in front which are a little shorter than normal fronts but are the right width, my dilema will probably be visable int he tie rod picture its looking like the tie rod will hit the steering arm and drag link. so im thinking either mover the rear hanger back a scosh or go to a longer spring (Wrangler RE 4.5 44 or 44.5" eye to eye) and move the rear hanger back accordingly. reason being i cant move the front shackle hanger any further back because of steering box bracket issues and dont want to move the box forward for the same reason as it currently right up aginst the shackle hanger eye. so my only answer is bringing things a little further back with hopes of getting the axle back but without scewing up the shackle geometery.

Any thoughts, granted the tranny and t-case arent in so all the weight isnt on the system yet and that weight could probably help flatten things out a little more.

figured id give you an update after another busy weekend.

[Mudrat]

Man that looks good Dusty ... but ... ummm ..I hate to be the one to break this to ya, but somebody stole your trany/transfer case when you weren't look'n
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737431JfeXOR










mudrat

[Penguin]

Man that looks good Dusty ... but ... ummm ..I hate to be the one to break this to ya, but somebody stole your trany/transfer case when you weren't look'n
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58737431JfeXOR










mudrat

I hate that when that happens, go out to start the ride, try to drive away......Dang theives stole the tranny/transfer....

[Dusty]

Thats not right WTF, wait a minute i thought in my flurry of activity that thing was supposed to put itself in there.







You just wait as soon as jim gets the 3rd gear shift ring turned back around and puts the tranny back together i Gaurantee you she'll be in there along with the T-case cause i finished the t-case before the 1st of the year no 4:! but a HD tail housing and, clocking ring and extended input, the sooner the better cause i still got alot of work ahead of me if this thing is to run the trails this year. and the sooner that tranny is in the sooner i can start clearancing things and making sure everything works. alot of custom stuff in this one

[Mudrat]

Thats not right WTF, wait a minute i thought in my flurry of activity that thing was supposed to put itself in there.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Man if THAT were only true!!!

Mudrat

[Dusty]

A few better shots the otehr day i was in a hurry to snap 2 and go.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...59776304gZXFjS

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...59776480ZIVamn
1 3/4" at the bottom 2 3/4" clearance at the top expecting when the tranny is in to lift the engine a little from the rear probably finish at 2" bottom maybe a hair more from the fan

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...59776599fOsPYh

guess i'll start hooking up hoses alternator and belts then i'll step back and start on the wiring and hanging it appropriately, still waiting on steering column to get fixed so i guess in the mean while i should clean things up under there.

[Mudrat]

A few better shots the other day i was in a hurry to snap 2 and go.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...59776304gZXFjS
and
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...59776599fOsPYh

You have AC in that thing?? Or is the York for LP air??
And ...um... you'd best catch the beotch that ran off with your tranny, cause they took the radiator cap too And I see (almost) 5 fingers so the build couln't have been that bad

Mudrat

Looking sweet.

[Dusty]

I will have AC someday, i have all the under dash stuff and a condensor but i would like MC to make a bracket that bolts to the side of the YORK and allows you bolt a second AC compressor be it YORK or another style and the necessary belts to make it work. right now on board air is more important. Plus i figure i'll suffer through this year without AC as i will probably be in and out of the dash too many timesfixing my mess ups. dam i need to get that thing into a garage (if i had one) this working on it under a tarp, in the rain and on the trailer to stay out of the gravel driveway is getting tough and then some sticky fingered little gremlin keeps stealing my parts.

I tried to hack and smash a couple off a little duck tape or super glue and they just keep growing back and working again more next weekend, gotta go to spokane washington this weekend and drive back doubt i'll get much more done, though i have been successfully using the headlights of my truck and a flashlight to get alot dont on the bugger

[John N]

Dusty...What type valve covers are those?

[Lifted79CJ7]

What, no chrome or nickle plated waterneck on your intake????