CJ8 to M170 Build

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Mounted coil to the drivers side fender.

Drill holes


Coil bolted down with stainless steel bolts






Splicing wire to the resistor wire (red with white stripe)


Heat shrinked, taped and read for the wire loom


Coil ends ready for crimping


Coil ends crimped


Heat shrinking coil connector ends


Coil connected

[Mudrat]

Jim,
Get your new place set up to work on your M170 project?

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Kind of...need to do a few things to finish...yesterday I FOUND (finaly) a kick down for the auto tranny so I will be staring on that next week. I have to go to Vernon, Alabama next weekend so I have to prepare for that as well....work in progress.....I'll update soon.

Thanks Pat

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More pics, Jeep arrived out West last week and I'm continuing to build, getting there.

Mechanical oil line installed and dead ended to gauge in rubber hose part way then 1/4" wire loom into cab for protection


Vacuum line installed in 1/2" wire loom for protection






Vacuum line plumbed to engine and vapor canister








GM Charcole canister
Orange dot = Vacuum
Green/purple dot = PCV
Purple swirl = Tank
Green lines = Carb bowl
Fire flame = main Vacuum

Part number-17060868 BC

I do not have a carb bowl vent to hook up so I guess I leave it plugged.


Lokar cable install

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Ok, made the new tunnel plate and installed B&M shifter.

Stock tunnel plate


Raw metal for tunnel plate


Tracing out stock tunnel plate




Getting ready to cut the metal stock




Grinding the edges of the new tunnel


Edges ground


Holes drilled in plate


Trace for twin stick cut out




Every thing smoothed out and painted, shifter in position (temp) to be bolted down

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Shifter bolted down


Shifter cover installed, need to cut the housing so it sits flush on tub






Shifter bracket installed on tranny


Once the build is complete ever thing will be cleaned up.

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Installed a engine block heater on the AMC-360. Aprox 1 hr install time, start/clean up.

NAPA Part Number for '74, AMC-360V8


Engine Block Heater Components











Used RTV


Freeze plug location, passenger side, rear


Remove starter


Freeze plug behind starter
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Starter removed, not sure what the hole is, maybe casting.


Freeze plug location, passenger side, rear


Starting to remove freeze plug

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Used vise-grip needle nose pliers to work out the plug






Freeze plug removed


Clean out block


RTV on rubber gasket of heater


Block heater installed


Block heater cord installed and RTV added for sealant


Wire loom being installed on heater cord and cord routing

[Old Rugged Crosser]

Jim is this where you are going with your build? :

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Ya mostly but i am not going to cut the tub where the spare goes (they only made 27,000+ CJ8's). I do have the military lights, just trying to get it going then will mod the rest. Fri if the weather holds I'll do the intake.