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Well, the wheeling season is winding down for most of the country. Those of you in Aridzona, So-Cal and other such places can go pound all that desert sand. :flipoff2:

What are your winter buildup plans?

I'll go first.

I'm going to have my Scrambler up and running. It most certainly will not be done as planned orginally, but it will be driveable and have valid tags on it so I can at least tool around town and go on some trail rides.

Extend the front shock mounts, beef up the roll cage and tie it in to the frame, new cage mounted seats, ARB up front, all to give a CALROCS Stock Modified a shot.

Weld in new floorpans to get rid of that winter "air conditioning".

Shiznit, where do I begin?

I'm boxing my CJ-6 frame frame next weekend, hanging the suspension, D44 front with ctm's, blah blah blah, Ford 9" rear, 35 spline, blah blah blah.

Basically, right now I have a frame and a garage full of parts to put together. I'm hoping to have the drivetrain done by Christmas, and setting the bobbed CJ8 body on it starting in January (whatever that can of worms opens I don't quite know at this time)!!!!

I'm shooting for April to get it all done, well, ok, at least done 'enough' to drive. :D

Mine will be down for the first winter ever, which sucks cuz the only challenging wheelin in Michigan is the lame trails with 4 feet of snow on them.

Anyway, by next spring the 4Bangler should have:

1) New cage tied into frame with seats and 5-points mounted to it.

2) New 63-65" wide F-250 HP Dana 44 front to replace existing Wagoneer LP 44

3) New 63-65" wide full floater 9" rear to replace existing Early Bronco 9"

4) New SOA front suspension with revised 3/4 elliptic, 52" springs and a few other tricks

5) New 4-link rear with 1/4 elliptic

6) New 37" MT/R's to replace still new 35" MT/R's

I am trying to rush to beat winter...My Jeep is my primary winter vehicle (Cobra don't like snow).

I am getting my 383 assembled next week. Still aiting for a cam :( Swapping in the Th400 and NP205...Then if I have time before it snows, time to swap in the 44's, and do SOA. If not, I will have to get a driveshaft to fit my NP205 and Dana35. Waste of money, but need to be able to drive!!

Need to do my Herculiner.

Then if I have time, get back to learning how to do rear end setups adn rebuild auto trans's...

1. rebuild j20..new motor big block maybe havent got that far yet any suggestions. nv4500 and n eithet atlas or d300 prolly the 300. This to be work truck and short distance tow rig

2. get school bus.smoke some good crack..instant long range tow monster..code named chesse wagon

3. steal vinces tj for a weekend..get a about a dozen sawzall blades.. and take off the stupid ass bullbar and cut the shit out of rust free sheet metal..umm thats good

4.if somehow spring never comes build a new competition buggy with all the goodies,,,

5.sell my superduty v10 2wd regualr cab...anybody wanna deal..

Tear the whole thing appart! I'm not kidding.
New motor/tranny/doubler t-case with a toy low range to a Land Rover t-case
Frame mods
Shave the front and rear axles
Chop the rocker pannels
Shackle reversal finally!
Paint it all up perdy:flipoff2:

After last winters front and rear axle swap and spring over, I'm thinking I'm going to take it a little easier this year. Still need to get new springs built, (or probably build my own from junkyard parts, may go waggy in the front, and stretch it out a little). After that I need to get a roll cage in (hopefully i can talk the wifey into a JD2 for christmas). And finally, call me :gay: but the interior needs some work, so hopefully after the cage gets finished, I'm going to have the seats recovered, buy or build a better consoel, and rewire all my half-a$$ accessories so I can have a CB that works for a whole trail ride, and interior lights again. Oh yeah TJ fairs, and hopefully new tires. Boy that list got long all of a sudden.

Chad

I am going to build my HP 60 rear, still cannot decide to go with rear steer or not!

Going to get a close to a flat skid as possible with the help of the HP in the rear.

Coat my headers

Louver my inner fenders..

Build OBA tanks in the bumpers

Build a tire rack, or Ice chest rack and put the spare behind the seats.

And whatever else I can think up along the way!

put the engine tranny and transfer case in the cj-5 and get some new springs for my cj-7.

Originally posted by 66CJdean
Paint it all up perdy:flipoff2:

No way!!!!!! :D:flipoff2:

For me.....

Finally install the SM420 waiting in the garage
Finish detail work from the cage/fender/rocker project - lights, CB, speakers, etc...
Build a new interior rack
Most likely a bunch of maintenance like bushing replacement and whatnot.

That is.....unless I end up skiing all winter again. :D

Paul

Snow bashing. Missed most of summer due to my mods. Need to plan alot better

Aluminum radiator.
Frame tie-ins for cage.
open up rear fenders.
rear seat for the kids.
Rock lights.
Fix fuel tank leak.
Better spare tire mount.
Wax.

Right now the goal is to have the Jeep running and have way ready to wheel for a Christmas snow run.Still to do,finish front shackle hangers and Dshaft.Start stretching rear and build new mounts for rear springs then Dshaft.Finish wiring,get new radiator and clutch linkage(hydro).After it can move on its own finish full cage.Then get a top for it.Too much to do and not enough time to do it.


My problem now is I don't have garage and it is getting dark earlier and earlier!:( So when I get home from work at around 5:30 I don't have much time to get anything done.

well after only having the dana 44 front in for a year i am swaping it out....and most of the drive train

1 dana 60 front

2 14 bolt rear disc b's

3 have jess whip me up some shafts (junkyard shaft repair is getting old)

4. get propane running

5 repaint cowl

6 rock stomper beadlocks

7 works on rust spots

8 more cage tie in's

9 all the little mickey mouse shit that goes with the mods :mad:

O and no garage!

Well my plans kinda look like this:
Wheel :D In the desert.
And here are my plans as far as the jeep goes,
3.5" waggy springs, extend front and rear shock mounts
shackle reversal, buggy springs for the front.
Revolvers for the rear.
put 297x shafts in the D30, that Ive had laying around.
install rock lock to get rid of that vaccum actuation.
And maybe, if there is time and $$, all pro offroad rock crawler hood, and cutting the rear fenders, to fit 37" MTR's.
Scott

Partial exo and flatbed the MJ. Swap Toy 8" and move up to 35s. Swap the Puegoet (hopefully with a granny tranny) even though it runs great at nearly 200k.

Remove 258 TBI and install 350 TBI
with as little down time as possible.....
Seem to do alot of wheeling in the Fall & Winter

Finish the new shop, then start on the Willys. I need a adaptor to the 300, gears and 3rd for the rear, get 38 SX's and rims, and lots of little crap, like fuel cell, orbital, shocks, paint, bend the cage, wiring, heims..etc. Pretty much build the whole thing. Also gotta build the extra parts I have around to make a HP 44 front to sell off, and also sell my Scout D300 to offset some of the Willys $$$ All of this before a Spring run to Montrose:eek:

Detroit locker, at least in the front, so I can steer this fawker!

Cutting brakes. I have line locks I want to put in the rear wheels. I have 2, I'm not sure at this point if I'm going to use 1 or 2. I actually plumbed 1 in when doing the 14 bolt swap, just have to hook it up now.

Roll Cage. I think a roll cage would be a very good idea at this point.

Fender Flares: I want it to be legal enough to drive to the trail, so I need flares. At the same time, I really like not having flares on rocky trails. So I am going to try to rig up something with easily removable flares.

Painting the frame. Frame is starting to get a lot of surface rust on it. Question is, how do I paint a frame without a garage?

E Brakes: gotta finally hook up the stock e brakes. I think I am going to do one like Chris Waterman's pinion brake. Solves a lot of problems.

Cooling. On a hot day she overheats like mad. I think a stock sized 3 core radiator will do the trick, because I don't think the bottom 1/3 of my stock rad is actually passing an air.

Ram Assist steering.

I started a web page on this winter's TJ Crawler Project (http://www.monsterslayer.com/jeep/TJCrawler/TJCrawler.htm)

Rebuild & assemble 302, NP435 & eb dana 20 (possibly with 203 low range box) for final assembly in the TJ.

I've got the tranny and tc, need an engine and parts.

Down time will be minimal.

Bob

if I don't hurry up these plans will be running into next spring easy...
1. Discs on 14 bolt, box frame, inboarded springs
2. Relocate gas tank? Fuel cell... still undecided
3. D-shafts (Jess)
4. full hydro shiz
5. bumpers, cage, skids
6. half doors
7. OBA
8. Rob a bank so I can get wheels and tires when I'm done
9. check the lug nut torque on the spare tire
10. change the blinker fluid :D :D

around here, the winter is the best time of year to scour the junkyards. ill be spending all my time looking for that pot of gold (hp 60) and some other stuff in the local yards :)

indulf

Finish the commando frame I have, cut the cj2 body in half and swap the whole jeep onto the new frame.

Hey Lame, how much you want for that scout 300?

first I need to swap out the trans in my wag so that it move out of the garage on its own power.

then i'll probably do the re la kit on my tj and go up to 4.56s and rear detroit locker and swap the 35 mtrs off my waggy onto the tj and put the swampers on the wag. pretty lame but it's my DD and I don't want to have it down for a month or two while we fab up something custom. the b.o.b. stuff should be a good project for the week that I have off between xmas and new year. maybe in a couple of years i'll rearrange it, but for now my custom work is on other people's stuff.

the big project looks to be helping do a 3-link on the front end of my friend's scrambler to go with the rear 4-link we did this summer.

the old coleman heater ought to be busy this year...

Originally posted by oldjeep


Hey Lame, how much you want for that scout 300?

Not sure yet. I was hoping to really rape someone on e-bay with it:D

Originally posted by LAME


Not sure yet. I was hoping to really rape someone on e-bay with it:D

Probabally a good idea, I wouldn't pay more than a $200 for one. $300 if it included the rest of the scout:D

Originally posted by oldjeep


Probabally a good idea, I wouldn't pay more than a $200 for one. $300 if it included the rest of the scout:D

I know, you are a cheap bastard among cheap bastards:flipoff2: I had to pay $100 for the whole scout
:D

My plans are to finish plumbing air lines in the garage and add heat. Then:

Build a new cage and frame tie in
Get the rebuilt motor running
Finish the electrical stuff

Well, with a few runs finally on the YJ as equipped, the changes to it this winter are as follows:

1. Some sort of motor swap. Thinking maybe a 4.3/4L60 pkg, or rebuild my 4.2 with a 4.0 head and TBI. Big decision, even bigger project!

2. Finally finish my cage tie in to the frame and install the seats that have been in the garage since July.

3. Custom flat dash panel with the Autometers that have been on the bench since August. Also, custom center console for the ARB non-electric switches I don't have yet.

4. Some minor trimming all around and a quick paint job.

If all goes well, we'll be ready for the first CalRocs event this Spring!

Good luck to everyone else on their projects!

1) Acquire LOCKERS & 4.88's w/ 35's when my little tires finally wear out.

2) I've already ordered some angle iron to build some rocker guards (that's more of a Fall project).

3)Ride snowboard in Snowshoe, WV :D

Oh, yeah...
4) Build some heim'd control arms.


Of course, I might not have CASH for any of this, so we'll see what actually gets done next spring!!

I plan to swap in a HP60 in the front, with a bunch of trick CTM parts that I will be testing for, Jack.

Go to full hydro steering, in place of the Hydro assist.

Shave the ring gear on the 14 bolt and do the cutaway bottom trimming and re weld.

4 link the rear suspension, with coil overs, and remove the frame rails from about midway back.

Dove tail the rear quarters.

redesign the roll cage and cockpit tubing, and frame tie ins

Simplify electrical system.

Beef up brake calipers and master

add front brake locks

Trim away as much uneeded weight as I can find.

I plan to fawking WHEEL! :flipoff2:

My chit has been broken for 2 months, if I have a winter project I'll be damned if it takes my rig down. :mad:

Strecth WB to fit 37's on 4" lift, HP44 front w/ selectable locker of some sort, d60 rear w/ spool, rear coilovers, bob the rear as much as possible, finish the front tube fenders/exocage/bumper, build the dash in some way, redo the front of the cage, paint it, .....

Need a few more jobs.

NEW HEATER FAN!!!

(Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

</chattering teeth>

Sell my house and move to Tennessee. :D

Oh you meant on the rig :flipoff2:

Relocate fuel tank into tub/and or replace with fuel cell.
Relocate OBA tank to under tub.
Build a new anti-wrap bar and mount.
Install rear turning brakes.
Strip out unnecessary stuff (like heater ducts, motor etc.)

finish the front 44
Ditch the old buick 198 with 3 zillion miles on it and slap in the new buick 225 that only has 2 zillion miles on it.
Also the other misc things that need work, I could think of 50 off hand but I wont list them.
lastly, go play in the snow

318/auto swap into my cj-7, along with a pair of locked and loaded 60's, 44044's & 38+'s :D:D Its gonna be a wrench fest winter.. im so glad we finally got the heater installed in the shop.

Finish puttin my CJ back together and finally wheel it. Decide if I wanna sell it to do a complete buildup of my TJ. Swap in a D44 or 8.8 in my TJ to get rid of the damned D35. Maybe redesign the suspension on the CJ to a triangulated 4 link. Decide about moving to Murfreesboro or stay in Memphis.

Man were to start. Bust out the tube bender and start going crazy with it. Put in the 350 TBI along with tranny and tcase. Get rid of cross over and go full hydro. New springs for the front and a shackle reversal. Not to mention by a tow rig and trailer.:D

I want to lower my jeep....

I'm cleaning up the CJ5 to sell it.

I'll put the money in to my CJ2A witch needs: cage, e-brakes, seats, shocks/mounts, etc.

The SM420 attached to the Dana 18 and Chevy bell housing sitting on the floor will have to wait for a while. No 4.3 engine yet.

The rig has been down for seven years and it's too close to take apart and swap tranies. The Buick 231 V6, T90, D18 is old school but will get me down the road.

The spring over is done and fits the 33x9.5 mud terrains very nice.

Atlas is going in, which means I need to extend the wheelbase 6" or so.

New Drivelines

14 bolt rear w/disc, Detroit

44 front.

That's about it. :flipoff2:

well i have the 401 on the stand ready for its rebuild..

also a front d60 that i still have to grind one knuckle off.. and then put it back together..

sell my axles off..

tie some new seats in with the roll cage... 5 pt.. and enclose the rear with a cage..

new springs.. changing to an automatic.. and somehow scrape up some cash for an atlas...

and ten tons of other little things.. :D

Desert wheelin - Install new axles - Desert wheelin - Maybe get a Klune - Desert wheelin - Maybe paint the POS - Desert wheelin. If I got any time left, I may even do some desert wheelin.

The list is long, as it has yet to run, but:

- finish making the frame (custom 2.5x4.0, .125 wall)
- place the four waggy springs under the new frame (means shakles)
- finish the Waggy 44 rear (FS cheb disks/rotors, 4.88's, Detroit, maybe ARB)
- do the same for the matching front 44
- place the axles under the springs
- weld up all the shite to make that stuff legit (thinkin 92" WB)
- mate the 4.3 to the 465 and the D20 (Novak and more $)
- figgerout where that is supposed to go, weld that big nugget into the axled frame
- put the Waggy power steering box in, including new high-steer
- drop the tub on (CJ-5)- learn to use the Sawzall
- put the XJ steering column in
- engine cooling, wiring, guages
- frame integrated roll cage and seat infrastructure
- seats
- Optima battery,
- cross fingers
- fire it up!!!

Should have it done by Spring '04!!!

60 Front and 70 Rear. I am tired of breaking shit ;)

Originally posted by Keith Strong
60 Front and 70 Rear. I am tired of breaking shit ;)

You are keeping the old girl!:D Nice. Who needs a house:D

1)Winter plans are to build a garage at home so I dont have to rent one anymore.2)Finish trail only XJ with full cage,4 link coilovers front and rear,Rockwells,44's.3)Finish the 9" I have been working on all summer for the daily driver.4)And in my spare time do some wheelin'

Got my eye on a pair of Waggy 44s from a small junkyard. Planning to drop in 4.56s, LockRights or QuickLocks f/r, Warn Premiums, RE brackets, 15x8 Rockcrawlers, rear rock bumper, rock rails and a t-case skid.

:eek: :eek: :eek: My God thats gonna cost me a lot of money.:shaking: It never ends...:flipoff2:

Rock crawler hood
Beadlocks
Automatic

Tear the carpet out, repair the floor and Hurculine, build a roof rack, and trim the fenders to fit the 33's that I traded my 32s for.
Finish the little interior things like wiring speakers and such.

Then if she lets me, Lift my wifes WJ a few inches to get it above the rest of the soccer moms in town.

Install OBA using the York 10ci i have.
Fender trimming to run the 35" SSR's once the 33's wear a bit more.
Get my M100 1/4ton Military trailer ready for service.
Many other lil projects on the XJ.

Aquire more parts and start fitting Flatty body to YJ frame.

Ive got a long list, but getting close to completion.

Heculine
Redo cage, tie into frame
Complete my swap:
shave 14 bolt
triangulate rear uppers
shocks outside frame with hoops
dana 60 front
hydro assist
redo front suspension
flatfender
hummer wheels
fuel cell in tub

think thats it.

Let's see:

D44 front, 9" back.
Cut out rockers and replace with 2x6 tubing.
Kill cancer and rattle can paint job.
NP 435 and NP 205
New motor.
Rear bumper w/ tire carrier.
Fix my tach.
OBA

That's the wish list...

Winter plans include (other than the huge list of house/work stuff):

Building new front bumper, tomken one is completely hosed.
Building XO cage.
Building new sliders. C4x4 have seen better days.
Relocating my long arm mounts to tuck up a little better.
Lots of body work and maybe a paint job.
Start assembling BOM for 60/9 for the front.

SeanP

-Full Width Ford 78/79 HP D60 Up Front
-Full Width 14b Rear w/Disc Brakes
-Rockstomper Tie-Rod & Draglink
-Hi-Steer Arms
-Rear 1Ton DS (Jess)
-New Leaf Springs
-New RS9012 Shocks
-Extend Shock mounts front & rear
-Anti-Wrap Bar
-Install Premier Power Welder
-Finish & Install OBA & Maybe a tank
-Cut Fenders More to fit 38s
-Install Front & Rear Custom Bumpers/Tire carrier
-Locker for the 14b
-Cage / Frame Tie-in
-Tuffy Center Console (protect my shit!)
-Custom Shackle Reversal Setup
-TSL SX 38.5x14.5x16.5
-Custom Offset Beadlock Hummer Wheels
-AA np231 SYE Kit
-Replace my shot throwout bearing

Oh ya, and sell my d35/d30 and tires/wheels!!

4 Drivelines so I can move it. Exhaust so I dont scare the neighbor so much. Heat so I can look out the windshield and see what yuppie I just ran over.

finish my HEEP once and for all! I only lack $2500 to finish my project

- ditch the 67", welded, 4.88, disc braked 14 bolt for a 35 spline 60
- ditch the T-18/ Bronc geared D20 for a TF727/ Atlas II
(yes all for sale in CO)
- pull out the 304 and bolt in the hi-po 401 nobody wants to buy :rolleyes:
- link up the front end and forget about my fawked up rollover-causin oversprung leafs
- remove and replace all my smashed to shit front sheetmetal
- tube out the rear half and redo the cage
- find and rob the money tree to pay for all this shite.