Hi I am very new to this site but I have liked alot of stuff i have read so I thought i would try to throw my build on here. I just started redoing my jeep to weeks ago and hope to have it done before spring. I am not sure if it is exteme as it needs to be to be in this post section so I am going to try it. I am not good with the computer so I am hoping some people can understand that.

Well here is my jeep to begin with. It is a 1979 cj7 frame with a 304, 3speed manual trans, dana 20 tcase, dana 44 front and rear out of a scout with 3.08 gears and 35inch tsls. Well we can say that setup sucked extremly bad, but thats how I got the jeep. It was four linked with quarter elip suspension in the rear but the springs were worn out bad. Tub was rusted really bad to.

Well here is what i have to put back in it. I have stock xj coils for the rear, 14 bolt, 4.56 gears, detriot locker, and soon disk breaks. Front is dana 44 chevy with 4.56 gears am not real sure on what leafs i am going to put in it yet up front. I have a sm465 trans with a 205 case, with a tuneport 305 if i can fiqure out the wiring.

I will post pics as soon as I can fiqure out how. If this is not hard core enough let me no and I will post it in the other jeep section.

your build needs to be titled "another cheap jeep build." you sir are after me:flipoff2: welcome to pirate

the original cheep jeep (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754738)

Uhmmm...cheap and build cannot be used in the same sentence when one refers to building their Jeep....:flipoff2:

Ha ya I no what you are saying. It is cheaper then most of yours lets rephrase that.

here is some pics of my project. jeep flexing when i got it, jeep chilling in the driveway, the new body i plan on using, my jeep going in the garage to take the body off.

your build needs to be titled "another cheap jeep build." you sir are after me:flipoff2: welcome to pirate

the original cheep jeep (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754738)


Actually his is "cheap" and yours is "cheep", so he's good :flipoff2:

yea i know i'm just busting balls. i actually talked with on the phone about helping him load up pics (i did a great job lol) he's a cool dude and i wish him the best of luck with this build

Going to swap meet today to see what I can get for parts. Jeep is striped down to the frame and going to start putting it back together this week. I am in need of a 4.56 carrier out of a 14 bolt. found out that a 3.73 carrier will not work after buying gears. Does any one no if my detroit locker will be a problem with a 4.56 carrier?

Detroit is the same.

Don't mean to hijack, but your profiel says you're from Ada,OH. Is that Ada that's in Allen County, by Bath and Lima?

some of my progress this week. Striped jeep down to frame, also stared to redo my motor because I found out it wasnt taken care of very well. I no alot of people dont like 305 motors but I think that it will be plenty with the gearing i will be running. Also went to the swap meet today and picked up my gaskets, some nice hooker headers, accel wires, some crome stuff, rotors and calibers for the 14 bolt disk brake conversion. All for cheap:)

Yeah I live in Ada Ohio which is 15 miles from Lima ohio. Hey and thanks for the info on the detriot locker.

Did you go to the swap meet that was in Delphos?

nope i went to the swap meet at the lima fair grounds. you go to northwestern?

Yea, I think that's the one I was thinking of. One of my buddies said he was gonna go to it, and he told me where it was at. He lives in Delphos, so I think that's where I got Delphos from.

Yes, I do

well thought i would post what i have got done so far. I finished putting my motor together this week. had some bad spots on my frame that were in major need of repair so i got them fixed. Also got the full width dana 44 front put in today but did not get the steering hooked up. I will post pics maybe later tonight but if not tonight by the end of the weekend.

Going to swap meet today to see what I can get for parts. Jeep is striped down to the frame and going to start putting it back together this week. I am in need of a 4.56 carrier out of a 14 bolt. found out that a 3.73 carrier will not work after buying gears. Does any one no if my detroit locker will be a problem with a 4.56 carrier?

Look for thick gears or a gear spacer, they are plenty stout for a 14 bolt.

were do i find the 14 bolt carrier spacer at? I have googled it and found nothing. I would buy a thick gear but I already messed up and bout the thin gear one. unless any one want to buy my 4.56 gears i bought already or trade for a thick gear?

I think they rn in the $30 range. Contact the company you got your gears, or one of the many vendors here.

Check this palc as well: http://www.gearsareus.com/posiGM.htm

I'm sorry but no matter how cheap you think it is or will be, it will still cost you way more money than you think, and will most likely not come out cheap in the end. Unless however, you build a total pile of shit that will break as soon as it hits the trail, or you are given lots of nice parts from a buddy's previous build, or perhaps an older sibling because you have no money (mm mmm my little brother).

Still confused about the Original Cheap Jeep by Bardenki, because it looks like you have quite a bit of money invested into your TJ.

So unless your idea of cheap is 5-10g's (total invested with vehicle), I don't see how you can build a reliable Hardcore trail rig that you can beat on continuously and not have to carry a truck load of spare parts.

I honestly don't believe in cheap builds, this sport is just very expensive.

I do no that any build is expensive my last build was an s10 blazer on 44s and it cost me about $7000 to build when i bought the blazer for $400. When I say cheap I mean cheaper then you guys i am tryin parts that can come out of stock vehicals that if you look around for you you can get fairly cheap. I understand that I will have a few grand in building it but that isnt that much to build a decent jeep. Figure if you get a 14 bolt rear from a junk yard they are right around a 100 you take them out. same with a dana 44 front. Most parts i get i go and take out so I can save money because alot of people have them but are to lazy to take them out so they sell them cheaper. Also if you keep looking on craigslist it is amazing some stuff you can come up with. I build everything I can out of metal instead of buyin it. So it may not be the best jeep out there but it should work.

Ok I havent posted in a couple days so here I go. This week I got some stuff done. I had to make new body mounts on the frame, frame cross members, and fix a fairly big crack on the frame near the front leaf spring hanger. Well got all that fixed and made some front spring hangers to mount the full width chevy dana 44 in. When I put the front axle in I Moved it foward 4 inches. I set the newer body on that was in alot worse condtion then I thought. I got my motor all assemebled and set It in about were I wanted it going to get stuff to make motor mounts today. Well here are some pics.

here are some pics of my rearend i got with detriot locker going to shave it and put disc brakes on it. Also some body rust I am going to have to fix.

Does anyone have pics on what they did to change a chevy manual clutch bell housing to hydrolic with out buying a bell housing? Like made a bracket that bolts to the bottom 2 bell housing bolts maybe.

novak-adapt.com look for their external slave cylinder kit and and use their idea its a simple 3/16 or 1/4 plate (can't remember what thickness they told me ) that lines up with two holes on your bell a hole cut out for the slave to slip into and two bolt holes for the slave to bolt to the plate pretty simple and with a little time could be easily duplicated for a fraction of the cost. just make sure you pick a slave that matches the same throw as your master.

cool thanks. It looks pretty simple to make.

ok i no it has been along time sence i have posted anything on here about my cheap jeep project! well i just wanted to go threw and say i did finish this project and it turned out decent for being my first 4 linked front and rear jeep with hydro assist and tried to keep it on a budget! for all the guys on here that said it couldnt be built cheap well they were right!!!! i had roughly $5000 in building it but i didnt think that was horrible for how it turned out. well i am going to post some pics of it. i did sell it about 2 months ago to build a cj7 project which i hope to make ALOT better then my yj. here are some pics over the last year of it.

i am sitting here trying like crazy to post these pics and cant fiqure it out at all!!

i am sitting here trying like crazy to post these pics and cant fiqure it out at all!!

not sure about this site but if you host your pictures on Photobucket then just post the .IMG link to your post they should show up