Well, this morning we picked up a new to us 1964 CJ5 for our granddaughter.
She was absolutely thrilled. She just turn 14, so I have a couple of years to fix it up. It's basically stock. The tentative plan is to get a V6 (225/231 or 4.3),
SM420 or SM465 and an overdrive as this thing tops out at appx. 50mph. Also looking to do a hanging pedal vacuum brakes and power steering. I'll also be looking for a narrow track D30 front and a one-piece axle rear D44. Some parts that came with it I'll probably sell off, a PTO drive, the driveshaft for it and the PTO front winch. There's a full set of manuals and a brand new Willys tailgate.
...................................... to xbombtek's place outside Albuquerque to pick up a 4.3L Chevy V6. Decided to leave right from work tomorrow afternoon and hopefully make Phoenix, stay the night, then get to his place around lunchtime, load up and head back west until I get too tired, maybe Flagstaff. That should get me back home early afternoon Sunday with some down time before going back to work Monday morning. Going to be a long weekend. :flipoff2:
Well, I made it back. Long ass weekend for me. Trip odometer says............................... 1737 miles round trip. :flipoff2:
xbombtek has a primo place to live, 7000 ft up in the pinon forest. I'm officially jealous. Thanks again.
Ordered some 4" Superlift Superride springs. I had these on my 1970 CJ5 and they flexed nicely and settled at about a 3" lift. Just about right for 32" tires or 33" with a little trimming.
Went down to A&B Truck Dismantlers this morning and picked up a cast iron bellhousing to mate the 4.3L V6 to the SM420. I still have to source the bottom cover as A&B didn't have any. Also got the clutch assy from Southland Clutch. The flywheel hadn't arrived yet though, so I'll get that Monday.
Also got a response fro Wilwood Brakes. They suggested the 340-13834 pedal and needed to know the front caliper piston dia. before recommending a master cylinder.
Do you mind sharing what criteria you provided wilwood to get that pedal recommendation? I literally found them to be of no help when I called. Perhaps i was just expecting a little deeper experience as they should have outfitted hundreds of early cj's...
I still need to measure my caliper and wheel cylinder bores, which also somewhat surprised me.
Ended up being a shitty day. First off, my old engine hoist shit the bed, so I ran down to Harbor Freight and got a new one. After spending an hour assembling it I lifted the engine out of the wooden cradle and found out there's no way to get the engine stand between the hoist legs to mount the engine. :mad3: Looks like some mods will be needed to the hoist. Next I started pulling the 4" lift springs out of the boxes they came in. 2 springs were fine, but the other two were 2 1/2" wide instead of 1 3/4" wide. They were also Old Man Emu springs and not the Superlift. :shaking: It was supposed to come with all new U-bolts/washers/nuts, but absolutely no hardware. Quadratec will be getting a phone call tomorrow. I don't think they'll like my call.
I was very seriously warned away from the full float kits for the early D44 axles by a guy who I trust on driveline stuff. He's had lots of them come in with serious problems. I'll continue looking for a 1970-1971 D44. Thanks for thinking of me though.
Well, the correct springs arrived last night and I used the prepaid labels Quadratec emailed me to send the wrong ones back.
Got some 3" X 4" rectangular tubing and spaced the casters on the engine hoist so the legs were higher off the ground.
Just enough to get the engine on the stand.
Next I attacked the front bumper. It's riveted on with 8 3/8" rivets. ground the heads off and I could only
pound 1 out. The rest are rusted in solid. They're soaking in a liberal app of liquid wrench. I'll try later when it cools off.
Rivets still wouldn't move, so I drilled out the 2 top ones and the driver's side front and persuaded it with a 3' crowbar. :flipoff2:
Lots more work than I originally thought.
yea those rivets are a b.i.t.c.h. to pound out on a fairly clean old frame, can't imagine the effort needed on an old rusty crusty frame. I ground the heads down with a grinder then used a 2lb sledge with a tapered punch in the center of the rivet and then a 1/4"-5/16" punch after I got it moving, but it was a work out for sure--minimum 30 swings of the hammer per rivet...
I was thinking about a full floater, but I talked to a good friend that owns a 4X4 shop and he strongly warned me to stay away from them. He's had quite a few show up at his shop with recurring problems.
Do you have the master on hand yet? I'm looking for the length from the firewall - out. I only have 5.5" between the firewall and my carburetor and the cj master that i was planning to use is 8.25"
Well, not a bad day. Drilled out the last two rivets for the front bumper and installed the bumper. It's not permanent, just in place so I know where it'll be when I go to mount the power steering box. From the looks of it I'll need to open up the front cross member and weld a tube into it to get the steering shaft through.
By that time it was 10am so I ran to the post office for some packages, then to a truck dismantler and they actually had the two pieces of the dust shield to go with the bellhousing.
Then I started ripping out the P.O.S. heater system so I have a place for the firewall mounted brake master cylinder. What a pain. Two of the captive stubs holding the core under the hood were no longer captive. I ended up prying it back some and sawsalled it off. :shaking: Inside the blower section under the dash it looked like a bunch of rodents had made a nest in it. :laughing: None of the wires or cables would come off so I cut them and it still barely squeezed out by depressing the clutch pedal. I decided to quit after that since it's just over 100* .
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