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60' Superior Traction Willy's Pick-up build thread

Hey guys,


A few people have asked me to start a build thread on my pick-up. If any questions on any part of the rig just ask I love to help other Willy's fanatics out!

These pics are the first day I drug it home out of a field in central FL for $400.00 and after selling some original parts and scrapping some more I was $100.00 in the green. Bought it "as is" had the typical Willy's details, "it ran when it was parked" explanation lol. after some marvel mystery oil down the cylinders and taping the top of the valves with a wooden dowel to loosen them up I had it running like a sewing machine...

The drive train was as follows. The stock drive-train is original and is still in use today (minus front and rear)!


Super Hurricane 226
T-90 J long input shaft tranny
Dana 18
Dana 25 front
Dana 53 Rear
Front PTO winch


-Luke
 

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Here is the process of swaping out the standard Dana 53 and Dana 25. The axles that were swapped were out of a J-4000 Jeep pick-up. Now up-front is a closed knuckle 5 lug Dana 44 and out back is a 5 lug Dana 60 flanged axle.
 

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After taking out a few times at some local power-lines I soon realized that the sock gearing was not sufficient for my purposes. 4.88 ring & pinion, 2.79 first gear, and 2.46 low range in the dana 18 only gave me a ratio of 34 which was pathetic to say the least. After much deliberation of what route I should go to achieve more gearing I had 3 routes to go. 1) swap out my entire drive-train with a new one, (2. Find a T-98 and either adapt or find an uber rare one with the right input shaft for my "Super Hurricane", (3. put another transfer-case in behind the Dana 18.

Well I wanted to keep my drive-train original so number one was out. I looked for a while for a T-98 but was unsuccessful. So that left me with adding another transfer-case. I wanted to keep my PTO winches so I stuck with a Dana 18 with the help of Novak I purchased a kit to make any Dana 18 into a divorced one.

After I forked out the money for the kit I installed the adapter. The process was very easy. Took about 3 hrs to instal and mount .

Now my first gear has a handy 83 crawl ratio in sticky situations.

I really couldn't be happier with this set-up
 

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Here is the best part of the project for me the day I mounted my R2 Rice Paddy 9.5-24 tractor tires. These are my brand "Superior Traction" tires. superiotraction.com
 

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This is the finished product on the way down to RYC in Punta Gorda, FL

As the Jeep sits this is the drive-train

Super Hurricane 226 straight six
T-90 "J"
Dual Dana 18 transfercases
Front/rear PTO winches
5 lug Dana 44 front (Lock Right locker)
5 lug Dana 60 rear (Lock Right locker)
"Superior Traction" R2 Rice Paddy tractor tires 9.5-24. Measure 43" tall
 

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