jeeps seem to be pretty easy to patch up. check out kopecki's jeep. it was a rust bucket but it looks good now.
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jeeps seem to be pretty easy to patch up. check out kopecki's jeep. it was a rust bucket but it looks good now.
Yah that was my thinking. Mostly flat and straight body panels would make a good introduction into body work.
You must be more specific than "more valuable" than the jeep, this is way to broad of a statement. Hell, fixing up the 1985 craftsman lawn mower would be a "more valuable" project. ( :flipoff2: to all the heepers out there)Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
I've seen different number of leaves in stock cj springs. I think mine had 6 front and rear. A cj5 with a 304 my brother had was 5 front and 11 rear, may not have been stock. Jeeps are pretty easy to work on because most panels are flat. The corner will probably have to be bought, but the rest should be able to be made from sheetmetal. But then jeep body parts are cheap so you may be better off buying. When I did mine nobody sold scrambler quarter panels. You can get a whole new tub for a 5 for under 2 grand I think.
Ed when I say "more valuable" I am refering to the fly rides in my sig. I was planning on just buying body panels but I figure I will have to do some sheet metal fabrication because alot of the bracing under the floors is rotted out and I've never seen that kind of body replacement panels for sale anywhere.
I just cut that bracing out. It allows the body to flex with the frame better.
Well I got the body off the frame today using a floorjack and two highlifts. It was quite an experience, and I only had one accident. I named him Robbie...haha
Since the yeep was sitting on jackstands, I started looking around for **** to rest the body on high enough so I could get the frame out from under it. My first though was sawhorses, then I discovered I dont have any. Then, as I was poking around I found 2 55 gallon drums. These will work for the back, but I still need something for the front. Well, I picked it up by hand just to see how heavy it was and it wasnt that bad, so I decided to use some old skool metal milk crates I have that I usually use to sit on while working on stuff. I had 3 so I stacked 2 and a 4x4 on one side and one with a jackstand on top of it on the other side. Perfect.
Then I used the high lifts to lift the ass end up high enough to slide the barrels under the corners of the body. After they were secured I went around to the front and raised the front with the floorjack till I could get my milkcrates under it. Then I lowered the front a little and went and started lowering the back. Both of the highlifts I am using are as old as creation itself and the pins stuck open on one of them causing the back end of the frame to crash down about 2 feet onto the dolly I had put under there for it. (Luckily the 1/4" think ugly booty fab'd gas tank skid plate did its job and protected the tank.) This caused the non-malfunctioning highlift to shoot out to the side and knock one of the barrels out from under the body. Aparently, even with all the rust the body is still stiff enough for this to not make it flex at all. Crisis averted.
So I dragged the frame out from under the body without further incident and then realized I was dreadfully short on space. So I rearanged a bunch of **** and now I have plenty of room to work.
I started taking the rear axle apart, and it is indeed 30-something spline, not 16. The shafts are impressively large, almost as big as a 14 bolt, even though I was actually able to deadlift the complete axle onto the jackstands, which I cant even think about with the 14 bolt. I got stuck on getting the carrier out though, is there some trick to it? I've heard of a gizmo called a case spreader but I didnt think I would need one. I'll get pics of the progress up when I get back to CS.
put a wrench on one of the ring gear bolts, so the carrier can't turn, and then turn the pinion and it will push the carrier out of the housing
dead blow hammer or 3-6 ft pry bar. i have used both effectively but id like to try creightons method. you gotta put a wrench on the pinion yoke to do it?
rachtet straps, one attaches to your wall or secured shop table, the other throught the carrier takes some work but thats how we free'd cj's front.
and almost ripped the garage down
ahh! thats dangerous! you cant use highlifts to lift things up o ratchet straps! you probably are dead already you just dont know it!!
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Originally Posted by Seth
ill be happy when you get a hi-lift to the skull, no really...
ouch - that was assish on my part i admit.....if it makes any difference to anyone, I do my best to avoid dangerous situations and try to be mindful of safety in all the crap do. John - you don't even know me, I am a pretty funny guy at times, and a hifift to the head might be enough to knock me off kilter, and then you would never get to drink beer with funny seth, only "timmay" seth
edit: if you really want a hilift to my head, that is pretty harsh considering the crime. I endanger myself only and you want me to get hurt...I can only imagine if I did something to you. But seriously, we international guys have to stick together, so no boobytrapping my hilift when I am asleep.
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Originally Posted by agjohn02