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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    CJ driveshaft in place I got the new 10° shims installed, raised the trans/t-case back to the original height (removed my 1" spacers), and...
    Post by: Leftlane, Oct 21, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    Thanks for the comments, all. Much appreciated. So I call Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts and who do I get on the phone but Tom Woods himself!...
    Post by: Leftlane, Oct 16, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    I wrote the above about a year and four months ago. I was thinking about that post last weekend... I wanted to take the Blue Lemon to Cars and...
    Post by: Leftlane, Oct 13, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    which power train to choose from for 68 CJ 5

    This is interesting to me. Is it because the auto needs more "whoa" when holding back in Drive (to overcome the torque converter) than a manual...
    Post by: Leftlane, Aug 31, 2014 in forum: Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    Thanks. I took your advice, got out the torque wrench, and crawled under to find some of the 75ft/lb U-bolt nuts had backed off a bit. Not sure...
    Post by: Leftlane, Aug 31, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    Thanks! I'll do my best keep the thread alive with more pics and videos at interesting stuff (to me, at least) takes shape. Yeah, you saw it....
    Post by: Leftlane, Aug 25, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    The End of Phase I Went back to the exhaust shop and had them quiet down the Blue Lemon. Like front row at an AC/DC concert, it sounded wild and...
    Post by: Leftlane, Aug 23, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    Re: alignment and exhaust begins Got the exhaust installed. Been working out the bugs in the Jeep over the last weekend or two by driving a...
    Post by: Leftlane, Aug 4, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    alignment and exhaust begins I flat towed the Jeep to a local alignment shop to have it baselined knowing that I likely had a caster problem. I...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jul 12, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    I don't think mine is installed correctly (I mention this earlier in the thread), but it doesn't snug up the steering column splines tight enough...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jul 10, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    My Allstar fan spacer came in today unexpectedly (they had told me it wasn't going to ship until the 16th). I've been waiting on that part to...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jul 9, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    As always, thanks for the comments. Nice to know folks are reading along. I drove the Jeep this weekend. Just out of the garage and to the...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jun 29, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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    New guy

    FWIW - I did a very mild notch on mine and my 33x10.50's so far haven't had an issue. I probably could've gone deeper with it. Also, I haven't put...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jun 28, 2014 in forum: Intermediate CJ-5/6/7/8
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    New 1975 CJ Wiring Diagram

    Thanks for posting this. You have already helped me with two separate wiring issues. It's funny how staring at this chart while debugging a...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jun 24, 2014 in forum: Intermediate CJ-5/6/7/8
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    The Blue Lemon: musings and hopeful progress of my '75 CJ-5

    I've been knocking out the little stuff by devoting a few hours each weekend to the Blue Lemon. Decided to stick with the factory clutch bell...
    Post by: Leftlane, Jun 22, 2014 in forum: Builds and Fabricators Forum
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