My 67 CJ5 build

So here we go. I posted some of these photos on the resto forum when asking some questions so I decided to start a thread of my project. This is a 1967 CJ5 V6 225 engine, t-86 transmission, pto winch. The Jeep was my fathers and he used it for hunting in NY. I've been working on this on and off for a couple of years, taking a lot of " financial " breaks lol. I will post what I've done a little at a time to get you caught up to where I am today.





How the Jeep looked when I got it from my father. It has a different body on it we put on from a junk yard. That was shot too.






So I won't bore you with the disassembly photos but when the body was taken off here is the damage I found to the frame







Old repair

 

Repairs made

Going to my friends who has torches to cut bumpers off














Sandblasting

 

I made a redneck rotisserie to paint the frame. I used Por-15. Sprayed it with metal ready and allowed it to flash rust which is recommended. then 2 coats of Por-15 and 2 coats of Por-15 chassis coat satin black.

 

Hell yeah looking good.

Are you going to restore the top also?

That style of hard top is my fav.

 

Looking good! I had that same top before falling icicles crushed it that frame looks mighty good too, keep up the good work!

 

A falling tree made that decision for me :-(

 

ACK!!

That sux

 

After the frame was complete I started on the axles. There was no major issues with them when on the road so I just checked the bearings and replaced the oils seals. Sandblasted and painted with Por-15



I had to cut one of the brake drums off with a skill saw









New oil seal





Paints still wet, thats why so shiny

 

Backing plates sandblasted and painted

 

Front axle went pretty much the same way. I purchased new felt seal kits for the knuckles, and new king pins and king pin bearings. Will put those in after axles gets mounted to the frame.

 

The Ross steering gear was next





Worm gear in great condition so I reused it




Sandblasted all the parts, new bearings and race's



The original sector shaft was worn so after a long search finally found a NOS shaft and new brass bushing










Pressing in the new bushing



Used a brake cylinder hone to get the right oil clearance





All done and primed

 

Nice work. Looking forward to seeing this go together .

 

You don't like my work bench ? lol It was properly balanced, no issue jeep toss

 

Ouch!

 

Nice work on the Ross box, it looks good.


I'm envying that workbench! If I had that kinda space I could actually get stuff done!

 

If you mean the real bench and not the garbage can it's laminated beams turned on there side. Put some angle iron under them to hold together. 4x4 for legs.

 

where do I begin ?

 

Disassembled the T-86 today





Thank god I'm replacing these




Found some damage