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1973 CJ 5 Trail Rig

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by CJ5Kyle, Jan 28, 2013.

  1. Nov 2, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

    CJ5Kyle Member

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    Finally finished my hydro clutch install. Needs a little more adjustment but definitely a great upgrade. Pics to follow!
     
  2. Nov 2, 2013
    piffey263

    piffey263 Active Member

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    How do you like it?? and any Carb progress

    you know what is interesting I used to have a 65 chevy truck and the clutch pedal was easier in that thing than my jeep... The worst part was the linkage on the chevy was longer, more rusty and what not...It should of been the other way.
     
  3. Nov 2, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

    CJ5Kyle Member

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    Surprisingly, my carb runs great here at home. I think it just needed to be tuned for the elevation.

    As far as the clutch goes, I still need to adjust it to get a hair more throw on it but other than that it's good. A solid upgrade for under $100. The pedal is definitely much hard though
     
  4. Nov 2, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

    CJ5Kyle Member

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    Scratch that, carb started sputtering today under load. I'm really starting to hate carbs even more than I did before. I really need to put together a tbi setup or just save up the dough for a Howell setup.

    Either way, here are my pics of the hydro clutch install. Loving it so far.

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    Fabbed my own push rod so my throw was at least adjustable

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  5. Nov 2, 2013
    Posimoto

    Posimoto Hopeless JEEP Addict

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    Looks good, except for the bolt you tacked onto the push rod. I hope you finish welded that all the way around because I sure wouldn't trust tack welds to hold under the kind of pressure that's generated in that linkage. That said, you will really like the hydraulic clutch.
     
  6. Nov 3, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

    CJ5Kyle Member

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    I did because I intended it to keep the entire rod from spinning when moving the adjuster. It's not structural at all. The thread was already part of the rod I had.
     
  7. Nov 3, 2013
    Posimoto

    Posimoto Hopeless JEEP Addict

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    Gotcha. On my system I have to leave a slight amount of freeplay in the pedal, like you would have on your brake rod going into the master cylinder.
     
  8. Nov 3, 2013
    scott milliner

    scott milliner Master Fabricator

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    I have the same hydraulic clutch set up on my Jeep. I made a heat shield on the exhaust pipe to keep the slave cylinder from getting to hot.
     
  9. Nov 8, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

    CJ5Kyle Member

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    Finished adjusting clutch and it's very, very smooth now. Finally got a timing light and adjusted my tune. No more bogging, runs great now
     
  10. Nov 8, 2013
    piffey263

    piffey263 Active Member

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    glad you got everything working,
     
  11. Dec 8, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

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    Not much going on lately. Getting a HEI setup for xmas, along with a new gas tank to replace my leaky one.


    Hoping the distributor will solve my tuning issues. It seems fine one day then off the next. The distributor that came with it was just an old stocker that only performs so-so. All I did was replace the rotor, cap, points, plugs and wires to get it running but that's not good enough right now. The timing still jumps around. The gears are fine and the timing chain slack was well within spec when I had the front cover off. Going to swap the distributor and hope that solves the issue.


    Then I can finally move on to body armor and spare tire carrier.
     
  12. Dec 29, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

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    Got a lot done Friday installing everything I received for xmas

    Removing the old crap

    Goodbye old, rusted tank

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    Goodbye old, tired dizzy

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    Goodbye rusted, busted exhaust

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    New exhaust flanges

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    Flanges mocked up

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    New mufflers mocked up. Still need to finish welding everything and finish the exit location

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    New HEI Dizzy and 8mm pkug wires

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    Installing the dizzy

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    Finished product. I still need to clean up the wires

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    New tank

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    Tank installed. Still need to wrap up the filler neck

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    Overall, very happy right now. Jeep is running 100 times better, sounds better and I can fill the tank above 5 gallons again lol
     
  13. Dec 29, 2013
    tarry99

    tarry99 Member

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    Looks Good Bud.......Happy Holidays!
     
  14. Dec 29, 2013
    scott milliner

    scott milliner Master Fabricator

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    Looks good.
     
  15. Dec 30, 2013
    johneyboy03

    johneyboy03 The green beast

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    Nice work, but about muffler i would be afraid to hit them on a trail. They are lower than you're frame rail so they will be exposed...if you want side exhaust i hardly suggest to get the fenderwell headers, you will gain space in engine compartiment and muffler won't be lower than you're frame rail.

    About the hei dizzy, did you use the gear that come with the distributor or you use the one that you allready have in place?
    I'm telling that cause cam gear and dizzy gear get match by the time. Putting a new dizzy gear without changing the cam gear can worn out the cam gear pretty fast(i learned it the hard way). So if you already put the new dizzy gear i hardly suggest to put the one that was on the engine before doing the swap, or change the cam gear for a new one.


    keep on the good work.
     
  16. Dec 30, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

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    We recently put a set of fenderwell headers on my stepdad's 75 with a 304 and the exhaust is in the same location. I'm not that worried about it. This is mainly a hunting/fart around rig. I would like to do the Rubicon one day but who knows if I actually will. Plus everything is just tacked in place, still need to figure out final location. I have room to raise the mufflers higher. They are hanging down so low because there is nothing to support them

    As far as the dizzy goes, I swapped the gear with my old gear so I didn't have to worry about exploding my cam gear
     
  17. Dec 30, 2013
    tomatolane

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    Looking GREAT!

    How do the new mufflers sound?
     
  18. Dec 30, 2013
    CJ5Kyle

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    Great. Way better than those old glasspacks lol. Even just open mufflers they sound great. Little louder than I wanted but hey it's a V8, you can only quiet them so much before you feel bad about your life haha
     
  19. Jan 7, 2014
    CJ5Kyle

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    Finished putting the filler neck on the new tank yesterday. Then I finished tucking my exhaust as high up as it could go. Then I moved on to fine tuning the new distributor. Only to finally find my jeep flooding again. Found the real issue. White smoke only from one side of the exhaust.

    The one thing I never did was tear down the upper half of the motor and replace head gaskets and the gaskets on the intake manifold. So that's happening next. Plus it will be a good time to re-seal all of the valves because I'm sure they are leaking slowly also. I knew I should have done this when I originally had everything torn down. That's what I get for hoping all would be good. Now I just need to make sure it didn't cause any other real damage that would require a full rebuild. I also know a guy that has a 304 long block with low miles that is willing to either give it to me for free or sell for cheap. If I can get my hands on that I might just rebuild it and toss this motor out the window.

    Ahh the perks of owning a jeep!
     
  20. Jan 23, 2014
    rsbad454

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    Yup, these Jeeps take your cash.....lol
     
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