Building a 61 Willy's Wagon Rockcrawler

Another big day for me.

got the high steer arms and kingpin rebuilds completed and the hubs and brakes back together.

then I recieved my beadlocks and managed to get two wheels completed before I ran out of energy.













getting closer...

 

Looks GREAT, but I gotta know: did the ceiling height of your garage determine the amount of lift? ;-)

 

heh heh

with the spring over i worked hard to keep it as low as possible....even then it almost hits the door!!!

glad I have roller wheels to get it in and out

 

Lookin better and better every day. Where did you get those high steer arms, they look great.


Also, when do you gotta go back to work?

 

got the high steer arms from Poison spyder customs.

work starts tomorrow!!!!

 

Two things,

1. Doh!!!!!! I knew that.

2. So I am guessing we can expect to see finished pics of this rig by the end of the day today, right?

 

That's gonna be real nice.

 

cripes...work sucks!!!!

 

Avalanche engineering give you any idea's?

 

not that I know of. Most of my ideas for this build come from my own personal experiences, and reading alot on colorado4x4.org , pirate4x4.com , coloradok5.com , and needing to build this thing as stout as possible given my propensity to beat the crap out of my rig.

 

The Atlas Fairy stopped by my house today. OOOOOOOOhhhhhh.....thats a very bling pice of machinery. I hope to put it in on Sunday!!!!

4.3:1

my over-all low gear will be 128:1

 

How can you post this w/o pics

 

sorry its dark and my camera sux, so you will ahve to wait til I put it in on Sunday. Until then, sweet dreams with silver transfer cases dancing around your head.

 

okay, i finally was able to carve some time out of my now busy schedule to continue this build. its getting close and I am actually getting excited.

behold the Atlas II 4.3:1 Transfer case!



bits and parts



sm465 tranny



check collar installed on input shaft



input shaft is cut per directions....used a cut-off wheel. the sawzall was ineffective.

 

adaptor in place



the input shaft is supposed to be flush, but there is a max 1/4 inch tolarance. mine was 1/8 inch stickout after cutting off threaded part.



installing the studs...



assembling the shifter linkage...







installed and clocked downward due to front driveshaft clearance issues

 

man she looks good!!! i love this thread, thanks for the updates!!

 

:drool: looks great.

 

Looks great. They give those Atlas Tcases away don't they?

 

No Mike unlike you and I, he must have a healthy money tree growing wild in his back yard.

 

unfortunately the money tree never took root. my insurance company, however, took care of me when i rolled my TJ and totalled it