Buildup-(pictures-a lot)

coming along nicely
nice work
have you held the steering gear/plate up to make sure you clear the shackles and the bumper ?

 

Yesir and yes it does! And even with the frame 1 3/4" shorter too
Now...For the pitman arm, it's a tad long... Guess I'll be spending some time at the U Pull unless someone else has an idea?

 

I figured you already had tried it...
hmm..shorty manual arm, there have to be some out there in junkland.

 

That arm is a stock length from a CJ7...Will trying to replace it with a shorter one lose some leverage? Or make my steering geometry go all funky like?

 

Finished the back and now to grind and bondo R) Then tailgate and primer

Got my plate drilled, need to grind the spacers down so it's not crazy mounted

Ends of the bumper capped

Uhh What else
Oh found the Hawse finally
I plan to run synthetic
Not the best looking fair lead but it's sentimental (dads old one) plus can't beat free (and spiders too!)

Front end will be CRAZY crowded. Will weld a hich tube to the bottom then

Does this look like a good way to mount the bumper? Weld these plates to the horns, then bolts into the nuts welded to the tube?

And rear, it will be about that close

 

that thing is looking good. Definitely gonna be retro with the old bellview winch out front.

But jeeze you post like crazy. only been here what, 10-11 months and already 725 posts?!?! You sir, might be a post whore.

I wish I had that kinda time to work on my jeep. I can even find the time to go and change out the distributor.

nice work.

 

is that bad I post much?

I hope it is going to look retro ish, keeping the tire on the side will help that, the Warn OD and the old stlye Warn hubs also help too I think
But, I fear I will be going synthetic so it's not fully old school.

 

Chuck, you don't happen to have pictures of that do you? I may be in it for a design change for now

 

So how many steering U Joints can one have in a steering system and be safe? I've seen 6 but I may need 2 or 3...
Oh, and, ahem... Pass the bondo

 

He, I'm buying by the gallon these days. My only solace is that I seem to end up sanding oof 95% of what I put on.

Looking really good

 

Thank you kindly!

 

Thanks Chuck!
If you don't mind, how did you get the nuts sunk into the steel?

 

That would work, hmm...
Chuck do you think it would be just to surface weld the nuts to the bumper rather than recess them?

 

Looks really good, Sammy.

 

Thanks Clint!
I wish it would look as good as Therapy did though