FrankenJEEP sofar....

Well I got a scanner for x-mas and I thought I would scan a pic of my JEEP from last veteran's day 08'. I had the day off and I went around my property with her. This is a sofar pic. I have another one in here somewhere but I can't figure out how to post the first one then this stage of the game. I am going to put in a 3" Black Diamond lift this spring because the springs and shocks in there now are very tired. Hope this works.

 

IT worked. Cool Jeep.

 

Good job. A suggestion on the scanning: most units let you do a preview or pre-scan. Do that first, then adjust the size so it only scans the photo and not all the background. That should give you a larger finished product.

 

Well here goes round two. Sofar here is what I have done. rewired just about everything, new wiper motor and switch, washer, turn signal switch, brake/reverse lights, 34x9.50r15 TSL's, AR-767 15x7 rims, quick tune up. Here is a different picture.

 

Nice job on the improved scanning. And on the Jeep, too.

 

Nice Jeep! Love that road, is that the one Robert Frost wrote about ," The road less travel"?

 

Thanks. As for the road it actually is the road I will be living on once I build my house. Right now it is just like a class 4 road.

 

The 5 looks good! How do you like the 34x9.50's? As I recall you aren't that far from us. We'll have to get together and do some Jeeping this year!

 

Sorry it took so long to reply but I do like the 34x9.50's lots. They have lots of bite and they are tall and skinny. Thank you, I am glad you like it. I am not to far from you I think. I would like to do some jeepin'. I will be putting in a 3" black diamond lift in the next week or so. I will post some before and after photos when done. I hope it turns out well.

 

Update for 7/25/09:
Myself and two of my co-workers installed the lift and shackles today. The JEEP gained just about 5 inches from a 3 inch black diamond lift. We had to cut out some stuff but it went fairly well. It took around 5 hours. The old girl looks really good with 34x9.50r15 super swamper tsl's now. It is a little stiff right now but it will settle out. We did have one problem though.....Once I took her out on the road I got a very good shimmy. I limped her home but in the process the tail pipe fell off and ripped up the lugs on the swampers a bit. It is ok because I need a spare anyway so this will be the one. I found some 4-6 degree shims in my free jeep parts so tomorrow Myself and a co-worker will install them to fix the shimmy problem. The drive shaft has extended too much so this is where I think the shimmy is coming from. I will post an update tomorrow.

 

I am trying to post pictures of my before and after from the lift I just installed. I can't figure out how to now. I need help. :?

 

I've been using links from my Photobucket account. HTH!

 

Ok Thank you. I will try that. I did post two of the pics on my profile album.

 

http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46983

 

Well I posted some more pics on my profile album. Now I need to rebuild the tranny. Well I think I do. I need to open it up tomorrow and inspect the condition. If the gears are good then I will just do an overhaul with bearings, syncros, seals , small parts and gaskets. I need to get some 4* shims for my rear springs to fix some of the leftover drive line vibration. I will post some pics of the transmission after looking at it.

 

Well here is an update. I cleaned off my transmission and found out it was a T14 A-1. Without cutting the welds on the floor or the correct tools, which I did not have, I could not get the cover off. So I started looking for parts and decided Herm is the guy to get the stuff from and if the tranny is really bad I would get a rebuild from him. But anyway I installed the 4* shims on the rear springs this past weekend. It took around 30 mins. so it was quick. Now the driveline angle is a lot better. I took her for a spin down the road and the strange grinding noises when stopping are gone. There is no driveline vibration but there is swamper vibration. There is still a little growl in second and none in third. I am still thinking the tranny needs an overhaul. Oh an the tranny doesn't pop out of gear now. Well at least not yet. I didn't take pics of the tranny because I figured out what it was. I will post some more pics of the build soon.