Wow.. its scary.

Just getting everything ready for the tub removal. wow! there are a lot of things I will have to disconect. Now having second thoughts about it! Wonder how long its going to be apart!! Maybe i am getting in over my head. Quick! I need some encouragement to get me going!!!

It is going to be a lot bigger then I thought. But i know it will be alot easier to move around for the engine/tranny swap I am planning.

Once the Tub is off what should I do to clean the frame?

 

Avnet: Can't give you any advice on removeing the tub, but there seems to be a lot of guys here that remove them just to change plugs! R) R)

It doesn't seem that hard once you do it.

Hang in there!

 

mark and remove wires carefully. You could mark each wire with a number and then have a spreadsheet that decodes each number into a color and where it came from / goes to.

rewiring is not hard, but if you are not familiar with how the wiring works and electricity in general, you can get in over your head pretty quickly.

good luck

 

cool guys! thanks again. I have a small digital i always keep in my tool box. taking lots of pictures of everything. And i will be switching over to a painless wiring setup after everything is put in its place (Engine/trans/tcase) .

thanks again..
almost there!

 

Yeah, but the size of the job just makes for more satisfaction when you finish. How many Jeep ads have you seen that say "unfinished project?" Quite a few!

Good notes and labeling will save you time figuring stuff out later. I use a lot of baggies and a Sharpie - write right on the bag.

I'd think you can just power wash the frame, unless you want to paint it. A wire brush in a drill motor (or grinder?) can prep the frame if you're going to paint. I'd use black Eastwood Rust Encapsulator and a brush. Painting the frame is good PM IMO.

Sounds like fun! Keep your eye on the goal...

 

I've had my tub off twice. The first time is pretty intimidating. If you are rewiring anyway, just rip and tear on the electrical. Good pair of dikes works well. You are about to get to really know your Jeep well. Take losts of pics and make notes as mentioned above. I sandblasted my frame. Good time to check for cracks. It'll take longer than you think, but will be well worth the effort. Good Luck!
PS I lived in Apache Juction back in 1973 for about 6 months. I still miss the desert.

 

funny I was just out in Apache Junction looking for land to build my first house. Land is not cheap out there. Infact the realestate lady laughed at me when I told her I wanted to spend only 40k for the land for 1 acre parcel. she said land is about twice that much for an acre..(sigh) guess i will just move out towards coolidge.

 

Break the project into smaller ones. List them then put a date that you want to complete them done by, but when you put that date in there remember to give yourself 2 time as much time as you think it will take. Then as you complete a project check it off a list.
Kind of like a milestone theory, helps to keep me motivated anyway.

Doing this, will help to organize your thoughts and help you to prioritize the projects.
I think that if you plan the rebuild well and it will go smoother.

All this coming from a guy that had his Jeep apart for the first 3 years he owned it (I drove it home and it ran well). I was only going to clean the frame and at a Saginaw conversion to this jeep at the beginning of the teardown.