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What Did You Do To Your Jeep Today?

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Cleaned and lubricated a set of old warn hubs to finish the 30 install and took a short ride. The hanging brake/dual master and new discs make a major difference. I still need to shorten a drive shaft for the front, but I stuck an almost short late CJ rear in to make things turn.
 
Something definitely wrong with this picture.
2 Jeeps in the air!
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Blue 6 didn't want to crank at the gas station. Could hear the starter runnin but the bendix didn't engage. I got lucky by pecking it with a ratchet handle and it worked.
The green B is still waiting for OD parts from Advance Adapters. BUT, Ol Fogie just might be right about the T90 shift fork working in the OD.
It's still a possible maybe,
T90 fork
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It took some modifications, but its there.
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If I can get the offset right, it just might work. Gonna compare the new fork when it arrives. Fingers crossed.
 
3b a runnin said:
Something definitely wrong with this picture.
2 Jeeps in the air!
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Blue 6 didn't want to crank at the gas station. Could hear the starter runnin but the bendix didn't engage. I got lucky by pecking it with a ratchet handle and it worked.
The green B is still waiting for OD parts from Advance Adapters. BUT, Ol Fogie just might be right about the T90 shift fork working in the OD.
It's still a possible maybe,
T90 fork
View attachment 104753
It took some modifications, but its there.
View attachment 104754
If I can get the offset right, it just might work. Gonna compare the new fork when it arrives. Fingers crossed.
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Wow! That;s a cool solution if it works.
 
3b a runnin said:
Something definitely wrong with this picture.
2 Jeeps in the air!
View attachment 104752
Blue 6 didn't want to crank at the gas station. Could hear the starter runnin but the bendix didn't engage. I got lucky by pecking it with a ratchet handle and it worked.
The green B is still waiting for OD parts from Advance Adapters. BUT, Ol Fogie just might be right about the T90 shift fork working in the OD.
It's still a possible maybe,
T90 fork
View attachment 104753
It took some modifications, but its there.
View attachment 104754
If I can get the offset right, it just might work. Gonna compare the new fork when it arrives. Fingers crossed.
Click to expand...
Well I've uncrossed my fingers, because it didn't work. You can see in this pic that the t90 shift fork is straight basically, no offset.
I didn't get a pic but the factory Saturn shift fork has some offset that pitches it in the direction of direct drive. This fork worked great in overdrive, but apparently didn't move the synchronizer sleeve far enough to fully engage direct drive because it would pop out of direct with any amount of load. I have now put it back together with the factory Saturn shift fork. I have only driven it a mile or so because it's been too cold with no top or doors. Yea I'm a wimp. It has not popped out of direct drive yet. Hopefully alls good as new when I actually get to drive it
 
I did a few things on the 71. Not exactly super fabrication like many of you guys, but…I worked on it. I added a boot over the throttle linkage. I cut a small piece of tube and welded it to the firewall. I filled the gaps with a gap filler and then placed the boot over the linkage. Works well. I also added a cutoff switch for my winch and a small remote fuse box for the fan and compressors. This brings all the in-line fuses to one consolidated point.

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Militarymetal said:
I have two small plastic gas cans in the back of my 71 CJ5 too. Do you think it’s okay having these on the inside of the cab? I have absolutely no room outside to place them.
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I’m not wildly in favor of carrying the fuel inside but I’m in sort of the same situation as you: nothing available outside.

At some point, I may end up making a better rear bumper. If/when that happens, I’ll add a spare tire and Jerry can carrier. The tub will have to be raised off the frame to disassemble what’s currently there, though…

Jon B.
 
I'm always sitting on the gas tank, so if there's ventilation, I guess it's good. I never fill the 5 gal. cans up too full, or it will splash out and make the Jeep smell like gas. I put them in a cardboard box that fits it tightly with a trash bag to catch any spills. Works for short trips on smooth roads. Always something to do on these old Jeeps.

Dave
 
The only time in over 50 years that I did not have 2 cans in the back of my jeep was when the kids were little and I had baby seats bolted to the roll bar where I usually had the cans. I figure with all the jeeps with the tank under the seat that there was not much difference in having a can in the back. I always kept good gasket on the cans and never seemed to have any problem with leaking vapors. As far as saftey goes I do not see much difference in where the gas is, under the seat, in a can in the back or hanging on the back bumper, I think if your in a wreck no matter where the gas is, bad things are going to happen if the gas catches on fire. In matter of fact I always thought that hanging one off the back was more dangerous if somebody plowed into your rear. But one thing that I have doubts about to be truthful is the saftey of these new plastic jerry cans. I have always used metal cans.
But on the other hand in telling my age, I can remember when a lot of pick ups had the gas tank behind the seat and nobody including myself thought anything about it.

Mike

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Did some maintenance on the 64 A1.
Topped off the trans and transfer cast with GL-4. Found some loose nuts on the bottom of the transfer case and tightened them.
Installed the windshield wiper arms and blades and topped off the front and rear differentials.

Getting ready for the season and the Denton Military Vehicle Show April 18th.

Dave
 
My battery has been going dead after a few days for about a month. The battery is an Optima Yellow Top purchased in January, and I’ve never had one of these go bad, but I was was starting to wonder if I got a bad battery. So today, I shut all of the lights off in the shop, disconnected the positive cable and there was a very small spark. I am bleeding voltage somewhere when the key is off, so the hunt began.

I have two fuse panels, so started removing fuses one at a time from the fuse panel that is in the engine bay. With all of the fuses removed, I still had a tiny spark when I reconnected the positive cable. My alternator has been making a funny noise, so decided to disconnect the alternator for a test. Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner, the spark was gone. So, I reconnected the positive lead on the alternator and the spark returned. I did this test a couple more times, and every time I disconnected the alternator, the spark disappeared.

I’ve never had an alternator fail like this before. It was still charging fine, but was making a little noise. Oh well, I guess I get a new alternator tomorrow. The challenge is that I have a double pulley, and the last alternator I purchased had a single pulley but the shaft was not long enough to accept my double pulley. Had this problem the last time, so I’m sure I can find an alternator with a shaft that is long enough to accept the double pulley and the nut.
 
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