Still waiting for the spring hangers to arrive. Really wanted to knock out the front suspension first. Parts have been on order for 5 weeks. They did send an email apologizing for the wait. Still lots to do so it hasn't impacted the project yet.
Steering mount is from Ididit. Mounted it to a plate and then mounted the plate to the floor with rivnuts. Will finish up the area when the transmission tunnel comes out later.
There had been some internal modifications to the caddy column that were questionable. Bought a new column and steering wheel to be safe. Nice to not have the steering wheel in your chin. I fit in the Jeep perfectly but my son is 6' so a fender notch is in the future.
Heater is fully installed. Wiring has been cleaned up. I left the bundle of red wires alone. Radio is now just a face plate as the heater vent ran right into it. Inside workings of the radio were like a watch. Hurt to cut that one up.
Moved the Dana 30 over to the work area. YJ U bolt skid needed some modification to clear. Springs on. Tie rod flip bushings in. Fresh coat of paint.
Started thinking about the radiator install. This is what is left of the grill. Stripped the lights out and squared up what was left of the shroud. Inside of the grill was greasy and had an old black rattle can paint job. Gave it a coat of oven cleaner to degrease. Got lucky and the oven cleaner was like a paint stripper to the black and left the green intact. Hit it with the pressure washer and it was like sandblasting.
Of course one thing leads to another and I had to clean the black paint off everything. Going to weld up the extra holes and paint these green in the engine compartment.
Patched the grill where that was cut out for the power steering. New mount will set the steering box lower.
Half a can of oven cleaner and a roll of paper towels later we ended up here with the firewall. I like the patina green much better than the cruddy black. Hood will get the same treatment.
Going with the same Griffin crossflow radiator that Fireball swapped in to his CJ5. Going to have to be on my A game for this job. Ordered a pair of simple black valve covers as these had been overtightened one too many times.
Steering mount is from Ididit. Mounted it to a plate and then mounted the plate to the floor with rivnuts. Will finish up the area when the transmission tunnel comes out later.
There had been some internal modifications to the caddy column that were questionable. Bought a new column and steering wheel to be safe. Nice to not have the steering wheel in your chin. I fit in the Jeep perfectly but my son is 6' so a fender notch is in the future.
Heater is fully installed. Wiring has been cleaned up. I left the bundle of red wires alone. Radio is now just a face plate as the heater vent ran right into it. Inside workings of the radio were like a watch. Hurt to cut that one up.
Moved the Dana 30 over to the work area. YJ U bolt skid needed some modification to clear. Springs on. Tie rod flip bushings in. Fresh coat of paint.
Started thinking about the radiator install. This is what is left of the grill. Stripped the lights out and squared up what was left of the shroud. Inside of the grill was greasy and had an old black rattle can paint job. Gave it a coat of oven cleaner to degrease. Got lucky and the oven cleaner was like a paint stripper to the black and left the green intact. Hit it with the pressure washer and it was like sandblasting.
Of course one thing leads to another and I had to clean the black paint off everything. Going to weld up the extra holes and paint these green in the engine compartment.
Patched the grill where that was cut out for the power steering. New mount will set the steering box lower.
Half a can of oven cleaner and a roll of paper towels later we ended up here with the firewall. I like the patina green much better than the cruddy black. Hood will get the same treatment.
Going with the same Griffin crossflow radiator that Fireball swapped in to his CJ5. Going to have to be on my A game for this job. Ordered a pair of simple black valve covers as these had been overtightened one too many times.
