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1984 CJ-7 LS upgrade

Just got a text out of no where this morning...magically the trans/t-case adapter delivered late yesterday afternoon. As of this morning we are back on for .....April 2022.

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revho said:
Just got a text out of no where this morning...magically the trans/t-case adapter delivered late yesterday afternoon. As of this morning we are back on for .....April 2022.

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So what's holding it up until then now that you have this in hand?
 
revho said:
Just got a text out of no where this morning...magically the trans/t-case adapter delivered late yesterday afternoon. As of this morning we are back on for .....April 2022.

:unsure:
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How quickly 6 weeks turns to a year. But hey, you wouldn't drive it in the winter here anyway (I hope :LOL:). It will be awesome.
 
No expectations at this point…but June 6th he asked to have the 7 back to begin the swap.

Edit- added the 66 Charger that was the winter project he took on before the transfer conversion kit came in.
 

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Bummer. Was hoping for better news when I saw this thread bumped.
 
Mechanic said he took it down the road and got it up to driving speed today. Said he is working through tcase selection problems right now but good news it’s running and driving….mostly…

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Cannot wait to see it on the dunes. You want a prefilter on that intake. I need one as well.
 
bigwalton said:
Cannot wait to see it on the dunes. You want a prefilter on that intake. I need one as well.
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Good idea! Just the sleeve on the filter or a the plastic partial box that blocks out the sides and bottom as well?
 
The "pantyhose" sleeve for sure. A partial surround would also help deflect some dust, as well as help manage intake air temps a little keeping the header heat at bay (somewhat). I cringe at all the "cold air intakes" that are actually gobbling up all the radiant heat straight off the headers....
 
Yeah, just meant the sleeve on the main filter. I actually ordered one a couple years back but either read the specs wrong or they sent the wrong thing and it was tiny. Got a refund but never ordered the right one.
 
2 years and 5 months later we were able to go out for a drive in a running and drivable CJ-7 with a 5.3 this evening.

The person we went with to do this build was an excellent engine builder. That I can tell you. What he is not is a good fabricator or finisher. We got the Jeep back last fall and it would run and drive. The fuel and coolant were not hooked up to gauges as well as many other small unfinished items (wiring, gas and transmission lines run correctly, ect). We had a local trusted shop do some work on it last fall, they found some more issues on things not done correctly. It went back in the end of July for round 2 of work. We got it back and the heater core started leaking heavy on the way home. Back to the shop it went and now….we got an ice cream cone tonight.

We Are so far over budget we won’t talk about it. Hopefully anything further we need done will be minor.IMG_2183.jpeg
 
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