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Coming along nicely. One thing you may look at while your back there... if you rotate the brake line tee fitting (and remount on a angle bracket) you will gain more droop and avoid a kink in the flex line.

Here is some information that may be pertinent to your situation. One is a YouTube video by M.O.R.E for the installation of their kit, the other is the install instructions with pics. They both have some information on shackle location and angles for their product that may be of help...

Two weeks... they could be without you AND a working forklift :evil:

New ride.

Just my :twocents:... It appears you already have shackles, and the sleeve locations through the frame are already determined. Why not just install what you have and once you have the frame fully loaded you can determine which way to go, swapping to boomerang shackles if needed should be a...

Yeah we had both a propane and a battery (lead acid) powered fork lift, the battery powered one could out lift the propane due to the added battery weight.

My stock '83 is 43-1/4" from center to center of bolt holes in each mount

J-B Weld makes a lot of different material specific products now (compared to the old days), maybe contact them with the info you have and they could point you in the right direction. Someone at one time recommended the J-B Weld PlasticWeld for a plenum but I'm unsure if they had actually used it.

How badly damaged is it? Here is a post with some info: https://www.cj-8.com/threads/heater-box-repair.53052/#post-467121

Here's a post from years ago with some good info and members that had done an Hemi. https://www.cj-8.com/threads/jeep-hemi.6373/ Also, if you search "Hemi" and under member put "rubclt" you can find his two build threads. Tread carefully or you may get in deeper than you originally intended...

Manual Trans

From the Factory Parts Manual for Automatic Next one is the manual trans -(note the numbers appear transposed ?)

This thread gives some insight on places to check to see if the vehicle was all one at sometime. Sorry, no help on the title info. https://www.cj-8.com/threads/vin-locations.25533/

A few points... The Garvin is an US made rack that is well known/respected in the expedition arena. The original cost difference new between models is not much different. The PIAA lights add value if they are of use to you. The JLU rack length is closer to the CJ8, however any of them will...

This is a pic from Matt Donaghy's (founder of cj-8.com) frame swap. He may have some input on how much farther the bumper is off between the two.

I guess the straw through the lid would be considered "open container" :shrug:

Hope to use this when I get back to mine. The part number for '81- '82 battery tray is different than the '83-'86, not sure if it will matter much.

@bigwalton Can this be copied to the Tech Library? :thumbsup: (after you enjoy your trip of course)

Yeah there are several other videos on modifying with a grinder, I just linked this one as it showed how to remove the bracket to modify on a bench. I like the idea of practicing on a junkyard bracket :cheers: Have fun at Sandblast, the gear change should make a big difference.