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......Who helped me here on this site get my CJ 8 up and running. Life is full of changes and this morning I saw it go down my driveway with a new owner.
I have enjoyed my time here!
I pulled the power steering box on my 82 CJ8 today to fix the annoying leak around the input shaft. The box seemed to have been installed in the manner it would have been from the factory, no sign of fabbed brackets, welds or anything funky but the input seal kit I got from NAPA is not the right...
So now I'm getting somewhere! Yesterday I drove the Scrambler with the right gear ratio for the tire size, brakes that work and and a good solid floor shifter that works as good as it looks. All in all a treat compared to the nearly un-driveable Jeep I brought home. I'm starting to see light...
One of the next things to be done on my project CJ8 is to swap in a different front axle to match my 4:09 powerlock Dana rear. The axle I will be using was part of a pile of spares that came with it, is also geared with a 4:09 LS diff. The thing that makes it different from the other two Dana...
This morning I have been installing my new Lokar transmission floor shifter on my 727 tranny and I'm really pleased with the results but by comparison the transfer case shift lever and external linkage is pretty sloppy, is there any way to tighten this up a bit? Are there external parts for this...
I am starting to repair my front frame horns and haven't purchased a replacement bumper yet, can anyone give me the distance inside to inside of the channel that slips over the horn?
I bought my CJ8 as a non running project and one of the many things I'm working on is getting the gas tank reinstalled. It is looking like I may have the wrong one for the Jeep. The holes in the skid plate / tank mount are 20 3/4'' center to center and the holes in the frame members are only...
If I change one of the extra front Dana 30 axles ring and pinion gears to work with the rear 44 that has a 4:10 set up what is the best ratio to use in the front. I know they don't need to match perfectly and if I recall correctly the front needs to pull slightly.
Yesterday I meet another Jeep enthusiast and spent some time at his shop admiring his two CJ8'S. I pointed at the front frame cross member of one of his and said I have a vertical crack on mine that I will need to weld and he told me that was common on rigs with oversize tires and that after I...
When I recently bought my CJ8 I got an extra pair of axles with it. The extra front is a Dana 30 with a power lock differential (owners description) and the extra rear looks like it is a flanged axle Dana 44 also supposedly with a power lock. Both were on the Jeep at one time until one of the...
The front of the frame horns on my CJ8 have been notched where an ugly homemade bumper was welded on. I want to clean this up and bend some steel to fill it back in so I can put a stock bumper back on the front. What thickness steel do I need for this repair?
My 82 CJ8 project has no speedometer or original dash board for that matter. I want to add a speedo to the flat metal dash that it has now but have a few questions. The motor is 304 V8 and the transmission is 727 auto but I believe the transfer case is original. On the T case there is what looks...
I have a half cab for my 8 that has been cut into three separate pieces with a saws-all by the previous owner for reasons unknown. I've never worked with fiberglass before, can this be put back together, be structurally sound and look like new?
Does anyone make a reproduction half cab for CJ8'S?
My CJ8 has a 304 V8, the wiring in it is a rats nest from the previous owner that I am trying to straighten out. One of the things I have found is that the white wire from the alternator goes no where it is just hanging. What should it be connected to? I should mention at this point the wiring...
My new to me CJ8 has an aftermarket knob on the transfer case shifter so I'm not sure of the pattern front to back for the different ranges and neutral, Can anyone post that for me?
Hey guys! My first post here, I just bought a CJ8 fixer upper and one of the first things I will be tackling is putting a shifter in the 8. Somewhere along the line someone has installed a 727 torqueflite transmission behind the 304 V8 that's in it. There is an after market dash shifter...
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