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1983 Scrambler "STUMP JUMPER". Frame off, 5.3 Conversion.

Super clean! That's impressive! Nice work, Dennis!
 
I've been sandblasting and painting every single part. I would have mounted it all today but I forgot to order the Poly bushings for the leaf springs.
 
Installed some simple bracing for the firewall.....And yes that is a log cabin guest room upstairs.
 

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I finally have a rolling chassis again. I spent most of the weekend removing, cleaning, bead blasting and painting engine parts. I'm even blasting the bolts and nuts. This picture is also with the new 2 1/2 inch suspension lift.
 

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Turzog said:
Where are you going to get the PS lines made?
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I'm really not sure yet but I don't think the PS lines will be a problem. There are a number of parts houses
that make hoses. I just bought a complete fuel system from Dave's Custom Unlimited along with some other parts.
I'm also looking at Russel Performance for the Automatic transmission lines and possibly Powers steering lines too.
Also ordered both my drive shafts today from Tom Woods Driveshafts.

I have had to climb a few mountains to get through this conversion so I don't think a couple of fluid line will slow me down much.
I just keep ringing that cash register. CHA-CHING!!!!!
 
Wow, Dennis! You're going to have yours done before I get mine started!

Once you get the driveshafts in, can you post up a bunch of pics of the clearances?
 
Randyzzz said:
Wow, Dennis! You're going to have yours done before I get mine started!

Once you get the driveshafts in, can you post up a bunch of pics of the clearances?
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I sure will. I ordered a 1 1/4" OD drive shaft for the front. I won't be doing any 4 wheel burnouts with it for sure. I suspect I may have to fabricate a new cross member for the transmission mount but we'll just have to see what happens. The front is 42 inches long and the rear is a CV and is 25 inches long. Total cost around $600.00.
 
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This came from Dave's Customs Unlimited today along with my fuel management system. It's a heavy duty ECU mount. It's 1/8th thick steel so I guess the computer is going to be safe. I have 4 orders coming in from Quadratech tomorrow and the drive shafts should be here Monday. Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching.
 

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HOW STUPID IS QUADRATEC....I ordered new front and rear shackle kits and wanted them by the weekend so I paid for overnight shipping.$75.00 extra on a$150.00 order. Guess what. I received one set and the other was backordered. Go figure. My last order from Quadratec. You don't place an item on backorder if it was ordered on overnight delivery without tellig the customer.
 
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Factory style shackle kit or lift shackles? I would demand they refund your entire purchase plus overnight shipping cost. in all seriousness. that $75 is wasted on their error and they need to be held accountable.

and then if you need the stock version of the shackle kit, I have a brand new one still in the box I will sell you for half of new.
 
Next time order from four-wheel-drive hardware
You wouldn't have got either set, and no one would tell you when you could possibly get them !!
don't give up on quadratec
I order things from them all the time, everything is always in stock, and I receive it the next business day



 
It's only a back-order on front lift shackles and it's not life or death, I'll get over it. I did finish up everything else on the suspension today and also installed this LS1 fiberglass engine cover which will eventually get painted with the body. The new fuel tank is also installed. Sooner or later I'm going to give that throttle body some love too.
I would have ordered a 20 gallon tank but I don't think I'll be able to afford all that fuel when this project is done.
 

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mysunnshine said:
You need to put the pump in the tank too....

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There's nothing wrong with external pumps if it's done right. I bought a complete fuel management system that was made just for this conversion and should be installing it soon. I think I need to install the new stainless steel brake lines first.
 
Just know that Ford as far as I know was the only manufacturer to use an external pump and that was only for two years as I recall. Even GM put the pumps in the tank from the start. Out here in AZ, you'll struggle keeping an external pump working especially using the stock tank. A couple of concerns are having the pump suck fuel up the pick up(especially when near empty) when the fuel temps get high. That's when the pumps get loud and vapor lock tends to happen. The grand view here is that it's not like you swapped the motor in a farm truck. You're completely assembling a unique project. Why not just put the pump into an aftermarket tank and never have to worry about any fuel related issues. The stock tank is not baffled so when the pick up sock get uncovered from fuel sloshing, you will know immediately with fuel injection. Another side note to make with the stock tank is tank venting. The stock tanks usually don't have enough venting to relieve the tank from the pressure of a full return system. The stock carbureted system was a return type but it was restricted at the fuel filter with a .060 hole as I recall. The next question is where is the fuel returned to? To relieve some of the fuel vapor issues, the return really needs to return to the lowest part of the tank to keep the fuel from splashing back into the tank. Just my opinion but I'd hate to see you go thru all of this work and have fuel related issues.

Here's how I put the pump into my tank if this helps any...

https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthread.php?29390-In-tank-fuel-pump&highlight=fuel+pump
 
Thanks sunshine, every one of your points make great sense. You got me thinking.
 
Has anyone used the Novac fuel injection in tank fuel pump that fits in the standard 15 gallon fuel tank. This unit is a fuel pump and sending unit combination. I like the idea that all the noise stays in the tank and that the fuel pump is submerged which will aid cooling and less likely to have any suction problems
 
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