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

Now if I can get past this wiring nightmare it should be smooth sailing.
 

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

I got a Painless harness when I redid my CJ7. Turned out I hadn't thought about the whole left side junction box versus slightly right of centre that the RHD ones have. Fairly useless.

Excellent paint too by the way. What's the wheel/tyre/flare plan?
 
gazzo said:
I got a Painless harness when I redid my CJ7. Turned out I hadn't thought about the whole left side junction box versus slightly right of centre that the RHD ones have. Fairly useless.

Excellent paint too by the way. What's the wheel/tyre/flare plan?
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There is a LHD painless in the RHD Jeep... Since the bulkhead connector is in the middle essentially, a lot of wires had to be lengthened by a foot or more... so yeah, a lot of work.

cb
 
gazzo said:
I got a Painless harness when I redid my CJ7. Turned out I hadn't thought about the whole left side junction box versus slightly right of centre that the RHD ones have. Fairly useless.

Excellent paint too by the way. What's the wheel/tyre/flare plan?
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I'd like to stay as stock as possible on the wheels, tires and flares. Anything is subject to change though.
I also ordered the Speed Hut gauges today.
 
Dennis,
You've got a plan and a great build going on here. I love watching it progress through the various phases. Great pace by the way too
 
So, what wheels are you thinking about running?
If you ever think about some stock restored white wagon wheels for this and the other mistress... I am all ears ;)

cb
 
I've been doing some very dangerous work today on the Scrambler, using my brain, to figure out some of this wiring. The Painless harnesses really do make the process much easier but with one harness for the truck and another harness for the 5.3 conversion there are some duplications to deal with. I'll make a phone call to Painless on Monday and I'm sure they will be able to
resolve my minor issues.
I have some nice aftermarket wheels on the truck now with a matte black finish but I'll decide what I'm going to use soon enough. I'm leaning toward original chrome wheels.
 
Dennis- that paint looks beautiful! Your progress is awesome- I love seeing a top shelf build. Hopefully someday my 81 will look that nice. I'm going to have to slow down on the gun purchases if i ever expect that to materialize- just picked up a HK45 yesterday...

I think you feed the 5.3 harness from the coil feed on the Scrambler harness. The 5.3 harness being a stand-alone just needs power and ground from the Scrambler harness. (And a constant battery feed to keep the memory alive.) I used the online Painless instructions when I modified the stock 5.3 harness for mine.
 
Randyzzz said:
Dennis- that paint looks beautiful! Your progress is awesome- I love seeing a top shelf build. Hopefully someday my 81 will look that nice. I'm going to have to slow down on the gun purchases if i ever expect that to materialize- just picked up a HK45 yesterday...

I think you feed the 5.3 harness from the coil feed on the Scrambler harness. The 5.3 harness being a stand-alone just needs power and ground from the Scrambler harness. (And a constant battery feed to keep the memory alive.) I used the online Painless instructions when I modified the stock 5.3 harness for mine.
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Thanks for the kind words. This build is turning out to be a lot of fun and the only reason I can somewhat afford it is because I stopped buying guns before I started it. Oh yea, I pretty much gave up women too. :(
 
Parts are starting to trickle in. Corbeau seats, wiper switch, dash light's all came in. I'm not real happy with the feel of the Crown headlight switch though. It just doesn't feel right. I also made an appointment for Monday to have the exhaust system built. I'm so happy I have a nice neighbor who owns a roll back truck and will bring my Sccrambler anywhere for free. This will make six times it's been hauled. I trade him the use of my shop for the hauls.
 
Sounds like it's a win/win for both of you. Nice having a extra set of hands, etc. a short distance away.
 
Carried the Scrambler down to the local muffler shop and had the dual exhaust installed using the 13 inch flow master mufflers. I hope to hear it actually run one of these days.
 

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Looking good Dennis. I'll be iesening in Indiana when you fire it up. :wave:
 
My neighbor has these same flow masters on his 6.0L Chevy with long tube headers pushing 500 HP and he constantly wakes my up before noon with it. LOL So I doubt he'll be bitchin too much about the noise of a little ole Scrambler. If he does I know a trick, I have more than a few 60 round mags of 5.56 ammo around that I'm just dying to shoot up.
 
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zr10054 said:
Parts are starting to trickle in. Corbeau seats, wiper switch, dash light's all came in. I'm not real happy with the feel of the Crown headlight switch though. It just doesn't feel right..
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Send that junk back.
NOS Headlight switches come up on eBay pretty regular and only fetch 30 bucks or so.

U will hate the reproduction dash lights as they bleed light all behind dash enough to illuminate the floor.
I've got complete set of working nice OEM dash lights that I would donate to this awesome Red build.
PM me your addy.
 
red mistress said:
Send that junk back.
NOS Headlight switches come up on eBay pretty regular and only fetch 30 bucks or so.

U will hate the reproduction dash lights as they bleed light all behind dash enough to illuminate the floor.
I've got complete set of working nice OEM dash lights that I would donate to this awesome Red build.
PM me your addy.
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Heck I can't refuse that offer. Karma really does work, I give way more parts away than I sell.
 
Could you just paint the crown dash lights with black to prevent light bleed through?
 
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