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Jeep cj7 83 right hand drive 4x4 5 sp british export - part II

I have 32 days left till that Jeep show and I have a no-Jeep weekend coming up as there is a lot of family stuff.
So, somewhere along the line I have to take a day or 2 off to catch up.

cb
 
certifiablejeep said:
Got a few hours here and there this week and the story of the week was the body mounts.
All 11 body mounts received some sort of attention/treatment.

Front was redone
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Rear was fixed
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Sides updated
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Rear Crossmember finished... I took the new outers and put them in place and then took the existing outers and modified them to fit inside for more strength

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The design of the outers were unique... they are built well, just took a few weeks to get them... JCR Offroad made them.

As it sits now:
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Plan for the evening... get the axles off, the frame flipped over and bare frame some tomorrow I can work on fixing the 2 sections of pinholes and any broken bolts that happen today.

Then strip her, paint her, get her ready for reassembly.

cb
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What is the original way for the rear crosmember to be conected to the frame . If anyone has a picture
 
Where on earth did you manage to get a handbrake cable from CB and i forgot about the measurements! holes are about 20mm and 10mm, but its too late now :o
 
You love it. Looks right to me. Could buy new ones if you hate it that much ;) jeep looks great!
 
WAIT!!!! I can buy new ones? LOL... didn't know they were still available... but no matter, tonight I will do the rears... I believe I have new clear plastic lenses for the reverse lights... need to sort out that wiring though, it is a mess.

The weekend looks good for hood work and painting small bits (glove box, lower door hinges, transmission tunnel cover)... then the big push for the 19th... with all that is going on with the kids and school and parties the next couple weekends, not looking good.

cb
 
I got new lenses from UK a couple years ago but could never find the wedges that go behind them, so those I restored. My lenses were so faded they were almost white.
 
I actually have some left over bits now from Dave the Sparky.
He sent over a bunch of parts in a box a while back while we were doing a lot of parts trading.
I have I think 4 lenses that are ok, but need further work and 2 backing wedges... the small other parts too, fender grommet and the rubber gasket.
All in all I took the best I could find and cleaned them up the best I could... came out pretty good, but took hours to do.

Rear lights would be the same I think tonight or tomorrow... progress is being made though, pretty soon once the rest of the parts come in for the dash, I can get that in an mounted up.

cb
 
Show me your rear! I have not seen my rears anywhere EVER.
 
And now for a shameless plug... I really need a nutmeg center console. I have the original one, but it is in rough shape and I would prefer not to use it.
I am looking for a very nice one to use.
I have plenty of stuff to trade (in all varieties of colors) or $$$.
I was hoping to find one on eBay or through contacts, but it just seems that nutmeg center consoles have been in a dry spell lately.

PM me if you have or know of one out there.

Thanks,
Craig
 
And I will send details of the supplier in yourope for the front lights for next time ImageUploadedByTapatalk1440680240.687703.jpg
 
UK rears are different than OZ rears it seems. I found my rears NOS after realizing they were an export YJ part later in life. Gazzo - what rears you need?
 
Pics of mine:


IMG_1972 by jerseyjeeps, on Flickr


IMG_1973 by jerseyjeeps, on Flickr

This bracket behind the tailight prevents the tire from crushing it. It was rusty so I blasted it and painted it.


IMG_1974 by jerseyjeeps, on Flickr

This is the export tag which is near the brake booster bracket... there is also a regular U.S. firewall VIN tag over on the LH side near where it normally goes.


IMG_20301 by jerseyjeeps, on Flickr

And this sticker is on the firewall down low on the RH side, below where on U.S. CJs the heater motor sticks out.


DSC05152 by jerseyjeeps, on Flickr[/QUOTE]
 
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