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Project Panel Replacement

Ive got a good one of those i can send you.
Thanks... I looked in a few places and found a couple rear exhaust hangers, the metal piece for the emergency brake pedal that always seems to break the weld, and a ton of brake prop valves, but none of this piece. I thought I had a couple, but they may have been sent out over the years.

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Mock up of the proportioning valve on the frame rail.
I have better shape backing metal, but it was all greasy... this one was at least dry.

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I had to move a few vehicles around this week for inspection stickers (birth month in NH is when they are due)... so I had to move the roller under... neat shot. This then prompted me to get the plumb bob out and see how close I was... everything seems to line up. The real test will be the body when it gets to that point.

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NOTE: For the first time in a few weeks we had rain... a LOT of it, so that was welcoming, but it made things very humid/sticky.

cb
 
Mock up of the proportioning valve on the frame rail.
I have better shape backing metal, but it was all greasy... this one was at least dry.

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I had to move a few vehicles around this week for inspection stickers (birth month in NH is when they are due)... so I had to move the roller under... neat shot. This then prompted me to get the plumb bob out and see how close I was... everything seems to line up. The real test will be the body when it gets to that point.

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NOTE: For the first time in a few weeks we had rain... a LOT of it, so that was welcoming, but it made things very humid/sticky.

cb
If i were doing my frame and brake lines again i would relocate the prop valve to near the master cylinder, the stock location is a pretty bad design for maintainability. (My 2c)
 
If i were doing my frame and brake lines again i would relocate the prop valve to near the master cylinder, the stock location is a pretty bad design for maintainability. (My 2c)
Although I agree with you, I have a set of standard Scrambler brake lines from classic tube and they are pre-bent and make it just right to where the location is. In a CJ7 I did a few years back, I used a YJ brake booster with the prop valve right under it... very nice design and the booster worked all that much better as well. I also used the YJ pedal setup, which has an arm that goes to the firewall for more stability and less flexiing... all around a better setup, but not stock brake lines, I had to custom do some.

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The 1/2 chassis is cut/cleaned up and now wheels are on and in place.
I didn't have it in me to do the bushings for the springs, but that is going to be tonight/tomrrow after I pack up a few things I sold.

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I had said previously that I wanted to use the 1983 3.54 tru-tracs in the 4cyl carcass, but once I got it apart, one of the spring perches is rusted through for the most part, so I decided to just go with what is going to be in there, mock up the angle... assemble it all loosely and then see where the angle falls and tack it.

These are the 1986 CJ7 D44/D30 SOA axles I "fixed" and rehabbed to go back SUA.

cb
 
The start of the rear bumper... picked it up for a decent price.
I wanted a center mounted license plate, so here is the start...

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Hot/Humid/Sweaty in the garage to get all the hardware on the rear... it is all connected and about where it belongs.
Haven't tacked it, just snugged the bolts.
All poly bushings and 3/4" lift shackles.
Took a while to get it all in there and lined up, but it is off the ground and isn't moving.
Very pleased.... long time coming.

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What springs did you go with ? Looks great !

Those are BDS 2.5" springs.
3/4" shackle and a 1" body lift on top of the almost 1" difference in height of the welded body mount placement on the larger frame will give about 4-5" of lift.
That combined with the 33" tires should give it a nice look/stance once it is all together.
With the smaller lift in the springs, shouldn't be a need for any sort of transfer case drop, or adjustment of shims.
I also have the ability to tweak the axles as they were SOA and I went back to SUA, so now I have to set the pinion angle relative to the transfer case and then tack and finally weld it when I blow it all apart for paint.

I have this all planned out in my head, it is just time is not on my side these days... I do what I can when I can.

cb
 
Random question here, what music you listening to while you work on this?
Looking like progress is happening
 
Random question here, what music you listening to while you work on this?
Looking like progress is happening
Well, I did run speakers from an old stereo to all the corners of the garage, so there is traditional FM radio option that is on normally... local station, classic/hard rock. I am a child of vastly different parental music tastes and combine that with growing up in the late 70s and into the 80s, I heard a lot of good music.

Fast forward to the new truck... 6 months of Sirius/XM included and that has be listening to like 8-9 channels on there with music lists setup for notifications when they come on.

Jethro Tull/Rush/Metallica/Tool
Zeppelin/Pantera/311/Megadeth
Grateful Dead songs... probably 30 or so different ones (hard because of all the live versions)
Cake/Green Day/Incubus/Disturbed/Live/Blink 182/Beastie Boys/Godsmack

The list goes on an on... a lot of time the channels are set to specific and I just listen...
At work, I have music on all the time as well... rocking old school iTunes with thousands of songs... as I said, child of the 80s, so I went t hrough all the media mediums and replaced everyrthing 8 track/cassette/Vinyl eventually with CDs that are now mostly ripped to my phone.

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Try on XM 14 - Yacht Rock..............nice change of pace. Cool list tho - thx for sharing
nothing shaking on shakedown street
 
We have a roller!
I can pick it up off the ground with the lift and it all is connected.
The position left/right is about where it needs to be with springs to knuckle ratio in the front now.
They sit on the modified SUA/SOA spring perches that need to be tacked and finish welded once the drivetrain and body are in/on so I can measure for driveshafts and get the angle.

So, all good news/work.

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I am not one for sunset pics, but walking back into the house for dinner, the sky was so odd... it was burning with oranges and pinks... my camera didn't do it justice.

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As for what is next... the sway bar w/ the lift needs longer sway bars w/ disconnects.
So I have to order those up.
I got the motor mounts in, so those are ready to have the engine put in place and try it all out.

The rear bumper is still under consideration... need to work on this during the week.

All in all, very happy with it all so far... lots of work and some frustration, but making headway.

I also at some point need to get the gas tank skid back in and make sure it fits with the rear axle along with welding in permanent bolts for that.

cb
 
Listen mostly to concert generated bootleg Dead. Cassettes are old..
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, True Widow and others usually find an in somewhere. You are motoring on the build. Fun to follow along.
 
Well, I did run speakers from an old stereo to all the corners of the garage, so there is traditional FM radio option that is on normally... local station, classic/hard rock. I am a child of vastly different parental music tastes and combine that with growing up in the late 70s and into the 80s, I heard a lot of good music.

Fast forward to the new truck... 6 months of Sirius/XM included and that has be listening to like 8-9 channels on there with music lists setup for notifications when they come on.

Jethro Tull/Rush/Metallica/Tool
Zeppelin/Pantera/311/Megadeth
Grateful Dead songs... probably 30 or so different ones (hard because of all the live versions)
Cake/Green Day/Incubus/Disturbed/Live/Blink 182/Beastie Boys/Godsmack

The list goes on an on... a lot of time the channels are set to specific and I just listen...
At work, I have music on all the time as well... rocking old school iTunes with thousands of songs... as I said, child of the 80s, so I went t hrough all the media mediums and replaced everyrthing 8 track/cassette/Vinyl eventually with CDs that are now mostly ripped to my phone.

cb
Great tunes list. I found myself gravitating to “Hair Nation” on Sirius when I had it. Although I listen to a lot of contemporary or hard Christian music now. Pandora is my friend. My music tastes are quite diverse- I don’t listen to gangsta rap, or foreign language music, but just about anything else is fair game. I get a lot of “What the heck are you listening to” when people come over to the shop.
 
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