- City
- W-S
- State
- NC
That’s where it goes down in there!
What's on your Work Bench?
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That’s where it goes down in there!
- City
- East Norriton
- State
- PA
When I first read this I was thought you put a Kawaski 750 motorcycle engine in a Simplicity garden tractor. Which would be pretty darn cool.
- City
- W-S
- State
- NC
That would be cool tho!……. I like the way you think!
- City
- Cleveland
- State
- TN
No pics, but the '63 Corvair is on the lift getting new brake shoes. Front is done with new cylinders as well. Will finish the rear ones after we bring the '8 home from 4X4Land next week. Picking it up on Monday! After that will be getting the '8 ready for the SOA Nattys in KY...
- City
- Cobourg, Ontario, Cana
- State
- da
Picked up this CJ-7 for dirt cheap. Was a non-runner. Previous owner gave up on it 15ish years ago and it sat in his garage since then. All I did was change the battery cables and it fired right up! Plan is to clean it up and drive it with a for sale sign. If I get what I want, I'll sell. Otherwise drive the 
out of it!
1985 CJ-7, 304, 5 speed.
out of it!1985 CJ-7, 304, 5 speed.
- City
- Cleveland
- State
- TN
As noted previously, not on my workbench, but 4X4Land had a bunch to do on theirs with my '8. Here is the list of what was done, plus some other minor deals that Mike thought needed to be done. Sure drives nice. Ready for the National week after next...
New gearing- 4.10
Check Axle bearings
Service T-case
T-Case support bushings
Check clutch.
Lockers, front and rear. Electric Front, Posi-trac rear
New Shocks and Steering Stablilizer
Fix any water/air gasket leaks in air box/ heater box
Fix heater blower-
Get the heater box controls/adjusters working and sealing properly
New Air cable
Steering-
Lower Steering Column Cartridge Bearing
Steering Shaft
Gearbox
Pump
Gearbox Bracket
Gearbox Brace
Tie Rod Ends
New radio
Jeep Air
Griffin Radiator/ fan assembly
New gearing- 4.10
Check Axle bearings
Service T-case
T-Case support bushings
Check clutch.
Lockers, front and rear. Electric Front, Posi-trac rear
New Shocks and Steering Stablilizer
Fix any water/air gasket leaks in air box/ heater box
Fix heater blower-
Get the heater box controls/adjusters working and sealing properly
New Air cable
Steering-
Lower Steering Column Cartridge Bearing
Steering Shaft
Gearbox
Pump
Gearbox Bracket
Gearbox Brace
Tie Rod Ends
New radio
Jeep Air
Griffin Radiator/ fan assembly
- City
- W-S
- State
- NC
- City
- Dexter
- State
- MI
Well, finally making progress on the Postal rewire before I can add the stroker and Terminator X… got the under dash harness out to compare to the American Autowire…
This is an “update” harness, NOT a stock replacement. There are a number of things they didn’t include (factory AC, ignition, tach, etc) assuming that this is going on a Jeep with upgrades over stock and adding things (electric fuel pump, multiple accessory circuits, relays for factory fogs and low/high beams, power feed to rear body for a power outlet, switched lights in the rear, third brake light feed, etc)
OEM with two or three distinct branches, depending how you look at it. They didn’t mirror the firewall in these, so the fuse block is lower and more centered right at the end of the heater box, basically.
New with everything running one direction.
I need to spend more time with it before I dig in but this will need to be completely re-loomed and there will be some lengthening needed. Thus far definitely the connector for the rear body harness.
That’s in addition to pulling the various feeds to my Speedhut gauges, pulling out a pile of wiring I don’t need and repurposing things I can use differently than intended. For example there’s the factory fog light switch circuit and American Autowire chose to add a relay for that (and the high and low headlight circuits). So I can pull that switch trigger wiring to one of my switches and repurpose that so it’s fused off the fuse block and eliminate one of my own relay setups.
That will be in addition to pulling out the headlight relay setup I built myself.
I am LOVING the thinking behind this harness, but I have a ton of planning and work before this can go back in.
(Going to start a thread on this part alone as it's going to be worth detailing as it's a fairly new kit.)
This is an “update” harness, NOT a stock replacement. There are a number of things they didn’t include (factory AC, ignition, tach, etc) assuming that this is going on a Jeep with upgrades over stock and adding things (electric fuel pump, multiple accessory circuits, relays for factory fogs and low/high beams, power feed to rear body for a power outlet, switched lights in the rear, third brake light feed, etc)
OEM with two or three distinct branches, depending how you look at it. They didn’t mirror the firewall in these, so the fuse block is lower and more centered right at the end of the heater box, basically.
New with everything running one direction.
I need to spend more time with it before I dig in but this will need to be completely re-loomed and there will be some lengthening needed. Thus far definitely the connector for the rear body harness.
That’s in addition to pulling the various feeds to my Speedhut gauges, pulling out a pile of wiring I don’t need and repurposing things I can use differently than intended. For example there’s the factory fog light switch circuit and American Autowire chose to add a relay for that (and the high and low headlight circuits). So I can pull that switch trigger wiring to one of my switches and repurpose that so it’s fused off the fuse block and eliminate one of my own relay setups.
That will be in addition to pulling out the headlight relay setup I built myself.
I am LOVING the thinking behind this harness, but I have a ton of planning and work before this can go back in.
(Going to start a thread on this part alone as it's going to be worth detailing as it's a fairly new kit.)
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