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Post by rckrdyxj on May 14, 2008 22:14:46 GMT -5
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Post by 1tonflattie on May 16, 2008 20:25:57 GMT -5
last night i made the alt bracker, didnt snap any pics tho, nothing fancy and kinda a pain to build, took 3 tries to get the alignment halfway decent and i managed to get a metal shaving in my eye. Tried and tried to wash it out, wipe it out, magnet it out and no luck, while driving the the emergency room i blinked and it came out. What a night. But i stopped at my buddys house and checked out some tires.... 32x9.5x15 Super swamper TSLs... soon to be on the jeep along with a winch
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Post by crosbike on May 16, 2008 22:05:40 GMT -5
nice man. are you using a lead additive for the fuel? those carbs are easy to rebuild i just did one a few months ago for my cj5. great looking jeep man. i havent used a lead additive yet but i have been thinking about it, i definately need to research it a little, id hate to hurt that engine. yes the carbs are very simple, when i first got the jeep i had it apart like 4 times because of all the rust in the stock tank Ive heard that you can just add marvel mystery oil into the gas and it will make up for the lack of lubricity the unleaded fuel has. I plan on trying this next time i see my cj5 up in VT. |
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Post by crosbike on May 16, 2008 22:07:57 GMT -5
last night i made the alt bracker, didnt snap any pics tho, nothing fancy and kinda a pain to build, took 3 tries to get the alignment halfway decent and i managed to get a metal shaving in my eye. Tried and tried to wash it out, wipe it out, magnet it out and no luck, while driving the the emergency room i blinked and it came out. What a night. But i stopped at my buddys house and checked out some tires.... 32x9.5x15 Super swamper TSLs... soon to be on the jeep along with a winch Metal in the eye is no good. My teacher is the only medical staff at my school and he says over 50% of his calls are for debris in the eye removal. Best thing to do is cover both eyes for a while so they are not moving at all and it can work itself out of the eye. Good thing it came out cuz getting it DRILLED out is not fun ive heard. |
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Post by 1tonflattie on May 17, 2008 8:29:50 GMT -5
i havent used a lead additive yet but i have been thinking about it, i definately need to research it a little, id hate to hurt that engine. yes the carbs are very simple, when i first got the jeep i had it apart like 4 times because of all the rust in the stock tank Ive heard that you can just add marvel mystery oil into the gas and it will make up for the lack of lubricity the unleaded fuel has. I plan on trying this next time i see my cj5 up in VT. I got some stuff from my friends dad that looks pretty good. Ill put a pic of it up |
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Post by 1tonflattie on May 17, 2008 8:31:30 GMT -5
last night i made the alt bracker, didnt snap any pics tho, nothing fancy and kinda a pain to build, took 3 tries to get the alignment halfway decent and i managed to get a metal shaving in my eye. Tried and tried to wash it out, wipe it out, magnet it out and no luck, while driving the the emergency room i blinked and it came out. What a night. But i stopped at my buddys house and checked out some tires.... 32x9.5x15 Super swamper TSLs... soon to be on the jeep along with a winch Metal in the eye is no good. My teacher is the only medical staff at my school and he says over 50% of his calls are for debris in the eye removal. Best thing to do is cover both eyes for a while so they are not moving at all and it can work itself out of the eye. Good thing it came out cuz getting it DRILLED out is not fun ive heard. Yea i was pissed, its happened to me before the closest icve been is sitting in the ER waiting to get it taken out and i blinked and it pulled out. With metal i have been pretty successful with a magnet |
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Post by 1tonflattie on May 21, 2008 2:11:17 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Thunder on May 21, 2008 7:35:33 GMT -5
Thats a gm alternator. 120 amp?
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Post by 1tonflattie on May 21, 2008 17:52:13 GMT -5
Thats a gm alternator. 120 amp? 63 amp rated stock, and when you rev it the ammeter says so. Double what the generator puts out on a good day |
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Post by 1tonflattie on May 25, 2008 16:23:30 GMT -5
been drivin it again, even let the gf drive it last night, now i have to fight her to get out of the driver seat. Today was nice so i snape'd some pics, even used the 4wd to drive on some stuff on my property   |
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Post by XJLI on May 25, 2008 19:44:48 GMT -5
that thing is badass  |
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Post by crosbike on May 25, 2008 19:52:35 GMT -5
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Post by Rico on May 25, 2008 23:08:07 GMT -5
i love it man, start a thread about your new build:THE SHOP
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Post by 1tonflattie on Jun 2, 2008 22:37:40 GMT -5
apart at the shop now for some general repair, welded rear end, 32" swampers, and winch. getting it ready to wheel RC in a few weeks
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Post by 1tonflattie on Jun 9, 2008 22:23:04 GMT -5
ok a little more detail, i was driving home from dinner in westbrook and the jeep started to get noisier than usual. I thought it might be the clutch, but it was just the driveline ebrake (stock drum brake on the rear output of the transfer case) had become loaded up with road depris becuase of the fairly bad pinion seal leak. Trailering it to my shop  Now that I have it all apart I'm doing some general repairs, as well as getting it ready to take on a week long vacation to rausch creek in july. I am replacing the rear transfer case output seal, transfer case gaskets, rear pinion seal and inner wheel seals. I also welded the rear end for some extra traction and im going to be putting my winch on and maybe dual batteries heres some pics of the welded rear. All of the diffs I weld (I am up to about 20 under my belt now) I do with my miller DC stick welder using 7018 rod. Painted true miller blue of course   more pics soon |
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