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She's been sitting for a while and neglected, but she's getting some love now. You can see the faded paint, surface rust on the windshield frame (which was brand new at one point), and one of the tires has bad dry-rot.

Wow! My last post about this Jeep was in November 2011 and I still haven't finished it! :eek: My kids were 6 months old when I started and they are going to be 11 in October! Well, its finally getting done... I hope. I caved in and asked a friend to tie up all of the loose ends with the...

Thanks! Hopefully, we can get a group together in this area for some local wheeling/camping trips...when i fanally have a rig that woorks.

Thanks for the info! I'm going to see how this radiator work first before dumping more into a new one. Should be fine though... i hope. I had read about the Taurus swap but i had this one laying around from the Chevy. If it's not enough, i'll likely go that route. Good to hear that there is...

Now the most important update... she moves!!! Still have no power steering but i was able to move her back and forth under her own power. Still have to rebleed the brakes cuz i can barely stop it.

That is a sexy looking rig! Just registered so i can't actually see anything until i get approved. I'll check it out once i get in. Haven't been able to do too much on the Jeep. Been busy with house repairs, family missions, and spent last weekend (and a lot of money) taking the kids to...

That was an option but i don't like body lifts and i think the jeep is too tall already.

Now, i should not have expected anything different since this entire build has been one complication after another... the new radiator was to tall. I went with the narrowest universal Summit radiator which happen to be 19.5" tall. I thought this would be fine because of the width. NOPE! The...

Yeah, its higher cuz i have a 1inch spacer on the steering arm from back when this was on the Chevy. The pitman arm is new from PartsMike so later down the line i'll have to decide to either remove the spacer or buy a flat pitman arm. No rush though cuz there's way too much to do. I still...

Cool. Do you have a build thread anywhere or a pic of the jeep? I haven't really checked the wheelbase. I'll get a number this weekend. Glad to be of service. I figure with the amount of trouble and work i've gone through, i should post as much info out there for the next guy. Researching...

with the condition of that bolt, i'd us a good vise grip as tight as possible. Then slide a piece of EMT tubing over the round handle (the side with the adjustment screw). You then use the handle as a breaker bar to get more leverage. I use the same piece of EMT for my socket wrenches when i...

So i actually got some work done on the jeep yesterday with my brother's help. BRAKES: I picked up some pre-made brake lines from Autozone to replace the hard lines on the 12bolt and to build an extension from the SS YJ replacement lines. I had to stop short because i need to buy a female to...

Thanks. I plan to build somethning like this or do the same as you with angle iron around the top edges.

Just a small update from this weekend... I refitted the snorkel and it looks like the welded tab is slightly tweeked so I'll have to remove and fix it later. The fuel cell is almost bolted in. Two of the holes are too close to some extra metal under the tub so i'll have to grind a bit to...

Lots of penetrating for a few days prior to removal. This was a roll bar bolt but it should work the same if you don't want to break out the welder. I just carefully drilled out the center using a bit thinner than the bolt diameter. I then grabbed an old allen key and gave it a few taps...

Not much of an update since i've only spent an hour on the jeep in the last 3 weeks due to birthdays, babyshowers and rain. I got the snorkel mounted... Also drilled out the holes for the fuel cell. i got the rear seat in but it doesn't match up with the brackets on the fenders that...

Forgot to mention that i also picked up a "family style" roll bar to cover the passengers. I'll probably take a day off at work to get caught up with the build.

Sadly, i haven't been able to work on it these last 2 weekends cuz of family drama and i'll loose this weekend cuz of a baby showers and mother's day. A few weekends ago I was able to go through my old spare harnesses and started to cut out all of the stock plug ends that'll i'll need. I...

If i didn't need the back seat for the family, i'd go this route...

I also decided to mock up the future rear winch since i had the winch and plate off. Just slid some scrap 1/4" 2x2 in the hitch and rested the winch on it. Good thing is that since the hitch pin is located behind the bumper, the winch actually sits real close to the bumper and body. Only...