Due to an emergency trip to work and a family birthday dinner this evening, my available Jeep time was pretty limited. Fortunately I got enough done earlier this weekend, I was able to just take my time and get a few small items done and still feel relatively accomplished. Since I was able to get the head nuts un-stuck and the transmission and bell housing removed, I set my sights on the oil filter canister (and it’s slightly awe inspiring bubba mod bracket) and the clutch pressure plate and the drive plate. Unfortunately, the fly wheel is going to need…
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After two good days of work, I got a lot pulled off the Jeep. Friday started off good with the steering column and steering box pulled off the frame. Once I got the easy work done, I turned my attention to the transmission. My original plan was to remove the crossmember mount from between the cross member and the transmission and slide it back to hook it to the hoist and pull off. Unfortunately, the mount is a little more substantial than I had originally thought. My second attempt was to make sure the block was properly propped up, then…
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After two days of work, the transfer case finally broke free from the transmission today. Well, almost two days of work. You see, Saturday started out ok, the bolts holding the transfer case to the transmission and the cross member mount came apart ok, but the nut holding the main shaft gear to the output shaft of the transmission proved to be its own problem. After removing the PTO plate, I saw the nut with the cotter pin run through it. After removing the pin, I went to grab the correct socket to pull the nut deep inside the tcase.…
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What happens when you mix a 4-day weekend and an insane focus to try and get back on schedule? Lots of parts removed from the Jeep, of course! It almost seems fitting that on the one-year anniversary of bringing Ike home, I was able to spend HOURS out in the garage working on him. Over the last four days, I probably spent about 12-15 hours methodically removing parts. Here’s what I finally got removed: Transfer case/Transmission skid plate (needed to remove it before draining transmission gear oil) Transmission gear oil Transfer case gear oil Speedometer cable Carburetor Exhaust manifold Intake…
2 Comments…I brought home a little 60-year-old Jeep on a trailer borrowed from a friend. After a few hours’ drive from Temecula, I drove Ike off the trailer and into my garage. Over the course of a few months, I put a couple hundred miles on him, replaced some parts, rebuilt the cooling system, restored a mirror and a few interior parts, as well as just plain having a good time. All of this eventually ended up in me starting my restoration of Ike earlier than planned. Originally, I was targeting right around his 1 year anniversary to begin. So, now…
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