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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Ike finally got some much needed attention this weekend. With the weather finally cooperating and the wind down to a reasonable level, I was able to get a few more parts pulled off. After moving the Jeep around in the garage to get a little more wiggle room, I was able to get the rear drive shaft removed. I was hoping I’d be able to pull apart the parking break as well before moving to the front drive shaft, but the flange nut on the output shaft foiled me. Even after removing the huge cotter pin, my air impact wrench…
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Ike got rolled back out to the street, maybe even one of the last before he starts going back together, to get a little de-greasing. Armed with a pressure washer, two squirt bottles of Simple Green, and an eager 6 year old nephew (and my old man and my brother), we went to work on the drivetrain. However, even after what seemed like hours, a gallon of Simple Green concentrate, and a whole lot of water, I was left with pounds of grease and grime on the street, and a slightly less dirty Jeep. After going through and cleaning up the…
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I may be a month behind my own warped and slightly unrealistic schedule, but today with the help of a friend and family, Ike is now free of his tub. Moving Ike to the center of the garage, which proved to be eventful with the dollies shooting out from under the front tires not once but twice, the four of us grabbed the corners and lifted. The steering column and transmission/transfercase were the only real obstacles to clear. Unfortunately, I had forgot to remove the spring from the parking break, which ended up stretched to a near breaking point, and…
1 CommentAfter 60 years of Ike’s frame and tub being joined together, and then three hours, 16 bolts, and a bruised finger later, the tub is free of it’s bonds to the frame. Of those 16 bolts, all but 4 broke at some point in the process, and 3 had to be cut. I also was shocked at how little was holding the passenger side of the tub to the frame. The forward most tub bracket was bolted fine to the frame, but the rivet that was supposed to bind the tub to the bracket had long since broke free. Then,…
1 CommentAfter many weekends of not having time to get much done on Ike, I was able to spend a few hours getting some of the last items removed keeping me from taking the body off. The biggest thing I got done today was getting the gas tank off. I figured the gas tank would be the last thing I would take off, but I needed to be able to see some body mounting bolts that were under the tank. I also needed to get to the mounting bolts for the side step. The fuel tank proved to be less problematic…
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