need to swap in chromos before the reno trip on thurs. well i dont need to, but i want to .
pass side lca mount is banged up so i cant just weld the skid right on, sucks.
worked on the willys all day sunday. we mounted a stock 89 cherokee master and booster to the firewall. the push rod was 3/4 inch shorter than the previou one(no idea what booster and master setup it had , wasnt stock...) so i cut and welded the last 3/4 of an inch of the other one to this one and it fit like a glove...
then it was a huge pain drilling and notching the steering column mount but wer got it to mount. then we had some leaks in the system here and there, i made all new brake lines a while back.
we also replaced the rear pinion seal, it was leaking like crazy.
and started building a cover for the slave cylinder since there is a big hole in the floor where the slave comes up and sticks out, right below the gas pedal (previous owner was stupid for that one) the cover is going to mount to the tranny tunnel.
then we ripped out all of the carpet and the seats etc and started stripping it down for paint and herculiner.
i still need to replace the TRE at the pitman arm, and go around and adjust the shoes, before its sort of road worthy again though.
i have tons of plans for this build as well:
grab a ford 2wd t18, a scout t18 and build a 4 spd tranny that gas 4speeds with the granny low of 6.32:1 !
then grab a ford 8.8 with 4.11s and LSD and discs and swap it into the rear (prob spend 150-200$ onthis one) , and grab a 70s front dana 30 off a CJ5 with 4.11s open or locked (with discs- trying to spend under 200 on this one too) and swap out the dana 27 out front.
(i know the 8.8 is 5 on 4.5, i plan to get some XJ rims and get some adapters from that billet alluminum adapter company that sells them for 32$ each, then i can run XJ bolt pattern)
the willys axles are 55 WMS to WMS , and the 8.8 is 58 WMS to WMS, so i think the adapters adding a little more width to the front will help even it out.
i figure going from the 3spd t90 with OD (swapping in the OD next week) to the 4 spd t18(granny low) with the warn OD on the dana 18 and ill have a 5 speed willys with front and rear discs with 8.8 /30 combo and i like the idea of a cherokee bolt pattern and all week discs for cheap.
i hope that i get both axles for around 400 $total and sell mine for around 200 then ill be gonig to front and rear discs and a rear LSD for a net of 200$. right now im 4.88s open open, with the 3spd its too fast...
