1976 CJ5 Project

[devildog0]

Got the floorboards and patches stitch welded in and sealed. One set of patches i made a little oversized and went with a gauge heavier steel and did a full seam weld on both sides because thats where the seatbelts will be bolting through.

Hoping to get the underside and maybe the inside of the tub primered and painted tomorrow. Then try my hand at Bondo for the first time on two patches i did on the side of the tub.

Goal is to squeeze another 3 to 5 years out of the current tub then drop a new one on possibly

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[devildog0]

Burned up a lot of paint and primer today doing the underside and inside of the tub.

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[devildog0]

Tore the AMC 20 rear axle down on the CJ. One of the previous owners apparently did me a favor and put one piece axles in it at some point. Got a good chunk of the work done. Got the carrier bearings removed and new ones put on along with the ring gear. Got the old pinion races out. Tomorrow I will start going back the other way. Not looking forward to setting up the pinion depth. The original setup used a large shim under the bearing race. All of the rebuild kits come with shims that go under bearing cone. And none of them are of similar size to the original shim.

 

[devildog0]

Finished up the AMC20. That was my first gearset install. That was my last big obstacle with the frame and drivetrain going to drop the tcase and driveshafts in tomorrow then I'm down to some bodywork and paint. I can kind of see the light at the end of this tunnel.

 

[devildog0]

Rest of the drive train is now in.

Got the PS pump and hoses hooked up.

One of the previous owners replaced the low pressure line with a section of airhose it looks like.

Got the fuel tank backin as well with new hardware and Rubber lines.

Today im going to try to "unf%$k" the emissisons lines and routing. Unfortunately many of the factory emissions parts are MIA from the previous owners.

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[devildog0]

Some light work today. Got the dash panel mostly put back together, got a few of.the emission lines sorted out but not all and replaced the damaged tie rod on the drag link.

Wouldn't mind finding a repro of the vin tag that was on the dash.

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[jeep ride]

:yelclap:Looks like all your hard work is starting to pay off.

 

[devildog0]

Got the tub the rest of the way painted. It's not the greatest. Its a "100 foot" paint job. I tried my hand at bondo for the first time.....you can tell

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[Anak]

Might not be perfect body work, but I am sure you have given that tub a new lease on life.

 

[devildog0]

Front brakes rebuilt and tub back on.

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[devildog0]

Today's CJ progress. Brake master Cylinder on but not hooked up or bled yet, pedals hung, clutch adjusted, tub wiring harness laid out and partially hooked up, heater/fan box, fresh air vent and drain line in, tail lights installed, e brake pedal hung and hooked up, hi beam switch in and hooked up.

Also ran down to a nearby town and picked up an OEM windshield for the new frame.

 

[devildog0]

Got the interior wiring knocked out, got the tail wiring mostly done except for the grounds, and got the engine bay wiring harness laid out. Waiting on the copper tubing kit for the oil pressure gauge, removed the wiper hardware out of the old windshield frame, hand pained the Jeep embossing on the tailgate, and the CJ-5 emblems. You can tell where I was a little shaky on some of that lol. And epoxied the original worn/faded AMC emblem back on the tailgate.

 

[Calvin Bnvds]

It seems like everything is going to places, I can't wait to see how this build will turn out.

 

[devildog0]

Its starting to look like something now. Brakes bled, wiring nearing completion. It does crank. Both fenders and grille on. Shifter installed, oil pressure line ran gotta clean up the wiring around the battery.
Even with the painless harness wiring is still time consuming. Im glad i decided to NOT build my own harness.

 

[devildog0]

Made some good progress yesterday. Fired it up for the first time since I started the tear down. Waterpump is eating itself though so have a new one coming in today, about to go out and pull off the old one in preparation. Still waiting for front seats to come in along with front bumper and bumperettes. Prepped the new windsield frame with the wiper hardware and whatnot. Going to get it in place before putting in glass. Hope to have it inspected and registered in the next week or two. Fuel gauge doesn't work. Not sure what's going on there. I think it may be the sender but I checked it with the OHM meter before putting it back in and it checked out.

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[devildog0]

Water pump removed waiting for replacement. Back seat in along with its seatbelts. Windshield frame, windshield and wiper assembly in place, tailgate installed, finished up the battery tray install, the support arm that came with it was way too short but I happened to have another support arm that looked like it as for a fender that fit perfectly.

Installing that glass took a good chunk of the day lol

 

[devildog0]

Almost there. Most of the soft top hardware is on. Front bumper on, front seats in, New water pump in, no coolant yet and belts are loose. Letting the RTV cure till tomorrow, horn in, rearview mirror in. Once the wiper blades come in it'll actually pass inspection.

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[devildog0]

It together enough to move under it's own power. A few things popped up that I'm going to have to figure out. T-Case will randomly pop out of 4low. I've read this can be an issue of worn intermediate gear bearings or thrust washers but the t-case was rebuilt with all new bearings and thrust washers. I have zero power steering, I think I may have possibly put the pressure valve in the wrong way? But overall it's running better than before.

I promised the kids we would tool around our small property when I got it running enough to move. So I strapped them into the back seat and we went and played a little bit.

Afterwards I changed the oil and collected an oil sample to send off the to lab. I'll see how it's looking on this first unknown oil change.

 

[Anak]

I think it is worth noting that you started this project in July and then got slowed down by a leg injury, yet you still managed to disassemble, rebuild and reassemble this Jeep in about 4 months. That is impressive.

Nice work.

Now, what's next?

Maybe something British?

 

[jeep ride]

Congratulations Looks good kids seem to enjoy the ride