JEEP JERRY IS WORKING ON
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Start with a 1994
Jeep Wrangler
4cyl 5 speed manual
transmission
This
jeep has been on uncountable hunting trips from as far
away
as Colorado to the hills of Tennessee. Stuck in the
Mississippi Delta mud past the doors, hip
deep and still drove it to
work
every day. I talked to
John about what
upgrades I could do
to
my jeep and was
thinking about getting
some 35’s for tires
and
putting in a locker. Then we went on a ride to Gray Rock
early
in 2006 we all had a ball that day.
Near the end of the day I
lost
1st and 3rd gear while
trying to get out of this
gorge. John
winched
me out. I had lost 5th gear
4 years earlier. After riding
the
clutch and smoking it
coming out of the
hills around Gray
Rock I made it home. My new knee that I had put in the
year
before
was telling me to put in an
automatic transmission. |
Me stuck in the mud!
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I bought a 8,000lb Warn M8274
Winch. It had been sitting out
and got moisture inside the gear box that had no oil in
it. The gears
were rusted but would turn. I
ordered a new bushing kit and
disassembled and cleaned each gear
from the rust. Installed the
bushing kit and made a mounting
plate for the Jeep. Check
the specs.
No-load retrieval speed is 73.4 ft./minute, and
that's not all. The
spool
holds 150 ft. of 5/16"
cable, which I had
to purchase because it only
had 10’ of line
on it. Its' unique spur-gear drive train and upright
design are totally rugged. It's braking system delivers
smooth
operation.
Added Roller fairlead, and a
hand made remote
control on
15-ft. lead,
I also added an emergency master shutoff switch
for the
power to the front of the jeep
just for safety, plus
operating
switches and indicating
lights to the dash for inside
control. |
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John
found me this beauty.
A 1978
Chevy 4 wd 1/2 ton Fleetside 350 4BL 5.7L with a
350
turbo transmission.
I started to tear it down.The plan now changed to
adding
the
350
motor, and 350 transmission to the Jeep and add
the 1/2 ½ton
axles.
I bought new plugs and wires an distributor and rotor
button,
oil pan gasket, valve
cover gaskets and new breaks
for
the
rear. I had the drums turned and installed the new breaks. |
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Then I
ran across this at a Junk Yard, it looked like a Dana 60
but
did not have the case marking of
a 60. I bought it anyway. It
turns
out to be a Dana 61 3/4 ton.
Now
the plans changed again
I
will build this Dana 61
and put it under the jeep.
I then
acquired a Dana 44 3/4 ton with Lincoln locks and 4-10
gears.It
needs a driver side
axle in it.
The
View out the back of my garage is from where my old 71
Ford
Truck was without breaks and I
went thru the wall. My
Christmas
present from my eldest son,
Scott, was a new garage
door
for the back of the garage. Scott
and my younger son, Billy,
put
up the door a few weeks ago.
I think I may be the only
one
with
a drive thru garage on my block.
Come to think of it
I’m
the
only one I know that has a drive thru garage.
It works out great!
Thanks
Scott! |
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I also
Purchased a set of 15 / 38.5
Gumbo
Monster Mudders |
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Next was
to get the 5 speed transmission out of the Jeep. I
only
found
a broken C clip broken inside the transmission. I
put all
10,001
parts in a plastic tub and set it aside. Transfer case looks
good
will keep it intact for future sale.
Next I pulled out the motor.
Billy
came over to give me
a hand with that. Thanks Bill! |
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Then I
pulled the front end off for ease of
installation
of the new motor and transmission. |
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I
stripped down the Dana 61 and took the drum breaks off.
I
moved the spring nest bracket over to match the Jeep springs and
set
the angle for 10
degrees and removed the stock shock brackets.
I’m going to use the front disk breaks off of the
truck
and install them next. |
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Then I took the cab off of the
truck.
Pressure
washed everything again
before
removing it from the truck. |
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Before
pulling the motor I’m going to
take
as many measurements as I can
that may assist me in pulling it
out. |
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Leveled
the truck frame in two places along the long
straight
sections. Then I
pulled the carburetor off so I would have the
flat surface of
the intake manifold to get a reading of what
angle, if any, was
on the motor.
Frame and motor check
zero level. This is one reading
that I will use
when putting it into the jeep.
58" of drive train
ready to start work on.
Looking at a stand
alone EFI system. JUST
LOOKING!!
Maybe after I get this in
and running....
still have a long way to
go before then. |
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It was a nice day outside today
and I was going to be
grinding
so I’ll be the true backyard mechanic.Took this picture of my winch
wiring so I’ll
remember
where everything goes.
I put the wiring under the hood
to # 1 make it look
better and
#2 to add more air flow to the front of the
radiator.
I had a hard time getting my
cutoff wheel around the
fenders
to remove the motor mounts so 20 bolts
later the
fenders are off.
Then I cut off the motor mounts
with no problem.
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