Project couch time---pic heavy--updated

[orangebike]

Well the jeep goes in for a 78 ford dana 44 front....chevy corp 14 bolt rear....this weekend

Heres how the jeep started....

Long story short brother in law calls me up says he bought a jeep 15 hours away...well after a little nudging he got me to give up my weekend and my truck(powerstroke) to do a road trip with him....so my truck his trailer and a case of energy drinks we go a straight run there and back...only stoping for fuel food and course for me to buy a jeep i saw on the way :thumbsup:

so go to get one jeep and come back with two....lets just say the wifes were not happy....this is the diamond if the ruff my wife couldnt see

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/DSCF1139.jpg


well after having it home for about a week it for a 3 inch body...lift two inch aal...and a :sawzall: (and yes i cut my wt fenders but they were really rusty) and then looked like this

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/DSCF1182.jpg

After a good night of partying and drinking someone thought it would be a good idea to write all over my jeep with a what they thought was a pencil....well it was a grease pen and would not wash off so out came the rattle can

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/DSCF1270.jpg

So then thanks to craigslist...i traded for this stuff


37 inch boggers
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/GetAttachment.jpg

h1 beadlocks
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/GetAttachment3.jpg

dana 44 front 4.11 gears..corp 14 bolt rear 4.56 gears
(no pic yet)

So now after hitting ebay and napa getting...
Lockers
front gears 4.56
high steer arms
high steer studs
new break rotors
new locking hubs
all fluids and seals needed

tomorrow me and the brother in law (hes a machanic) will start tearing in and rebuilding axles then this weekend i will be swaping in the front and building a shackle flip for the rear.....

:thumbsup:

pics will come as progress is made :drivin:

[fireman91186]

Sounds like fun keep us posted on the progress.

So you went for one and came back with two? That must be one big car trailer.

[orangebike]

no i was able to drive mine back.....got it home tried to drive it to dmv to get it registered and water pump belt broke about two blocks down the road....so made it but bairly

[orangebike]

Hey guys....well its been a pretty good but highly frustrating weekend....decided againts the h1 beadlocks(up for sale) .....will get detailed pics up when its done...but here is a couple teasers.....


http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/12.jpg

40" of flex
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/1.jpg

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/11.jpg

[fullsizejohn]

flexy!:thumbsup:

[cmelo]

Did you end up inboarding the springs to fit the 14 bolt? Why did you decide against the H1s? I was thinking about doing the same soon.

[orangebike]

no stock set up...with home made system like tts...moved the spring perches and rotated 4 degrees....decided i would just get a set of weld on rings and go that way...didnt want to have to recenter the h1s and boggers wont clear if i dont

[wickedwagon767]

alright. Lookin' good

:cool:

[ClovisMan]

Man, I need someone in the Houston area with the :sawzall: skills like that!!!! I am having some real problems with the inner fenders.

Good job on the truck.

[orangebike]

Man, I need someone in the Houston area with the :sawzall: skills like that!!!! I am having some real problems with the inner fenders.

Good job on the truck.


was really easy...just get it in the seam of the flairs and run the saw really slow...clean up any slight variations with a grinder....also use a blade with a high teeth count made it not try to grab and wander on me as bad
and dont try to get through both outer and inside metal....do out side then cut the inner one

[Heimeken]

:thumbsup: It definitely looks like your having fun.

[Sambo]

hope it still flexes like that after you put shocks on it;) and bump stops!
i remember bending rear springs cause i didn't have any stops out back.over flexed em and bent the heck out of em

[cmelo]

no stock set up...with home made system like tts...moved the spring perches and rotated 4 degrees....decided i would just get a set of weld on rings and go that way...didnt want to have to recenter the h1s and boggers wont clear if i dont

What did your 14 bolt come out of? I have heard of people having problems getting SRW ones to fit without inboarding the spring under the frame. If you don't mind could you snap some pics of where the springs ended up on the axle? Are they really close to the backing plates? The spring are maybe 1-1.5" away from the backing plates on my J20 axles as it is.

[orangebike]

What did your 14 bolt come out of? I have heard of people having problems getting SRW ones to fit without inboarding the spring under the frame. If you don't mind could you snap some pics of where the springs ended up on the axle? Are they really close to the backing plates? The spring are maybe 1-1.5" away from the backing plates on my J20 axles as it is.

The spring perches were only about 3 " different so only moved them 1.5 each side...still plenty of room from backing plates to get u bolt plat on...i can get u pics ....came out of a late 70s chevy 20 pickup...of top of the head i would say they are 3-4 inches from backing plate but will get measurement tomorrow and pics

[orangebike]

hope it still flexes like that after you put shocks on it;) and bump stops!
i remember bending rear springs cause i didn't have any stops out back.over flexed em and bent the heck out of em

its not getting shocks as it will only see slow in town roads and offroad.....and no stops....have a bunch of springs around so if they bend will just swap next set in....want every inch of flex i can get

[orangebike]

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/2.jpg

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/8.jpg

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt24/orange-bike/81%20chief/3.jpg


Like i said will be buttoning up everything the next couple days and will get pics of the process up when i can get all the pics emailed to me(used the brother in laws camera...these are just from my phone pics)

[rockrat]

looks good, let us know how it performs out on the trail.