454,4spd,205,d60,14b, wag project pics

[75sewg]

I started this project about a little over a year ago. Everything went in as smooth as pie. the engine and tranny fit well. i have not really run into any snags. the only thing that has stopped me from firing this thing up is the lack of cash. i buy some parts and them continue. i run out of cash and hold the project to catch up on the pay checks. i will post a list of all the parts i have bought and sold to get this project to where it's at.

the donor truck was an 83 chevy one ton. i sold the engine, tranny and axles from my waggy to re coup from the intial purchase of 1200 bucks for the chevy.

why did i do this? i got sick and tired of breaking axles. from the rear, i broke the rear ring and pinion twice and both axles. i snapped the stub shafts, hubs, a couple of times. i broke two quadratrac cases. all this while wheeling on 35's and 4.56 gears. I know what you are thinking and you are right. all throttle wheeling baby!

here is what the wag looked like before the spring over
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2158.jpg

here's a pic of the engine going in for the last time
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2354.jpg

here's a pic of the axles set in place.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2349.jpg

dig the U bolts, pretty handy when you need to remove the rear axle. i lost count of how many times i removed and put it back in.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2353.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2352.jpg

this rig is currently sitting on some used 38'inch tsl's. the front end is bolted back on. i am currently working on putting in the hydraulic clutch pedal. i will post current pics tomorrow.

[j20brett]

Wow...thats pretty sweet. Keep up the good work!

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

Whoa! That thing is going to be a monster! I like!:thumbsup:

[Bama Burden]

I saw your post on pirate awhile back. Looking good. What did those front fender flares come off of?

[orangecherokee]

nice work. have you thought about moving the front axle forward any?

[BRUTUS]

That is one hell of a project to do all at the same time. Nice work!

[Poley]

very nice

[AlsChopShop]

looks great, what are you using for the hydraulic clutch?

Al

[75sewg]

I saw your post on pirate awhile back. Looking good. What did those front fender flares come off of?

those front fender flares are generic flares that come in roll from jc witney,

at this point, the front axle is exactly where i want it. it bolted right in. moving the axle forward would require more cash and parts. later down the road i will probably do it along with a four link and coils. the rear end also has plenty of room to move back to eventually.

the hydroulic clutch is the kit from novak. it includes a custom arm, braket, slave, and botls. i matched it up with a wilwood master cylinder. i will post pics of this set up tommorrow. the hydroulic brake line is car quest generic. i had to move the fuse bock three inches down and two inches over. the stock emergency brake had to be removed. i will be placing the new, (used from pick a part) hand brake in the middle of the two front seats.

[NVJEEPER]

Whoa that is one awesome Wagoneer Dude.
excellent pics:thumbsup: Can't wait to see more!!!

[Cherokee01478]

Wow - looking good! Makes me feel lazy (believe me, it takes a lot to do that)!

[AlsChopShop]

the hydroulic clutch is the kit from novak. it includes a custom arm, braket, slave, and botls. i matched it up with a wilwood master cylinder. i will post pics of this set up tommorrow. the hydroulic brake line is car quest generic. i had to move the fuse bock three inches down and two inches over. the stock emergency brake had to be removed. i will be placing the new, (used from pick a part) hand brake in the middle of the two front seats. definately snap some pictures of the MC. thanks!

Al

[BlackBart]

Very nice, Since you are doing a Big Block with a manual tranny, I can't even say anything snide about the GM stuff!:D

Keep up the good work!

[Big-wagon87]

Bad$ss rig with that power you can tear up the dunes or mud pits!!

More PIC with the tsl's

[marsbug65]

this looks sweet i'v got a 77 chef that some one set up with the 454/ dana 60f/ 14 bolt back/np205/on38s and it is working great will try to post some pic. just got a 79 chef to start in on.

[mark]

very nice work

[75sewg]

here are some more pics, the rig sits a little too high right now and i thinking of maybe dropping the front a half an inch. those 38's look small.
i scored those rims from pick a part for 92 bucks, and five swampers for 400 bucks. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2925.jpg

i could have painted the big block and cleaned the outside of the carb but i know my self too well, the first mud hole i can get my self into is going to make the engine really dirty. that passenger side exhaust manifold is from a big 5 ton chevy truck with a big block, it dumps a little behind the motor mount. it cost me 15 bucks.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2923.jpg

after a lot of cutting and a little welding i got the stock tunnel cover to fit. those are the stock shifters from the chevy, i heated the shifter and bent it down a little and to the right. it was hitting the metal trim under the glove box when i shifted into first and third.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/vincent95_photo/100_2926.jpg

[75sewg]

i'm almost done with the pedal. i need a different gas tank. i need one from a newer wagoneer that has a center rear diff. if you have one i will buy it from you or trade for?

[mark]

very nice!keep the pix coming

[BRUTUS]

Definately keep the pics coming. Nice work!

[Desert Beast]

lookin sweet man. you'll love that 454 in there. :thumbsup:

[75sewg]

Here is a list of all the parts and money that i have tied up in this project, so far.83 chevy one ton 1200 4 aluminum wheels 92 adater to bolt big block in (speedway) 64 Two poly urathane engine mounts 75 All new u bolts and spring plates from blue torch fab front and rear 2144 spring hangers and 2 diff perches 98Weld and cut engine mount 15drill bits, cutting wheels, wire wheel 326 degree steel pinion shim, blue torch fab 36urathane chevy trans mount 61clutch pedal and brake pedal from early wag 140front leaf spring urathane bushings 52new clutch 181novak hydroulic clutch kit to retrofit to sm465 186chop and shorten rear drive shaft freepassenger side bbc exhaust manifold 15five used 38 inch tsl's 460mounted to my aluminum wheels freevalve cover gaskets and exhaust manifolds gaskets 551 three inch muffler from summit 35welding rods 30pressure plate bolt kit 10install 220v in my house and upgrade fuse box 100tranny mount fab and weld 60wilwood slave master cyl 50some pieces of raw 1/8 and 3/16 steel 20carquest generic brake line for clutch 6 grand total 3287sold engine trans and t case -200sold my axles -1200grand total 1887i still have to buy;exhaust tubing to make my exhaustoru high steer arm and boltsgas tankextended brake lines install locker in rear, i already have it i just need to pay labor to install it.one more 16 inch electrick fani could have gone cheaper by just re using all the clutch components but i would rather just start off fresh. the engine was running perfect so i will not have to worry there for a while. i will not go cheap on brake lines for obvious reasons, safety is paramount. i am almost ready to start the engine. it should be nice.

[75sewg]

i had everthing neatly itemized but something happed to the post above, sorry

[Desert Beast]

i use to have everything neatly itemized, then i realized how much money i was spending on it and stopped doing that. it was quite depressing. :thumbsup:

[BRUTUS]

i had everthing neatly itemized but something happed to the post above, sorry

There are two buttons that you can use to organize the list... from left to right, Bold, Italics, Underline, Left justify, Center justify, right justify, numbered list, bulleted list, decrease indent, increase indent, etc.

[BRUTUS]

i use to have everything neatly itemized, then i realized how much money i was spending on it and stopped doing that. it was quite depressing. :thumbsup:

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[etjeep]

Looks good. It looks like you are using a lift springs in combination with SOA. What springs are you using up front?

[AlsChopShop]

your rig is looking killer, thank you for making a price list!! how did the novak hydraulic kit and wilwood MC work out? is it pretty easy to install and adjust?

keep up the good work! :thumbsup:


Al

[Cherokee01478]

Wow, looking good. Keep us in touch as you progress.

[75sewg]

the only issue was installing the slave master cylinder. i installed it where the fuse box used to be. i had to cut a small dent in the fire wall above the fuse box to get it fit in there. the fuse box now sits two inches lower and three inches to the right. i had to fabricate a plate from 1/8 inch thick steel to reinforce where the slave and clutch pedal come together. i finished all this stuff in the weekend. i will take it apart and shoot pics again for you guys. i also had to modify the arm that pushes the slave in when you press the clutch. the hardest part of this whole clutch deal was the fabrication of the 1/8 inch thick plate, without it the pedal and slave would not have a strong attachment to the firewall. i needed to make a precise 1 and 7/8's hole to fit exactly where the pin on the pedal is. i don't have a lot of tools, which made it a little more hard. installing the parts from novak was easy, they were a bolt in deal. i will remove those as well to show you guys. i re- used the my old four inch superlift springs in the front, i al ready had them, so that lowered the cost a little. these springs combined with the spring over gave me a boat load of lift. with a little more fender cutting i think i will be able to flex some 42 inch iroks in the future. i got a baby coming in a month and my wife is going to take a year break from work, so no big tires any time soon. side note; i got a big *** can of flitz polishing comp. to polish my wheels and it sucked big time, but i tried it on a little bit of the paint and man it makes the paint look like new again.

[Desert Beast]

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ha, maybe if those were hundreds then it would be close. :D

[Desert Beast]

and 75sewg, might want to use paragraphs. it would make you posts much easier to read. just a suggestion. ;)

[75sewg]

you know, i have everything in paragraphs and when i hit "submit reply" it clumps it all up.

[j20brett]

got any pics of how you mounted the clutch master cylinder to the pedal?

[Cherokee01478]

you know, i have everything in paragraphs and when i hit "submit reply" it clumps it all up.

I had that problem on a board once. Two suggestions: i - hit return twice; ii - type, at the beginning of each paragraph <p> that should work (if I remember rightly). By the way, what browsing software are you running?