So here's what I've got so far... I bought the truck in August with a tired Buick 350, a leaky radiator, and a bad master cylinder. I thought I'd just fix one or two things, drive it, and get into the big stuff later... silly me.
Here's the closest pic to what I started with, as you can see at this point I'd already stripped the interior to address some minor rust in the floor. Plans are to fix the rust and then put Hippoliner (bedliner) over the entire floor. I've had it colormatched to the interior.
Here's the Buick Engine coming out. All the hoses were rotten and I came into a chevy engine for cheap so instead of driving it I just started tearing it apart further.
So, I worked a little more and then had the realization that there were only about three things left to disconnect to take the body off the frame. I also at this point decided to rewire the whole thing while I was at it (probably just order a painless wiring kit... still looking). So here's the body coming off the frame (you can see I've done some trimming on the rear quarters to get rid of some rust).
As with any project it is good to have help. Here's my 2 year old daughter getting into it.
So this weekend's project was painting the frame and engine compartment. The neighbors liked having the jeep up on blocks... they really started to give me the looks when I rolled the frame out on to the lawn to paint it.
Here's a before of the frame showing the Novak Engine mounts in place. I put the driver's side in a lower set of holes and will machine a spacer for that side to keep from having to grind into the horizontal member for clearance of the steering column. You can also see my custom front receiver mount for my winch.
And here's how it looks with some paint...
Here's the frame with some paint.
While it's all out this is the time to clean up and paint the engine compartment too.
Next will be some fun as I finally get to start putting somethings back together on the frame. Here's the engine with the serpentine belt system installed (144 amp alt.) the tranny has been rebuilt with a shift kit and the seals replaced in the transfer case.
Hopefully this next week start piecing it back together. I'll try to get up some pictures as the build progresses and I'll start a seperate thread later on the custom rear bumper (I figure the site could use another custom bumper thread!).
Thanks for checking it out, I'm having a great time so far.
Todd
Here's the closest pic to what I started with, as you can see at this point I'd already stripped the interior to address some minor rust in the floor. Plans are to fix the rust and then put Hippoliner (bedliner) over the entire floor. I've had it colormatched to the interior.
Here's the Buick Engine coming out. All the hoses were rotten and I came into a chevy engine for cheap so instead of driving it I just started tearing it apart further.
So, I worked a little more and then had the realization that there were only about three things left to disconnect to take the body off the frame. I also at this point decided to rewire the whole thing while I was at it (probably just order a painless wiring kit... still looking). So here's the body coming off the frame (you can see I've done some trimming on the rear quarters to get rid of some rust).
As with any project it is good to have help. Here's my 2 year old daughter getting into it.
So this weekend's project was painting the frame and engine compartment. The neighbors liked having the jeep up on blocks... they really started to give me the looks when I rolled the frame out on to the lawn to paint it.
Here's a before of the frame showing the Novak Engine mounts in place. I put the driver's side in a lower set of holes and will machine a spacer for that side to keep from having to grind into the horizontal member for clearance of the steering column. You can also see my custom front receiver mount for my winch.
And here's how it looks with some paint...
Here's the frame with some paint.
While it's all out this is the time to clean up and paint the engine compartment too.
Next will be some fun as I finally get to start putting somethings back together on the frame. Here's the engine with the serpentine belt system installed (144 amp alt.) the tranny has been rebuilt with a shift kit and the seals replaced in the transfer case.
Hopefully this next week start piecing it back together. I'll try to get up some pictures as the build progresses and I'll start a seperate thread later on the custom rear bumper (I figure the site could use another custom bumper thread!).
Thanks for checking it out, I'm having a great time so far.
Todd
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