rang-a-stang's summer project/build

[rang-a-stang]

Looks that way. I think it is awesome when the kids can share a hobby and more so when they have success with it.

For sure!!!
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2 hours later.

looking up over the top of my rear window, I have this light surface rust. I was having such good luck with my 400 grit, I tried hitting that rust with it. Bad move. Burned right through. There's one SUPER light hazing of paint up there and no primer. No wonder the rust is poking through. That stays until I paint the whole rig:

I noticed a bit of a ghost sticker under the stripes. I can see "Mexico" and some emblem but not sure what it is. I texted the guy I bought it from (he bought this Jeep around 1981) and asked if he knew what it was but he ignored me. Bummer.

I noticed some of the original stripes are left in the tailgate jams and the backside of the tailgate. These will be handy for positioning the new ones.


Here is where the backside is. removing spray paint, primer and adhesive is pretty much done at this point. I know most of you see an ugly scratched-up dull tailgate, but I see factory paint that is going to look WAY better with the stickers (and not spray painted/blotchy)!

I will quickly hit the whole tailgate with 600 grit, then will paint the panel where the sticker resides with some single-stage Saxon Yellow. Once the paint dries, I will hit the whole back end with 1200 grit, then compound, then polish, then the stickers, then wax.

I also took a quick look at my power steering pump. I have a spare pump in my stash so I pulled it out and started comparing. I notice that although the pulley is seated all the way on the back side (it's on as far as it can go) it is not flush on the front.

That distance inside the pulley looks an awful lot like that the distance that pulley is off from the plane on the front of the crank pulley. Tomorrow I will run over to McParts and get the pulley puller so I can take the pulley off. Hopefully, I can figure out a way to get it to seat farther in... I wish I had a lathe...

[rang-a-stang]

I'll spare you guys most of the details but I painted the tailgate in the panel where the sticker resides with some cheap single stage paint. I sprayed it when it was too cold out and I did a terrible job setting up my gun so I had more drips than a wicker roofed house in a hurricane. So after a bunch of time, this is what it looked like:

I would like to say that areas where I sanded through were so it did not look perfect and matched the factory paint, but really it's because I suck at painting and wet sanding. Anyway, went from 400 grit, to 1200, to 2000, to swirl remover, to polish. Got it to a sheen that pretty much matches the roof. Then I installed the tailgate stickers. SOOOooooo happy with them! This looks SOOooooo much better and really feels nice! A little victory is nice.




Next up is power steering pump alignment. Then more sticker work. My son wants to hang the headliner insulation, too.

[Full Size Jeeper]

Man that looks nice!!!! Did y'all buy a complete set.

[78 WIDETRAC]

That looks great! The decal looks perfect. Is that is the paint you recommended to me? Looks like it does the job just fine.

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

That looks FANTASTIC Marc! Want to help me put my Golden Eagle decals on when the time comes? haha

[GWNashville]

Rang-a-stang project.

I really have enjoyed watching your build. Thanks for all the detail and the inspiration. I have got to get back on my truck, I have been slipping.

[Wagoneer Taylor]

Really killing it Marc!

The decal looks perfect, well done.

[cu4whln]

Then I installed the tailgate stickers. SOOOooooo happy with them! This looks SOOooooo much better and really feels nice! A little victory is nice.

Wow! That looks AWESOME !! Very nice.

Love that you didn't have to paint and it looks so good!

[chubbinius]

Marc, that really looks nice with the new decals on it.

[J76137]

That looks great! Are those the Phoenix Graphics set?

[rang-a-stang]

Man that looks nice!!!! Did y'all buy a complete set.

Yes sir! Once I have the power steering pump squared away, I will start on the side graphics. There is an upper black stripe that will go on next. I have to address some slightly bubbly rust under the black paint around my rear windows, then I can repaint satin black. That will clear the way for me to do the hood and the belt line black strip.

That looks great! The decal looks perfect. Is that is the paint you recommended to me? Looks like it does the job just fine.

Thank you, sir!
Nope. The one I recommended to you was even better. The one I recommended to you had NO orange peel or drips and was much easier to spray. This stuff sucked.

That looks FANTASTIC Marc! Want to help me put my Golden Eagle decals on when the time comes? haha

Thanks! SURE!!! I love those GE stickers!!!

I really have enjoyed watching your build. Thanks for all the detail and the inspiration. I have got to get back on my truck, I have been slipping.

Haha! Yours is going light speed compared to mine!

Really killing it Marc!
The decal looks perfect, well done.

Wow! That looks AWESOME !! Very nice.
Love that you didn't have to paint and it looks so good!

Marc, that really looks nice with the new decals on it.

Thank you, gentlemen!

That looks great! Are those the Phoenix Graphics set?

It is! I cannot compare it to the factory set to say if it is better or worse, but this set is really nice. The lines are very crisp and it seems to fit super well... so far. Here is the thread where I asked about buying them:

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=188554

[bkilby]

That looks pretty good Marc. Get that PS pulley situated and plan on a drive to Burbank. I mean, to go for a test drive.

[fulsizjeep]

Looks great! I always liked the way those Chief decals are In Your Face.

[asphaltrockdweller]

Dang son!


That looks AMAZING!

[rang-a-stang]

That looks pretty good Marc. Get that PS pulley situated and plan on a drive to Burbank. I mean, to go for a test drive.

I'm tryna!!! more on that below!

Looks great! I always liked the way those Chief decals are In Your Face.

I agree! They are tastefully obnoxious! Like my seats!

Dang son!

That looks AMAZING!

Thanks! it's a lot of work but hopefully the sides come out like this, too!
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Went to McParts and checked out a pulley puller. Tried for 45 minutes but the puller would not pull the pulley. So I took it back and went to a different McParts and got another one. I still had to jimmy rig it to work:

this was my pump shaft and housing. Notice there is a slight lip on it where the seal rides and some casting flack on the top (and bottom but you can't see the bottom):

I took a file at the pump and cleaned it up. This allowed the pulley to ride about 1/16" closer:

Then I took a ton of measurements and concluded the pulley face is about .65" thick. I needed the pulley to sit about .25" closer to the pump so I figured I had enough meat in there to machine it out. I asked for some advice here:
Pulley Advice Thread
and used the advice to "machine" the back of the pulley.
Again, jimmy rigged pulley pulling tool to be used to install the pulley and here is what I got. Notice it not sits flush with the pump shaft:


I started it and the belt does not squeal... but then again it hasn't squealed for months so I should be good there. There is so little room between the radiator and the pulley faces it was impossible for me to get a straight edge from the crank pulley face to the PS pulley face but I was able to check from the water pump pulley face to the PS pulley face and it was straight. No pictures because the angle was hard and I could not hold my phone and the straight edge.

I hope to do a high RPM tune today and hopefully it does not toss a belt this time! Oh. And I think my transmission vacuum modulator is leaking at the O-Ring so I plan to try to fix that leak too. it is amazing to me how much these things leak...