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RonD2 Member
Joined: Oct 02, 2014 Posts: 1910 Location: South Carolina, Dorchester County
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Saw the new Bronco video......nice!
Gotta love it.....I can almost smell that new car smell.
Charlie Fire? _________________ Ron D.
1951 M38 Unknown Serial Number
1951 M100 Dunbar Kapple 01169903 dod 5-51
“The only good sports car that America ever made was the Jeep."
--- Enzo Ferrari
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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determined I am not getting the jeep to the garage till its running.
I got both the engine and t case back there.
I'll figure out how to get it in the frame. _________________ April
i have a build thread on Youtube. just type in CoastieReid in the search.
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RonD2 Member
Joined: Oct 02, 2014 Posts: 1910 Location: South Carolina, Dorchester County
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 4:00 am Post subject: |
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Lol. I have a HF one. What is fun is rolling these over grass.
I will remove my fenders for better clearance.
I am taking a week off starting Friday. Between now and then, 1 day of rain expected. _________________ April
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Xamon Member
Joined: Sep 18, 2012 Posts: 589 Location: South East Saskatchewan
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Xamon wrote: | The 3 ton engine hoist I used to have had 5 inch pneumatic tires it was awesome on grass and gravel. |
I have some HF pneumatic wheels in the garage- I may try that!
Today i had an order from Midwest Military showed up. I am pretty much stocked up on all the things I would need to get this jeep finished.
supposed to be off next week- need to redo the steering components on my friends 2000 Dodge Dakota, and on my 13 f150. And it is supposed to rain off and on all week... so the back yard will be soggy.
Will figure it out. _________________ April
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RICKG Member
Joined: Aug 31, 2010 Posts: 1740 Location: SO IDAHO
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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you're doing well. Uncle John sent you Hersheys _________________ keep 'em rollin'
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Well... making an off-road mod to the engine hoist, and it will take some work to do it the way the inter web states.. using 8” or 10” HF rubber casters will raise the hoist about a food. So, this will not clear the lower part of the front axle. Solution, put axle on jackstands, but then that requires to lift the engine higher... so... raises the center of gravity. Let me think about how I’m gonna do this. I found some 4” pneumatic all terrain casters on Amazon. They won’t be here till Tuesday. The HF ones just won’t work for me on this.
The rain we had the last few days turned the yard into a mud pit. I really need a French drain system, so future me problem.
Anyway, today, front fenders and grill come back off to facilitate engine installation. I am also going to finish my f150 project so that will take all day.
Pictures to follow. _________________ April
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whydahdvr Member
Joined: Jul 18, 2008 Posts: 639 Location: Melrose, MA and Santa Fe, NM
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Tank-type tracks.....
_________________ North Shore, MA
Santa Fe, NM
1942 GPW
1952 M38
1964 Apollo 5000 GT
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Xamon Member
Joined: Sep 18, 2012 Posts: 589 Location: South East Saskatchewan
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RonD2 Member
Joined: Oct 02, 2014 Posts: 1910 Location: South Carolina, Dorchester County
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Before common lumber got stupid expensive like everything else I might've suggested getting some 2-by-12 pine planks to roll it around on.......pick 'em up and put 'em down, then use them for a base in front of the jeep. _________________ Ron D.
1951 M38 Unknown Serial Number
1951 M100 Dunbar Kapple 01169903 dod 5-51
“The only good sports car that America ever made was the Jeep."
--- Enzo Ferrari
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 3:56 am Post subject: |
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I have a sheet of plywood but in half I used to help push the engine out back, but you can’t push the crane without the wheels leaving the edge. I may just go get another piece.
The wheels come today. I also thought about just picking up some metal and building a leg extension (removeable) to use those bigger wheels.
I’ll post what I come up with. _________________ April
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 3:36 am Post subject: |
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how far down do I snip this? I assume just below the last rivet hole when I install that rivet. I put the fenders and grill in my garage until I finished putting this engine in the bay.
gross wx coming which will turn my yard into swamp. The wheels I ordered didn't show up despite being stated on the website it had been.
so I pulled the plywood out and started to get the engine prepared to install.
I needed some extra width of support under the wheel between the cement step stone and used some extra fence boards I had behind the shed. Perfect.
Between these pictures- in the behind neighbors yard, they have a bunch of 40 year old trees... The houses are about 30 years old. Anyway, the wind was blowing and a gigantic tree limb came crashing down.
I actually got scared it was the whole tree and bolted out of the way. The wind blows around here all the time so I didn't think much of working in it. Its spring- it happens.
I rested the pan on a small 3 ton jack stand. (the metal saucer is one of those magnet trays I am using to hold the bottom of the bag on in case it rains.
Wouldn't you know it... once I finished all this, my box of caster wheels showed up on my porch by a neighbor who it was delivered to.
I am still totally going to put those wheels on my engine hoist and also buy some more for my engine stand. I was impressed with their construction. _________________ April
i have a build thread on Youtube. just type in CoastieReid in the search.
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Naugha Member
Joined: Apr 01, 2020 Posts: 409 Location: Ocala, Florida
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Hi April.
I used my HF cherry picker to install the engine and body. Even on the concrete floor of my barn it was a job. Those things were not made for a dirt track. _________________ Don Alvarez
Retired HS Teacher
Central Florida
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CoastieReid Member
Joined: Nov 28, 2019 Posts: 379 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Naugha wrote: | Hi April.
I used my HF cherry picker to install the engine and body. Even on the concrete floor of my barn it was a job. Those things were not made for a dirt track. |
I think it was more of a work out getting the engine out of the frame back two years ago.
Sketchy but it worked! _________________ April
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