Got some stuff done in the past week. Here's what I did:
Clean cylinder head, assemble with 60lb springs, new seals and set on block. Need a few more allen bolts...
Mounted exhaust manifold
Went junking and got a tailgate, grille, driveshaft, seat, rear wiring harness, extra pigtails and some taillights
Received my fuel sump ($120 on ebay), brake hoses and steering joints
made a steering shaft
Ran brake lines (done)
Rewrapped rear wiring harness. Added in the needed connectors for trailer lights/brakes, auxliary fuel tank and ran a nice hefty ground wire back up to the front to the battery ground. Also had a ground wire to the frame. Should eliminate all electrical gremlins in the future.
Made a fuel tank crossmember, cleaned tank, cut hole for sump (I had to yank out a plastic bracket that holds the sender to place it where I wanted it). Mounted tank. I used the stock front strap, flipped it upside down and manipulated it a little to work with my crossmember and some mounting tabs
Couple interior wiring things
Mounted another power steering hose
Welded washers onto the frame for brake hose mounts
Fabricated my own shock towers to work with the Jeep JK shocks
Picked up 2 LED sidemarkers to eliminate the factory pigtail. Spliced them in. These will be mounted in the bumper when done.
Robbed a trans cover off another trans in the shop. Sandblasted, painted and mounted.
Picked up a piece of aluminum to make a tappet cover this week.
Bought an Exide Marine Gel battery. Plan to get another. They will be behind the seat in an enclosure with the sound amplifier and a sub.
I'm trying to make it run this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mildly cleaned up the ports. There were some nasty boogers in them.
Hard to tell but I pocket ported the hell out of this thing. Pictures don't show the work very well but they really are clean and smooth now. No nasty step under the valve seat.
I'm going to eventually mount this seat in the rear. I plan to run a pair of Hummer H3 buckets up front with my own console.
Steering shaft!
Washers welded on. Need to get some retaining clips
Trailer hook ups!
Aux fuel tank wiring:
Front brake hose
The sump. I used the DA sander with 60 grit then 180 grit to make it smooth where it mounts to keep seepage from happening around the O ring. Then I used some RTV just to make sure.
Tank in! Here you can see the front tank strap is just flipped, bent to proper shape and bolted on. Didn't have to hack the strap up or anything.
About an eighth inch between the cab and tank. Good to go!
LOL
Charlie