Before going any where further, let me tell you a little about me and my project ... if not interested in reading this, just scroll down and pass to progress threads ...
***here is the first test run since the teardown***
This is where I am at on my build for the moment. more goes on every week! stay tuned if you are interested! if you got comments or suggestions feel free to post! Thanks for Following
I've always had a passion for Jeep's. Even before I learned to drive I knew someday I would own a Jeep... My idea of a project all started when I was in high school, more exactly in Secondary 4(Grade 10). A friend of mine brought me at his cousin's house, this is where I fell in love, in his Garage, he had a nice old 1986 CJ7 ! That thing look tuff as hell and seemed amazing to drive around. It gave the impression it could take you anywhere you wanted ... I did not have a driver license yet, but I knew I wanted to own one just like this. Time went by, finished high school, not so sure on what I wanted to do, I asked the same friend who brought me to this CJ where he was going to school next year! So I looked up what classes I could do in that city (Rimouski, Quebec). Remembering I wanted a old jeep, and I knew nothing about mechanics, I ended up doing a car mechanics course ... so I could eventually fix or build my future dream ! I then Joined the army reserve to get a little extra money during my studies... drove back home during the christmas holidays during my second year of school and saw this good looking 1976 CJ7 , on 35" tires and had a 4bbl AMC 360 in it! So i stopped at the guys house and asked if he wanted to sell it! There was lots of work to do on it to make it "brand new" but the owner accepted to sell it to me for 2000$ on 33" tires.... So there is where my CJ7 PJ edition project all began ! If you follow every now and then the page you will see a frame up restoration of my Jeep... progress goes with budget, so stay tuned even if some updates don't come every week
This is my CJ when i first got it! it had 33" tires, Dana 44 rear , Dana 30 front, drum brakes at 4 wheels, AMC 360 4bbl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before I start, forgive my english or mistakes, my first language is french, I've only been to the english school till 3ed grade(Dad is english and mom french) My Jeep had not been running often since 2002 ... so having a parked Jeep near the sea, with harsh Canadian winters, it does nothing good to the CJ! When I finished school, instead of working as mechanics, I did what I really liked, Went Regular forces in the Canadian infantry! During those years, 2001 to 2005, i was driving around in a 1998 toyota corolla, until I got in this little accident which gave me the kick in the *** to start the PJ edition project, since the damage on the corolla were about equal to it's value, I sent it to the scrape and decided it was time to get that old CJ rolling again! First few major things I done to it before having it come to Quebec city, where I am stationed. was getting rid of that old messed up wiring harness for a brand new Painless CJ7 harness. That thing is a little expensive but amazing, they thought of everything, wires are there for electric fan and even for injection conversions ... really worth's it!
Then once My jeep arrived to Quebec, I did a little more to it, all what was important to make it safe and limit the problems. I Changed the Fuel lines, Brakes , Brake lines with nice preformed stainless steel line from Quadratec, 15 Gallon metal tank for 20 Gallon plastic tank, and sent my engine for a rebuild in a shop... the job was suppose to cost about 1300 but ended up being 2200, one week after receiving the engine, found one in Montreal , Chrysler 360 injection from a 2000 truck for 2500 ... wish I found that earlier ...
AMC 360 after rebuild and installed in the Jeep (Sorry at that time when i would work on the CJ or add parts i would not always take pictures , and some got lost to, so the beginning might be sloppy a little ! i promise there will be more coming up) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Having been driving around for almost 2 years with the CJ, fixing many little problems and upgrading a few parts, time came for me to bring it in the shop and start the tear down for a rebuild ! In those 2 years i drove it, I changed this old 3 speed transmission and Dana20 t-case for a "better" for driving around 5 speed T5 transmission and dana 300 t-case. I also had to rebuild my rear Dana44 .... I blew the planetary gears in it after rebuilding my engine! I wanted to know what kind of power a rebuild AMC 360 had, i guess dropping the clutch and flooring the gas was a little to demanding on the D44 ! so I got a lock right Powertrac locker and 4,10 gears and all the hardware to rebuild it like new ! I also upgraded the hard top to a YJ one with defrost and wiper ... lift gate on my CJ one was rotting , I also got the YJ family roll bar in it! Drove a little with it again then what motivated me to buy an other car, was breaking the rear axles right in front of the bearing .... lost my wheel and drum in a parking lot ! That was enough, i fixed it and stored it, bought a 2004 Jeep liberty .... and the Project full rebuild started ! so here are a few pics of the what it looked liked before the tear down and from the tear down .
as you can see the body is gone ,,, to the scrape metal, so will the frame go ! found a 1983 one in great condition.
on this last one you can see the "new" frame i got ... only got about 6 inches to fix on the inner C rear frame. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So this was all done prior to 2010 ... now 2013 has arrived and i will be getting home from deployment soon, so the work could finally start again ! During this year i will be preparing the frame and axles, i got a Chevy 1 ton Dana 60 for the front and Full Floating Ford E350 rear Dana 60, obviously, for the rear ... got to cut them down to about 65" since here in Quebec rules are very strict on tires sticking out to far from the fenders! I also found a 1987 YJ a guy was rebuilding ,i got it for a very decent price for the Tub, all the rest of it is for sell (if anyone interested in a frame , fenders, grill , 6" suspension, and lives somewhere near Quebec... PM me) so i sand blasted my axles, bought the YJ and as soon as i get home , i will be ordering the GenRight Legend extreme suspension/stretch kit! this should keep me busy till the fall ... at least(depending on my budget). What i plan on doing since a few mod's need to be done for the YJ tub on the CJ frame , i have the CAD drawing if the rear CJ cross member, i will slightly modify it so the body mount holes are at a distance for a YJ then ill get a shop to cut it ! i do not have the necessary gear for it ! For the body mounts, since i need to change the rear ones in front of wheels for the YJ , i will be taking them all off and custom build some so they are 1" higher, i will not need those ****ty body lifts anymore !
here is my from D60 after sand blast ... can't find my rear one but you can see in my pic all striped down . it is there !
here is the YJ i got for the Tub ... for the rest you will need to wait around 1 month , since i will not be home till next month. what i hope my CJ will look like when ever i finish with it should be something like this (changed the colors with photoshop. sorry for the poor quality, if the owner recon's his jeep, sorry for the take , just needed one similar to what i am hoping to build and modify the colors for a general idea , see if its nice or not)
***here is the first test run since the teardown***
This is where I am at on my build for the moment. more goes on every week! stay tuned if you are interested! if you got comments or suggestions feel free to post! Thanks for Following
I've always had a passion for Jeep's. Even before I learned to drive I knew someday I would own a Jeep... My idea of a project all started when I was in high school, more exactly in Secondary 4(Grade 10). A friend of mine brought me at his cousin's house, this is where I fell in love, in his Garage, he had a nice old 1986 CJ7 ! That thing look tuff as hell and seemed amazing to drive around. It gave the impression it could take you anywhere you wanted ... I did not have a driver license yet, but I knew I wanted to own one just like this. Time went by, finished high school, not so sure on what I wanted to do, I asked the same friend who brought me to this CJ where he was going to school next year! So I looked up what classes I could do in that city (Rimouski, Quebec). Remembering I wanted a old jeep, and I knew nothing about mechanics, I ended up doing a car mechanics course ... so I could eventually fix or build my future dream ! I then Joined the army reserve to get a little extra money during my studies... drove back home during the christmas holidays during my second year of school and saw this good looking 1976 CJ7 , on 35" tires and had a 4bbl AMC 360 in it! So i stopped at the guys house and asked if he wanted to sell it! There was lots of work to do on it to make it "brand new" but the owner accepted to sell it to me for 2000$ on 33" tires.... So there is where my CJ7 PJ edition project all began ! If you follow every now and then the page you will see a frame up restoration of my Jeep... progress goes with budget, so stay tuned even if some updates don't come every week
This is my CJ when i first got it! it had 33" tires, Dana 44 rear , Dana 30 front, drum brakes at 4 wheels, AMC 360 4bbl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before I start, forgive my english or mistakes, my first language is french, I've only been to the english school till 3ed grade(Dad is english and mom french) My Jeep had not been running often since 2002 ... so having a parked Jeep near the sea, with harsh Canadian winters, it does nothing good to the CJ! When I finished school, instead of working as mechanics, I did what I really liked, Went Regular forces in the Canadian infantry! During those years, 2001 to 2005, i was driving around in a 1998 toyota corolla, until I got in this little accident which gave me the kick in the *** to start the PJ edition project, since the damage on the corolla were about equal to it's value, I sent it to the scrape and decided it was time to get that old CJ rolling again! First few major things I done to it before having it come to Quebec city, where I am stationed. was getting rid of that old messed up wiring harness for a brand new Painless CJ7 harness. That thing is a little expensive but amazing, they thought of everything, wires are there for electric fan and even for injection conversions ... really worth's it!