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Jeep CJ build posts
1:33 am on Jan 31st, 2022 EDT - updated by Fireball
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Spent the night at the parts cleaner scrubbing things. The bellhousing front cover, and the clutch f...Click for Fireball's full post
9:52 pm on Jan 30th, 2022 EDT - updated by jbrucru
1967 Jeep CJ CJ5 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1967 Jeep CJ CJ5 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Slow going this week. My plan was to get the transmission and transfer case rebuilt this weekend wit...Click for jbrucru's full post
10:46 pm on Jan 29th, 2022 EDT - updated by timsresort
1965 Jeep CJ Rubicon Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1965 Jeep CJ Rubicon Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Started off the morning with tracking down a coolant leak (water neck), and fixing the carb stumble...Click for timsresort's full post
2:12 am on Jan 28th, 2022 EDT - updated by Fireball
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Small progress. ARP thread sealer on the bolts that go open into the transfercase: Overdrive install...Click for Fireball's full post
2:39 am on Jan 27th, 2022 EDT - updated by Fireball
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Got the shaft and bearing swapped out: Bolted the planetary assembly to the transmission output shaf...Click for Fireball's full post
12:37 am on Jan 27th, 2022 EDT - updated by tymbom
Jeep CJ M38A1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Jeep CJ M38A1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Working on some things... The cab corners are still a bit snaggletoothed after I made some relief cu...Click for tymbom's full post
12:09 am on Jan 27th, 2022 EDT - updated by Brandon DeFord
1971 Jeep CJ CJ6 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1971 Jeep CJ CJ6 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
Well its been over a year since I have updated this build and I found it languishing on page 10. Tru...Click for Brandon DeFord's full post
9:55 pm on Jan 26th, 2022 EDT - updated by timsresort
1965 Jeep CJ Rubicon Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1965 Jeep CJ Rubicon Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
After the first bend we thought -OH NO-that doesn't look right. But-calm down, it's fine. After that...Click for timsresort's full post
9:40 pm on Jan 25th, 2022 EDT - updated by timsresort
1965 Jeep CJ Rubicon Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1965 Jeep CJ Rubicon Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
To get started, there is a lot of checking, angle-finding, measuring. I feel pretty good about the p...Click for timsresort's full post
3:01 am on Jan 25th, 2022 EDT - updated by Fireball
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
1971 Jeep CJ Wheeling Rig Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep CJ builds)
The remaining overdrive parts showed up today: In the end it will have all new gears and all new bea...Click for Fireball's full post
