[ppkaprince98]

I need to go through all the wiring and clean it up, Mount lights, pull the skid plate and clean it, still need to build a engine skid, new rear drive shaft, brakes, remount all the floor panels etc so they don't rattle, build side panels, spare tire mount, twin stick it, mount a tach, replace temp gauge cause my current one doesn't seem to work, get different fenders to clean up the look, from bp stops to protect the ram and figure out why my steering was getting stiffer the longer I ran it (assuming I still have air in it).


But ya know what, I drove the fawker, it wheeled great fresh out of the box. Up until showing up to rocks and valleys I had only driven it from garage to trailer 2o yds. Then off the trailer at work and into my shop to fawk with brakes, then to rocks and valleys. Where the wife drove it and drove it hard lol. She even jumped it on the long crawl. I did't even set the timing in the motor, must of got it close when I replaced the distributor.

Holy shit, she sure did. She was flying!!! :woot:

 

[liv2mx]

looks awesome! did a nice job john.the ori's looked like they were right on!.your wife kicked butt.had a great time.

 

[whiterhino]

Nice.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

I had the buggy in my shop for a few hrs Saturday trying to get the brakes going, I had a customer walk up and ask me how much of it was still a jeep :fish:.

 

[Glockrocket17]

I had the buggy in my shop for a few hrs Saturday trying to get the brakes going, I had a customer walk up and ask me how much of it was still a jeep :fish:.

Lol thats funny. :teehee::sonicjay:

 

[dreezy]

You're bound to fool at least a few with that old jeep grill on it though.

 

[big86inthestixx]

You're bound to fool at least a few with that old jeep grill on it though.

Hahaha. ..
Used to b a cj5 right?

sended frum dis stoopid fone.

 

[frdboy]

Nice work John :thumb:

Nice drivin' SaraH :rock:

 

[FORD FLARESIDE]

Hahaha. ..
Used to b a cj5 right?

sended frum dis stoopid fone.

I think it looks more like a CJ2b. :teehee:

 

[feva4u]

I had the buggy in my shop for a few hrs Saturday trying to get the brakes going, I had a customer walk up and ask me how much of it was still a jeep :fish:.

About as much as it is a bronco :teehee:

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Well it does have a EB grille, fenders, dash be it modified bit still OEM steel.

 

[feva4u]

It's more bronco than greg's FJ is FJ :sonicjay:

Fenders need to be trimmed different BTW :beer:

 

[CheapThrillB2]

It needs different fenders. I had those so I put them on.

 

[feva4u]

I wondered about that.

 

[jhnyquest]

I've only had a couple people call mine a jeep.

 

[Bones]

how is the engine running? Happy with it? Does it need anything else?

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Its not tuned yet. I had to swap out the distributors. My motor and harness had the tfi mounted on the fender. So I had to swap distributors with your motor which also ment I had to swap gears as mine is a roller motor. And I never checked the timing. But even with not doing that it seemed to run well.

Only thing I don't like and I had the same issue with my other trans and harness/setup is that it doesn't have any power in 4hi or 2hi. Trying to drive obstacles it seems like it stalls the trans out. But I had the same complaint with my old setup. I guess the 5.38s and 4ds aren't a good match.

 

[feva4u]

I guess the 5.38s and 4ds aren't a good match.

Ratio is real close to a 28" tire with 4.10's. In fact, my 4 cylinder TJ speedo gear is dead on with the 5.38 40" combo vs the stock 4 cylinder 4.10 225/75/15 per the gps.

 

[Kyle M.]

Minus all the extra weight of the big tires, heavy axles, power robbing trans....

On paper its a good combo, but in the real world the c6, 205, 5:38's and 40's isn't ideal.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Guess its time for an atlas and 4r70w :sonicjay: