Did a little work this weekend.
Rolled the turd out into the sunlight and power washed the oil/grease/grime off the frame rails to get ready for some cutting/welding
Welded three of four wheels together
These showed up
Welded one up, not really impressed by the anti coning ring design, but I am still waiting bolts and valve stems, so I cant say whether or not they work well.
I picked up some old CJ7 wheels to complete my set, they were crusty and nasty, but cleaned up well with a sand blasting. I recentered one so far….these are toughest wheels I have done yet. The welds are tiny and pathetic, but the press fit is much tighter than the aftermarket wagon wheels I was doing before.
I got one popped in the tire and painted up, but hardware wont be here till this afternoon or tomorrow.
I started on the crossmember/engine mount project…I managed to get the pass side mount built and tacked on. I started by setting my extra block on the bench with the new pan bolted on, then I bolted the stock mounts on from my truck and tack welded a plate to the bench to show where the stock location was…then I unbolted the mount and slipped in the Ruff Stuff mount…at this point all I had to do was build tabs from the tacked plate to the mount…then cut of the excess and locate on the frame using the stock holes as a reference point.
Looking back..I kind of wish I would have built the mount so that tied the rail to the cross member when welded up. Next step is get the driver mount made, drop in the short block…verify mount location…full weld the mounts…take temp cross members to hold frame rails and then cut out the cross member between the mounts…box the ends….build bolt in tooob section.
Not sure is I should go ahead and put the new short block together and install while the old motor is out…or just put it back together wait until I get new heads too….the motor realyy isn’t bad to pull with the cross member out.
Got to the driver side and discovered the POS Pacesetter headers will NOT clear the RuffStuff mount…even with a little 32 oz ball peen persuasion…needless to say the solution is in the mail.
Good thing my car is tiny….or it would be booted to outside.lol
Went with 036speed on a road trip for these little fellas….42” Rockers make my 38.5s look like roller skates.lol
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