Just have to shovel another 4 or 5 grand in it and it'll be a holy terror.
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Dang money pit.
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If you have ever broken an axle, you already know the goodness of one piece axles. You may have to disconnect a drive shaft, but usually with a busted axle you can still drive out. If no one has messed up and put fuel injection on it you are a step ahead of newer Jeeps.Mainehunter wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 8:18 pm My new ride going up to camp this summer, 80 CJ5 3 speed. In the process of installing new one piece rear axles shafts. Hopefully I'll be done installing them by end of next week.![]()
Two comments. First I got pulled over by a Chippy. He said I was doing 85 in a 65. Mostly wanted to tell me he didn't think CJ's could go that fast. Nice guy didn't even write me.piller wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 9:52 am Remember the old C.W. McCall song about a CJ5 with 4 wheel drive and a Smoky on his tail? From about 1978 or 1979 if I remember correctly. Could have been a few years earlier.
It is cool how the Jeep clubs around here patrol the roads when it ices up and help pull people out of the ditches. If the drivers around here would slow down on ice, they wouldn't end up in the ditch. I guess it is a good thing that the Jeep clubs have people who understand that some conditions require you to go slow.
The CJ5 has a rebuilt 258, the trany isn't original. Who ever did the rebuild did a good job on swapping out the Carter carb for a Webber, purrs like a kitten when it's idling. I also have a 67 CJ6 with the Dauntless V6 I want to get going on. Yeah I know about these two piece axles. It was several years ago when I was riding along in my budies CJ7. Sure enough he hit a pot hole not paying attention and the passanger side tire fell off! I've learned from that experience. That pic of the CJ6 has the High Lift jack mounted on the drivers side, that's unusual!jeepnik wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 9:42 amIf you have ever broken an axle, you already know the goodness of one piece axles. You may have to disconnect a drive shaft, but usually with a busted axle you can still drive out. If no one has messed up and put fuel injection on it you are a step ahead of newer Jeeps.Mainehunter wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 8:18 pm My new ride going up to camp this summer, 80 CJ5 3 speed. In the process of installing new one piece rear axles shafts. Hopefully I'll be done installing them by end of next week.![]()
You can easily tell the difference by the way they drive. The good folks in the jeep may drive fast, may not, but they know how to signal and how to stay at an appropriate distance when behind another car and they are in a no passing zone. The wannabes are not polite, and they don't seem to be able to learn how turn signals work. Once you have been helped out when your car breaks down, you learn what kind of people drive jeeps. Heck, even in that old Country song, he mentions that he might have to winch the Smoky Bear out when he got high centered. No wannabe would think of that.jeepnik wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 10:45 amTwo comments. First I got pulled over by a Chippy. He said I was doing 85 in a 65. Mostly wanted to tell me he didn't think CJ's could go that fast. Nice guy didn't even write me.piller wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 9:52 am Remember the old C.W. McCall song about a CJ5 with 4 wheel drive and a Smoky on his tail? From about 1978 or 1979 if I remember correctly. Could have been a few years earlier.
It is cool how the Jeep clubs around here patrol the roads when it ices up and help pull people out of the ditches. If the drivers around here would slow down on ice, they wouldn't end up in the ditch. I guess it is a good thing that the Jeep clubs have people who understand that some conditions require you to go slow.
Second, Jeepers have been helping folks since the first civilian got a surplus Jeep. Whether it's clubs or individuals, it's just something many do. I say many because out here quite a few are street cruisers that have never seen the dirt. They are driven by wanna be's who have no idea of the culture.