MJ 3800 camaro powered

[JeepcoMJ]

X10 on the :nuts:

 

 

If he keeps practicin he might get good enough for me to let him redo my smoker someday. :chillin:

opsled

 

hey old man, I told ya you could take the 3800 while I build the diesel. :brows:

 

even offered a trade...

 

 

 

OLD????

 

Keep Talkin dead man. :chillin: :brows: :chillin:

 

At least I've lived long enough for someone to call me OLD!!

 

If you're lucky it might happen to you someday.

 

Trade for the smoker?? I don't know if you could handle all that power and the chicks it draws. :laughin:

 

You could probably keep these guys buisy readin the "Smoker Rebuild" thread for a couple of years though.

 

"Old Man" opsled

 

Damn it!! I dropped my cane!!

 

oh no, it'll be crutches next...

[89eliminator]

X10 on the :nuts:

 

 

If he keeps practicin he might get good enough for me to let him redo my smoker someday. :chillin:

opsled

 

hey old man, I told ya you could take the 3800 while I build the diesel. :brows:

 

even offered a trade...

 

OLD????

 

Keep Talkin dead man. :chillin: :brows: :chillin:

 

At least I've lived long enough for someone to call me OLD!!

 

If you're lucky it might happen to you someday.

 

Trade for the smoker?? I don't know if you could handle all that power and the chicks it draws. :laughin:

 

You could probably keep these guys buisy readin the "Smoker Rebuild" thread for a couple of years though.

 

"Old Man" opsled

 

Damn it!! I dropped my cane!!

 

i agree, the diesel is a total chick magnet. you probably have to defend yourself with a stick :chillin:

[TNT]

He may have a cane or be on crutches, but I bet he could still teach you a thing or two(probably a whole bunch more then that).....

 

:D

[beaterjeep]

He may have a cane or be on crutches, but I bet he could still teach you a thing or two(probably a whole bunch more then that).....

 

:D

Definitely agree on that one.

[JeepcoMJ]

headliner material (in black) arrived today. time to do that up. 3 yards was $40 shipped to my door

[JeepcoMJ]

today I pulled the donor 2.5 MJ down to start gutting it so TNT can have the cab. started all this at almost 2pm by the way ;)

it's a shame, it's really not in that bad of shape. if I had the title this wouldn't be happening. sorry for these dark pics

and yes, I did all this work out in the drizzling, icy outdoors. had to scrape ice off the cowyard in order to do this

pulled the engine wiring and all accessories (battery tray and intake box need to come out still)

 

 

then, started working on my spare headliner board. I use fiberglass cloth and resin on the headliner boards because they are layered, and I find that the layers often fall apart, which causes the cloth to sag. this is preventative.

just laying out the cloth

here it's halfway dry

I use quart of resin at a time, mixed with half a small hardener tube

 

here is my new black headliner material. got it off ebay, search word headliner fabric. all colors available, and 3 yards cost me $38 shipped (this is enough to do 2 headliners, an overhead console, and a pair of sunvisors)

this is a bad pic but you can kinda see it laid out

 

then I installed my cargo light (many thanks CEThomas). I was extremely hesitant to drill holes in the back of the cab but...

the factory wiring is there, in every comanche, to put a cargo light in. but, you have to remove the headliner to do it, and the interior panels to do that, and the seat belts to remove the interior panels...all of which I did :D

here you can see my retrofit speakers

 

then I stripped the OHC of the grey cloth it had, and sanded the surface underneath. it will not be getting recovered, instead it will get sprayed with vinyl black to give it a nice dark black colour.

I also installed the wiring for the OHC lights. they will come on when the doors open, and when I push the button.

 

also shot a pic of the truck with the rear trim removed.

it's amazing, you can actually tell where the seats are, instead of seeing just blackness

 

more tomorrow :D just gotta finish the headliner board and then I'll be able to cover it using 3m CLEAR adhesive spray. I will do a writeup on the headliner process for DIY (after I finish my window one)

[beaterjeep]

HOLY $#!+ !! You were busy today weren't you? Did you even stop to take time to use the bathroom, or eat? Looks good though.

 

:cheers:

[JEEPERZ]

nice work, can't wait to see the headliner done.

 

:eek: looks cold!

[JeepcoMJ]

nice work, can't wait to see the headliner done.

 

:eek: looks cold!

 

nah, it was pretty warm. like 30 degrees all day, was working in a sweatshirt :D

[JeepcoMJ]

I completely finished the headliner today.

note I started at 11, went til 2:30, came back at 7:15 after work, and finished this all by 10:15

 

started with fiberglassing the back of it...

just the center as that's weight bearing

here you can see the reinforcements for the rear mounts for the OHC, and the aluminum plate that I fiberglassed in so that I can screw into it from the OHC

 

then moved onto the sunvisors while it dried. they're not easy, they break apart like a clamshell and have little "teeth" that hold the fabric in, instead of gluing it in. so, you have to manage to move it together and push both sides of cloth in at one time. PITA but worth it

here's a new one

and compared to the old one. you can see the passenger side one stripped in the backround

both of them

pass. side I had to paint the mirror mechanism, which required disassembly. Tecnique semi-gloss black vinyl dye/spray was used

both done and OHC painted and complete

 

sprayed the adhesive (3M super strength or something like that), waited 5 min, and applied the headliner fabric

 

then, while waiting the min. hour and a half for it to dry I got my maroon rear panel out, pulled the cloth off of it (which is in good shape if anyone wants it), and got it set up for black

I used black headliner fabric instead of carpet fabric...

sprayed

flipped, black on

done

here's the rear piece, sunvisors, and OHC all complete

 

then flipped headliner and glued fabric over sides

after I glued it all, I also used a scrap section of headliner fabric and glued it down the middle of the top of the headliner like so;

that will keep the roof and fiberglassed headliner from contacting and vibrating at higher speeds.

 

then wired the pass. mirrored sunvisor to work

as well as the OHC lights

 

aaand here's the headliner, OHC, and sunvisors complete

 

 

I'm happy with it, although I feel I got a little sloppy with the top of the headliner. it looks great, and the few small blemishes will be covered by the trim pieces.

 

installing it tomorrow. still need black seat belts, but now everything else is done :D

[beaterjeep]

So, the day is almost done now Pat, where's them updates? :razz:

[beaterjeep]

Timing is of the essence in this world, eh? Just as I'm in the middle of typing, you finish the progress post. :oops:

 

Guess it's time to look at the pics and edit this one, huh?

 

EDIT: I HATE YOU! Nah, just joking man, looks a lot better than it did. Now, get it finished so I can waste another post on this thread. :roll:

[TNT]

Thats lookng real good. I figured you would be working in the heated garage on that today. :cheers:

[JeepcoMJ]

Thats lookng real good. I figured you would be working in the heated garage on that today. :cheers:

 

:D

 

only when I wasn't at work. too windy to torch outside today

 

your cab is almost ready to be indefinitely seperated from it's better..pieces...

 

so this week, after x-mas, you'll have it. I'd say by thursday or so you'll have it.

[TNT]

Sweet :cheers:

[JeepcoMJ]

just spent 45 min. fixing my first post...some of the links had gone bad. now all my photos work.

[JeepcoMJ]

alright here's today's accomplishments

 

mounted my amp and cd changer to the back piece

installed headliner, OHC, and mirrors. it was a PITA I had to lay on my back on the seats and use my feet to hold it up while screwing in the sunvisors enough that I could concentrate on the back. they get heavy with the fiberglass...

MAP lights work

 

rear panel, B-pillar trim, rear trim installed

vanity mirror wired

storage. you can see the blank on the front, I'll be putting a boost gauge and exhaust temp. gauge there when I swap to a supercharged 3.8. if that never happens, OBA controls will go up top in that spot.

umm...wierd pic lol

mounted my mag-lite on the rear left panel too. trust me, if that was an OEM black panel I never woulda done it...

...and the dash. the woodgrain trim is the only thing I've done to try and lighten up the interior.

 

I also replaced my oil pressure sending unit, since my gauge was reading high, but I guess I didn't need to. I must have a short in the wire, OR my engine is about to blow :nuts: . I also cleaned the MAP sensor. it got a bunch of oil from the K&N on it since I installed it, and so the truck wasn't idling correctly. need to clean the filter as well.

 

but, the interior is 99% done now. just need to put in black seat belts.

[mfpdm]

Looking real good Pat.

 

Maybe hit the JY Wednesday and find some seat belts for ya. :brows:

[JeepcoMJ]

more pics.

 

'nother one of the back wall

all interior lights on, no flash, and no lights shining in

overhead lights

kick panel and MAP lights

here you can kinda see the blue ash tray light too

 

here's all my exterior lighting turned on as well

 

useless pictures...and now you can safely say that I'm overkill on lighting.

[JEEPERZ]

nice work pat. i still need to mount my amp to the rear. looks great ,can't wait til i can start on the interior of mine. great inspiration. :cheers:

[JeepcoMJ]

nice work pat. i still need to mount my amp to the rear. looks great ,can't wait til i can start on the interior of mine. great inspiration. :cheers:

 

thanks! I'm very happy with it, and you make me proud of my work.

[comancheon33]

I wasn't real sure about a black interior. Seemed like it would be to dark for me and hard to keep clean. I do have to say it looks very good in your MJ though.

[JeepcoMJ]

I wasn't real sure about a black interior. Seemed like it would be to dark for me and hard to keep clean. I do have to say it looks very good in your MJ though.

 

Thanks! it is absolutely too dark, but I love it.

 

the general consensus is the blue interior was alot nicer in my truck, even I feel that way. BUT no one else has a black interior really, and I guess it keeps the black and white feel of the truck, so it's alot better this way.

 

if that makes any sense.

 

and, it smells like resin now :roll: but the smell will pass...eventually.

[JeepcoMJ]

today was productive. but first, some flex pics from this past summer. and no, the swaybar is not disconnected, nor are there rear bumpstops. ironically, it doesn't rub even this flexed.

 

today I reassembled the gauge cluster and dropped it in (no pics, you've all seen it already...), got the truck moved out of it's bay, and moved the tractor in the bay...the tractor is an IH something-or-other with a rod through the block. dad made a patch for the hole, and it's being welded soon. I've got it mostly prepped for building it back up, just need to do a valve job on it real quick.

 

so, got the truck out. then because it leaked most of the fluid out of the rear diff (bad pinion seal AND bad cover seal), I fixed that. I'm missing half of 2 Ring teeth (recovered on the bottom of the diff housing in the now-silver gear lube) so I will be babying the axle until I get my other dana 35 back or decide to drop the chryco 8.25 in it.

 

anyways, tomorrow is the shakedown run. I'm taking it in to have the engine computer read (high oil pressure I want to know if the knock sensors are picking anything up). the oil pressure reads at 80psi and I don't believe that's accurate. somethings wrong in the wiring if you ask me, but I haven't trailed it down too far yet.

 

pics

I still need to fix the dent, but can't until the insurance is settled

gear teeth

fresh paint too

 

updates on how she handles after the frame repair will be here tomorrow :D

[89eliminator]

i'm digging the new intake setup :D