1975 Brutally Simple Daily Driver

[M.T.Hands]

it is amazing what a little bit of wear will do to clutch function, at times I love Hydraulic TO bearings, other times I cuss them, The older Hotrods I fooled with really made me hate z bars/bellcranks and heavy clutch/pressure plate combos, and then a compound fracture in my left leg made auto's the clear choice, I enjoy a manual in just about anything the hydraulics have made that tolerable

 

[neohic]

This definitely has a heavy clutch feel but I’m fortunate enough that, of my two bad knees, my right knee is the worse of pair. 

[M.T.Hands]

13 hours ago, neohic said:

This definitely has a heavy clutch feel but I’m fortunate enough that, of my two bad knees, my right knee is the worse of pair. 

[neohic]

Time to shed some winter weight. I didn’t take any in-process pictures but I’m sure you can connect the dots.

 

 

It’s raincoat still fits too, so that’s good. 
 

 

Might need to get serious about a YJ spring swap too. All (important) fluids got changed today and I found three of the four shackle mounts have some level of cracks.

 

 

The springs are clapped out along with every bushing being cracked and gone. Pretty sure the tires living at 20 psi is more suspension than the suspension is.

[neohic]

Time to get back to the transmission. It still has a rattle since I did the swap and I’m pretty sure I didn’t do it any favors using whiz-bang Royal Purple gear oil.

 

 

Do your stuff, gooey magic sauce! It got a quart of Lucas and three quarts of 80/90 dinosaur juice. First impressions are pretty good. I’m also certain that these things belong to others things in the transmission. 
 

 

It’s quiet?… er?… maybe? Still need to make suspension decisions. Probably fix what’s there in the mean time. 

 

[neohic]

I’ve got this constant list of projects for this thing that every once in a while I actually pick a line item that mechanically benefits the Jeep. Most recent pick was finally putting a fan shroud on it.

 

Could’ve sworn I had one around. 
 

 

Oh! There it is! 

 

This sign is aluminum and a pretty good size. It took a bit to strip off the paint, but a DA with 80 and 120 grit made for a nice finish.

 

 

I left about an inch all the way around the fan for clearance and made the shroud in two pieces. The main piece drops down from the top (with the upper hose off) and then lower section goes up from the bottom. The airflow difference is awesome!

 

 

The CJ has never over heated on me… knock on wood. The temp gauge has read up to around 210° when toodlin’ around on a hot day, although I’ve never put a different gauge on it. Interested to see what kind of difference there might be. 

 

[fiatslug87]