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  1. GlipGlop

    LJ on Tons

    A few other set backs came with the motor. The off brand low profile oil pan was difficult to fit to the motor and the original windage tray didn't fit with it. I did try to make it fit but didn't like how it turned out. I later learned that there's a half length tray for corvettes that worked...
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    LJ on Tons

    Everything came back from the machine shop and I got to work [slowly] rebuilding the motor. One of the things I did not have done was the getting the valves lapped in. I cleaned the valves up with WD40 and a fine scotch brite pad. Easies was was to take the valves and inserted them into the...
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    LJ on Tons

    A while back I stripped the LS down and find some pretty significant wear so I sent the block, crank, pistons and heads off to the machine shop. Before sending it off though I was able to use the block to mock up the engine mounts in the Jeep. This gave me a few things to weld up while the...
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    LJ on Tons

    It was motivation to keep working at it. Couldn't give myself the out!
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    LJ on Tons

    October 2023 By now I put several parts up for sale to see what would go. I was able to sell my doubler, random assortment of D300 parts, the 231 with the SYE, my .0 and my NSG370 6 speed. This left me with one option; LS swap. At the same time I pulled the 14 bolt and cut every bracket off it...
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    LJ on Tons

    September 2023 By now, I had built a 231 with an SYE, had two 241Cs a 4l80e and a 5.3 kicking about but was still not sure how I wanted to make improvements to the LJ. The 241Cs had different input splines. For the 4l80e I needed the 32 spline input but this case had a horribly long front...
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    LJ on Tons

    After successfully swapping motor in my brother's TJ I felt like options for the LJ opened up. This also happened to be about the same time as the Clemson 4 Wheel Fun Run where we got to see some really cool rigs including my buddy Cole's LS swapped TJ. At this point more parts started coming home.
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    LJ on Tons

    July 2023 About this time I was still collecting parts and ran out of space again. I managed to build out some more space for working on projects for the house to get those away from the Jeep. I also built out a welding table that is about 2ft x 6 ft. I left one end of it open so one day I can...
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    LJ on Tons

    May 2023 About this time, my brother's TJ grenaded so I brought back with me and started hunting for a motor. I found a replacement 4.0 and swapped it out. I also got a few other parts for it including a Barnes 4WD bumper and a set of sliders, an old HF winch I had laying around and my old...
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    LJ on Tons

    February 2023 I traveled a good bit for the rest of the year and didn't get to put a lot of effort into repairing the Jeep. I did keep thinking of ways I wanted to improve it though. I figured if I was going to have it this far torn down from the axle getting pulled out from under it, why not...
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    LJ on Tons

    September 2022 I traveled most of the summer so the Jeep sat up on jack stands. When I had some downtime, I tried to rework the doubler and get more of my belly clearance back. Prior to OSCAR I had to make some spacers to drop my skid plate down a couple inches as I could not fit the doubler...
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    LJ on Tons

    June 2022 We made it back from OSCAR and I pretty much walked away from the Jeep. It lived on my trailer for some months under the tree in our driveway and I went about other projects and a new job. After some encouragement from the Clemson 4 Wheel crew, I did start digging back into what went...
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    LJ on Tons

    April 2022 (OSCAR) At this point I buttoned up what else I could. We loaded up for OSCAR and hit the road. I think we even delayed leaving for a few hours as I was waiting on a new shifter cable to arrive from UPS for the transfer case. I did a good bit of install on the trailer later that...
  14. GlipGlop

    LJ on Tons

    April 2022 (2 days to OSCAR) The doubler was sorted out (for the most part) so I threw together a new tail housing support using a a TMR kit. The kit worked out great and allowed me to get rid of the old 'custom' fit stuff I made back in college. it was a much needed improvement for the...
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    LJ on Tons

    April 2022 (3 days before OSCAR) With the front axle and steering now buttoned up for our trip, I turned my focus to the doubler, its crossmember and some other components. Since I installed the doubler, I've never been fully pleased with the set up. Having a driver side front axle with a...
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    LJ on Tons

    April 2022 (3 days to OSCAR) I went ahead and started cutting out the pieces I would need to stack my Heims on the passenger knuckle and create a partial double shear. I do hope to go back and add a top plate to the passenger side and do a double sheer set up on the driver knuckle to prevent the...
  17. GlipGlop

    LJ on Tons

    April 2022 (2 weeks before OSCAR) So I lied. To finish up the front axle before OSCAR I added some gussets to the spring perches where the Artec kit originally had sway bar connection points. This should help prevent the perches from deflecting/flattening out. I removed the recently added...
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    LJ on Tons

    Feb 2022 With the front axle buttoned back up, I loaded up the dogs and girlfriend and we hit the road to go pick up a new trailer I ordered from Kaufman Trailers in NC. A bit of a haul but well worth it. The trailer was finished just in time for the OSCAR trip coming up in April. The trailer...
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    LJ on Tons

    Feb 2022 Eventually I was able to regear the front axle to match the rear. Left the Spartan lunchbox locker in for the time being. If it ever breaks, I'll upgrade to a full carrier locker. Until then, I wanted to put money else where and use what I already had. About this time I was crunching to...
  20. GlipGlop

    LJ on Tons

    Yes I actually! I have been meaning to move a bunch of photos over to my computer from the phone and get on to make some updates. The last couple of years working about the house and traveling for work has slowed progress on the Jeep, not to mention I took a perfectly running rig and made it...

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