New project at Ahole Fab

[curtis]

Do like Art said. Bending metal in a press can sometimes make it brittle.

[daniel_buck]

There's a metal fab shop on my way to work, I wonder if that would be a place to try?

[RAT]

Looks like I'm a day late and a $ short. But X2 on the heat thing...

[daniel_buck]

Yea, I didn't notice that the shifter felt alittle far in reverse and 2nd until I started driving it around town. No worries!

The overdrive shifter I'm confident I can bend that one myself, it's about as thin as the TJ shifter. For that, I just torched it while it was in a vice, and then used a big closed end wrench to pry on it, and it worked like a champ.

I need to see what's causing the binding when I try to get out of overdrive though, hopfully it's just the linkage hitting something and not something inside the transfer case. I've been putting off looking at it, and have just been driving without overdrive for the passed month or so, haha, so much other stuff going on lately, no free time.

[RAT]

I need to see what's causing the binding when I try to get out of overdrive though, hopfully it's just the linkage hitting something and not something inside the transfer case. I've been putting off looking at it, and have just been driving without overdrive for the passed month or so, haha, so much other stuff going on lately, no free time.

While I was under the CJ I noticed some scratch marks on the floor pan right by the overdrive shifter. It may be hitting the floor board.

[daniel_buck]

yea, I'll check it out, and fix it with a BFH It was happening before I dropped it off to you, so don't worry it wasn't something that you did

[RAT]

yea, I'll check it out, and fix it with a BFH It was happening before I dropped it off to you, so don't worry it wasn't something that you did

I'm not worried about it, but if the rear axle falls out while you're driving down the road, wellll...

[daniel_buck]

you left that tuna can lid in there, RIGHT!?

[RAT]

you left that tuna can lid in there, RIGHT!?

Of course!

[minisaba]

You know what, it probably is the seat. I forgot that about 4 months ago I took about 300 pounds of scrap steel (old bumpers, and skids from my TJ, and other misc metal items) to the scrap yard in the CJ, and it didn't ride a whole lot differently with all that weight.


So I'm wondering what's the best way to bend the transmission shifter? I'd like to bend it back so the knob is a few inches farther back, to better fit the new seating position.

I'm looking at it, and it's alot thicker than my TJ shift stick, and it doesn't look like I can remove just the shift stick, it's some type of assembly where the top part of the transmission is attached to the stick. (from what I remember when I removed it while installing the overdrive)

I've got a shop press now, so I assume that's going to be the way to do it. I'm going to try and bend it as far down as possible, so it's only a slight bend, and gives the most movement of the knob up top. But the stick is pretty thick towards the bottom (it tapers the entire length) Should I still heat it up, even though I probably have enough pressure to bend it cold? It's quite thick, I had to hold a butane torch to my TJ stick for probably 10 minutes before it glowed, I imagine I'll be here for 20 minutes with this shifter. And there will be oil on the underside of the transmission cover that is attached to the shift stick, doesn't sound like a good idea to heat all that up? Any ideas?

If you have not tried using MAP gas to try to heat up the stick, give it a try. Its a lot faster than the blue butane bottle.

[daniel_buck]

huh, I've not heard of that, I'll see if I can find some

[minisaba]

This is what you can find at home depot and its about $7 so its worth a try.

[daniel_buck]

Oh yea, the yellow bottle stuff. Actually I think I had a bottle of that stuff once a while back. I don't use butane enough to remember if it was better or worse though. i'll try another bottle

[inVERt'D]

Thanks. Yes the rear fender plates are beefy. I just didn't feel comfortable using such a small surface area to connect those to such thin sheet metal. A little extra weight but worth it. It should look pretty once Daniel paints it. Speaking of that; Daniel, I recommend you paint it in the Jeep. It does come out but it's a behatch to get in and out. Couldn't be helped since you wanted maximum leg and head room. If you do decide to take it out, get some friends and some beer; you're gonna need both!

I was also admiring those mounting plates. Whatever may be said about the weight, they look clean, and will definitely help spread the load in event of a rollover. Those old tubs need all the help they can get.

[daniel_buck]

Eventually I'll probably figure out a way to tie it into the frame, it's quite solid though

I'll eventually want some sliders under the door, maybe that would be the opportunity to tie in the A and B pillars. If I can get 220 into my garage, that might be a fun project