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Well this ones RUSTY!! I bought another Jeep.
Hello all, It's been a long time since an update. Because ive been busy going broke buying jeep parts. So here's a big update.
The '56 is running great and i've been slowly putting small parts on it. The only thing is the rear leaf spring shackles almost fell off. The C shackle pulled through the mount on the frame. So i need to get parts to fix that. And in the last week I bought a used Warn overdrive unit. (well actually 1 1/2 units) So that will be fun to try out, and hopefully get a little higher cruising mph. Also bought some body panels so I can get some rust turned into solid steel. Maybe soon i'll have floors to put my feet on. Then I bought another CJ5 from the local junkyard. (pics attached). Its kinda sad, sat way to long without being taken care of. The frame behind the trans. is non-existent. And forward is swiss cheese. All i got of the body is the cowl, hood, and dash. It does have axles. And the motor, trans, & t-case is 100% complete. I pulled the plugs and put some penetrating oil in the cylinders, so maybe it will turn over. So far it's stuck. The hood is surprisingly rust free but dented really bad. I'm planning on parting it out and selling parts. Probably keep the engine and maybe trans. to rebuild if it doesn't need to much. Will definetely try rebuilding the carb to learn how to. so i can rebuild the one on the 56. The front axle is marked 27-a. Would it be worth rebuilding to upgrade the D 25 in my other jeep? Would there be any improvement? The serial number is 8305 165646 I looked at the KW catalog and thought maybe 1959? I could be wrong.