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I vote all of the above. Ditch the long shackles and return to stock length; make the 35s (if you want to keep them, might want to go down to a 33 depending upon what type of jeeping you do) fit with a spring lift not a body lift. Most important in my book is to go through the whole steering...

To clarify, in a CJ the T18 4 speeds were only available behind an I6 except for 1979 where a T18 was a factory option behind the V8. The T18s used in CJ from 1972 to 1976 were the 4.03 granny low gear while from 1976 to 1979 they were the generally more coveted 6.32 low. From 1980 to 1986 the...

U-joints will squeal under hard acceleration when they start to go bad; that’s where I would start. Try twisting the drive line back and forth, there shouldn’t be much if any play. The hard action you describe when the tire blew could have crushed/damage the needle bearings inside the...

As always with electrical, check your grounds to make sure they aren’t loose or corroded.

In my opinion the only reason to put that much power in a CJ is if you are sand dragging or hill climbing, not day to day jeeping.

Keep your jeep, Jeep. If it’s a CJ, a SBC shouldn’t be living in it. Just my opinion. AMC 360s are cheap and plentiful, ample power too. Of course a lot depends upon what you plan to do with the jeep once it’s done when it comes to transmission, over drive or granny low. If you want granny...

According to 4WD Winch Advisor a 10,500 lb rated pull is only 6,400 lbs by the time you get 4 layers down on the spool or about 61% of original capacity. So an 8,000 lb rated winch by that standard would end up at about a 4,880 lb capacity on layer 4 of the spool. I know I tend to be a bit of a...

To me, the winch is the last line of defense between driving home or walking home/spending the night in the wilds. Don’t scrimp no mater how little you plan on using it. The misleading thing about winch ratings is that the numbers are figured on a full spool; once you have a little line out...

If you want to go spring over to save money you won’t if you do the job right. There are a lot of issues with this swap starting with the additional torque placed on the springs. I know some of you swear by it but in reality you are just asking a lot out of the system. Read this article from...

I’m sharing your weather pain; then all the rain we had a week ago tricked most of the salmon in the tributaries off of the Columbia into booking up river to the hatcheries. Damn. I never use a protectant on my tops. I’m not hip on adding layers of chemicals on the fabric; I figure...

Also try shops that make awnings. Some of them even make tents.

The front of the hardtop slips over the windshield frame. If you have had a soft top or bikini on the jeep you will need to remove the channel that the front of the soft top slipped into; should just be small screws. There will be screw holes on the inside of the hardtop above the windshield...

The AMC 360 will bolt to your stock 1982 bell housing so you may have a stock transmission, either a T176 or a T-4. The casting numbers on the T176 should be 264203 and will have the Ford “butterfly” bolt pattern at the bell housing as the T176 is really a Ford transmission. The shifter is...

Did you just plug things on your own as you saw fit or did you “Nutter” it? If RPMs are within spec and idle is steady then the oil pump reading should not fluctuate except perhaps really low RPMs. (under spec RPMs) Here is a link to the Nutter procedure...

I lieu of lockable hubs Jeep put Center Axle Disconnects (CAD) systems on the front axles. In essence, you have a two piece axle shaft on one side of the axle , one piece that goes into the differential and one piece that goes to the outside of the axle tube. Both pieces turn freely of each...

The two tops, CJ & YJ will interchange but the door strikes on the CJ doors differ from the YJ.

This is only one of the many suppliers: http://www.4wd.com/subcategories.aspx?cid=30&jeep-sid=362

Over heating can be from a multitude of issues, bad head gasket, bad thermostat, bad radiator cap, bad T-stat, air in the system, or clogged radiator just to name a few. When the T-stat is open the water goes to the top tank of the radiator. The coolant then flows down to the bottom tank then up...

Yes you will have to shorten your rear drive line. The good news is that the T18 (close ratio, 4.03 first gear) was offered behind the I6 in a 1976 CJ5 so it is an easy conversion. The 1979 CJ T18 is the wide ratio, 6.32 first gear and has reverse over and up as all of the others were over and...

I may be wrong but I don’t think a solid axes swap is done that often except maybe on a hard-core machine, not a daily driver. Once the disconnect goes away lockable hubs will need to be installed too or the whole front axle will turn all of the time resulting in lower mileage and additional...