Where do I start?

SledDog · Post by **SledDog** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:14 am

Thanks Wes, started adding some photos.

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:30 am

Nice find Sleddog!! You've got a lot to work with there, a lot
more than most i've seen!! Keep posting pics..

Balvar24 · Post by **Balvar24** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:43 am

It looks pretty cool just like it is!

Oldsalt · Post by **Oldsalt** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:21 pm

One bit of advice I would add is to take very detailed pictues of everything before you take it apart. The rebuild process can take a long time and it is easy to forget where a part might go. The basics are easy, but there are plenty of small brackets, clips and other pieces that will leave you scratching your head, wondering where they go. Also, get a box of zip lock bags and a permanent marker, and bag and label every bolt, bracket and other pieces as you take it apart. You will be very thankful that you took the time when you start reassembly.

I have hundreds of pics and I use them frequently when I am researching parts that I need.

RimfireJim · Post by **RimfireJim** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:53 pm

Ditto on the bags, labeling and pictures. You'll be amazed at how quickly the number of small parts from a vehicle as simple as a jeep adds up, and how quickly you will forget what came from where and goes with what.

Another bit of resto advice I'll share is something I've read in good resto books and have practiced: avoid tearing everything all apart at once and ending up with a basket case of little value and the daunting task of having to restore every piece before putting it all back together before it looks like something again. Instead, completely restore any subsystem you work on before moving on to another. That way not only do you have completed parts that could go back on if you are forced to sell (run out enthusiasm, money, or both), but you also develop skills that can be applied to the rest of the project and, perhaps most importantly, get a psychological boost and sense of accomplishment from seeing something finished.

There's a trade-off, of course - it's much easier to work on things when it is completely disassembled. But take the chassis, for example: it can be broken down into frame, steering, wheels, suspension, axles, and brakes. You can separate these at their connection points and work on each one: evaluation, disassembly, cleaning, inspection, repair/replacement, reassembly, painting. Then move on to the next one. (We actually did ours in the reverse order of the way I listed them.) Then, when you have them all done you can put them all back onto the frame and have a finished rolling chassis and a beer and say, "My, ain't that purty!" And then move on to the next money black hole.

SledDog · Post by **SledDog** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:23 pm

More great advice...Thanks!
Not only am I taging, bagging, photographing and documenting, I'm finding myself doing a lot of shopping and building

Starting on building a new mobile work bench this weekend. Current bench isn't going to cut it for this project! Probably going to need some new cabinets and shelves as well.

The wife is going to love this

Post by **wesk** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:22 pm

Start shopping at governmentliquidations.com. Lots of surplus military tooling and shop units show up.

oilleaker1 · Post by **oilleaker1** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:54 am

GL, ah yes, Green Disease. Shop Vans, wreckers to lift bodies with, tools, trailers, a good justifiable reason this Jeep you bought. The wife will be impressed. She would like a new house, kitchen, carpet, bathroom, addition, garden, car, clothes, and credit card in trade right?

John