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After several seasons of off-roading your Jeep’s brakes will probably need replacing. Mud, dust, and small rocks get stuck on the rotors and act like sand paper on your Jeep’s brakes. Matt’s CJ-7 needed a brake job from just such exposure.
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We kick off the project by removing the top of the T-18A exposing all the guts of the beast. Removal of the stick shift is not necessary. Behind the workbench was a table where we could layout all the pieces.
Information courtesy of Novak Conversions A good electrical system depends on clean sound connections, free of grease, dirt or corrosion. The condition of connections to ground is just as important as the hot wire connection because the current must return to the battery via the ground connection. It is good practice to use a grounding …
Every Jeeper should know that changing differential gear oil should be part of a regular maintenance schedule. The differential gear oil should be changed every season especially if the Jeep has seen a lot of water and mud. The water will mix up with the oil and create a chocolate milk like substance that can …
After several trail runs with my 78 CJ-5 equipped with a T-150 3 speed trans it became obvious that a gear change was essential. My CJ has 3.54 rears, a Dana 20 transfer case (2:1 low range), and low a gear in the T-150 that is only 2.99:1. This equates to approximately 21:1, this is …
After looking for some time for a good spare tire carrier that can hold something bigger than a 235 size tire I became quite disgusted. You see it is easy to find a good carrier if you have $500 or more. After looking closely at these in magazines, catalogs, and the back of Jeeps I …
After a few trail rides with a stock suspension, the underside of the Jeep starts showing too many trail damage scars that might have been avoided if the Jeep had a little more ground clearance. It was definitely time for the jeepfan.com 78 CJ-5 to get a lift.
