Heeelp !!! Building 1980 jeep cj 5.

by **cj5isalive** » Sun May 06, 2007 3:12 pm

Hi I could use any tricks on raising my jeep off the ground lol, any tips on body lifts (when i was younger a few decades ago lol, we used hockey pucks on our pick-ups as a cheap bodylift) and has anybody fabricated their own spring over lift i need to look at one up close to see if can build it myself, also if i add an extra leaf spring how much would this help, also I need to find a tilt steering column what vehicles can i get one out of (i met a fellow in calgary that told me he put one out of a cadilac (telescoping/tilt) but try and find one lol), any help will be apriciated thanks

by **ert01** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:24 pm

Not alot of the guys here are big into the older stuff from what I've gathered (though I'm sure now that I said that I'm sure someone will jump in and try to tell me I'm wrong). Your best bet is to check out www.missioncontrol.ca it's another local offroad club and theres some guys on there that can give you a ton of info. (Some of them are on here too, but I don't think they check these boards as often). Savage would be the guy to talk to about CJ's... he's a huge wealth of knowledge when it comes to the older stuff.

by **Jeeperz** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:25 am

I am an old school guy - there have been several cj's in my life.
Feel free to contact me and we can do beers and chat
Blair

BTW One was a frame up project...

BEFORE

AFTER 8-)

by **rush** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:09 pm

Jeeperz wrote:I am an old school guy - there have been several cj's in my life.
Feel free to contact me and we can do beers and chat
Blair

ditto! only I just have about one year of CJ experience under my belt, done lots to it though! :mrgreen:

by **D&K** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:46 pm

I have a 77 CJ 7 have done lots of work on her.

by **cj5isalive** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:46 am

sorry i havent got back to you guys im in the middle of cleaning the house for a inspection to squeeze more money out of our mortgage Im not quite sure why we need to remodel the kitchen everything seems to work and looks good but my wife insists that it needs to be done and that i just dont understand (she just doesnt realize that i can extort money from the reno budget to buy a couple of jeep parts lol so im now agreeing with her we do need to remodel the kitchen lol) im also in the middle of gearing up my gravel truck im a little late getting going as i need to get my hoist rebuilt but once the dust clears it will be all jeep and thanks for the replys

Heeelp !!! Building 1980 jeep cj 5.

Heeelp !!! Building 1980 jeep cj 5.

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