Jeep Project

Wow, you have done a lot, great job!!!

This is my old TBI throttle body. I hollowed it out and junked all the electrical injection crap then made a plate to direct the propane through the butterfly valves only.. I just need to cram some chewing gum in all the little ports to seal it off good..lol.. Naw, I think I'll use that jb weld type stuff for gas tanks..

Very nice, sir. I look forward to seeing this sucker on the trails

In the 1st pic is my Impco 300 converter and regulator mounted under my passenger side firewall for ease of access and protection..
2nd and 3rd pic is my motor with my HEI distributor and hot water plumbing from my converter to the manifold and water pump, and the Impco 425 mixer sitting on the modified throttle body..

The last pic is of my super comfortable blazer seats mounted..

All I lack is the radiator, high pressor line from propane tank to regulator and running a few vacume lines










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As of 10/9/10 I now have it running on propane! I finished up the vacume lines and got my high pressure line.. It took a lil time finding all the leaks with my lighter .. But she fires up ,idles and revs.. Can't ask for much more than that.. I'm gonna fine tune my timing today..
All I lack now for completion is a radiator, electric fan, trans cooler, and a few gauges ..So if I stay on schedule Ill be done by November and headed to my buddies sheetmetal shop in Beaumont for finishing touches.. all but the cage..


Lol.. I really didn't find the leaks with my lighter..

Dude, that is wicked cool! I hadn't seen the whole tread till today. As a K5 owner too, I was a bit teary eyed to see the big beast go - but man you did her justice!

can't wait to see the finished product. this will be a BEAST !!!

Thanks y'all .. I'm excited to finally wheel it soon! Still tryin to think of a name for it.. But them come with time

Its awesome and yes its a beast!!! Maybe thats the name???

I ordered my Radiator,trans cooler, fan and relay today.. Lookin forward to gettin it this week..

I'm gonna need a cage.. I would like a good simple cage.. Ain't there someone in the club that builds em? If so id like to talk to em..

Got my order in from Jegs today.. I modified my willys grille to fit my radiator and mounted my electric fan.. I'm in the process of getting my grille " assembly" in it's fixed position.. As it seems my grille will be 5" past my hood.. So I'm gonna modify my grille instead of extending my hood.. Here's a few pics..

It finally made a lap around the pasture under it's own power! Everything worked fine.. No problems at all.. Only thing is it takes some time to fire up since the vacume from the motor has to build LPG pressure in throttle body.. So about 30 sec. Is what it takes to fire up.. Until I can figure out the solution to that..
Here's more pics.. Ohh and my headlights work .. I wired em through the steering column circuit..

That is awesome.

Cant wait to see it on the trail. You coming to Clines tomorrow?

If you put one of those vacuum resevoirs to hold vacuum that should correct the problem. chevy uses one that looks like a ball. on the blazer it should be mounted near the heater on the fire wall.

Sorry I missed clines.. I been workin on my project.. Its like I'm addicted to it now since it's so close to trail ready it's eating up all my time and money.. Lol it was SUPPOSED to just be a simple cheap body swap.. But turned into quite the opposite..
I can't wait till I can shift my attention to my Rubicon just so I can start AND finish something in the same weekend..

Thanks for the vacume container idea.. That sounds like the answer to me

bad @$$ man! keep up the good work!

Thank ya.. I took it for a 3hr tour of the ranch the other day .. Now It's got a thanksgiving date with my buddy Opie for some serious sheet metal work.. I just started work on writing a wiring diagram and drawing a cage

sweet!!

well.. it goes under the sheet metal knife this weekend
... i think i mighta did the road test a little soon but.... i jumped on the highway and got er up to 3rd gear at highway speeds!! i think i might need some seatbelts... but im just glad it held together for only being stitch welded and tacked together... lol

new hood 9" longer , rolled outta 16 guage sheet metal..

removed all temp bracing, laid in some supports and welded ... welded.... welded...

workin on fenders and bumpers now..

should be done saturday...






we didnt have much time for pics today... tomorrow should be more relaxed...

Now thats a shop!!!!!!!!!

got ALOT done... what we didnt finish here I can do at home...
we made some basic bumpers out of 3/8 plate , ran pipe for my new hood to rest on.. and finished up all the stiffening of the body.. we didnt get many pics .. hell, we rarely stopped to drink a beer !

i think my vacume problems were operator error.. it starts up just fine now..its crazy too.. itll run about 3 minutes or so AFTER i turn the bottle off...

the front aint flexin much... but the rear flexes just fine.. i have a couple minor things to address before it hits the trail though.... where will i ever fit all my 15" sub woofers and flat screen cd player? and where can i get some chrome windshield wipers? .chrome...


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then we sat back.. drank beer .... and let the women play on it


time for... sliders... stinger... cage... seatbelts... flex issue.. beer cooler...and brakes... in that order....

It's ALIVE.....IT'S ALIVE!

my front leaf springs are new and i want to stay leaf sprung... any ideas on how to get more flex out of em?