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The Commando Project

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#1 ·
I picked up a new project last year...Ive been picking away at it kind of slow..Its a 72, with a 304, t15, dana 20 tcase, d30 and d44, and 33's....Hopefully by this fall it will be SOA with a Front D60 and 14bolt and partially ready for some trails...Ive been gathering up some parts and have been tinkering with it...Im not in a rush, so this maybe a slow build, we'll see...so anways, heres some pics...
when I picked it up it had been rolled...



Nasty...


AND, I know its "another jeep"strpot.............bigok
 
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#29 ·
T18 for a t15..

Started the tranny swap today...Its working out ok I think..But I have a few questions Ill post up on the board and on pirate and maybe someone will know whats up...anyways here is some pics...
Here you can see how much longer the t18 is, alittle over 6 inches total, should improve the front driveline angle a bunch..


Clutch looks like its brand new from what I can tell:

Thats it for now...
 
#36 ·
I dont want to look like the "ol'monkey and football scenerio" like I did in Raton on that pile of rocks...lol..Work pending if I can go or not, But if all else doesnt work out I may take you up on the offer and do like we did last time...bigok
 
#37 ·
T18 is in the vehicle now...It was a bear wrestling that heavy sucker in the heat...But after a relentless struggle, I won...took 2 afternoons..The granny gear better be worth all the trouble!!!...Now I need to make/adapt a crossmember of some type to hold that monster in there...and make a twin stick setup for the Dana 20...And make a new floor pan cover, I went to town with a sawzall...Ill get some pics posted later when I get some more done...
 
#38 ·
T18 is in the vehicle now...The granny gear better be worth all the trouble!!!...
Oh, you'll be Happy with that Granny gear....jamminzz

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#42 ·
No...Nothing at all...the only change is it probably has more dust piled up on it...

I am looking at making some more room to have a place to work on it here in the very near future...Unfortunately its on the back burner till then ( and has been for a while)...But I havent forgotten about it and still have a plan to finish it...Like I said from the start of this thread, this one is going to take me some time to get finished, but Ill get there eventually.
 
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