CJ8 to M170 Conversion Options

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Jr. sanding dash panel


Dash panel painted and drying




Dash panel dried


Spare mount, need to add spacer and angle up-wards for the 33" tire to fit




Reflector mounted in the area of the original Jeep M-170


Jr. laying out the figures for the name placement




Jr. laying out the name


Last name layed out


Whole name layed out


Stripping away the tape to reveal the name


Name complete


After scuffing the letter cut outs with a scotch pad I painted the name on the Jeep


Name revealed. This was my old name on the Willy's, it came from the Military with it on the Jeep so I thought I would resurrect it

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To replace the heater core. Remove the back cover, use a 1/4" driver and it takes a 1/4" socket.


Remove heater core


Replace heater core and reinstall the back cover


After installing the back panel paint the panel with POR-15 to prevent rust from reoccurring


Tape of gauges for paint




Paint the back side of the dash with POR-15 to prevent rust in the joints and where the metal to metal meet

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Gauges installed




Gauges wired up, hope they are right




Panel wired up/items installed


Installing dash




Dash install complete


Forgot to get the seatbelt bolt out for new seat belts (didn't hurt the U-POL bed liner). Had to weld a bolt on the torque head.


Installing seat bet latches


Installing drivers seat






Installing passenger seat


Pinched finger, bracket is bent, need to straighten it out more than I did


Seats in. Need to get a longer bolt for the set belt to roll bar

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Installed new seat belts with grade five bolts, hardened washers and loc-washers


Temporarly bolted the tops to the roll bar




Need longer feed through bolt for hard top installation

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Installing 195* T-stat


PO used plenty of goop & blocked off the goose neck outlet




My daughter installing the master cylinder


Removed PO block off plate and installing the 6505 fuel pump










Water pump hose installed


3/4" heater hose installed


Starter solenoid installed

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Spliced spare module for the nutter by-pass, heat shrinked connectors and greased connector


Module ready to install


Module installed


Radiator over flow jug


Need bracket for over flow jug


Radiator, hoses and fan installed


Heater hoses & fuel line to carb installed


Tranny cooler installed-courtesy of TransTech of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida


Can I do this for off-road and cut vent lines in the top of the hose?


Is this port for the vacuum advance for the distributor?

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Look what Summit sent me. Called Lokar & saved big time going w/Summit.

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Installed Lokar's kick down bracket


Installed radiator cap (all they had was a 16lb)


Installed foot dimmer switch


Installed fuel filter


Accel super coil (need bracket), mine is rusted but workable


Installed OC handle

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Received the air/vent cables and the front extended brake lines


Vent cables installed but the TEMP knob pulled off the hard line. Nothing like factory, maybe JB weld will hold it

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Installed SS extended brake hose




Installed factory bump stops until I get around to newer ones


Drilling hole for manual choke installation (had one in the tool box since 2005)


Location of manual choke bracket


Manual choke bracket installed


Slide cable/sheath through the bracket and lock it down w/the lock nut


Slide choke cable through the drilled hole


Choke cable dead ended




Set desired length for sheath then cut (remove the cable from inside first)




Slide cable back through the sheath


Open the choke to set the cable, pull tight


Operate choke


Received oil back flow block off plate from Bulltear today

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Jr taping up the windshield for touch up


Windshield touched up


Windshield installed w/new cowel rubber


Jr cleaning hard top


Hard top installed. Need to shoot it with the U-POL Raptor to match the bed








VIN Plate & charcole canister holder painted/POR-15


Brake lines installed

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Front axle vent line installed w/stainless steel self taping screw, will add filter later


T-case vent tube installed, will add filter later


Heat shrinking connector on coil connection. After this I decided to go w/a bolted connection on the coil




Windshield vent deflector installed. Will not install dash pad, keeping it old school as much as I can

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Ground straps to be installed


Ground strap bolted to the starter


Ground straps bolted to the engine frame mount


Drilling hole in fender for 3/8" x 1 1/2" ground strap bolt


Bolt installed (couldn't find a Brass or Copper bolt, will change out later)


Ground straps installed


Main ground strap and negative end of battery installed to the strap


Main ground strap, starter strap & engine block strap installed


Drilling pilot hole for stainless steel self tapping screw to install ground strap to negative side of battery


Strap installed for negative side of battery


Grounding & straps complete. Note: I installed one to the dash panel as well

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Mounted coil to the drivers side fender.

Drill holes


Coil bolted down with stainless steel bolts






Splicing wire to the resistor wire (red with white stripe)


Heat shrinked, taped and read for the wire loom


Coil ends ready for crimping


Coil ends crimped


Heat shrinking coil connector ends


Coil connected

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Rear drive shaft cut down & installed. Thanks for the help Scott