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cheddar head`s 47 wrote: ....  I was wondering since I need to do my brakes  anyhow ,would it be better to go the 11inch route, Im not planning on getting a overdrive to go faster ,which is why a lot of people get bigger brakes,but Im hoping to do some trail riding in Colorado , I see from the videos posted by jpet and stan   that there are some beautiful trails with extensive down grades, did you ever feel you needed more brakes Stan?  ....

      May of made some progress  moving pictures, so this first photo would be the mod PO made to the clutch pedal,its double wide. I'm guessing this was for snow plowing and big winter boots?   The next picture is of data plate under hood.   Picture of tool box under passenger seat.

      Winter has started a little early in wisconsin so patches is going to start getting some attention finally .I bought a parts jeep from the PO at the same time as i bought patches,I pulled the transmission transfer case out to see what it was.This was a 1968cj5 with a v8 in it ,when I got it it was missing all of the flloor,front fenders  and the v8 here is picture of transmission and transfercase,

     Got some better pictures of the transfercase  and transmission  tags ,I think I misspoke saying it was a t18 transmission ,I scraped some more dirt off the tag ,t98 I should of said  Ill post pictures,of both tags and more views of the set up  thanks for reading ,ps jeep disease struck again bought another jeep tonight,its been modified ,has a buick v6 in it .,po said its a m3a,51 or 52

     Thanks for the info  ,the tag on the tc said 300 so I assumed it was a 300,Im really green at all of this.Was reading the millenium falcon post on putting a 4 spd behing his diesel and the journey involved with getting the shaft recut and that is what keyed my interest in what was laying in my parts jeep.I got a extra L134 block  and bell housing ,seems like once my freinds found out I bought a old willys ,they keep finding me bits and pieces.Bought a f head for $50.00,thought it was worth that for the stater and  generater.My L134 was missing the oil bath air cleaner,the f head motor has that,we are having a holiday shut down so Ill be able to get some time to clean some of this stuff up .I work a 12hr shift,nothing left in the ambition tank after work so ,so my off days are for projects.Ill be finishing up a rust repair job on a chev truck,then I can start to look into what is what with patches.

       The jeeps in January meet and greet was alot of fun  and I got to meet alot of way more knowegable folks than I .I was told my parts jeep rear end was a dana 44 ,the off set was desireable ,width was good  which was to me great news .I took it over to my mechanic friend and we popped it open to see how the gear set was .the spider gears are chewed up but the ring gear looked good.The brakes are froze so we couldnt rotate it to see the gear set number  so I dont know if Ill have buy gears yet ,I want to match the 538 set that is in my dana 25 front axle .I hoping to but a ox locker in here  so I guess Ill be buying axles for the spline count to match that locker .I got the rearend to my sand blaster ,20 minutes later and $30.00 dollars and its now in selfetching primer.Ill post picture,also we peeked into the t98 transmission ,it looks good ,Ill post that picture.If anybody see s a red flag or a flaw in my thinking process let me know.