COL K's 47 CJ2A Restoration w/ SPEN Trailer

One other question regards spare tire carrier. . Does the carrier go mounted on the body with the support baffle up or down? Hard to tell from pics.

Ol U, thank you for the info! Figured out the spare tire carrier placement.

Struggling to get my tub to fit properly on my frame! Couple of things I've come across. The first was that my gas pedal linkage was jammed up against the tub which prevented me from moving the tub forward enough to have the back of the tub even with the frame.  Only needed about a 1/2 inch to line it all up.  That throttle linkage bolts on the back of the block and is a bit*h kitty to get at ... intended to pull it off and straighten it out, but even with moving the tub back not easy to get a wrench on the bolts.  I was able to slip a small wooden block between the linkage and the body and then slipped a pipe over the top part of the linkage and was able to bend it straight.  picked up my 1/2 inch and after putting everything back together the throttle works nicely, clears the tub now and opens up all the way.

My next concern is how the front of the tub should sit on the frame.  The cowl supports that sit on the frame, how do they sit in relation to "side to side"? The way the tub sits now with the brake, clutch and steering column are all centered in their openings.  I fit the tub to the frame when I was working on it to ensure that the brake and clutch pedal openings were correct as this is a MDJ product.  The brake pedal opening was way off as were the fuel tank cutouts and I made my repairs accordingly before priming and painting.  The driver side support has about an inch of overhang on the outside of the frame.  The passenger side is just the opposite.  Looking underneath, all the frame mounts for bolting down the body line up with their respective hat channels and points on the body.  Pretty much set to start drilling my bolt holes in the body, but decided that I should do the proverbial " measure twice then cut"! 

Looking for some advice or pics of the front of a Willys tub sitting on the frame.

Thanks,
Mark














Edited by mkoloc - 08 Aug. 2018 at 6:30am

I don't know anything about the tub not fitting but I do know that jeep looks great. You have done a great job on it. Good luck on fitting the tub.

Thank you for your much valued input!!!!  Chrome it is.  Pics were very helpful ...going to go ahead and bolt it down the way it sits!!! Confident that the tub us sitting properly.  Thanks.

Drilled out all my mounting points on the body and am ready to tighten everything down.  Realized that I'm short one rubber pad for one of my rear body mounts.  Ordered that today.  Am also short a front body bracket.  Not sure I had both of them looking back at the pictures from my teardown.  Not sure if they make a repro, but Im going to try and find one.  I can always fabricate one if I need to.  Also installed my grill welting with the group pliers. Ready to pass them on to the next user.

I can live with that! Will bolt the one on that I have.. although this looks like its factory made and was never spot welded .. might have came off another vehicle type.

Many folks have just cut a chunk out of an old tire sidewall for the body mount rubber. 

These are a couple of pics of the toe board bracket, one from a stock 46 the other from a 3a tub put on yrs ago. The bracket is riveted on in both yrs for GIF, one thing I didn't realize till after, is the small holes next to the bracket on the toe board are for the gas line bracket. What are they for on the passenger side?(as in your pic) Also notice on my late 48 frame there is no threaded hole to mount the bracket. Was considering tack welding. Also the bolt heads look right for the floor in front not sure about the bed Joe W