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  1. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    Bought another jeep CJ3A is what its supposed to be but it has a lot of surrey features I have been disassembling it to get it to the media blaster sold the wheels and tires and rollbar off it today going to use the cash to pay for the set of stock wheels with the tires on them and the rest...
  2. ranchhopper

    Parade season is close

    I have a couple saint patricks day parades to do for the local vets organizations so I remounted the train horn this week made a new stanchion for mounting it where the spare tire crane was. Had to go out to breakfast this morning and meet some friends so I fired it up in 12 degree temps this...
  3. ranchhopper

    LMTV broke down, HEMMT wrecker taking it for a ride.

    I was in ames last week went up there to tow a 1009 back from the state forestry yard that I bought of the GSA.
  4. ranchhopper

    Dually Rims for HMMWV Tires

    Get the wheels made in arkansas by marsh racing wheels they will make them for you with the correct offset so you dont need spacers they are the most reasonable with price too.
  5. ranchhopper

    misinformed

    They will issue you another SF-97 for a fee with them nothing is free and there is some on here that will waste no time telling you its your fault that you submitted the wrong numbers.
  6. ranchhopper

    M1009 Rear End Question(s)

    There are blazers in the junkyards with the same 308 gears as the 1009s most are from the mid eightys I have come across several in the last week or two usually the build sheet is still in the glove box stating what the rear axle ratio is.
  7. ranchhopper

    snow plow question?

    Yes it will fit you will have to draw the power for the pump from the 12 volt side of the battery or it will fry your pump I just bought a 1009 from the gsa Im thinking of doing the same thing it helps to add another leaf on the front springs.
  8. ranchhopper

    FMV Plate Bill Introduced in Illinois

    You have to keep the truck long enough to plate it.
  9. ranchhopper

    M1009 Rear End Question(s)

    You can probably get a 1/2 ton rear axle out of a 4X4 civi pick up or blazer from a junkyard cheaper than redoing the third member in an axle.
  10. ranchhopper

    WC22 Coming to PapaBear

    Pretty cold for you down south guys to be venturing up to the land of cow s**t and beerfarts better bring the long johns.
  11. ranchhopper

    air escaping through air intake stack

    I think the air from the braking system does in fact exhaust into the intake its designed that way thats why there is so many air hoses on the 900 series trucks releasing the parking brake exhausts the used air from the brake chambers into the air intake.
  12. ranchhopper

    air escaping through air intake stack

    Sounds like you have a bad diaphram in one of the brake chambers they exhaust the air into the intake so when it leaks thats where it ends up after airing up the truck shut it off and go around and listen to every brake chamber to find the leaker.You will have to cage the chamber by taking the...
  13. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    I would be happy with $500 for it whole.
  14. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    Im going to buy it and put it in the classifieds for anyone interested in restoring it that way the jeep guys get first crack at it and we will see where it goes from there.
  15. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    Im just going to buy it to salvage it they dont make a lot of those parts anymore everythings siezed up if I had the time and funds to put a fiberglass body on it maybe I would consider it my neighbor has a fiberglass body and hood brand new he wants to sell off because he is moving to florida.
  16. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    I dont think it was beat up real bad it just sat and the elements got the best of it.
  17. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    Been doing a bit of research looks like a late fortys CJ-2A.
  18. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    Its been sitting somewhere for a very LONG time looks like it was under trees though lots of leaves and lichens on it.
  19. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    Heres a few more.
  20. ranchhopper

    Todays junk yard find willys jeep

    I found this in my friends junk yard today sheetmetal is pretty much scrap but it has an intact drive line he said I could have it for 500 bucks there is no paperwork. I put this up hoping the jeep experts would help me out as to what year it was manufactured if there is some money to be made by...
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