1) Pull the brake lines
2) Pull the fuel lines
3) Pull the engine, transmission, and transfer case
4) Remove the fuel tank
5) Remove the shocks
Fuel Lines, Fuel Tank:
As I've mention before I'm currently lacking in the number of pictures I wish I had taken. But I do have a few of how the fuel lines run.
The pictures are a little hard to follow, so I did some labeling. In the first two photos you can see two fuel lines running down the frame. One is the fuel return line and the other is my mystery line (which isn't such a mystery anymore). I don't have a picture of the fuel line that goes to the pump. The next to photos are labeled to make following them a bit easier. A fuel line runs from the tank to the fuel pump. From there a line runs to the fuel filter. The filter has two lines coming off of it. One runs to the carburetor, the other returns excess fuel to the gas tank.
The fuel tank was removed with no photos to show for it. Hopefully that doesn't bite me.
Brake Lines:
When I took the body off I didn't have the master cylinder disconnected from the brake lines yet so I decided to duct tape it to my air filter so the lines wouldn't break.
For those that are unaware, the master cylinder (well modern ones) have two chambers. One holds the brake fluid for the front brakes, the other holds the fluid for the rear brakes. They're kept separate to reduce the chance of both frot and rear brakes failing simultaneously. I.E. a hole in your rear brake lines will only prevent the rear brakes from working. If the master cylinder only had 1 chamber that both front and rear brakes shared then a hole in the rear brake lines would mean that both front and rear brakes do not work.
I pulled all the brake lines and had to cut them in several places. I'm going to have to run all new brake lines. I know they make kits with pre-bent line and everything else need to run new lines, but they're quite a bit more expensive than just buying some line and running it. Not sure which way I'll go. I've read about people having issues with their brakes after running the wrong size line.
The Engine:
I had a couple friends, Miller Time and Ginger Brew, help me pull the engine out. We used a cheap 1 ton cherry picker I bough off of ebay. It was an interesting experience as none of us had ever pulled an engine before. Instead of chains we used 3 ratchet straps all rated at 1000lbs. We pulled the engine, transmission, and transfer case all out as one piece.
I had a couple friends, Miller Time and Ginger Brew, help me pull the engine out. We used a cheap 1 ton cherry picker I bough off of ebay. It was an interesting experience as none of us had ever pulled an engine before. Instead of chains we used 3 ratchet straps all rated at 1000lbs. We pulled the engine, transmission, and transfer case all out as one piece.
After the engine we pull the shock off. They all came off pretty easily except for the font driver side one. I think the mount on the frame might be just a little bit bent. You can't really tell by looking at it, but I don't have any other explanation for why that one was such a pain.
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