The Red one I always wanted

[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by DieselDoctor

Looks like you're off to a great start Jay! First road test is always fun.

Yes Stan, first start and ride is always the best! My grandad and my dad would always ask with a new project "you heard a pop yet"!

Originally Posted by R Bedell

Thanks for the update. Looking good.

Thanks Roland!

Originally Posted by twoton

Good to see your progress.

Thanks for the compliments.. been a fun project so far!

Originally Posted by IHCubCadet147

Looks good!

Thank you!!

Originally Posted by john hall

Looking good! Hopefully no surprises on the hydro.

Thanks John! Hydro seems healthy.. little noisier than some but I hope an oil and filter change will help it out!

Originally Posted by Oak

Looking great Jay! That is one nice machine.

Power steering & a Command in an 82 series.

Thank you Todd! My original vision was all the good stuff from an 1864 disguised in a 782 skin! so far it's working out nice!

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

Coming along there mr. jeep, keep us posted on your progress.

Thanks Lew... it's got some good ole Uncle Lew parts hiding in there!!

Originally Posted by sawdustdad

It's Alive!!!

https://youtu.be/1qNeGSJaQ9Q?t=154

Yes it is.. always good to hear them run and ride for the first time!!
Thanks for the positive comments!

Originally Posted by ACecil

That's awesome, Jay!

Thanks Allen!!

Originally Posted by nophun

Allow me to comment on this and share some knowledge that was imparted upon me as a whippersnapper hot-rodder:

The driveshaft has to have an angle so that the needles (balls in this case) will roll and move the lubricant around. In the case of a car, the needles could fail because the stress was being put on a single one instead of sharing the load between the set.
Another way to look at it is, lets say, the contact point between the balls and the carrier is a 1mm circle, if the balls don't roll, then there's know way for the lube to get into the contact point which will accelerate wear. Now, if the balls are rolling as little as 1mm in each direction because of the angle, you've tripled the contact surface and cut the wear factor by 1/3, plus the grease is flowing. (1mm figure was arbitrary).

It always made sense to me.

Never heard that before.. but it makes perfect sense to me... Thank you for that info and explanation.. I may just go back and add a little angle back in!