Thanks for the offer John, I cleaned up the wiring so I’m good there.
Heater hose, there isn’t much to installing them, a couple things to think about when you swap a 360 into a CJ. The FSJ water pump outlet that goes to the heater core inlet is 7/8”. The FSJ heater core inlet is 3/4" the CJ’s inlet is 5/8”, both have 5/8” outlets. The larger inlet hose is designed to cause a restriction at the heater core so the core has constant fluid. The dealership discontinued the heater hose with 2 different sized ends and aftermarket only comes in one size.
See where this is going, when swapping a 360 into a CJ you’re going from 7/8” outlet down to 5/8” inlet that’s a lot of looseness on the 5/8” end.
My remaned water pump has the 7/8” outlet feeding to a 5/8” inlet to correct this I simply bought 3' of 7/8” hose and cut a small piece of 5/8” hose to install over the heater core inlet then slid the 7/8” hose over it. I never had an issue doing it this way and find it easiest.
Now it’s time to piece the tub together. I first had to deal with the rear of the tub it was pushed in I’m assuming from backing into a tree looks like the mounted spare tire pushed in the rear panel a good 2”. This caused the tub’s sides to push out by 1/2” as well.
I repaired the rear panel by using two 1/4" pieces of angle clamped on the outside and cut a (2 1/4” x 49”) 1/4” steel on the inside the clamping force the panel out. I then welded the inside piece.
Not final fitment
This before pic doesn’t make it look too bad but it was pushed in a good 2”.
Not perfect but good enough for me. Pulling out the rear panel pushed the side penal inward where they belong.
I have family commitments for the next several days I won’t get back to this project until next week.
