Baker tested Baker approved

trail service concept

you know you want one

the great clean up

My High school truck

cj in back yard

random rig

Our specs for the dream vehicle are always changing due to circumstances, interests, family size, location. The Jesse Baker Family is shooting for the stars this time around. Due to the fact that our family is growing and my wife is becoming more involved in the off-roading Adventure part of our lifes our next rig neeeds to accomidate her and my needs. So we opted to look for a Jeep Grand wagoneer 87-91. It has a/c, a roof, better less springy seats & doors for her and Jeep for me and we both like the looks (there are few vehicles that we do agree on). I want to swap in a Cummins 4BT four cylinder engine for great fuel mileage and enough power to get movin and tow a small trailer. It will have heavy duty bumpers built by yours truly to my specs and a full roof rack with light bar. Yes the fake wood paneling will stay. The plan is to run tires roughly 34" tall.

This vehicle will be a long range over the road vehicle, Amanda and I want to do some real exploring and take the routes less travled and less pavement. To accomplish this we will need to be like a turtle and carry our home on our back. So we both agree that an Off-Road Tear Drop wouldwork for us.

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the Propeller shaft dangle angle

Is that a 30 deg. angle? I didn't check but I should have. Yep its bad at full droop I'm screwed, what makes it worse is the axle is offset, when the passenger side droops it is going to crunch. the only thing saving me is my shocks, they act as limiting straps. What should I do, I know it can droop further on the driver side. I am thinking a limiting strap right to the top of the diff. and a higher angle drive shaft in the future. Comments welcome (remember i plan on wheeling this thing for a while so improvements will happen)

Rear Axle

The pinion was sloppy so in order to prevent the cost of the fix from going up it was decided to tare the axle down and check it out. Nothing major was wrong but the shims were messed up, most likely from tare down the last time it was rebuilt. All bearings were replaced inside the pumpkin. I learned allot from this component rebuild.

Fish Plate

A shot of the fish plates I have cut out and added to the frame for support, after I have straightened the frame and welded the cracks. I installed fish plates at 6 points on the frame. I'm thinking that the fish plates welded on in this fashion will allow the frame to flex and hold the frame together.

For Sale by owner and I'm not the owner

19?? custom rectangle tubing frame. Early cj tub, latter model fenders and hood. Chevy straight six?
Just a sweet Ford.

CHEVROLET

Cracked
Heads
Every
Valve
Rattles
Oil
Leaks
Engine
Ticks

dishes

I don't mind doing dishes at home but I would rather do them camping. Cleaning a dutch oven is so much faster than other dishes.