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Project AJ

WillCherokee

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Location
Tacoma, WA
Hello forumers of the NWC

My name is Aaron and this is my creation of the build blog on Project AJ (mixtures of my name with XJ lol). I have a 1991 Jeep (XJ) Cherokee Laredo. That I purchased around mid-Dec of 2015 for $300...YES $300. The interior is pretty clean and solid except it has no radio, the dash has some cracking and peeling and the headliner is gone leaving an ugly sight if you choose to look up. The exterior isn't too bad. Besides the 25 year old clear coat peeling, there isn't any rust at all and all he pieces are solid except for the passenger side front fender and hood which are a different color than the rest off the truck (I don't call it rig. I'm originally from the midwest...we don't call it "rig".) Eventually I'm gonna get to that but I'd really like to get it running so I can figure out what it needs to run consistently before we attempt to do cosmetics and lifts. All lights work, all doors open and close smoothly and none of the glass is broken or cracked. Suspension seems to be solid as well but youll never know until you get it on the road.
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So today I did a compression test on the cylinders. Pulled all the plugs and here's how they looked from cylinder 1 to 6.
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cylinder 1
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cylinder 2
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cylinder 3
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cylinder 4
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cylinder 5
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cylinder 6
 
So today, I plan on removing the manifolds and start unmounting the teams from the engine. And easier ways to do this before I go figuring it out on my own?
 
Just pull it apart. And keep track of where every thing goes.
Should be able to have the motor out in an hour and a half.
 
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