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- west palm beach, florida
so i found this XJ on craigslist. 500 dollars out the door.
1987 cherokee pioneer, 4 door, power steering, brakes, the whole nine.. like 15 years ago.
it's got alot of rust damage, like everywhere but the frame, it's down from minnesota, and i dont think it ever missed a winter drive.
the license plates that came with the truck say "minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes" i think this jeep was parked in half of them. rusty rusty.
the 4.0 is in good stock condition, with 300,000 miles on her, stock tranny from what i understand.
model 30 rear end, dana front end, not sure which x-fer case i have.
pretty much bone stock when i bought it.
this is the new mud-truck. so here's the plan.
done so far.
cut fenders,
stripped interior except front seats,
stripped AC units except compressor,
started filling in the missing sheet metal where the rust took over,
new hoses for all the radiator lines
new fuel pump, moved fuel tank to the rear deck,
powerbrushed, then painted the underbody where rust was.
removed the ignition so it starts without a key after i lost the key,
the front end was totally smushed after hitting a deer(previous owner), so i removed all the stock parts and started building a new front end to house the fans, and larger radiator.
did the 2 speed ford taurus fan upgrade, she idles around 170 degrees now. but i gained a leak around the water pump, and i'll be doing that today, along with the power steering pump.
also, snorkled it, and ran all the appropriate hoses to the interior near the top of the rear door. (diff's, x-fer case, tranny, distributor, gas tank.. let me know if i missed anything)
still rollin stock snow tires.. in florida, and stock height.
i'll have pics up a little later after i find my digi cam cable.
this thread will be useless without them.
this thread will probably be more for my organization than anything else, if you have any tips, or see something i missed, let me know. :idea:
1987 cherokee pioneer, 4 door, power steering, brakes, the whole nine.. like 15 years ago.
it's got alot of rust damage, like everywhere but the frame, it's down from minnesota, and i dont think it ever missed a winter drive.
the license plates that came with the truck say "minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes" i think this jeep was parked in half of them. rusty rusty.
the 4.0 is in good stock condition, with 300,000 miles on her, stock tranny from what i understand.
model 30 rear end, dana front end, not sure which x-fer case i have.
pretty much bone stock when i bought it.
this is the new mud-truck. so here's the plan.
done so far.
cut fenders,
stripped interior except front seats,
stripped AC units except compressor,
started filling in the missing sheet metal where the rust took over,
new hoses for all the radiator lines
new fuel pump, moved fuel tank to the rear deck,
powerbrushed, then painted the underbody where rust was.
removed the ignition so it starts without a key after i lost the key,
the front end was totally smushed after hitting a deer(previous owner), so i removed all the stock parts and started building a new front end to house the fans, and larger radiator.
did the 2 speed ford taurus fan upgrade, she idles around 170 degrees now. but i gained a leak around the water pump, and i'll be doing that today, along with the power steering pump.
also, snorkled it, and ran all the appropriate hoses to the interior near the top of the rear door. (diff's, x-fer case, tranny, distributor, gas tank.. let me know if i missed anything)
still rollin stock snow tires.. in florida, and stock height.
i'll have pics up a little later after i find my digi cam cable.
this thread will be useless without them.
this thread will probably be more for my organization than anything else, if you have any tips, or see something i missed, let me know. :idea: