shawnxj
NAXJA Forum User
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- portland, tx
ok so i bought this cherokee for $500 just before thanksgiving. bonus is it had 5" of lift bad part is it didn't run so i had to drag it home....good thing it was only a mile away
ya stock tires on 5" of lift...pretty huh?
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got home from work the next day and had it running within an hour but it was running really bad and had horrible blowby. so replaced all the vacuum lines pulled the valve cover off cleaned it up good and checked out the top end and all was good. still ran like ****. tried abunch of different cleaners hoping there was a stuck ring or valve or something but nothing worked. ended up pulling the head and found a nasty hole in the number 6 piston. wish i had gotten a picture but i didn't. anyways so i dropped the head and new piston and connecting rod off at millers to do their thing. so i refreshed the motor and it runs badass now. anyways onto the interesting stuff
so this was my front suspension when i got it
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kinda looks like a somebody had there head up there butt when they did it doesn't it
here it is after being redone
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oh and i still have to put the control arm brackets on and the track bar mount
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these should keep the mud and misc. crap from getting inside the tubes of my d 30
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other goodies involved with this axle.... motive gear 4.88 gears and a detroit locker...sorry forgot to get pictures
here's the ford 8.8 that's going in the rear. it also has 4.88's courtesy of motive gear with a stock limited slip
ya stock tires on 5" of lift...pretty huh?
![wol_error.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texas4x4.org%2Fimages%2Fstatusicon%2Fwol_error.gif&hash=0ac4e8ab0e1a7e5951b6fb6e27964c69)
![PC100007.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi120.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo174%2Fsrstorey%2FPC100007.jpg&hash=022bd73a573b9c36e10277184769718a)
got home from work the next day and had it running within an hour but it was running really bad and had horrible blowby. so replaced all the vacuum lines pulled the valve cover off cleaned it up good and checked out the top end and all was good. still ran like ****. tried abunch of different cleaners hoping there was a stuck ring or valve or something but nothing worked. ended up pulling the head and found a nasty hole in the number 6 piston. wish i had gotten a picture but i didn't. anyways so i dropped the head and new piston and connecting rod off at millers to do their thing. so i refreshed the motor and it runs badass now. anyways onto the interesting stuff
so this was my front suspension when i got it
![wol_error.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texas4x4.org%2Fimages%2Fstatusicon%2Fwol_error.gif&hash=0ac4e8ab0e1a7e5951b6fb6e27964c69)
![PC240010.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi120.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo174%2Fsrstorey%2FPC240010.jpg&hash=ea367ecf328a1fff405b6584c36407f2)
![wol_error.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texas4x4.org%2Fimages%2Fstatusicon%2Fwol_error.gif&hash=0ac4e8ab0e1a7e5951b6fb6e27964c69)
![PC240011.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi120.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo174%2Fsrstorey%2FPC240011.jpg&hash=8e36d1837cc41a2fb6d27dec0c172a2f)
kinda looks like a somebody had there head up there butt when they did it doesn't it
here it is after being redone
![wol_error.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texas4x4.org%2Fimages%2Fstatusicon%2Fwol_error.gif&hash=0ac4e8ab0e1a7e5951b6fb6e27964c69)
![P4210003.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi120.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo174%2Fsrstorey%2FP4210003.jpg&hash=7b4c935a2f73b165e9748d3c659da59e)
oh and i still have to put the control arm brackets on and the track bar mount
![wol_error.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texas4x4.org%2Fimages%2Fstatusicon%2Fwol_error.gif&hash=0ac4e8ab0e1a7e5951b6fb6e27964c69)
![P4210013.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi120.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo174%2Fsrstorey%2FP4210013.jpg&hash=80db673e5b92608894ec4bcf860f27c5)
these should keep the mud and misc. crap from getting inside the tubes of my d 30
![wol_error.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.texas4x4.org%2Fimages%2Fstatusicon%2Fwol_error.gif&hash=0ac4e8ab0e1a7e5951b6fb6e27964c69)
![P4210014.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi120.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo174%2Fsrstorey%2FP4210014.jpg&hash=27fe465725417745347f9f04ee93d331)
other goodies involved with this axle.... motive gear 4.88 gears and a detroit locker...sorry forgot to get pictures
here's the ford 8.8 that's going in the rear. it also has 4.88's courtesy of motive gear with a stock limited slip