Heres what I did today...

[chedisme]

this wasent today but its the first chance i had to post it.

over the weekend I did some work at my GFs Grandmas house and I turned this

into this

and this

into this

 

[MoparManiac]

Nice job Stefan!

 

[chedisme]

lol that was fast

thanks

 

[ZipperheadXJ00]

Damn good job!

 

[kastein]

Wanna come spend some time in mass? :eyes:

 

[OverlandZJ]

Looks good Stephan..

 

[OverlandZJ]

Another motor swap, trying to resist my OCD and not clean/paint it. It's not our Jeep so i got a good shot at it.

Last mechanic to work on the old engine fixed the broken motor mount bolts by welding it to the block, need to source a pass side mount tonight or tomorrow so i can drop the new one in.

 

[kastein]

Another motor swap, trying to resist my OCD and not clean/paint it. It's not our Jeep so i got a good shot at it.

Last mechanic to work on the old engine fixed the broken motor mount bolts by welding it to the block, need to source a pass side mount tonight or tomorrow so i can drop the new one in.

know anyone heading from mass area to PA tonight? I have at least two sitting here. If it weren't Saturday I'd see if Bert is trucking right now.

 

[OverlandZJ]

No, i think CHW might have one, awaiting a call back. Otherwise i'll try my luck at the upull.

I just scrapped two sets about a month ago. Figures..

But Thank You for the offer Ken!

 

[Begster]

A fallen soldier.

 

[H8PVMT]

Tried putting a new master cylinder in the MJ, allllllll the unions are seized up, made sure there was a cheap replacement and cut the upper side off, ill cut the other side tomorrow and try to get a socket on the union............anyone free tomorrow?

Oh yeah, drank a lot of Pbr and bought a chainsaw

 

[H8PVMT]

I was actually planning on being in pa tomorrow morning and I have two newbies

But plans changed

 

[kastein]

where'd you buy a chainsaw? I got mine for $75 at a pawn shop (sticker said $269, I am a pro haggler sometimes) and have put about 50 bucks in parts into it now, it cuts like a champ. I think it originally had a 14" blade, came to me with a 16" blade, and I put an 18" on it recently, it won't cut with the full length obviously but it is nice to be able to reach a bit further with it. Cut through some 20-22" red oak logs Friday and it did great.

If you got some homelite at home depot, I will give you my old one for free as a source of spare parts. Damn thing seized up on me one day and I was so frustrated with it (it wouldn't even turn over) that I just went and bought the one I have now.

 

[H8PVMT]

Harbor freight electric fo 40, just needed something to cut split wood in half to fit in our stove

 

[OverlandZJ]

Thats starting to look familiar Begster!

This is my 1st motor swap in a manual XJ, so much tighter dropping in with a clutch on the back... took a few hours but i got it alone.

 

[kastein]

I usually pull the header panel and move the AC condenser aside for exactly that reason. Almost all the room one could ever want. Heck with a load leveler you can easily finagle an entire loaded drivetrain in at once, working alone.

 

[H8PVMT]

You beat my install time by three months so don't feel bad

 

[OverlandZJ]

Damnit...apparently you need to swap the timing cover in an OBDI to OBDII swap.

 

[MoparManiac]

Huh?

I put a 99+ intake with the newer style pump setup on my XJ/MJ and didn't have that problem?

I think my belt wrapped around that little nub though and then came out.

 

[H8PVMT]

If it makes you feel better neither of my jeeps have used stock sized belts, no idea why