NotMatt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Wenatchee, WA
Well, the time has come to upgrade a bit. My 4 door '87 XJ (the original "Turtle") is starting to show it's age and mileage in every way, and since I never did any re-inforcing before I started wheeling it hard, the unibody itself is no longer in great shape, with a few cracks around the steering box and some issues with it driving down the road at an angle.
I picked up this beauty for cheap and plan on swapping my 44's, Iroks, t-case, and long-arms over and doing lots of unibody reinforcing before it touches the trail. It's a '91 Sport 2 door, 2wd with an HO motor, salvage title, and lots of soggy interior pieces due to 2 of the windows being knocked out. We push-started it since the starter is dead, and drove it all the way home without shutting it off, without a single hiccup.
I'm intending to document this build-up much better than the last, so as I make progress I'll post pictures in this thread.
One other thing I wanted to mention... of course bending the rules a little here, but since you guys are all in the NW here, I'm looking for a 4wd AX15 transmission in any condition. I need either a good one to swap in, or a junk one to swap parts onto my 2wd one to convert it to a 4wd one, so if anyone knows of something, maybe tucked away in your friend's garage, or in a junk yard somewhere, please let me know.
On to the pics!:
The donor:
I picked up this beauty for cheap and plan on swapping my 44's, Iroks, t-case, and long-arms over and doing lots of unibody reinforcing before it touches the trail. It's a '91 Sport 2 door, 2wd with an HO motor, salvage title, and lots of soggy interior pieces due to 2 of the windows being knocked out. We push-started it since the starter is dead, and drove it all the way home without shutting it off, without a single hiccup.
I'm intending to document this build-up much better than the last, so as I make progress I'll post pictures in this thread.
One other thing I wanted to mention... of course bending the rules a little here, but since you guys are all in the NW here, I'm looking for a 4wd AX15 transmission in any condition. I need either a good one to swap in, or a junk one to swap parts onto my 2wd one to convert it to a 4wd one, so if anyone knows of something, maybe tucked away in your friend's garage, or in a junk yard somewhere, please let me know.
On to the pics!:
The donor: