Green Mesa XJ
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- Pensacola, FL
How did you put a 4.0 in the 85? I thought there was a ton of frame modification to shoe horn it in?
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Who still owns a Renix or 84-96 XJ?
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old_man
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- Loveland, Colorado
You need a BFH on a small region of the firewall. You have to swap the hood and front support. All in all, if you have a donor and body working skills, it isn't all that hard.
Buckshot62
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- Gillette Wyoming
NiceI have an 85 4 door. It started off life as a 2.5L carb'd. I updated it to a purple cam, headers, and fuel injection. Later sold the engine & trans and built a 4.L stroker back in about 2003. I have close to 200k on the stroker. I am finishing up my third paint job on it. I built everything including boat sides bumpers and suspension. I have .25" cold roll skids from the engine back past the tcase. It has a modified Ford Radius arm suspension that I love.
It has locked dana44's front and rear with an AW4 on 35's and hydraulic assist.
Here it is. I am refreshing the paint.
I keep the inside and outside almost like new. Body work is an obsession for me and I own a commercial steam cleaner. I was daily driving it on a 110 mile round trip commute.
Green Mesa XJ
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- Pensacola, FL
Ah the BFH method.
Could have sworn it was more involved. I know the hood and core support was changed.
Interestingly when I was hunting a used 4.0 recently on car-part there was a listing for a 90s ho 4.0, notes said it was out of a 84. Maybe it was worded in a 84.
Buckshot62
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- Gillette Wyoming
There is a modification that uses a 90 or so grand am coolant tank (has been on my jeep for 5 years ) That doesn't have the problems a factory one has.
Buckshot62
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- Gillette Wyoming
There is a conversion to a 1990 grand am bottle that will solve your problems ( been running it on my xj for 5 years without a problem )
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Green Mesa XJ
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- Pensacola, FL
Probably the sweetest looking 85 in our group.
One thing I never learned to diy was body work. I can unbolt and build it, hoods fenders headers anything after the simple stuff I cant do. All my jeeps could use a fresh paint job, just not in the budget.
- Location
- Golden, CO
Still driving our 1990 Limited, bought it in 2006. My wife did not realize we were buying an adventure.
old_man
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- Loveland, Colorado
A buddy of mine just got rid of his Xj. It was one of the first 100 ever built. He bought it new.
cruiser54
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- Prescott, Az
I have 3 Renix Jeeps. 88 XJ, 87 MJ, 90 MJ.
dan1977p
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- Virginia Beach, VA
Looks like its a spare he keeps in an EMP proof container. If the SHTF, you replace your fried one with the one that was in the container. If it's an auto, I suspect a TCU would need to be saved too.
old_man
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- Loveland, Colorado
A metal ammo can will suffice for EMP protection. The cheap way out is to simply wrap it in tin foil and put it in a ziplock bag to protect it from moisture and dirt.
Before you guys get all hung up on EMP and nuclear war, a big solar flare could do the same thing. If that happens, we are all screwed anyway.
Flyfisher
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- Billings, Montana
My '89 Waggie with 303K on the clock is still going strong with original engine and drivetrain. Father-in-law bought it new and I got it from him with almost 200k on the clock. She runs great and goes just about anywhere I point her!
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