Pete M

looks like a solid base to work with. bring along a fridge magnet and check for bondo and rust.

truly a hard won victory enjoy your creature comforts

to the best of my knowledge the WJ was never a diesel. at least not in this country. the WK has the CRD option starting in 07. KJs of course had the CRD option in 05-06.

that's a looooong hiatus for a truck! glad to see it's moving again great find! as I'm sure you know, everything made of rubber is considered suspect. that's a long time to sit still.

baseball is still happening? kidding aside, I'm assuming that all those awesome players that the Tigers gave away in the last couple years are still doing awesome? like, best-of-their-career levels of awesome?

I love a v8 as much as the next guy, but yeah the reputation of the entire WJ drivetrain is just... not good.

#theMJaddictionisreal

gearing is key

ouch! the jeep pic reminds me of a time my friends and I were offroading in a place we probably shouldn't have been, certainly not in the middle of the night, and definitely not with only one rig and no winch. this pic is from the next morning after we walked out to get help. learning is fun!

random awkward moment I found online.

solder is your best friend

diiiiisk braaakesssss it's bolt in with junkyard parts!

time for a disk brake upgrade?

that pic is just a generic internet pic. my truck got a 9". But if you go to autozone's website and plug in a '99 Explorer you should be able to search for that part. oh, and never plug a vent. they are important.

I think it's 98 or 99 4x4 without the snowplow option. There are other boxes you could use too.

love it! (but you knew that already ) any plans? I mean, no Jeep is ever truly "finished".

do you have power at the resistor pack?

haha! and better wiring technicians. and more skilled with the various tools needed to removed a snapped bolt. and...

ahhh, the delirious joys of owning a now decades old vehicle designed during the desperate, dying days of a small automotive manufacturer. plus throw some road salt into that wound for extra fun.

the track for the glass? or the track for the mechanism inside the door?

I've been known to let my engineering side get ahead of my common sense side now and again and I can totally get behind a complicated swap, but my gut just feels like a 4.0 block/heads/(intake/exhaust?) would be the way to go. stockish with modern innards. I'd probably even go and paint the valve cover and intake a dark color so they blend in rather than be all blingy. #oldirondeservestolookold? I guess I can't really comment on the transmission though, as I haven't driven a non-od trans yet.

holy cow! I imagine that's one tool that autozone doesn't have on their loan-a-tool program.

I think the real question is still: how much of the ol' girl's charm do you want to retain? are you wanting a mostly stock old Jeep to tool around in? or a restomod that looks old, but comes with the conveniences of a modern drivetrain to be a more comfortable daily driver?