Bomberjeep

Dude. Thank you so much.

Picked up a new to me Jeep Grand Cherokee and just trying to find out what it is.

Thanks everyone for the info. Parts on their way. Probably should have been here by now, but snowmageddon on the east coast put a damper on our rural mail delivery

88 2.5l. Trying to figure out the name of this part or another way to replace it. It’s the elbow coming out of the valve cover. This one is rotting away and causing oil to cover the area around it. Thanks for the help.

I think this guy tossed a lot of random hardware from some woodworking projects in there too. All sorts of randomness everywhere. I really need to go through the bed and see what’s all in there.

A little bit of progress, kinda. I managed to get the brake booster mounted today along with the distribution block. Only issues I have to work out is that the lines that go from the block to the brakes are in position for the old booster and that offsets the block so that the master cylinder lines that go to the distribution block won’t line up. I know that some Grand Cherokees have flexi lines, but I’m not 100% sure they will be long enough. I was also able to solve my throttle cable issue by getting one out of a 96 ZJ with the 4.0. Thankfully it just snapped into place with no issues

I’m trying to figure out why he did some of the things he did. Like he had ADHD and just started blowing it apart and didn’t do anything past that. He didn’t keep any of the hardware with the components, just tossed everything into a couple coffee cans.

Not really much of an update, but I went out to attempt to mount the brake master cylinder and realized the one the previous owner left in the bed will not work. One of the wrecking yards near me has a few grand Cherokees so hopefully I can pull a master cylinder and possibly some WJ knuckles.

Thanks! The body/unibody/frame are actually incredibly solid. Floor pans are trashed but not completely Bluetooth. That’s a project for later down the line. Right now the aim is to just get it moving under its own power.

Over the course of the last week, I got the steering column installed and the dash semi dropped in place. Once that was all in, I was able to hook up the ignition, multi function switch and the clock spring. Then mounted the bulkhead connector and plugged the engine side into it as well after a thorough cleaning and fresh application of dielectric grease. Then while looking around the engine bay I noticed the crank sensor wasn’t hooked up and was the one for the Renix wiring. So I had to shell out 80 bucks for a replacement. Got that in and hooked up. So with everything connected that it should need for spark, I shot some starting fluid down the throttle body and jumped the starter relay. I was shocked when it actually barked off. So I then tested the fuel pump to see if it would even work since my last 2 MJs both needed fuel pumps. Much to my surprise it not only worked but worked strong. Since the fuel lines to the rail weren’t connected I used that time to flush as much of the bad gas out of the tank and then splashed a few gallons of fresh gas into it. Then had to rig up the fuel line with some extra fuel line I had laying around. With the fuel in place I figured now was as good a time as any to see if it will fire and run under its own power. I'm amazed. IT LIVES!!!!!! Next on the list is getting the brake master reinstalled and plumbed. There was a dual diaphragm booster and MC sitting in the pile of parts. I’m hoping to get that situated here shortly. IMG_9898.mov

Fast forward to about 2 weeks ago and me deciding to do something with this. I was looking everything over and noticed the starter was barely hanging on and the wiring was just sitting in the engine bay. Got the starter bolted up and the wiring installed as well. Used my jump box to just test the starter and also see if it would spin the motor over. To my surprise it did. I did try to spin it by hand previously and it did spin before attempting this and it did roll over. IMG_9872.mov

Hey everyone, So last year I bought an 89 as a parts truck. Previous owner did a lot of incomplete work. He managed to stab a 4.0 from a 96 XJ into it and laid the wiring harness in the engine bay. During his process he also pulled the dash, steering column, brake master cylinder, among other things. In the bed was a mess of parts from the donor XJ and the original parts from the MJ. About two weeks ago I found the dash from the donor in the pile of parts. It had the entire wiring harness attached to it. So I decided to make this one a runner. First picture is of it slowly being yanked out of the barn that it was stranded in many years ago. So when I got it home, I had to put the doors on it to try and keep as much of the weather out as possible. Also tossed the hood back on.

A truly incredible build! She looks amazing!

Gotta love the rugged simplicity of the CJ's. Great find.

Ive got family in Camden County. Interestingly enough, my parents neighbor has an MJ. Ive offered to buy it off him just to add another to the stable. Its a short box 4.0 4x4. Everything I was looking for initially.

Killer work on the old girl. Keep it up.

Dude. Just read your entire build. This thing is sweet! Kudos to an awesome build. Where about in NJ are you?

Honestly, as much as I would love to do an axle swap, it just really isnt in the cards. Between sourcing an axle and getting everything welded up, the cost is outside my pain threshold. I can fully appreciate the strength improvement that comes with the axle swap. This little truck just bombs around town.

Honestly I’m not sure. I’m sure there are but I haven’t actually pulled the carrier out yet. I wanted to order the bearings first. It’s good to know that those joyous bearings are decent. I am surprised to hear about timken though. I appreciate the feedback!

With the wheels off the ground and the cover off the carrier itself is twisting in the housing. I'm not talking about the normal rotation and backlash that is supposed to be there. Kind of looks like the passenger side carrier bearing is wallered out a bit and the end is able to move around in that free space. I should have taken a video, but was trying to wrap things up. I'm sure my description isnt the best.

Alas I have yet another question. The other night I went to pick up a set of wheels from a buddy for a steal. While driving there I heard yet another new noise. While trying to hunt down the noise, I noticed that the rear end had some slop to it. So I pulled the cover off and while rotating the wheels to spin the carrier I noticed that my carrier is flopping around in the housing. Basically I need a rebuild kit for the Dana 35. My question is are the master rebuild kits the same size between the Dana 35 and Dana 35c? 2 nights of googling have turned up zero definitive answers.

That one must be the 23 spline

I have the chance to get a transfer case for a really good deal out of a TJ. The TJ is an 01 and it has the 4.0 and AW4 same as my MJ. Will the transfer case fit or were the input shafts splined different?

Man. This ole girl came out looking amazing!! Great stuff!

Shoot. Just like the kiddos, wife, dog, Wrangler, Sierra..... At least its not meth.