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Made some headway on my old chewed up harness. I also got a clutch fork, seal kit, throwout bearing, and the CJ 304 pilot bushing for the ax15. Hopefully this harness will work out once I have it back in there. If that gets me on the road I plan to source the rest of the items for the ax15 swap, that'll be the first be project before a lift or axle swaps. The missing section was cut from an incorrect harness so the coloring would all appear as factory as possible.

No luck on a replacement harness just yet, I've found a few RENIX era 4.0/5 speed harnesses but they all have additional relays and are routed differently. Buuuuuuuuuut, I did just make a sweet score. ;)

Well my big hold up at this point is my harness. Everything else is practically done other than flushing the trans and diffs. The waterpump, thermostat, alternator, and belt are in. I've got the radiator in place but not installed as it's going to make fishing a harness back in a good deal easier. If I can find a harness this thing should be running with about 2 hours worth of work! I can't wait to drive this thing!

Great work! I love the repurpose art, it's got such character to it!

Take your knob or insert to the hardware store and see which bolt size fits it!

I ordered an M10 x 1.5 knob, I read almost everywhere this was standard for Jeep manual transmissions but there was some conflicting information in the ad on eBay that said I needed M10 x 1.25. This one fit tight and did not have any play and did not tear up the threads so I'm going to assume M10 x 1.5 is 100% correct, but then again it could be one of those year to year cases of variation.

Got my Hurst ''cue ball'' shift knob in the mail last night.....I guess you'd consider that progress.... This weekend is looking a bit chilly, but dry. Which hopefully means good things for the use of my time! haha

Haha awesome! You drove right by me one your way/to from, I'm about 10 minutes away from Stone Mountain. I look forward to more of your updates!

This one is going to get repaired for the time being, I'll refresh the connector ends before I reinstall it and hope for the best for now! I'm going to inspect the rear wheel cylinders and rear line and hope those are ok for the time being. I'll be going with an 8.8 soon enough once this thing is together in stock form so I don't want to dump a lot of time and effort into the 35s brakes. I'm going to take a look at the pads, rotors, and calipers this weekend if its not raning though.

Loving it, nothing quite like a clean OE build! Where near Atlanta did you pick this one up at?

I didn't do much of anything on Christmas, it was waaaay too cold. I did manage to start scrubbing my seat a bit to see what kind of work it's going to take. It's not much better, but I only put about 10 minutes into the cleaning of it so far. I ordered some tailgate bumpers from American Muscle, Chevy front brake hoses (one of mine seems to have a small leak and I need them for my lift after awhile), and I've pieced together an open cooling system but I'm not positive I want to pull the trigger. I plan to pull the radiator and completely flush it when I do the waterpump so I figured now might be the best time. I'm hoping the weather holds up this next week or so, I could potentially have 4 days to work on this thing and if everything goes smoothly it should be running by then.

Thanks danbyrambler! I found one that's supposed to be in stock near me at Target so I'll grab one there hopefully.

This looked like an awesome alternative to keep my clean bench seat but after searching Walmart I came up empty handed. I tried finding one online and Walmart only sells them in store and nobody else listed this exact piece sadly. :-/ I'm going to check Target and some local auto parts just in case.

Well I went to the junkyard looking for a harness yesterday and some other odds and ends but came up empty handed other than a set of '97+ wiper arms. I did end manage to get the harness, alternator, airbox, battery, and tray all removed before it got dark at that point. Hopefully the harness can get wrapped up for installation on Christmas and this damn rain will let up at some point. haha

Yep! I thought the same thing, but the original motor was on its last leg and the built motor was on Craigslist for a steal! Not to mention at that point I didn't have a V8 K member either. After talking to a friend who works at YearOne he said my car was actually ''rare'' now days because everyone has swapped them to big block/bucket seat cars. Thanks man! It gets around 32-34, it's got a motor swap and a built trans and some other supporting mods so it's hard to be easy on her when I can beat on it and still get 20mpg more then what my XJ got! haha But I actually daily drive a stock 1991 Integra and I average between 29-31 depending on the week/tire pressure. :p

Thanks buddy! These Civic's are actually one of the rarest Hondas ever made. From 88-91 only 5% of all Civics were wagons, and even less of those were the 4wd model. (Mine is 2wd) My '70 is an original bench seat 225 car, but the numbers matching 225 was pulled for one thats been built and bored. After doing some research a bench seat/fold down armrest original 225 car is getting very hard to find. I've had a 440 to rebuild for years, but the built /6 scoots around a lot better than you'd think. It also has a factory HyperPak setup on it we got at the Mopar Nationals a few years back. My dad has had a '71 340 slapstick car since '81 though and it's only got about 93k miles on it, mine on the otherhand is over 300k. After trimming the loom back and inspecting the harness some more this morning it actually only appears 4 wires in that main section were damaged other than the plugs pictured above. If this is the case I'll probably repair it in the mean time since finding the harness around here is going to be tough. There is one on eBay but I'm not paying $250 for something I don't really NEED to get it fixed.

It looks super clean! Time to 4x4 swap it and clean it up!

Thanks fellas! I'm looking forward to getting on with my build! Owning my Civic really shows me how divided some car guys can be (just in general), I usually get no love for it when I post on Jeep forums. lol

Mmmm parts.... I've never seen original '84-'96 lenses this clear!

Well I finally got an MJ after a few years of wanting one. I intially had been looking high and low for the ''perfect'' truck. I almost bought a 2wd but decided against it and ended up settling on a '92 XJ. I did a pretty mild build on it within the year of getting it and got to the ''next step'' as far as lockers, axle swaps, and expensive things go so I decided to cut my losses before I was in deep and get back to looking for an MJ. Well I sold the XJ in May and just found the truck for me this past week. I ended up buying an '88 Sportruck, 4.0L, BA10, D30/D35, NP231....with 94k miles. The alternator died and the guy let it sit for the last ten years. In that time mice got at the engine harness in a few spots and he gave up. It's not terrible and I believe I can repair if I can't find a replacement harness. But yea, no AC, manual everything, vinyl floor, the whole 9. Once I get it roadworthy the fun begins! I plan on a SOA 8.8, long arms, and about 5.5''-6''. '97 front and doors, and maybe some buckets with a full console. I bought all my tune up fluids, cap, plugs, wires, rotor, filters, hoses, water pump, thermostat, and serpentine belt today. I also ordered an upgraded 105amp alternator to replace my dead 65amp with. Needless to say I can't wait to get this thing on the road! My old Cherokee: These are my other two babies/projects. 1970 e body Barracuda, and 1988 EE Civic wagon Thanks for looking!

Red is a ''flaw'' just because I don't like red vehicles, I didn't think so many people would take that so seriously. He's having trouble parting with it and has to find the title, I have cash in hand ready to go! I'm doing a pulley job on his Saab as partial payment seeing as he's out of work as well. Not exactly sure what I'm ''asking'' Hornbrod, but if you read the thread I say that I will buy it regardless of the color and being 2wd because it's in such great shape. :roll:

Exactly, I'll look past the color for the condition and right 4wd is easy compared to finding the MJ.

Haha, yea I noticed that as soon as I saw it. The guy said the paint shop put the grille in like that 4 years ago. I have no clue why I said that was an 8.25, I work with Dana35s daily. :oops:

The Good: 192k on body/70k on rebuilt 4.0 New clutch/flywheel/bearings (AX15) Repainted about 4 years ago MINT interior 8.25 rear end The Bad: It's red It's 2wd. Needs bushings in the front end replaced. I know, I know. Get the old man out of the way! haha The first plans will be to clean it up a bit and touch some stuff up, then piece together everything for a HP30 swap with upgraded shafts/ujoints and 30spline conversion. I'll probably hold off on that stuff until I have all my parts and decide on what lift I want to run so I can lock the rear and upgrade the shafts around the same time. But currently the old man I'm trying to buy it from is having a hard time parting with it although he desperately needs the money. Wish me luck guys! --For some reason the interior shot won't come up when I post, but it does on photobucket and the preview post function.... :doh:

Pick N Pull only seems to be a short drive away for a Saturday trip! http://www.picknpull.com/locations.aspx ... tail&ID=68