mnkyboy Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 The only issue you might have is the fluid reservoir and the factory air box/intake tube. The 4cyl uses pretty much the same pump as the 4.0l but with a remote reservoir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjy_26 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Cool. Thanks for the info. I'll probably use some Spectre parts to fab an intake tube for this beastie. I've had good luck with their aluminum "fabrication" parts. Since I can't weld AL, I just use their flex couplers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Finally ditched the roller lead, I made a hawse to replace them. I also made a set of poly motor mounts, I get a lttle more vibration but the engine doesnt move at all and the throttle response is awesome. I also did some measuring and started coming up with a plan for the 3 link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 The rest of my steering showed up today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Today I cut down the housing on the D44 to make room for the new mounts, I also made the bridge over the diff so I can mount the upper control arm. I also started gutting the brakes on the D60 for the disc brake swap. I'm getting close to having the axles under the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 I snapped a pic of the axle bridges I was working on, they will hold the upper control arm and be the base for the rest of the truss. We have several builds going so I made a couple, one is a Clayton and the other two were made from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Didnt get anything done on my MJ but the new wheels came in for my brothers MJ so we mounted one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Flexed the old set up one last time so I could pressure wash under the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 I pulled the interior out, the rubber mat and padding must have weighed 75lbs with all the water in it. Looks like I have some work to do although it does look worse then it actually is, I'm sure the rust belt guys would be happy to find this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 You've been around awhile, you know the number one rule. Pull those carpets up! Lol better now than later I suppose. Can't wait to see it go under the knife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 I've been keeping an eye on the rust for the last few years,I was waiting till I had another reason to tear everything out. I have all the tools to make replacement floor panels, so it should be an easy fix. I will be reworking parts of the floor anyway to accommodate different shifters and to maximize control arm separation on the 3 link suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Got the hood off, started dropping the trans tonight. Not much but I'm happy to be finally working on the MJ rather then just collecting parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Got some more done tonight. pulled the TBI and stock manifolds off,also got the exhaust system removed and pulled the AX4 and 231. With the trans out of the way I can mock up the AX15 and start building a crossmember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DansGreyMj Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Would you be interested in possibly making and selling an axle bridge? The shipping from clayton is ridiculous, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 I will have to think about reproducing them. If you have a welder and a cut off wheel you can easily make one, its basically a piece of box tube that I sliced in half making a channel, I then did a few pie cuts and bent up the basic shape. After that its just fitting to your specific axle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Today I pulled the engine apart, I have always had a hunch that my engine had been rebuilt today I confirmed it. The head is in excellent shape and has a rebuilders tab on it,when I lifted off the cyl bead I was greeted by a newish looking set of 0.060 pistons. I also got the AX15 ready to mock up. I changed it to Wrangler clocking,this will let me use a wrangler shifter which IMO is better then the stock one, it will also help with belly clearence a little. Overall it was a fairly productive weekend, ive decided to do a majority of the build in my garage rather then at the shop so its going a little slower then it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DansGreyMj Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I'm setting up a high pinion 44 and the drivers UCA mount is the only thing left to do. I'm no stranger to pie cut and bent plate; I thought you pressed them into shape, haha. Edit: Could you post up dimensions? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 If I remember I will see about getting dimensions, I also made a template. The main shape is just the box tube, I bent the pie cut areas with a makeshift brake in my shop press but there is no reason you couldnt do it without one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Nice work! Thanks, I'm just happy to be finally getting something done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Between family in from Alaska,mothers day, and everything else I had going on I have got as much done as I wanted. I did get a few minutes to work on the engine a little, the cam and lifters are in the block so I can work on getting the engine together then onto the MPI conversion. here's the little 2.5l all tucked in for the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Turbo? Just throwing that out since its looking so vulnerable... :D...and I know you could do it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 We will see once its back together. It did pretty good before, on the trails it had no problem keeping up with more powerful rigs but I didnt like how hard I had to run it to keep up on gravel roads and open spaces. I'm hoping that the latest engine mods help, I'm also going from 4.88 to 5.38 gearing which will help but I also plan to move up to a 35" to 37" tire. If I'm not happy with it ive got some Garrett T3s laying around,should be easy to turbo once I have MPFI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 FED EX dropped off some 4 banger goodness today. I got a Centerforce clutch disc ( #383824) for the AX15 swap and a 2.5l MPI flywheel with a custom inertia ring installed on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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