87manche Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 well, it's been a while. I took a perfectly good and straight longbed pioneer with a crap ton of rare factory bits and wheeled it until it was a cut up bobbed mess. So now it's time to atone. I wanted to be back into a Jeep for daily driver duty. Sedan just isn't fitting my lifestyle. I also came to the realization that I hate working on all things FWD. So I started looking, then the universe smiled on me and this thing popped up on facespace. It had me at "rust free" It's three states away, mid 4wd swap and I bought it sight unseen. Hey, what's life without some adventure? A friend went and picked it up, the title is in the mail. I'm shipping a new open cooling system to him, tune up bits and new vital electronics for the trip home. It needs the driveshaft fixed and ffour new tires before it's highway ready. I'm taking a bus to pick this thing up because I'm dirt cheap, so there's no option other than work on it for a weekend and drive it 500 miles home. What could go wrong? This body is totally worth it sumbitch, a rust free underbody with factory undercoating! It's got some dents, and the paint is faded bad. All the important bits are straight and clean though. Right now the plan is to shove a pair of 3.55 geared axles under it. A rust free D30 is coming from the south. I've found a factory MJ 44 locally. I've got the bits to put discs on it in the rear. I've got the bits to put a 242 in it for full time awesomeness in the winter. A set of turbine wheels that I need to get back from my brother, the elusive rocker B pillar lights. in short, i've got on hand or in the works a bunch of cool MJ stuff to put on it. I'm going to try my hand at pulling the dents from the bed, paint it and drive it for the next ten years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 looks good :D just don't let it touch winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87manche Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 looks good :D just don't let it touch winter. sadly it's gonna see winter. Maybe if I can find a beater XJ it will get parked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 seems a shame to do all that work and then doom the poor thing to the same fate as every other winter beater in the rust belt. :( I drove an old minivan each winter for the last decade because rust-free only happens once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87manche Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 I'll take measures to prevent the rust. It's possible, you just can't do it after it starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 inside the rockers and frame is going to be the toughest challenge. but at leasst none of the bolts and nuts are frozen with rust. :D should be nice to work on :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87manche Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 zerk fittings and ATF for the frame rails. old timer trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87manche Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 just ordered a crap ton of parts and shipped them down south. Going to pick up this pile in 12 days. shipped all new cooling system, accessories, ignition, vacuum and all filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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