lil_loco Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 1986 XLS i4 ax4 np207. This truck and I started our adventure together in the fall of 2008 though kijiji at a whopping $1150 (blew my college grant). I bought her pretty much blind too. Had her delivered half way across Ontario then drive her home not knowing if she was even going to make it! Got the safety passed then learned standard very fast. Taking her for safety got me a part time job offer at the Crappytire nearby to me as a service adviser for a while until I started a real job. Then it all went crazy from there. Almost like the Stephen king novel. Can't get rid of her and she keeps doing bad things..... 2009 parked after some guy posing as an Canadian Rustys dealer tricked me into letting him work on it for pay. 2010 again you think I would have learned from before. Afer repo from folks that unfortunately own a popular jeep forum here in Canada who while I thought were working on it under assumption they were an off-road shop used it as a trash bin. 2011 third time a charm? Health caused yet another halt in progress when I had to get it from across the province yet again from another cash for build assist. 2012-2014 this time it was a sale gone bad then abandoned. I was called to pick it up since it was still in my name. She now has got the cancers (rust) on the bed sides.... no where near the way she left me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Most recently she decided to blow up her rear end. A perfectly sound D44 magically drained of oil? Who knows.... But I got it all cleaned up (with the help of a battery powered impact gun). And rolled her to the back yard to wait for the transplant - traclok with 60,000km highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Meanwhile..... I picked up another 86 MJ but an X trim to donate some parts.... i4 ax5 np207 4.10 30/35.... bought from the original owner who was a non smoker to boot! It didn't take a day after I got the donor home before I started to strip the interior! Next to strip is the factory roll bar and fog lights. My ultimate goal is to replicate the original advert photo with some substance and updates. I've also been sourcing parts for adding a.c. but that's another adventure....full of snakes and treasure hunting.... like a bad Indiana Jones story without Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Now a couple folks @yxmj and @cruiser54 have asked on here "what's with the tail gate paint job? " Answer: I have no clue. Records indicate this was a work truck likely owned by St.Mary's cement who used that color scheme but I'm just speculating. It would be cool to find out the truth though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Donor almost ready for transplant.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knever3 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I dig it, exact same interior as my '87. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Any suggestions for vin transplant? Don't want to cause too much damage in the swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knever3 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 The vin is attached to the dash, when you swap the dash use the vin with the dash. Do you have the title of the donor truck? If not you can just drill and rivit the new vin to the black dash. I know everyone will jump on my reply telling you it's fraud but you are not a chop shop. It's Jeep (or AMC) that attached the vin to the dash instead of the truck, it's not your fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 I just don't want to re-safety my truck again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JENSSEN Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I have swapped vins on cars in the past, but for proper reason. Girlfriend at the time had a CRX some a-hole stole the stereo and destroyed the dash. Found a used dash, did the swap of vins and installed the new used dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knever3 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I just don't want to re-safety my truck again I wouldn't tell the safety people that you switched vin plates because you changed the dash. That would be a lot of explaining and probably end up bad. Just find the same rivits and do it. No one will know or care that the interior is not the stock color. Heck, people paint their interior's all the time. The vin is on the firewall tag anyway so they will match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 That's what I figured. A legitimate component swap like swapping wiper motors and windshields on YJs never had issues...... did they? I rather be as legit as legit can be. I just need to figure hire to pop those rivets without too much damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Find a drill, Big enough to drill out the top of the rivet and go just far enough to take of the top of the rivet then punch the remainder through the dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Find a drill, Big enough to drill out the top of the rivet and go just far enough to take of the top of the rivet then punch the remainder through the dash.Thanks @Herc. I'll be going that route. Started to rebuild the rear end. I'm one lucky gal. The pinion race is immaculate so in goes a traclok set for round two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_loco Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Yay today was much progress! She's drivable again! But now i need to either replace the clutch fan or upgrade to electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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