What should I keep?

[Eagle]

Time to clean up the yard. I have to scrap the hulks of a few XJs. There's an '86 2.8L that has already had the interior stripped out but the body and drive train are still there. There's an '86 5-speed 4WD with a rebuilt 2.5L that has 30,000 miles on it. There's an '87 4.0L 4WDthat was running well until it got t-boned on the driver's side A pillar. Still drivable, but ... bent. And an '89 4.0L 4WD with a very rough body and 219,000 miles on the clock.

 

The basic plan is to pull small parts and scrap the bodies. The question is -- how much is worth saving?

[64 Cheyenne]

Question is how many spares do you need, and how much is your time worth getting more spares that you might already have?

For me it's not how much it costs in $$$, but the cost in time, which is worth waaaay more than money.

[jimoshel]

Get a bigger yard.

[Eagle]

Question is how many spares do you need, and how much is your time worth getting more spares that you might already have?

For me it's not how much it costs in $$$, but the cost in time, which is worth waaaay more than money.

If you stop to consider that the last Renix-type XJ or MJ was made 25 years ago and that a huge number of parts have been discontinued, it's not a question of dollar value. It's a question of what is some fellow-Jeeper likely to need two days after I send the hulk(s) to the boneyard.

[cruiser54]

I scrap/part out XJs all the time. 

 

The early ones may have the desirable 3.73 and 4.10 axle ratios. Doors, stationary glass, track bars and brackets, fuse boxes, pedal assemblies, taillamps, grilles, header panels, HVAC controls, steering columns, passenger side seat bottoms, wiper assemblies, vacuum canisters, gauge clusters, etc.

[Eagle]

I scrap/part out XJs all the time. 

 

The early ones may have the desirable 3.73 and 4.10 axle ratios. Doors, stationary glass, track bars and brackets, fuse boxes, pedal assemblies, taillamps, grilles, header panels, HVAC controls, steering columns, passenger side seat bottoms, wiper assemblies, vacuum canisters, gauge clusters, etc.

That's what I was looking for. Axles, yes, the 2.8L has 3.73s and the 4-banger has 4.10s. I wouldn't have thought to keep either the header panels or the peddle assemblies or the HVAC controls. Thanks.

[cruiser54]

Seatbelts!!! 

[Comanche County]

Yes, the AMC seatbelts and any black interiors. 

 

If you're JY'ing a lot, then its good to keep certain things as cores.  A 2wd front beam axle won't bring $2 in scrap but its worth $30-$50 as an axle core.  Also sometimes hot rodders are looking for 2wd front axles for their projects and will pay a lot more for a good one with brakes.  As far as rear axles you can sell the shafts and gears etc and keep the bare housing as a core, same with a bare 4 cyl engine block.  They're not that heavy when stripped down.  But you know all that haha...:)