89 Sportruck

[JMO413]

Nice touch!

[89 MJ]

5 hours ago, JMO413 said:

Nice touch!

Thanks! I was getting bored of the blue. Unless it’s in the right light, it’s kind of a blah color. 

[Pete M]

wow that looks fantastic!  nice touch!   

[89 MJ]

8 hours ago, Pete M said:

wow that looks fantastic!  nice touch!   

Thank you!

[89 MJ]

Let the engine swap commence!

 

My brother and I brought this to an auction today to buy his J10 when either a radiator hose or the water pump decided to let go. The rod knock also got worse. Stay tuned! 

[89 MJ]

Update, it was the water pump that let go. I swapped and and will start tearing the XJ apart tomorrow after work. 

[Pete M]

sometimes the truck just lets you know it's time for an upgrade   

 

[89 MJ]

37 minutes ago, Pete M said:

sometimes the truck just lets you know it's time for an upgrade   

 

I suppose. But I’m about a week it’s going to have an engine upgrade. 

 

Time me to look on the bright side, my Stroker will have a new water pump already! 

[Pete M]

have you decided on the OBD2 swap?  Swampy is in the middle on one: 

 

 

 

 

[89 MJ]

9 hours ago, Pete M said:

have you decided on the OBD2 swap?  Swampy is in the middle on one: 

 

 

 

 

I have seen his. I decided against it for now because I don’t have the time to go that far into tearing it back apart. 

[Swampy]

10 hours ago, 89 MJ said:

I have seen his. I decided against it for now because I don’t have the time to go that far into tearing it back apart. 

It is a process. It well be good once its done, I'm about a week from completion just waiting for flywheel bolts because I thought I had the right ones. Oh well

[89 MJ]

XJ enginehas been pressure washed and removed, now I am waiting for parts, then it will get andblasted and painted Chevy Victory Red. 

[89 MJ]

I hope to be sandblasting my 96 engine tonight. And I decided to paint it AMC blue instead.

[Pete M]

that's a good choice  

[eaglescout526]

11 hours ago, 89 MJ said:

AMC blue

Which blue? The blue commonly seen in the 60's-70's or the color from the logo and the blocks used to be until Chrysler bought AMC?

[89 MJ]

7 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

Which blue? The blue commonly seen in the 60's-70's or the color from the logo and the blocks used to be until Chrysler bought AMC?

We got as close as we could to the 79 J10 engine blue. 

[eaglescout526]

4 hours ago, 89 MJ said:

We got as close as we could to the 79 J10 engine blue. 

When you get a chance, could you PM me a pic of that? I’ve been trying to hunt down something close enough and all I seem to have found(on the cheap side) is GM blue. 

[89 MJ]

10 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

When you get a chance, could you PM me a pic of that? I’ve been trying to hunt down something close enough and all I seem to have found(on the cheap side) is GM blue. 

I’ll try to send you a pic in the next day or two. 

[eaglescout526]

Sounds good, no rush.

[89 MJ]

On 9/19/2020 at 11:30 AM, eaglescout526 said:

When you get a chance, could you PM me a pic of that? I’ve been trying to hunt down something close enough and all I seem to have found(on the cheap side) is GM blue. 

Here are the paint details. It was a single stage acrylic enamel. I shot the engine myself. 

 

Don’t worry-that Fram is going away. 

[eaglescout526]

Damn. So close. I had a feeling it was gonna be the metallic color.(don't mean it in a bad way). Ive seen a few others who have this blue on their block:

 

I can't seem to find that blue anywhere. 

 

But nonetheless it still looks good! I am just anal about the details and originality on my truck. 

[89 MJ]

Brought the old pig to a car show today. It’s crazy how many people were asking about it. 

 

[89 MJ]

I dropped the bellhousing for the AX-15 off at a local shop to be repaired. We don’t have the tools to weld cast aluminum at home. 

[Pete M]

what am I looking at?  did it re-crack along a welded joint?

[89 MJ]

54 minutes ago, Pete M said:

what am I looking at?  did it re-crack along a welded joint?

I do not think it has been repaired before. I’d assume it was a manufacturing defect or the donor was in a crash. If it’s a manufacturing defect, I’d recommend checking your external slabs bellhousing to make sure it isn’t cracked.