jpnjake Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 This is a project that has been sat on for quite a while. It was purchased 3 years ago with 280k miles, A blown engine, and rotted out floors and rockers. When I was 16 I stripped the whole interior, cut the rot out of the rockers, put all the parts I need in random places and then just lost interest in it for a while. fast forward 2 years and I finally get the motivation to work on it again so I don’t have to daily the 60k mile survivor MJ in the New England salt land. The engine came out of 2001 XJ That rolled over and was then purchased by my dad in 2003 to be used as a parts truck for his MJ. The 01 Motor sat under a bench for 19 years and fired right up and runs great with a little seafoam in the oil to clean things up. The transmission and t-case came out of my dads old 98 2dr that rotted apart on us and got cut into pieces by us. Rip 98 2dr the rest is being saved for a future trailer build Old engine out The one ton crane from harbor freight doesn’t lift high enough to get the engine+trans out with the header in place New engine in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Fast forward some more and the floors get cut out and welded in with flat sheet metal on top also got the passengers rocker welded in But I didn’t get any good pictures of it. Finally got a new Acc black carpet to finish off the interior And here it sits now, it’ll be registered and inspected soon, as soon as I finished everything it stopped charging all of a sudden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Looks like a good start. I’m a sucker for a cheap XJ wheeler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 It's been a pretty good Father/son project so far (while we wait to start on the Chief......) Just to put all the specs, work done & future work in one place: info: 2000 4dr XJ Forest Green Pearlcoat Dark Slate/Agate interior 280K miles 4.0L w/miss & slight rap AW4 Auto LP 30 front/8.25 Rear 3.55's w/Aussie Lockers Ft & Rear (front in box) 4.5" Rough Country short arm lift w/rear springs new 33x10.5-15 BFG AT's on American Racing Atlas wheels Factory (long) slip yoke, with T-case drop some rot, rear bumper/quarter munched also came with set of newish 225/75-15's (now on the Chief) and a big box of spare parts/uninstalled new parts. ^Paid $1000 in 2020 2020-2022: Jeep mostly sat in back yard waiting Fixed rear bumper, pulled quarter out cut out rotted rocker Cleared out mouse nests Sept 2022- Dec 2022: Swapped in: 2001 4.0L (52k miles) New Waterpump 1998 AW4 (90k miles) 1987 NP231 (for older style slip yoke) removed t-case drop Dropped lift to 3.5-4" (removed 1 rear leaf, RE Ft Coils) Burned in new inner and outer passengers side rockers new front floors new front ACC Carper (black) LED Headlights JKS Disconnects Longer rubber ft brake lines replaced front steel lines with Copper/Nickel used Keyless entry module from 2001 Swapped black 1998 header panel on after using too-short Harbor Freight 1ton engine crane to pull old engine (damaged 2000 green header panel) Jan 2023 Installed BPI Front bumper 6000lb rear receiver hitch Swapped wheels & tires a few times (Snow tires for now) Speakers & Stereo LED Foglights Swapped out bad steering wheel Next stuff & later stuff: Clearance/adjust lift height for 33's Front brake pads Re-cover headliner fix speaker wires to ft passenger door 32 spline HD T-case output + Double Cardan rear shaft longer rubber rear brake line put front Aussie locker in at some point recharge & diagnose A/C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 As my dad said, I Installed my dads old BPI bumper off his 98 2dr, and installed fog lights on top of the bumper, the wheels and tires for now are the TJ Canyon wheels painted “Aged Copper” with 32” snow tires. Also replaced the belt because it was paper thin and Fixed my Charging issue instantly. I also installed a rear hitch rated for 6000 lbs, and a Gas tank skid plate. Finally my fan shroud had broken so my dad made one from sheet metal that imo looked extremely good, and is better than the original, And I Removed the airbox and replaced it with a round filter and heat Shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Looks taller all of a sudden........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 Some updates recently Mounted on some old school 32”BFG KM1’s made in 1998 Those stayed on for a few days and will be my around town wheeling tires. No highway of corse on those, but they did soften up a decent bit as I drove on them. Also replaced both transmission line’s as one blew and I had already patched the other. Today I put the rest of the RC rear spring pack back in, ended up lifting the back of the truck at least an inch Before: After: Also pulled the front fenders off and swapped them for the black ones off my dads old 2dr. Apparently that’s the only picture I took of it all done, I’ll grab some more in the daylight tomorrow. Also my new 33” BFG AT’s will be going on very soon And Finally I named the Jeep Ted, after this broken peice of a posted sign I found in the woods behind my house. His name proudly displayed on the passenger quarter window To Do Still: -Front axle(makes awful noises when in 4wd) -rear grey flares to match the front -replace tie rod(I bent this one) -Fix AC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 More love to the XJ today. No more snow forecasted so the 33” BFG’s go on It was then time for some backyard 4 wheeling and flexing ^Not Rubbing anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 nice! more Jeeps = better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 On 3/29/2023 at 7:47 PM, Pete M said: nice! more Jeeps = better ^ This is very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 Went to the junkyard yesterday and picked up a liberty renegade roof light set, whenever the headliner gets done this will go on as well Its got that clean factory look to it, will probably replace my bumper lights with just the roof ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 score! they fit surprisingly well considering the 2 Jeeps share so little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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