grainofsalt Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 After many XJ's I finally found an MJ. So I popped the trailer on behind the diesel and headed down to Arkansas to pick it up. Per the vin It was a 2wd 4 cylinder manual truck. One of the previous owners had already swapped in a 8.25 in place of the broken D35. In the bed was a 140k 4.0l and underneath was a LP and a HP D30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainofsalt Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Parts are coming from a 2000 Classic XJ that had been rear-ended, Totally wasted the body of the XJ but perfect to pull parts from! Got it to the shop and wasted no time in stripping it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainofsalt Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Out came the 2wd front axle and the wiring from the previous owner. The core support and some of the frame needed a quick repair. Decided to paint the engine bay black now so the engine can go in before paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainofsalt Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 Converted the firewall to the 2000 spec, Then out with the rusted floor and in with some good metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainofsalt Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 Cut out the striker mounting points from the XJ and burned them in. the passenger rocker needed some surgery to straighten it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddude Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Looking Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainofsalt Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 Patched a hole in the bedside then grafted in the dash mounting points and '97+ seat mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 That's a lot of work. Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Looking good so far, what is the end goal with this truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainofsalt Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Thanks for the complement's gents! Pulled the bed off and started stripping the paint. Laid primer the underside, then after that had cured did the top side. Now on to some fab work. I want to retain as much of the donor Jeep as possible, So the spare tire carrier was deleted and the XJ fuel tank was mounted in its place. It really mounted up well with enough clearance for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 1 hour ago, grainofsalt said: Thanks for the complement's gents! Pulled the bed off and started stripping the paint. Laid primer the underside, then after that had cured did the top side. Now on to some fab work. I want to retain as much of the donor Jeep as possible, So the spare tire carrier was deleted and the XJ fuel tank was mounted in its place. It really mounted up well with enough clearance for everything. Looking like glass! Gosh I want to do this to mine if only I could find the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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