Diesel 4BT Voices, ideas, opinions needed!!!
Starfirehover
Jeeper
Ok folks.. My 1982 CJ7 has been stuck on blocks in the garage for the last 7 plus years.... She was NOT properly stored because I broke my back just after I got her torn down.. For the last 3 or 4 weeks My Fiance and I have been discussing what kind of restoration and/or modification we want to do with the CJ.
Digging in the past few days has revealed item after item that needs to be rebuilt, replaced, and/or upgraded.... steering, brakes, suspension, carburetor, fuel pump, almost all the electrical wiring.....and more.. So... We have decided to take the leap, go nuts, and are hunting for a 4BT turbo diesel that we can replace the 258 with.
My first question is.....
#1 What is a 1982 258 "complete" engine worth if I sell it in one piece? it has less that 1000 miles on it since its so called rebuild.
#2 Has anyone in The Peoples Republic of Kalifornia done this? what kind of DMV paperwork and BS did you need to deal with to get it licensed?
#3 does anyone know what it takes to mate a 4BT to the stock tranny? or should we be looking at a new transmission as well?
( no I don't know what transmission the CJ has, other than its a 5 speed, last time I worked on it was 2003... I will be figuring all that out in the next few weeks.)
Thats it for now, but I fully expect to have a TON of questions as we get further into this... And yes, I will be posting pictures as the project moves along... ;-)
Oh, and anyone in the Sacramento area that is interested in stopping by and talking "Jeep" is more than welcome to...
Digging in the past few days has revealed item after item that needs to be rebuilt, replaced, and/or upgraded.... steering, brakes, suspension, carburetor, fuel pump, almost all the electrical wiring.....and more.. So... We have decided to take the leap, go nuts, and are hunting for a 4BT turbo diesel that we can replace the 258 with.
My first question is.....
#1 What is a 1982 258 "complete" engine worth if I sell it in one piece? it has less that 1000 miles on it since its so called rebuild.
#2 Has anyone in The Peoples Republic of Kalifornia done this? what kind of DMV paperwork and BS did you need to deal with to get it licensed?
#3 does anyone know what it takes to mate a 4BT to the stock tranny? or should we be looking at a new transmission as well?
( no I don't know what transmission the CJ has, other than its a 5 speed, last time I worked on it was 2003... I will be figuring all that out in the next few weeks.)
Thats it for now, but I fully expect to have a TON of questions as we get further into this... And yes, I will be posting pictures as the project moves along... ;-)
Oh, and anyone in the Sacramento area that is interested in stopping by and talking "Jeep" is more than welcome to...