New guy with a crusty CJ7 - continued
RedbeardSask
Jeeper
Hey all, got around to finally pulling the tub on the CJ today and found some rather questionable previous owner work. Here's a link to the backstory.
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f60/new-guy-crusty-cj7-30253/
Anyway it looks like the PO figured motor mounts were either overrated or too expensive because the motor was held up with 2 chunks of flatbar, bent in half with a single bolt. Niceeee
Also the drivetrain he pulled looks to me like a 99 Grand Cherokee 4.0? with trans and T Case, except the 242J TCase is a drivers side drop and the factory diff is passenger drop, so either i'm missing something here or the PO did before he pulled the motor. Thoughts?
Either way, I found the original gauge cluster for the motor in the back and its showing 395000kms so that motor is going in the bush and im on the hunt for something new. My buddy owns a junk yard with a load of Cherokees so im leaning towards 4.0 or he has a real fresh 350 and turbo 400 but id have to source a Tcase for it and everything that goes with the swap. Im open to ideas. tub should be going for sandblast this week, ill post pictures of whats left of it.
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f60/new-guy-crusty-cj7-30253/
Anyway it looks like the PO figured motor mounts were either overrated or too expensive because the motor was held up with 2 chunks of flatbar, bent in half with a single bolt. Niceeee
Also the drivetrain he pulled looks to me like a 99 Grand Cherokee 4.0? with trans and T Case, except the 242J TCase is a drivers side drop and the factory diff is passenger drop, so either i'm missing something here or the PO did before he pulled the motor. Thoughts?
Either way, I found the original gauge cluster for the motor in the back and its showing 395000kms so that motor is going in the bush and im on the hunt for something new. My buddy owns a junk yard with a load of Cherokees so im leaning towards 4.0 or he has a real fresh 350 and turbo 400 but id have to source a Tcase for it and everything that goes with the swap. Im open to ideas. tub should be going for sandblast this week, ill post pictures of whats left of it.