THE TJ's SUCK
cfgraneto1118
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- 1977 CJ 5: 258 inline 6 cylinder (4.2L); T18 factory installed four speed transmission; front dana 30 axle, dana 20 spicer transfer case with a dana 20 axle.(I now know that this was originally a Levi Straus Edition.)
Doing a buddy a favor for his 50th birthday....Working on a TJ is like trying to wrangle feral cats....2001 TJ with less than 60,000 miles on it. Said to my buddy, " No problem. We will put in a nice two inch OME lift kit, swap out the rear bumper for a smittybilt SRC bumper with a swing out tire carrier, pull those old "sport" steps off and replace the with some decent smittybilt XRC rocker guards with steps...." Everywhere i undo a bolt rust and rot. This thing is twelve years old. My CJ, I know it was in California, had 80 percent less rust and corrosion, and it had sat on a farm for ten years and had never been driven.
Took off the skid plate, and man oh man, there was, if you were lucky, thirty percent of the frame left. The box frame was reduced to an overhead "C-channel" with rust fingers and whole running between the the body mounts...
What are my options?
Took off the skid plate, and man oh man, there was, if you were lucky, thirty percent of the frame left. The box frame was reduced to an overhead "C-channel" with rust fingers and whole running between the the body mounts...
What are my options?