if your going to do a motor make sure you hear it run and drive if you can you no theres no issue with the one you have now it suck putting a motor in and it worse than what ya got now

 

Yeah, most I find on CL are already out of vehicle...gonna make it hard

 

Well long story short, replaced the motor with one off e-bay. Supposed 101k miles, mechanic said it all looks good but no way to really know. Was going to try a new crank in mine but if you look close at the video I made you can see the oil is a bit milky, not bad but once we figured that out I decided to cut my losses on that motor. Been working on the paint, body, interior and such getting it where I want it slowly as I still need to fabricate bumpers, purchase tires for my soft 8s and fab a roof rack...its a shame that all that takes money.








My picasa album has all the pictures located here if you care to see the progress to date.

 

And the crowd cheers! Nailed that sucker in only 183 posts!

If your old motor really had only 80K I sure wish I had it here. (Mine just turned 265K). Glad you got it resolved.

 

dang that sucker looks great what did you buff it with i got double lucky the other day at the local u pull yard found a black 2dr with exact stripe as mine ,i need to buff some on it ....

 

Thanks, I used yellow 3m compound on a red foam pad followed by mequairs #7 polish as I can't wax it yet. If you dealing with oxidation though I have had decent luck with mequairs ultimate compound.and a soft foam.

 

the doors shines more thhan my xj so need to buff the rest ,just findig a perfect match door was ggreat

 

are they safe for the clear coat?

 

That is pretty cool to find your same decal like that.

 

been looking for a black door for years i located a place for the stripes , but when i saw this door i could not beleave it

 

Yes, won't bother the clear at all. I would try the ultimate compound first from auto zone or advanced auto, right around 10 bucks a bottle. Work it a few times and should look good. Don't use one of them 10in buffer deals, you want to use a polisher if you have one. I got mine years ago from harbor freight and its worked great, will even come with the soft pad you need. Mines orange, but this looks like it only black. http://www.harborfreight.com/7-inch-...der-92623.html can't get the link button to work on phone.

 

use the sponge pad or cloth?

 

The sponge/foam deal. Works pretty good.

 

the one on the harbour freight link i have a store right down the street and a auto zone next door to it ...

 

mcguires ultimate compound correct