1989 Cherokee Pioneer AKA project WTHDIGMSIT
 

Welcome and thanks for checking out my build thread..things are going to be real slow going on this thing but i will keep my thread updated as much as possible. I have a 1989 jeep cherokee pioneer it has a D30 up front and a D35 out back(which is going to have to change to at least an 8.25. right now the head is pulled off the jeep and i am in the process of coming up with money so i can buy new lifters and push rods at a minimum and a radiator since some dip s*** decided to jb weld a metal tube to the inside of the upper radiator fitting...GRRRR. I can't complain too much though because the body on the jeep is pretty straight and i have yet to find rust and i only paid $450 for it. anyways enough babble for now on with some pics.

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does anyone know how to get this line off the radiator???------v
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cb placement..i have to move it i kinda didn't take into account the lower portion of the dash cause it is off...gotta move it about two inches i would say.
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changed the steering column and accidently mounted the wheel upside down..but its not staying on there so its ok.
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interior is dirty as hell but mint
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this a dana 35 right???
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figured i would post up a picture of my right hand man and fellow jeep lover, this will probably be his someday if we don't just build him his own.

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My soon to be two year old Andrew, loves wrenchin and knows the difference between a car, a truck, and a jeep and will tell you..only two year old i know of that can do that..lol

squese the white plastic tabs together... then the line comes out..

this is caleb he is a soon to be wrencher..not as into cars as andrew was at his age, but i have faith he will be a jeep lover too.

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k what do i do if i don't have those white plastic tabs..lol

if you look in the end of the fitting, where the rubber hose meets the tube, you will see some little tabs under that collar. they need to be pushed outwards from the tube. there is a tool for it, or you can use a few small screwdrivers.

ah ok i understand now, my buddie has some of those hose tools you are talking about, but must not have had the right one cause the only one he had that would fit didn't work..i will try the screw driver idea tomorrow after work

Project "what the hell did I get myself into" I like that haha. Those nylon tabs on the tranny line need to be pressed together. You can do it with your hands.

[QUOTE=offroadnut36;534891]Project "what the hell did I get myself into" I like that haha. Those nylon tabs on the tranny line need to be pressed together. You can do it with your hands.[/QUOTE

I am glad you figured it out..lol..as for the tranny line..i can't see any nylon tabs what so ever...what do i do if i don't have any??

also i have a pretty big update, shot a call to to a local engine shop out here called hi purr engines and dave over there picked me up a set of brand new lifters for just 35 dollars..so i am one part closer to getting this beast back together..

when i have a kid i want him to be a wrencher just like me

yeah its pretty cool man, i was way physced(spelling) when he said car for the first time and even more so when he started wanting to be in the garage and pick up tools..now only a daily bases its daddy car, daddy go garage car pease..i love it.

nice

I can see the tabs in the pic you posted of the line. Those 2 little tabs that stick out of the hose fitting in the pic.

cool i will check it out tonight after work and soak my NEW lifters in some oil and drop them things in.