That's a great vehicle for $500 and some elbow grease. Well done with the engine swap and clean up! She looks great!

 

I have a question, Today i was driving my jeep and i let off the gas while going down hill, while i was rolling my jeep shifted down pretty hard, like When your riding a dirt bike and dont have brakes so you shift down to slow down. thats what it felt like, a sudden reduction of speed. Any suggestions on what i should do about this?

 

There was water in my gas tank, got that all fixed. Check engine light came on 3 days ago, Went up to advanced auto and hooked it up to a computer.
cylinders 1,2,4, and 5. are misfiring (woah)
also have to get a new Tps

 

Anybody have old 3" coil springs laying around they want to sell?

 

Well its been awhile, wasnt really doing much because of money but things are starting to roll again. Anyway, put a new water pump in, while doing that i broke my power steering pump so i went to pick n save and picked one up. Also got a flowmaster 40 muffler from the junkyard for $20 Also got a cone air filter from the junkyard for free. Also got rid of my catalytic converter, though i do still have 2 mini cats. Next, Smoked the turn signal section of my tail lights. Didn't like the orange.

Edit: Forgot to mention i got my passenger door speaker working, just had to fix broken wires in the door jam.

 

This is happening right now

I will also be doing a budget lift for christmas! 3" and 31"s are the plan

 

nice! i love seeing an xj come back from the dead!

 

Edit I made while waiting for wheel center caps to dry

 

How she sits now

 

Just a little update- Lifted the jeep, went with 3" pro comp coil springs up front, and s10 blazer leaf springs for the rear. Then got some 31x10.50s on craigslist for $200. Don't have a good picture at the moment. I will put one up in an hour or so.

 

Just going to share some things i learned while putting the lift on.
1. Soak everything with wd-40 or pb blaster before starting
2. For the front to compress the springs ratchet straps will work but it is risky
3. For the rear if your not replacing you full leaf pack, do not remove the main leaf. ( thr front bolt is a PITA) drop the axle and remove other leafs and build on the main leaf using C-clamps.
4. Your rear shock bolts will most likely snap off when you try to remove your shocks, I went with cut the floor so i could see the welded nut. Instead of tapping it with a hammer from the bottom, i drilled through the weld to make them weaker then just put a socket on the nuts and twisted them off. (so much easier for me then tapping it, And you dont have to lay under your jeep to do it)
5. Do not plan on "throwing your lift on real quick", take your time and think things through and search it on here if you have a problem cause there is most likely an easy fix for, it will be a lot less stressful.
That's all i can think of for now, ill let you all know if i think of anything else.

 

Great build so far, especially as a first vehicle for just $500.

 

Only recent one i have right now, this was without the back lift on. Sorry i've been busy.

 

I've been searching for about half and hour now and can't find my balast resistor. I read that its supposed to be on the inner driver's fender but its not there. can someone help?