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Good job man! That wiring for the stereo looks about right!
Keep at it! Looks like you're making good progress.
That radio wiring was terrible. It still is but at least it's not causing issues. It had speaker wire running to the speakers which ok, but using speaker wiring for ground wire isn't.
Yes, tons of progress and an updated to do list:
1. Fix the Oil Filter Adapter
2. Replace Valve Cover Gasket
3. Replace Spark Plugs, Wires, Distributor Cap and Rotor
4. Replace or upgrade Air Filter
5. Replace PCV valves
6. Re-wire Radio Harness and upgrade radio
7. Replace and fix components in the rear hatch:
7a. Lift Supports
7b. Lock
7c. Re-install interior trim
8. 4 tires
9. Brakes front
10. Disc Brake Conversion on the rear
Not a bad list, can do 1-9 in a weekend! All 10 if you have friends and beer. Doing my oil filter adapter gaskets today as well as freshening up some grounds.
Not a bad list, can do 1-9 in a weekend! All 10 if you have friends and beer. Doing my oil filter adapter gaskets today as well as freshening up some grounds.
Yup a junkyard trip is in order this weekend for some of the stuff and ah have to add a fender.
Thanks! Glad to get the electrical gremlins cut down!
Took some time to spray around the oil filter adapter to verify the leak which can be seen in the photo below. Also went and got the main adapter gasket and put an order in for the two smaller ones.
Time to get that Fram off.
Hard to see with everything in the way, but you can actually watch the oil pour out of the main gasket. Mopar filter, gasket, and a qt of high mileage until i decide what oil and filter I want to use for the upcoming oil change.
Nice! That's ONE of the o-rings... gotta get the rest of 'em man.
Yes lol, unfortunately they didn't have the others available which will put the project back just a bit. That's fine because I have to figure out the best way of attacking it.
The adapter has 3 o-rings and they are available as a set from Mopar, I bought mine on ebay I believe. Just did it last night, it wasn't bad at all.
Buy a T60 torx socket, put it in a vice and punch out the bit (the socket is too big to fit in the small space you have to work with).
Jack up the motor a few inches, it will give you a little more clearance between the bolt and the chassis.
Put the torx bit in, get a long box wrench on it and then put a breaker bar over the wrench. With a little muscle you should be able to break it loose and unscrew it the rest of the way out.
Grease the new o-rings before you install them, clean the oil and crud off the housing and slap her back together.
Or you could just buy a set of L-shaped torx wrenches from advance for like $20. I bought a set specifically to do my OFA and although I don't use them much, they definitely come in handy. Just saying
There are three o-rings and I ordered them online. I'm wondering if anyone has removed the engine mount and jacked the engine up enough to not make modifications to the torx bit?
Taking a junkyard trip tomorrow to look for a fender and random odds and ends, but in the meantime:
Removed the small random piece of plastic below the bumper. Makes the Jeep look a little cleaner. All of them wire ties. Yikes! Beginning to clean up the harness. One of the radio connectors was fine, but this one was held together with wire ties, speaker wire, and twisted wires held by electrical tape. Beginning to clean the dash side of the harness.
Yes lol, unfortunately they didn't have the others available which will put the project back just a bit. That's fine because I have to figure out the best way of attacking it.
Some decent news:
Checked a spark plug and it aint too bad
Wow man, was it gapped that big when you pulled them? That's a HOT gap lol
Kind of nice to see people like you bringing the Cherokee back from the dead and making it run. Kind of tells you how other people treat there jeeps! Keep up the good work.
You could remove the bolt from the motor mount and jack it up a little higher, but it sounds like more work than just hammering a bit out of a socket lol.
I did mine by banging the torx bit out of a socket, and without raising the motor. I just shoved something (forget what) between the unibody rail and torx bit so it would stay fully seated. Couple wrenches as "extensions" and popped it loose. Once that's done it's cake. It's just an awkward location so you have to finagle things a tad so you can get some muscle on it.
