The_ocho

hey all, Picked up my 92 xj yesterday. 4.0 5speed 2 door nothing special. All of it was there and all was stock so I couldn't complain for $800. 212K on the clock and it runs/drives great. Front end is a lil loose but that was to be expected.

Plans are a mild build, it will be a DD but get wheeled all the time. so prolly a 3" on 31s locked front and rear. The P.O. who is a good friend of mine called up his dad and had him piece together a 4.5" cage offroad kit form what was left over in the warehouse after they closed up shop. just got to get it shipped down from Oregon. so possibly ill go that route. just want something thats on par with my old runner, stock and locked and would go anywhere i dare drive it


Just got it in the drive way and started ripping it apart. the driver upper hinge is almost completly ripped out. was welded before and now was just holding on by 1 of the 4 sides. as a result the P.O. would just slam and kick the door shut rather than pick it up. So i ripped the door panel off and had to replace all the plastic snaps that held the door linkage together. now all that works great just gotta get out the welder and fix the hinge. then ripped the panel off the rear hatch and fixed why that wasnt opening. Im contemplating pulling the doors for the summer but Id have to make some sort of kill switch because it doesnt need a key in the ignition to start.


then went to the parts store and grabbed some oil a filter, gear oil, valve cover gasket and assorted other junk. started cleaning up the engine then ripped the valve cover off to replace the gasket. topend didnt look too bad for the mileage.



got it all back together seafoamed the thing then dumped a quart of ATF in the engine and drove it around the block a few times. then changed the oil.

Today came the front and rear diffs. fluid didnt look to bad and wear looked good. 3.07 gears in there.

after that came some trimming. relocated the Vac canister to under the hood and trimmed the front fenders, havent done the back yet gotta go pick up some more cut off wheels



Im half tempted to go find some 2 in spacers and shackles and call it a day but we will see.

The_ocho

so yesterday I did a tune up plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. since plugs were out did compression test. all cylinders were around 140 psi. put it all back together and went through and put dielectric grease on all the connectors in the engine compartment.

today I trimmed up the rear wheel wells and did the cut and fold on the quarters then painted them up since half the paint decided to come off. Ill prolly end up doing the whole bottom half black but this will do for now. Oh and i ordered some 2" coil spacers. just gotta build a leaf pack that gets me 2" to match. then save up for lockers and 31s and build a front bumper

The_ocho

Picked up some AALs from a local forum member for free and slapped them in last night, took about an hour and got me 3 in of lift in the rear. more than i wanted but i know they will settle. my coil spaces just got into Vegas this morning but says they wont be delivered until Monday. Thankfully I have connections at ups so I should be getting them tonight. Ill get some pics up once they are in

The_ocho

And the lift is in. Mind you I have $30 bucks invested into this lift total. It should hold me over for a while. This is some free AALs I got off a guy on the forum and some coil spacers. getting me 3 in the rear and 2.75 up front. its gonna settle so ill be happy if i get 2 over all

The_ocho

a bit of an update, got my browndog motor mounts installed, got some new shocks in. new belt, idlers and other standard stuff. made some quick discos for the front sway bar oh and picked up some sliders. was gonna make my own this was just easier

Jarrett

I like what you're doing with it man. Ever think about just welding the rearend instead of spending the cash on a locker? I wouldn't weld the front but definitely the rear in a application as this.