Replacing Transmission And Motor Mounts


Had To Remove The Oil Filter Adapter To Install Motor Mounts




Soaked In Dilluted Super Clean Degreaser - 5:1 With Water



Ready For Final Clean Up


Generic Motor Mounts

They will be replaced with the full Brown Dog kit when the motor comes out.










It Took A Bit Over 5 Quarts With The Large Oil Filter

 

Coil Spring Spacers, Coil Spring Isolators, Extended Front Brake Lines, And Extended Bumpstops


Crown Automotive 52000229 Front Coil Spring Isolators
Old Man Emu OMEJGF10 10mm Front Trim Spacer



Crown Performance JEEP25FR03 5 layer Extended Brake Lines Kit 4-5", Smoke



Timbren JFC01 Front SES Bumpstop Kit






Very Easy Install




Iron Rock Off Road Double Shear Track Bar Mount

 

Installing The Cav Fab Cross Member




Maybe Overkill On The Torque, But The Bolts Should Be Able To Handle It.


1/2" 13 Tap








20mm High Carbon Hole Saw
19mm would have worked a bit better.



Used The Crush Sleeve As A Guide
These holes had to be drilled up at an angle to clear the inner frame rail.
Cav Fab should really extend these brackets at least another 1/2"




Some Quick Undercoat And Paint


These will be welded in when the frame stiffeners go on.




I'm Not Quite Sure How I Ended Up With Two Washers On This Side....

 

Metalcloak 7060 3.5" Dual Rate Coil Springs



Setting Up The Cav Fab Long Arms And Johnny Joints






Coil Spring Retainers Cleaned And Blackened


Fox 980-24-643 2.0 IFP Front Shocks
JKS 9603 Front Bar Pin Eliminators


Stripped A Coil Spring Retainer
Not sure why, but it blew out at 5 ft lbs.
Retapped and replaced with 5/16-18 grade 8 hardware





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Cleaned Up The Axle Nuts



Axle Shafts, Brake Dust Shields, And Hubs Installed





Ser Pinion Angle To 6*
Moved The Front Axle Forward 1"







Just Enough Left To Fill This Harbor Freight Oil Can.

 

Jeep ZJ Steering Upgrade

MOOG ES2079S Tie Rod End Adjusting Sleeve Pitman Arm LHT (x2)
MOOG ES3096L Center Link (x2)
MOOG DS1311 Tie Rod End
MOOG DS1312 Tie Rod End Right Inner RHT
Energy Suspension 913102R Tie Rod End Boots





Barely Touches At Full Lock





Installed Swaybar, Bushings, JKS Disconnects, And Front Calipers



Note The Brake Bleeder - It Should Be On The Top
It took me hours to figure out why my brakes weren't working.

 

Iron Rock Offroad Double Shear Track Bar
(sorry no after pics yet)

 

Fixing The Tail Pipe



Was going to re-weld the old tail pipe, but ultimately decided that replacing it was the way to go.
2.5" DYNOMAX 44171 fits 87-92 Jeep Cherokee



This will soon be accompanied by a Borla 2.5" header, 2.5" Down Pipe, 2.5" Magnaflow Catalytic Converter, And A 2.5" Borla Turbo Muffler.





New Bracket To Keep It Clear Of The Leaf Springs




Quick And Dirty Bump Stop Spacers

 

New Stainless Rear Brake Lines, New Dorman Master Cylinder, And 96 XJ Brake Booster Installed






Sorry No Pics of The Install

 

Picked Up A Few Used Parts

Chrome Door Handles And Power Mirrors


Tail Lights


Chrome Rear Bumper And Gas Tank Skid


Cleaned Up The Rear Bumper


Picked Up Some New Hardware

 

Replaced Most Of The Front End

Headlamp Bezel Chrome Right Side Crown 55002244
Headlamp Bezel Chrome Left Side Crown 55002245
Replacement Grille Chrome & Black 104-00768C / CH1200125
Side Marker Light Kit Clear RT28027
Passenger Front Parking Light Housing CH2531101V
Driver Front Parking Light Housing CH2530101V
GE Nighthawk LED 5" x 7" Headlamp 69822 (x2)






(pic taken while working on the lift)

 

Lift Installed








This is (hopefully) the last of the major work until next summer.

I'm still looking for a Dana 44 Rear Axle.
Also Looking Out For A Replacement Motor To Start A Stroker Build!

 

how are the lights?

 

Really nice.
It was a tough decision, but I thought these would fit best with the chrome header panel and bumper.
Soon I will be doing a carbon heat wrap mod to keep the snow from building up on them.

 

Sweet looking build ! Very well done I like the detail and time spent to do it right