JeepCoMJ

ha. and that's not even all of the parts.

the guy was amazed...the jeep was completely together when I got there. took me only around 45 minutes to have the front half of the interior out, and all the wiring removed. 5 hours to get it completely done, and only because I had to charge the sawzall battery up twice.

JeepCoMJ

got the front end and passenger door temp'd on it today

REWSTER

this thing is sweet i love MJ's with late model front clips and since your doing the interior its all gonna come together nicely

JeepCoMJ

thanks. I think so.


I'm all over on colors, though. this tan looked OK on the xj...like complete *** on the mj. i was gonna tan it out for the winter, but not a fan of it...

I'm debating between the burgundy/maroon that's more black than red, or a dark forest green.

JeepCoMJ

well, it is running.

here's a video showing that.


still need to...

do interior wiring
hook up transmission wiring
swap '99 front 02 sensor in, install bung and '99 down stream o2 sensor
secure all wiring
swap fuel pumps/senders and figure that whole deal out.
install front end
batten down the hatches in the engine bay (cooling system)
install '99 evap system
mount random things.
install doors
install carpet
install seats
center console
headliner
trim
shocks
attach booster to brake system, bleed out
install np242 and shift gate for it
check all fluids after oil change
swap tires over from the 3800
build rear bumper
mount front bumper
paint cab and bed tan to match, temporarily.

oh, and here's the rest of the '99 parts...







and the xj crossover wiring to mj...

JeepCoMJ

it's nice to hear it run for the first time in 2 weeks. I'm very happy with a couple things...

I already had the 99 bracketry and serpentine, and the alternator for the '99 bolted right in (found that they're not interchangeable between 95-98, and 99-01)


I got the interior completely gutted...modified the center consoles by relocating my tuffy lock box back a bit, and cutting down the tan factory center console (it was mint lol...oh well). managed to retain my cup holders. Afterwards, I wire brushed and cleaned the floors, and sprayed rust converter down. it's nice that this thing is still EXTREMELY clean rust-wise. in the morning, I'll spray down some undercoating and it will be dry by mid-afternoon when I'm ready to install the carpet.

I also started toying with my dual e-fan setup. should be fairly interesting...luckily, the second factory '96+ fan fits in without hitting the old fan pulley's bolts...so I can always swap back since I don't have to trim up those bolts at all.

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also got the factory cd/tape deck installed and tested. super stoked about this one

JeepCoMJ

so, I got the np242 installed and got the 4x sensor and speed sensor hooked to the engine harness, put the np242 shifter setup in it, and then proceeded to go to the junkyard in order to get the '99 transmission harness so I can splice a jumper to go from '95 to '99 tranny connectors.

so. while I was there, I found a "new" truck in the yard that I hadn't seen before...a little chevy luv (sorry Brent, didn't have the camera to grab pics). on said truck was a meyers e47 pump with quick connect assembly,, and a pretty good condition 6'6" meyers plow, complete with lights and wiring.

it just so happens that, other than the mount, it's identical to the setup for the Jeep...which my brother has. so, for $240, I picked it up and had them torch the mounts off.

now, I have no intention of using this mounting setup..I'm gonna make my own mounts to quick connect it to my brush guard.

but, this finishes off all the parts I needed to get the truck done. I'll need to get a new meyers quick connect wiring connector, as this one is fried, and maybe rebuild the e47 pump or buy a spare one and use this one for parts...it doesn't work at the moment, but I'll figure it out and have a plow setup for under $400. I also need to fix the center pin area of the plow frame, and put new ram pins in, as those have been heavily used.

pics






considering my brother paid $1000 for his setup in similar condition, I think I did pretty damn well. gotta sell more parts to make up for this, now oh well. customer's vehicles should pay for it, too.

JeepCoMJ

put the new front brakes on, bled the system out up front, plugged the rear. the rear wheel cylinders are shot, so rather than buy those...I'm going to pull the d44 from my '86 and pop it in this one, sell this d44, and put the AMC20 and metric ton stuff out of the '86 mj I just picked up into my '86.

steering and rear driveshaft compliments of 89eliminator, I drove it out today so that I could clean up the mess in the pole barn. I also sanded down the bedside and passenger cab corner real quick to throw down some white paint, just wanted to see what it looked like.






put the front bumper on


then dug out the lund visor I picked up from Rob (automan) and tossed it up to get an idea of the look.



I think I'll be going completely black on this thing, and probably adding the visor then.

JeepCoMJ

wanted to get some better pics of it as it is once it was inside (had to scramble as I was cleaning the shop up...it started raining, and I'm sorta missing a door )




black paint with rain on it...


Chrysler was smart about one thing...they designed ALOT of parts on LHD '97+ xj's to be interchangeable with RHD '97+ xj's...the gauge cluster mount, for example, has two headlight mounts on it. this will be handy so I can add the plow light switch into it, but on the right side of the column.



My plan was originally to tie this into the existing headlight harness, but I don't think I will be doing that. The way plows are normally set up is that this switch is a "Upper/Lower" switch...What I will be doing is setting this up so I can turn on the plow lights seperately of the factory lights. then, I'll simply flip the running lights on and turn the plow lights on...I will have to tie into the hi/lo wires coming off of the turn signal switch, but otherwise they'll function perfectly that way. and no...the plow lights won't be quite that high...they'll be around 6" lower on the quick-connect plow subframe I'm going to make to work with this bumper.

JeepCoMJ

today was a good day.

new motor is on plow pump...$75 later, pump works. quick connector is still kinda fubar'd, but it works...will make it through the winter.

driver's door is modded to be removable, and installed. driver's fender installed, front end buttoned up.

truck is re-registered and insured.

tail lights are wired except brake lights...gotta figure that one out yet, can't remember what I did for last time with the '95 wiring...to the turn switch, i think.

to drive it, I just need to put the sway bar on, wire the brake lights, put something on for a rear bumper...even if it's temporary, and toss shocks on it. then it's driveable. hope to have it completely done on wednesday.

all I have left for wiring, aside from the brake lights, is to wire in the rear speaker and interior light wires, and install the plow wiring.

pics tomorrow.

JeepCoMJ

bit more progress. swapping rear ends with the 3800's this weekend, then the brakes will be done. also taking the 31's from the 3800 and putting those on it. swapping out to the '99 alloy rims in a few weeks. all lights work, interior wiring is done. need to do a headliner for it, put the interior together, wire up the new speakers, and put the door strikers in permanently. it's driveable, though.

plow mount is gonna be pretty easy.

azxj99

Drooling over this beauty, i can already see how amazing its going to look, what color are you going to paint it when it is all said and done?

JeepCoMJ

the plan is dark cherry. more of a black red than anything, if that makes sense. between burgundy and black, roughly, with some metal flake.

the black is just a temporary thing

azxj99

Hmmm looks good in my head cant wait to see the "completed" project (with jeeps you are never done) definitly my favorite mj I have ever seen and its still got a lot to go. Keep up the goodwork

XxXJ99xX

Wow....really makes me want an MJ alot more, you do quality work man, keep it up and i cant wait to see the final product also