I am with Basslicks on this one. I already bought my headlight harness. But have yet to get the upgraded battery cables or get the alt rebuilt. Plus I have to reposition some of the wiring for the factory fogs I added because I ended up putting in cruise control but before I did that is where I put the relay. Also I want to put on the brush guard I bought. But I am thinking I might want to do a little refresh to it before I hang it. Plus I am going to attempt to fix my AC again this year. I still have a leak. The only 2 things that I have not replaced is the evap and condenser. Since everything but the evap is pretty much up front I figure I should just do everything at the same time. Plus next April the Jeep is due for an anti-freeze swap, every 2 years it gets done, so I am toying with the idea of doing the water pump. And of course if I do that I probably should replace the pulley and the tension rod for the belt. All boils down to a while I am here thing.

On another note. I just purchased 4 Icon rims. Kinda sight unseen. Except the pictures in the Craigslist ad. But they do look pretty good though in the pictures. I would post some pictures but by the time I thought to grab them off his Craigslist ad he took the ad down. Tires on them are shot, which I could care less about, and they are missing one center. I had to. Paid $60. Well $62.04 with the Paypal fee. Plus I have to drive out to Long Island. About 300 miles. The guy is in no hurry to get them out of where he is keeping them. I probably won't get down to pick them up for a month. Seeing how willing he was to work with me on this I had to go for it. Now I need to find a center and one more matching rim.

 

 

Bummer man, Just JB weld it...

 

Ahem

 

Yep! But at least I will have a fresh engine after all this and thats never a bad thing.

The good news is that it looks like the rest of the Jeep has not be molested. And its all stock so I am hoping I dont find anything else bad. Well that is except for the heater core.... Project for another day.



Quick story you may find interesting about JB weld. I have seen it used many times on LS engines. You pull a sleeve out that has been cracked and typically it also cracks the liner that holds the sleeve in. People JB weld the crack in the liner, slip a new sleeve back in and call it a day.

 

I believe it! I have used it in certain applications like that were it is not exposed directly to the temps inside the combustion chamber. I have had to braze up cracks in heads too just because there was no other option at the time.

It really is a bummer though... It looks good except for the damage the water did. And you know what? That would probably run fine and not have as much blow by as you would expect. But it does look deep enough to break a ring at some point. I have seen worse thrown back together and last longer than I ever thought it would. "is that still running? I'll be damned!" lol

 

Oh yes. I could slap it back together without a bore and I am sure it would run great. If I was in a pinch, I probably would. But the #2 cylinder is quite lumpy in the middle and tapers out .006" at the very top. Not too sure how long it would actually last and dont want to try. I have built enough engines to know what has to be fixed and what I can get away with. This is all wrong! And yes I know you arent telling me to slap it back together like that, just that I could and it would most likely run fine for a while.

 

Glad you spotted that I would never actually suggest that. Nope...this just happened to me when I tore mine down a few months ago, it got worse and worse as I inspected it. Do it right while you have it apart! lol

 

Took the XJ out instead of the MJ

 

[QUOTE=5-Speed;3448589]Yep! But at least I will have a fresh engine after all this and thats never a bad thing.



The good news is that it looks like the rest of the Jeep has not be molested. And its all stock so I am hoping I dont find anything else bad. Well that is except for the heater core.... Project for another day.

^^ that's good news at least. Kinda what I was going for with my XJ... was basically rust free and completely stock except for the CB, heavy duty skid guards (think because it came from a city), rear class 3 hitch, and slightly larger than stock tires. She was in dire need of some TLC replacement parts and such, but I would say 98% unmolested, and that was a big deciding factor when I bought it... Unmolested is hard to find. Especially with XJ's.

 

440,201km and unsure the last time when done. This is going to be a party!

 

Got some more work done on the rear disc brake conversion. Very straight forward. Need to grab longer wheel studs.

 

Oil change,
Radiator flush,
New antifreeze good to -40.

Gets any colder than that I am staying home.

 

Got the ride height set at 25” from the frame. Might lower it before it’s all said and done.

 

You have my attention.

True story.

About JB Weld... I repaired one of the holes for the exhaust manifold stud on the rear of the block with JB Weld after the hole broken stud/drilling debacle.