Build Thread '81 CJ-7 Laredo build
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Build Thread '81 CJ-7 Laredo build
- Thread starter Petescj
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- 84 cj7, 91 cherokee, 78 chevy 3500 pu, 78 CJ7
Looks much better 
gr8dain
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Tour going to be so glad you did it each time you open the hood.
Peanut Butter
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- 1979 Jeep CJ7 TH400 Automatic 258 I6 Quadratrac Amc 20 rear & Dana 30 front, 32 x 11.5 x 15 tires. Currently a Complete Custom Rebuild in progress.
Also I own a 2001 Jeep Cherokee, White, all stock with 4.0L. automatic, and police package. Best part of that is it came with leather seats! This package also has the NP242 Transfer Case, 8.25 rear end, and trailer towing package.
Considering I don't have much of an update I'll go over some of the things that went wrong. One of the biggest was when I somehow cracked the intake manifold. On later model Cjs the exhaust and intake manifolds share some bolts. When I took the last bolt out of the exhaust manifold I could actually feel the manifold "spring" outward.
As you guys following know I cleaned them up and painted the exhaust . Well when I went to reinstall it I couldn't get all the bolts to line up. Sometime while we were trying to get everything lined up this happened:
Luckily I had the other intake manifold from my old engine. I had to clean that one along with its exhaust manifold and repainted all over again. We finally got everything put together using studs in a few spots to get everything lined up. I lost two days on this set back alone. A lot of times these internet builds look so much easier than they are.
As you guys following know I cleaned them up and painted the exhaust . Well when I went to reinstall it I couldn't get all the bolts to line up. Sometime while we were trying to get everything lined up this happened:
Luckily I had the other intake manifold from my old engine. I had to clean that one along with its exhaust manifold and repainted all over again. We finally got everything put together using studs in a few spots to get everything lined up. I lost two days on this set back alone. A lot of times these internet builds look so much easier than they are.
Heres what's holding me up now. My AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l is from a Yj and used different motor mounts. We'll Chrysler decided it would be a great idea to make one of the Cj mount holes take a 12m 1.75 thread bolt. I don't have one so that wiped out putting it in Friday.
Not all is gloom and doom though. The bolt will be found and bought tomorrow and I got my inner fenders cleaned up and painted. I was a little frustrated so I decided to work on the 82 a little. I'll update that thread later:
That's it . Going to take tomorrow off and hit the garage again Wednesday.
gr8dain
Full Time Jeeper
Looks awesome Pete!
Thank , I know you can appreciate how good it feels to get over one of those hurdles in your project.
Posi
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Looks good Pete!
Peanut Butter
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- Boerne, Texas
- Vehicle(s)
- 1979 Jeep CJ7 TH400 Automatic 258 I6 Quadratrac Amc 20 rear & Dana 30 front, 32 x 11.5 x 15 tires. Currently a Complete Custom Rebuild in progress.
Also I own a 2001 Jeep Cherokee, White, all stock with 4.0L. automatic, and police package. Best part of that is it came with leather seats! This package also has the NP242 Transfer Case, 8.25 rear end, and trailer towing package.
Yea, let's fire that thing up! 
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- '85 CJ-7, 258/4.2L 6cyl. Bought new in 1985. Full cage, Warn 8274 winch, Ford 9" rear, front/rear Detroit Lockers w/4:88 R&P. T-5 tranny and 4:1 t'case. 33X12.50-15 BFG/AT, MSD ign, on board air---
Outstanding
LG
LG
Haha! Not so fast. I'm taking today and maybe tomorrow off from this project. Have to order my carb as well. May run this weekend but more than likely next week.
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