Build Thread Sponge rebuild round 2
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Senior Jeeper
Hi guys!
This will be a little journal about my slow and steady rebuild of my 86 CJ7 Liberty Edition.
Factory specs were:
Dana 44 rear
Red interior
T-5
Fold and tumble rear seat
A insane mess of vacuum hoses for emissions
This is what a Liberty Edition looked like from the factory, this isn't mine but identical except mine didn't have the windshield lights
The research I have done it appears the Liberty Edition seemed to only be offered in the Chicago region of Jeep, I think I may have the window sticker...it came with red interior, radio delete plate with black panel around the gauges, white hard top and wheels as well as very ugly CJ era stickers...that I actually want to recreate for this build I think?
Why is this round 2?
Well my Grandfather, Dad, and a buddy of mine rebuilt this CJ when I bought it back in 1998 we torn the body down cut out all the cancer welded it back together, painted, and it was my daily driver thru college. I will try to find some pics of that rebuild and post it.
Then after college I got really into offroading and really punished my CJ...I was at the Badlands in Attica IN all the time, hit Colorado with Grub, and was a regular at the Cliffs too.
Then I had an accident on the trail where I smashed the end of my thumb off...i am lucky it wasnt more, then the next trail event I smashed it up terribly bad and if it weren't for one tree the CJ would be dead.
Notice the location of the tree
With a baby at home I lost the motivation and was burnt out...so I parked it in my Dads barn 4 years ago until today.
So today two of my best buddies and I started round 2 of getting the old bird going again
This how it looked upon arrival
How she looked after a little barn clean up..and two very happy kids Dad is getting the Jeep going again!
Here are some more pics of how she looks today
Storage...
4.0 head and Intake out of 97 ZJ, fuel injection and ecu is 92 XJ to have the ease of ODB1 and a killer custom intake!
Well it went really well today! We got it running but artificially thru a little ghetto fuel manipulation the new gas tank must need a different fuel sender because the fuel pump was pumping anything.
One thing I did learn is I did go overboard with the Kirby skid! Holy heck is it heavy!!! But no tree will mess up another tank
Anyone know what fuel sender I need for the plastic fuel cell?
This will be a little journal about my slow and steady rebuild of my 86 CJ7 Liberty Edition.
Factory specs were:
Dana 44 rear
Red interior
T-5
Fold and tumble rear seat
A insane mess of vacuum hoses for emissions
This is what a Liberty Edition looked like from the factory, this isn't mine but identical except mine didn't have the windshield lights
The research I have done it appears the Liberty Edition seemed to only be offered in the Chicago region of Jeep, I think I may have the window sticker...it came with red interior, radio delete plate with black panel around the gauges, white hard top and wheels as well as very ugly CJ era stickers...that I actually want to recreate for this build I think?
Why is this round 2?
Well my Grandfather, Dad, and a buddy of mine rebuilt this CJ when I bought it back in 1998 we torn the body down cut out all the cancer welded it back together, painted, and it was my daily driver thru college. I will try to find some pics of that rebuild and post it.
Then after college I got really into offroading and really punished my CJ...I was at the Badlands in Attica IN all the time, hit Colorado with Grub, and was a regular at the Cliffs too.
Then I had an accident on the trail where I smashed the end of my thumb off...i am lucky it wasnt more, then the next trail event I smashed it up terribly bad and if it weren't for one tree the CJ would be dead.
Notice the location of the tree
With a baby at home I lost the motivation and was burnt out...so I parked it in my Dads barn 4 years ago until today.
So today two of my best buddies and I started round 2 of getting the old bird going again
This how it looked upon arrival
How she looked after a little barn clean up..and two very happy kids Dad is getting the Jeep going again!
Here are some more pics of how she looks today
Storage...
4.0 head and Intake out of 97 ZJ, fuel injection and ecu is 92 XJ to have the ease of ODB1 and a killer custom intake!
Well it went really well today! We got it running but artificially thru a little ghetto fuel manipulation the new gas tank must need a different fuel sender because the fuel pump was pumping anything.
One thing I did learn is I did go overboard with the Kirby skid! Holy heck is it heavy!!! But no tree will mess up another tank
Anyone know what fuel sender I need for the plastic fuel cell?
