ok guys, ive been doing a crap load of work to my newest vehicle, its a 89 jeep wrangler with a carb'd 4.2 and automatic. so i have tons of pics and thought you would like to see my progress.




if you guys remember i had a 24ft pontoon boat, well i traded it for the jep wrangler cause its going to be getting cold soon and i needed another 4x4 jeep since i totaled my big white grand cherokee.







after owning it for a couple of days i starting noticing things that needed fixed







also grabbed some boomerang shackles and installed them

old stock ones


new ones


and while installing them i dropped the gas tank and fixed the fuel sending unit


then i took the crappy plastic valve cover off cause it leaked like crazy and installed an aluminum valve cover


i also had a broken rear drive shaft and when it broke it also broke the tail cone on the tranfer case, but i had extra parts laying around and it was a quick fix



next i swapped the rims and did it all by hand





while doing that i noticed the rear brakes were broke, so i fixed that also



then i wired up the KC lights

 

next i installed a radio and amplifier



then i did a trans fluid and filter change





then i pulled the carb off and rebuilt it




then took a break workin on it and just trail rode the hell out of it. i have tons of pics and videos





then recently i started have a grind sound. it sounded like a broken flex plate (its comin with automatic jeeps)

so i decided it would be easier to pull the engine then to drop trans, transfer case and drive shafts



you can see it was grinding


the flex plate was in perfect shape it wasnt broke


i eventually found out that the crank is worn and moving bad and forth causing the flex plate to hit the housing

 

recently i came one hell of a deal that i couldnt pass up. i grabbed a 91 wrangler that has a 4.0 MPFI and its a 5 speed. For only $500



so as of right now im converting my carb'd , automatic jeep to a MPFI 5 speed jeep



im pulling everything out of the parts jeep and installing it into my jeep





all my old auto stuff and carb'd wiring harness



and with my Mechanics in Training i got a few others things done

My son swapped over the side steps onto my jeep






and then they removed the auto shifter stuff and installed the 5 speed stuff

 

Sweet project man. The terrain up there looks a lot like the terrain down here. Good luck with the swap. That little girl looks a lot like her dad!

 

Cute kids Mitch.

Holy **** you have been busy. You're lucky to have support from your family in order to be doing this. Although, I am sure you are bringing in money from it all so it should be all good. Hell, I buy a motor, work on it for a week and it created doubt and ultimately ruined the relationship I had with my g/f. /rant about my life.

Keep up the good work dude.

 

thanks , wife dont give a damn what i do lol.


today i got the engine pulled out of the donor jeep and its bolted up in my jeep, it started raining so i called it a night.

 

today i got everything bolted up , bought a new transmission mount and installed it, all i got left to do is wiring and installing the brake/clutch pedals, then i gotta get my rear driveshaft shortened 1in and buy a fuel pump and power steering pump. then she should be ready for the trails again. i cant wait

 

great project man! Makes me wish I still had my old 85 Bronco trail rig. Thing was a blast to drive off road, it just ate sooooo much friggin gas using it as my daily...

I've always wanted to pick up an old Jeep to work on, I just don't have the time/space/money these days.

 

give it a wash,

these wranglers are so solid they can take alot of damage and carry on!

 

im starting to see the finish line lol. for the past 2 days i have been rewiring everything and today i finally got the pedals swapped in and the clutch cyl installed.