autumnwalker Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 I don't think it looks 1/2 bad. Functional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 I think it looks okay as well. And even if it was not as good as you wanted, it's still better than a chrome bumper with holes in it, and you did it yourself. All good in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmac Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Looks good to me man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Yesterday I modified the drivers door to be removable like the wranglers. Just unplug the harness and lift it off. Going to finish the passenger side today. I guess in this pic you can also see my rock sliders/ beefy rocker panels are also in place. They aren't quite finished but functional for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Passenger side is done. Ready to go wheelin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunet-Hemi Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Can you post a close up of the hinges? I've been thinking of doing this. But making tube doors for wheeling. And put the regular doors on for rain/winter/daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Cut off the lower part of the Hinges on the door side. Then drill the holes out and weld in a cut 3/8" bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunet-Hemi Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Nice. They still solid when the doors open or are they all loosy goosy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted June 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 After putting the doors back on? They're better than ever. The doors were sagging pretty bad before I did this. Which is why I drilled the holes out to accept 3/8" bolts. Took out all the play and now they work great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Watch out after your first wheeling trip we had a guy do that to his XJ and after the first rip the doors no longer lined up as the body twisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Just now, TomWood said: Watch out after your first wheeling trip we had a guy do that to his XJ and after the first rip the doors no longer lined up as the body twisted. Yup, and he had rocker rails on his too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerram Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 On 03/06/2016 at 3:52 AM, Jawritch said: 1 hour ago, Eastcoastcam said: Yup, and he had rocker rails on his too... Gotta love that unibody construction, but maybe a set of tube doors or half doors would give it back the rigidity while in motion or on the trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 19 hours ago, TomWood said: Watch out after your first wheeling trip we had a guy do that to his XJ and after the first rip the doors no longer lined up as the body twisted. I've heard of this happening , done tons of reading online. (I know don't believe everything you see on the internet haha) but most people say the doors don't add any structure. Which is why you can still open and close your doors when all flexed up but not your trunk. Sorta makes sense I guess. The beefy rockers and bumpers should help some, but the patch job floors also don't help. I'm also in the middle of making both tube doors and half doors, because I don't want the body to warp too bad haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Two words... frame stiffeners... Or a full cage... Darren Pineo made a cage in the old Cherokee Chief, and never had a problem with the doors or tailgate again... he used to have to strap it shut because when the Jeep would get all twisted up it would pop open. After the cage, it never popped open again. He had it for sale a long time ago, so it is probably long gone, seeing how the old Chief was parted out in 2012 or 13... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Installed new shocks on the front end yesterday. They're for 6-8" of lift and I'm running about 4ish. So it's got gobs of down travel and a few inches up. Though with the big tires I don't have much room for up travel anyway. Looks like it's it's gonna need long arms. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Cut out the first half door today. I think I'm going to cut it a bit lower and maybe less angle under the mirror. It wasn't on the Jeep when I cut it. I'm also going to do something different for the door handle. That's only temporary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Started tearing down the original 4.0l the other day. Found tons of water inside, though it's also been sitting outside. Got it mostly apart but had to get my 13mm deep 12pt socket from work for the head bolts. Was able to get a lot of them with a wrench and a hammer but half are sunk into the head under the valve cover. Back to the garage Friday I believe to finish tear down. Depending on block condition itll be built as a 4.6 stroker. Which should wake the old girl up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerram Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 3 hours ago, Jawritch said: Started tearing down the original 4.0l the other day. Found tons of water inside, though it's also been sitting outside. Got it mostly apart but had to get my 13mm deep 12pt socket from work for the head bolts. Was able to get a lot of them with a wrench and a hammer but half are sunk into the head under the valve cover. Back to the garage Friday I believe to finish tear down. Depending on block condition itll be built as a 4.6 stroker. Which should wake the old girl up! Yep, we did a 4.5 stroker, never bored it out, the block was still OK. Used the 4.2 crank in the 4.0 block. The stud girdle(windage tray thing) from the 4.0 wouldn't clear the 4.2 crank on reassembly, I think that was the only fitment issue, didn't do any ecm tuning, ran great after and had better low and mid range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Made some more progress on the 4.0 teardown. I'm left with a bare block and all the components. The head still needs to be torn down but I need to pick up a valve spring compressor. The main thing is that the block doesn't appear too far gone. So with a little machine work I can begin the build up. Found the piston and connecting rod on cylinder 1 to be completely destroyed. So I need to try and track down some rods as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 A few close up shots of the piston and rod. When I eventually start building this thing I'll likely start a different thread with way more pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Clunky got some new skins today, also a new battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmac Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 NICE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Looks great! What size are those tires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawritch Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 35x12.5R15. They look smaller than the tires I took off I find, which were 315/75R16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 they do awesome, and look similar in size, but a LOT more meat on 'em......they should work well. Have you tested them yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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