The Resurection Project

md4wheelin wrote:

Heres some pics of what i'm talking about.

Ditto

Wow !!! I'm a die hard fan of old school Jeeps, But something like that colud get to start thinkin' differently.

Can't wait till your done and I get to see it on the trails.

Great looking plan

The Devil Dog wrote:

Joe, that is some agressive plans for the Grand Cherokee. As it turns out I will be selling my Grand Cherokee Orvis, I got Sonia a Durango sport for work and their is no futher need for 4 vehicles in the family, besides, I will be going in for a Hernia operation in Feruary now, got a triple hernia that needs to be corrected and that's going to oput meout of wheeling for several months. Hell at this pace I will be lucky to wheel by May or June.

Know anyone wanting an already built rig, just needs lockers.

Man tico That stinks the hernia thing is back, But look at it this way if you concentrait on getting better you should be all right in time for spring wheeling

As far as jeep i'll keep an eye out for you. What did you want to get for it. Also would you want to sell the Rubicon rims/tires off of it. I could sell/trade you back another set so the thing wouldn't be rimless.

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="md4wheelin I'll be pulling the motor this weekened if anyone is interested in helping out. Also just came across a motor stand that some body is going to let me use so hopefuly in the next couple of weeks i'll pull the motor out of the rolled one (sorry tony I mean the one with the modified roof line) and start the rebuild on that. Hey Grason I'm going to need some parts brother.

Joe,
I'll come over, sit in a lawn chair in your front yard, drink beer and watch!
The Home Owner's Assoc is gonna love this! You'll have 2 jeeps without motors in your yard, a pit bull running all over the streets, a 30 foot fire in the fire pit, and 3 guys drinking beer on your lawn!

Seriously though I'll come over to help out around lunchtime on Saturday. I'm helping my brother-in-law put brakes on his honda early Sat morning.

I might have to stop by after Bills to check this circus out.

makitupthehardway wrote:

I might have to stop by after Bills to check this circus out.

hmmm I think i've heard this one before Anyway I'll make sure I have plenty of beer and food for everyone.

You know when it comes to hanging out with you guys I really wish that I lived in MD. I feel like I miss out all the time. Well I will try to make it up there to hang out for a little bit.

If you are working on the jeep tomarrow (Sunday) give me a call I might be able to swing by and lend a hand.

Well after a few hours and many dirty looks later from the neighbors me and danny got the motor pulled.





As for working on the jeep I'm not sure what I'm doing, but if you still want to stop over and drink a couple of beers let me know.

This quesstion is going to sound kind of stupid but learning the whole motor swap thing as I go. From what I can gather this is the computer for the motor.


If this is the case I have a 95 zj v8 sitting down at the yard. I allways thought the computer was under the dash were they had a buch of wires hanging down, so I assumed that they ripped it out before I bought it. So hell If I can swap this motor in I fix two probs in one shot. A shot motor and tranny. Both of which work off the donor jeep.

Yes it is indeed the computer or PCM. Somehow it attaches to the fuse box and all those wires under the dash.

Fun With Power Tools!

Thanks for letting me drive the forklift -- you just need to get a cup holder for that thing!

cool, I guess now it looks like i'm going to have to tear out the dash and figure out how they all connect. No prob danny I appreciate the help, Now I guess the next step is getting the v8 out of the red jeep. This should be interesting because we can cut off what ever gets in our way

if i wasnt working on jrs jeep today i would of been over there giving you a hand. ill call soon and ride over.

no prob, I'll take an IOU for when we swap the v8 back in

looking good guys.

well I'll be pulling the motor out of the rolled jeep tomorow Whats really going to hurt is when I begin to cut it up to get the long arm kit off
All well I guess its all in the name of progress.

Joe - you were pulling motors again and didn't call me?? I was down on Falls Rd today too!

Yeah he was I was there right as he finished cleaning up. Thanks for the beer Joe. Oh and the scrap metal that will come in handy in the months to come

sorry danny I was on the clock. the boys with the shop above said I could use it. Cool thing is that they have a overhead crane, bad thing is that they said I had only 4 hours to use it before they had to leave. Sorry no pics but I got the job finished and tools out the door with 8min to spare. Tell you what danny that crane made a huge difference being able move the engine around smoothly instead of jerky. Also I pulled the entire driveline in one shot instead of pulling TC off first. Don't worry danny we still have one more engine to pull. The v8 out red zj and thats the one that going to be a pain because were going have to lable everything and make shure we don't break anything on the way out. I only broke one sensor on the motor I just pulled No prob on that steel Nester, just let me know if need some more and i'll see what i can do for you. I'm going to talk to the scrap man next time I see him and see if he could find me some large plates for fabbing up some skids. I'll just tell him I'll trade him twice the weight in other scrap steel. hmmm I knew those bent plow frames would come in handy for something. Just goes to show you I'm not a pack rat after all, I do find uses for all that all crap.

Yeah thats a lot of crap. But most of it looks like it has use you just need a bigger lot of a shop to keep it in.

life is good, I just scored 93 and 95 D.C. zj manuals.

I never relized how in detail those things went, they have every nut, bolt, and wire listed in those things.

md4wheelin wrote:

life is good, I just scored 93 and 95 D.C. zj manuals.

I never relized how in detail those things went, they have every nut, bolt, and wire listed in those things.

so that means you have it back together and running.

I could of, but I figured I would save some of the fun for you all.

does the manuals include the details for the I6 and V8 models?