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I've been busy building my photography business over the past couple of years and kinda ignoring my Jeep, but I plan a trip in June 2011 to Alaska - the one I wanted to take when I was 18. SO i've got to get my YJ up to snuff for such a journey (I'm guessing 11,000 miles and 42 days).
I got a neglected but once loved 90 YJ about 5 years back. It's my first Wrangler ( I had a jeep pickup for 11 years) and I got a steal - $1500! It needed an engine (PO had done a chevy 305 conversion and blown the engine) and tires. Or so I thought at the time...
It's got a 2" suspension lift and 1" shackles, all stainless bits (hinges, etc), 32" mudders, nerf bars, bigger flares, seat covers, console, stereo upgrade, etc.
I gave it new top, new U-joints, new brakes, new steering shaft, fixed the 4WD, removed the lightbar, added a CB and tow hooks and replaced the engine - and then I found that the trans was only partly installed (no wiring, not a proper thing with EOD and lockup converter!). New rad went in but not before the a lunched a piston.
Seems the rad was undersize, the carb a *******ized frankenstein and the engine I got from a buddy had mis-adjusted valves...so I've been driving it on 7 cylinders - when I drive it that is. In 07 put a whole 250 miles on it and since state inspection last june 20 I'm up to 482 miles.
I managed to get the mileage from 8 on premium to 11 on regular. A new carb is enroute and I've started looking for a new motor - I just don't have the time to rebuild what's in there and I want a warranty on it.
Anyway, here's a pic from the first year when we actually drove it a bit - 4800 miles that year.
I spent about 15 years as a mechanic (cars and motorcycles) but I've been out of that for 10 some years now. I lost my garage to my business (turned it into a photography studio) so I felt real bad this winter when the Jeep sat outside - it's rust free, well, it was.
I've been busy building my photography business over the past couple of years and kinda ignoring my Jeep, but I plan a trip in June 2011 to Alaska - the one I wanted to take when I was 18. SO i've got to get my YJ up to snuff for such a journey (I'm guessing 11,000 miles and 42 days).
I got a neglected but once loved 90 YJ about 5 years back. It's my first Wrangler ( I had a jeep pickup for 11 years) and I got a steal - $1500! It needed an engine (PO had done a chevy 305 conversion and blown the engine) and tires. Or so I thought at the time...
It's got a 2" suspension lift and 1" shackles, all stainless bits (hinges, etc), 32" mudders, nerf bars, bigger flares, seat covers, console, stereo upgrade, etc.
I gave it new top, new U-joints, new brakes, new steering shaft, fixed the 4WD, removed the lightbar, added a CB and tow hooks and replaced the engine - and then I found that the trans was only partly installed (no wiring, not a proper thing with EOD and lockup converter!). New rad went in but not before the a lunched a piston.
Seems the rad was undersize, the carb a *******ized frankenstein and the engine I got from a buddy had mis-adjusted valves...so I've been driving it on 7 cylinders - when I drive it that is. In 07 put a whole 250 miles on it and since state inspection last june 20 I'm up to 482 miles.
I managed to get the mileage from 8 on premium to 11 on regular. A new carb is enroute and I've started looking for a new motor - I just don't have the time to rebuild what's in there and I want a warranty on it.
Anyway, here's a pic from the first year when we actually drove it a bit - 4800 miles that year.
I spent about 15 years as a mechanic (cars and motorcycles) but I've been out of that for 10 some years now. I lost my garage to my business (turned it into a photography studio) so I felt real bad this winter when the Jeep sat outside - it's rust free, well, it was.
