What Broke
(On the CJ)

In September 2000, I bought an '86 CJ-7. And hey!  It passed smog!!!

What it had when I bought it:

• 2.5" Rancho Lift with 2" shackle lift and 1" Daystar Body lift
• Detroit Locker in the rear factory Dana 44 Axle
• Warn Full Floater Kit in the rear axle
• 33x12.50x15 Dick Cepek Mud Country tires
• 15x8 Black Spoke Wheels
• Super Turbo high flow muffler
• Dana 30 Front axle with Lock Right Locker
• New Bestop Supertop
• 4.11 Gears
• Dana 300 xfer case
• T-5 manual transmission
• Cheap Uniden CB
• Pioneer CD Player
• Full 6-point roll cage
• Currie Twin-Stick conversion on xfer case

As you can see, it was already in pretty good shape when I got it.  It was fully set up for the trail.  It was not without it's problems, though.

Repairs and/or Modifications I've made

The first thing I noticed when I got it home was that the engine mounts were shot.  That started this list of repairs:

• Replaced both broken motor mounts
• Replaced broken tranny mount
• Replaced front axleshafts with Warn Heavy Duty axles and Spicer 297 U-joints
• Replaced tires with 33x12.50x15 BFG MT's
• Replaced rear bumper with ROR custom rockcrawling bumper
• Replaced wimpy Uniden CB with Cobra 29 LTD CB out of the Cherokee
• Installed Sun SuperTach II out of Cherokee
• Installed new Tow-Bar assembly
• Big Air!
• Replaced 15x7 wheels with 15x10 Chrome Spoke wheels
• Installed Warn Drive flanges for rear full-floater
• Installed 4.56 Gears
• Installed TF999 Automatic Transmission
• Installed undercarriage rock crawling lights
• New paint - Hi-Light Pearl Blue
• Replaced carburetor
• Modified electronic ignition to bypass broken computer
• Replaced broken detroit locker in rear Dana 44 axle
• Re-did all vacuum lines and underhood wiring after engine fire
• Installed auxiliary electric cooling fan
• Installed Sun Performance rocker protection
• Installed 4" Springs with Pro-Comp shocks
• 35" BFG Mudders
• Custom rear CV Drivshaft by South Bay Driveline in San Jose
• Upgraded to HEI ignition system
• Replaced Cobra 29LTD with Cobra 148-GTL
• Replaced side-mounted CB antenna with new mount and K-40 fiberglass whip
• Installed TJ Rear Fender Flares

Things that have broken:

• Motor mounts!!
• Tranny Mount
• Driver-side inner axleshaft
• Detroit Locker
• Both rear hubs on full-floating axle
• Engine fire!
• Carburetor

Planned Modifications (not yet started):

• Nothing...I sold it!

Just when I think it's done, it's only just started

JEEP - Just Empty Every Pocket - How true it is

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