86 cj7

[401cj]

had 86 cj 7 bought for $1000. had fire under hood. had to wire up. used wiring out of 78 cj5. had all kinds of wiring gremlins. lifted w/ 35's. what i've done. wired w/ cj5 wiring, lowered to 33 swampers, new seats, reciever on front for winch in cradle. mounted box for tools in the bed, mounted hi-lift on the front bumper, dual battery controller, plate for switches where speaker grill was, removed t-5 n dana 300 n install t-150 n dana 20, and odds n ends to get running. what's to come rewire w/ new wiring kit, brake booster, 401 w/ fuel injection being installed, new diff covers, wiring for winch at front or rear, new front brake lines, lockers front n rear, regearing axles, teralow in transfer case, full cage. 258 has been pulled waiting for the header for the 401 so i can install and start wiring. Also waiting on diff covers, brake lines, and other items i can't remember.

[hadfield4wd]

Dave this the 401 from the purple CJ5?

[401cj]

yes it is but has a few upgrades. cam, elderbrock intake, msd distributer dui, and in frame headers. and of course the holley fuel injection

[401cj]

brake lines, diff covers came in today, headers shipped from different warehouse n steering bracket on back order

[401cj]

got diff covers on today after wife's list around the house. these riddle covers are kool. bolts instead of allen bolts, recessed in and they moved the fill plug up 2 inches.

[401cj]

headers came today, got them on, was going to put motor in sun but now making a parts run. rob is picking up a 4.0 n doing a head swap on the 258, i'm picking up a dana 30 from a yj n pulling the lockrite out for the cj.

[Scrambled]

Nice to another CJ addict here. Now how about some pics!!!!

Later
Sean

[401cj]

i know i need to get some pics up here. got big daddy steering brace on last week. rob built his front bumper this weekend. and finally got the 401 in. Still got to finish hooking everything up. then the fun of putting the new wiring kit in.

[401cj]

well getting ready to fly to philly for a week but did work on the jeeps yesterday. got robs rear diff cover on and big daddy tie rod/drag link on. mine is due in on mon. started working on wiring, deciding where to mount the fuse box. going to fab a plce up, so got the idea together. decided that with the roll cage not going to be able to run the hard doors so will be selling those n trading my dad my hard top for his soft top. lots to do...

[Scrambled]

Ive got the same Big Daddy tie rod and drag link set up on the Scrambler very happy with it.
Have a safe trip to philly and get some pics up when you can. Im dying to see that 401!

Later
Sean