Well, I have been neglecting this poor Scrambler
Since I bought this one, I have rebuilt my Red Scrambler, Jeep Addict's Green Scrambler, and have just about finished rebuilding my Tan Scrambler. During this time, besides changing out the rear axles/carb and vacuum line work, I have not really worked on this one, it just keeps running
Now, with that being said, it does have some minor issues, like most 30 year old vehicles will.
The factory motor mounts/transmission mount and torque arm bushings are soft/squishy/torn, a result of all the oil that sprayed out of the broken/leaking factory plastic valve cover
Picture of the replacement mounts, I went with black polyurethane pieces. Some people say that the poly transmits vibrations back through the frame, but I have not experienced this in any of my other Jeeps. I also decided to change out the front axle oil (note the Lube Locker gasket, I love them), transmission and transfer case oil.
Since this Scrambler is sitting on 30 year old leaf springs, it sits too low to the ground to easily get underneath it, so using jack stands was a necessity.
This is all motor oil. Surprisingly, the transmission and transfer case do not leak. I fixed the valve cover leak over a year ago, so this Scrambler really does not leak too much anymore. I really need to clean this one.
It was pretty easy to change out all of the above mentioned mounts, no issues. Quick picture of the old stuff. The transmission mount is completely smashed, I basically had metal on metal. I am hoping that this might have been the cause of my minor, inconsistent "knock" at idle sound. Before I changed all these mounts, you could watch the motor squirm around a little bit when it was idling.
Since I will be putting a 1" lift on this Scrambler in the very near future, and will be changing out all of the other suspension bushings, I went ahead and swapped out the old, dried up, cracked original sway bar bushings. Again, it was a piece of cake, I love rust free Scramblers!!!!!