- City
- Centennial
- State
- CO
Hello I want to introduce myself to the forum. I recently purchased a 1982 Scrambler. I was a previous Classic Mustang guy and have restored one 1967 and resto-moded the another. So I am familiar with classic cars, PB Blaster, and the money pit factor.
The previous owner of the Jeep had named her Penny, I have since renamed her Rusty. This Jeep was driven hard and put away wet. It had a bumper sticker that read, if it works don’t fix it, and I should have known right there I was buying someone else’s problem. I thought this would be a good Winter project and I thought I was starting off with good bones since it did have a rebuilt 4.2l and t176. Once I got it in the garage did I learn it leaked from the engine, transfer case, diff, and both wheel seals. I began the complete demo taking it to the frame.
This is what I have done to date:
Here are my current hurdles
Here are my Winter hurdles.
Any help or comments are appreciated-
Kevin
The previous owner of the Jeep had named her Penny, I have since renamed her Rusty. This Jeep was driven hard and put away wet. It had a bumper sticker that read, if it works don’t fix it, and I should have known right there I was buying someone else’s problem. I thought this would be a good Winter project and I thought I was starting off with good bones since it did have a rebuilt 4.2l and t176. Once I got it in the garage did I learn it leaked from the engine, transfer case, diff, and both wheel seals. I began the complete demo taking it to the frame.
This is what I have done to date:
- Sold the 4.2L
- Bought a 1994 complete 5.0 engine and harness
- Bought a Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshooting Manual from Ford for a 94/95 Mustang
- Bought the correct throw-out bearing from Novak, and a 5.0 bell-housing
- Bought MORE mounts
- Cut out the drivers floor
- Completely gutted the tub and media blasted the bottom tub
- Bought a super fantastic rear crossmember from CHIEFWAHO
- Cut out the passenger side rear corner
- Wired down the frame, cleaned out 5lbs of sand and rocks from the inside of the frame, etched it, primed it.
Here are my current hurdles
- I have 4 body mounts that I need to cut out and reweld in new plates since they completely disintegrated with the slightest torque
- The rear floor has some pin holes trying to find just a small floor skin, I don’t need a large replacement.
- Learning how to incorporate the not so popular 94 Mustang harness
- Determining if the all the accessories (including A/C and Smog Pump) on the new engine will clear the exhaust, the steering linkage, and brake proportioning valve.
Here are my Winter hurdles.
- Taking apart the 5.0 Harness and marrying that to a new EZ wiring harness.
- Getting the correct catalytic converter and emissions stuff taken care of
- Dropping in the engine in hopes I don’t have to get new driveshafts made up.
- Replace rear bearings, brakes, and seals on the AMC 20
- Hydraulic clutch setup
Any help or comments are appreciated-
Kevin
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