Pull the AC but rebuild and keep the stock heater. I wish I'd gone bigger on my aftermarket unit, it takes a while to get the '8 warm, esp at 2* with the soft top...and I still haven't charged the A/C. The factory Waggy heater works pretty well, and I believe it's completely independent from the A/C system.
'Mater - '77 Cherokee S 4-door
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Hey Eric. Instead of Bed Lining for the roof under the headliner. Look at Lizard Skin, or making your own via recipe on HAMB. It uses a latex paint that will be fine on the inside, it adds mass for sound absorbing qualities, and they use these micro spheres for insulation value. Kind of does several things at once. Easy to spray in too.
Then you can do another headliner over it later.
Carl
Then you can do another headliner over it later.
Carl
- City
- Colorado Springs
- State
- CO
I'd suggest you wander to IFSJA and see if you can scare up a pic of a Waggy without its headliner. That way you'll see what your dealing with and why it will look pretty hack without it. Esp. around the edges and where you have to attach the sun visors and stuff. Trust me, I've had 3 waggys and only one that had a headliner still in it. The others where nasty so I yanked them and could never find something I liked to replace it. And to cheap to by and actual head liner....lol! There is an amazing difference between with and without too. Carpet, same thing.
- City
- Cincinnati
- State
- Oh
Not about to jump into that mess. You can also try Zack Heisey in Toledo. Z&M Jeeps. He also organizes a meet-n-greet twice a year for FSJs. We met at his shop/warehouse a couple years ago and caravanned to Tony Packo's at 5/3 Field for lunch. Probably a dozen of us. He has a Jeep boneyard behind his place, too. He bought out Jeep Acres awhile ago and has lots of NOS parts. Great guy. Once you get 'Mater up and running, you will have to make a trip down to Toledo.
Made it! Took a neighbor to help push the beast in with the wet driveway.
Part of the worry with using AAA was where the Jeep was sitting. Next to their barn in a sort of awkward spot to back to from the driveway.
Luckily it was possible to back up to it from a lot next to theirs after driving through the back of the fire station. The snow had me worried with just the JK, but after backing up a bit and using 4LO, it came out fine.
All set for the slow roll home.
There was no one on the roads this morning, so the timing was perfect since I stayed under 25.
Took a lot of pushing and slipping on the wet asphalt, but he's in!!
First things first, had to get Mr Dancin Bacon in!
And immediately grabbed some polish and a rag to see what might be possible!
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Part of the worry with using AAA was where the Jeep was sitting. Next to their barn in a sort of awkward spot to back to from the driveway.
Luckily it was possible to back up to it from a lot next to theirs after driving through the back of the fire station. The snow had me worried with just the JK, but after backing up a bit and using 4LO, it came out fine.
All set for the slow roll home.
There was no one on the roads this morning, so the timing was perfect since I stayed under 25.
Took a lot of pushing and slipping on the wet asphalt, but he's in!!
First things first, had to get Mr Dancin Bacon in!
And immediately grabbed some polish and a rag to see what might be possible!
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Nice, welcome home Mater ! Can I see how the tow bar attached ?
And bonus - factory FSJ 2" receiver hitch.
Let the fun begin !
And bonus - factory FSJ 2" receiver hitch.
Let the fun begin !
I thought the hitch was aftermarket until I looked in the Jeep towing booklet you gave me :thumbs up:
And the fun is DEFINITELY beginning!
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Here's the tow bar attachment. 
Picks up a bumper bracket bolt hole. I took solace in the fact that this had been used before this way and I was going to go so slowly and easily.
Looked through some of the boxes in he back seat at lunch. Found a new valve cover gasket set and oil pan gasket set along with a new water pump gasket and front main seal from a timing cover set. Drooled on the nice, shiny Mallory dizzy too.
Then I found where he kept the munched dizzy/cam gears. Yeehaa! Is this the typical result of the oiling issue everyone talks about? The one cam gear is basically GONE on the one side.
Picks up a bumper bracket bolt hole. I took solace in the fact that this had been used before this way and I was going to go so slowly and easily.
Looked through some of the boxes in he back seat at lunch. Found a new valve cover gasket set and oil pan gasket set along with a new water pump gasket and front main seal from a timing cover set. Drooled on the nice, shiny Mallory dizzy too.
Then I found where he kept the munched dizzy/cam gears. Yeehaa! Is this the typical result of the oiling issue everyone talks about? The one cam gear is basically GONE on the one side.