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Mud Scrambler - Must be Red Dents are fine, some rust fine

Well it's coming together nicely.

Yes the plastic front frame cover will fit.... if you use YJ Warn 8274 winch mounting brackets and winch plate.

I had previously modified the CJ Jamboree brush guard to fit and due to tow bar, didn't use the "L" plates that fit around front bumper.
I added a gusset and made the base fit all 4 of the studs for winch mounting plate.


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Got the big power & ground cables finished.
Most of the small wire for aux. lights pulled.



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Another wiring challenge solved, the fuse block taps for A/C power and A/C compressor.

Is the loose male plug (on top of fuse block) with orange and black wires for the CJ-7 hardtop interior light?

I need to find the female connector as hope to use for aftermarket light I mounted behind seat.

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Replace the bulb with led and u get lot better light.

sent from my flaming samsung note7
 
Could u let me know where u purchased the red & black bus bars? Also where u obtained the fusion cable ends? Are the cable ends that attach 2 the battery also fusion?

Thanks in advance, Tim
 
Quick Cable makes the + and - heavy duty bus bars.
http://www.quickcable.com/products.php?pageId=657

Yes the battery connectors are Fusion solder also.

Great products and the best way to make a good cable connection.

Their wire is fine strand and has a really good jacket.

I asked Quick Cable for a online supplier that stocks their Fusion line.
They had to order and took forever to get my stuff. I ordered 1 pack of 5 on certain connectors and the retailer took 4 out of package. After repeated emails they finally sent the other 4 I paid for. So didn't have good experience with them.
Grainger has some of the Quick Cable Fusion products.

When heating the connector with a torch, get flame as small as possible and even then move flame away.... repeat. Trick is to melt the solder and not burn the flux. Insert stripped cable end very slowly so the solder has chance to flow around the strands of wire.
 
Got the A/C lines made up and flushed and radiator has about 1/8" of clearance above the power steering line :cool:

So I dug thru my shrouds and found these two that fit CJ with AMC V-8.

One has a part # and other one doesn't.

I don't have a factory V-8 CJ and surely don't want to use a rare OEM NOS Shroud on Mud Scrambler.

Which one is OEM the front or back one?

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The back one with those reinforcements is original correct for 78-81 304 CJ. Here is another example of it and the part number is 5355678 :wave:
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Just going by the parts books on that...different part number for pre 78....I have only owned 1979 and 1980 304s...I don't know what the difference would be.
 
jerseyjeeps said:
The back one with those reinforcements is original correct for 78-81 304 CJ. Here is another example of it and the part number is 5355678 :wave:
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That looks like the aftermarket Omnix-Ada shroud that Quadratec sells:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/51218_102_07.htm

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So last night I installed the Omnix-ada shroud and of course it was too thick and shaped wrong and made the lower hose difficult to go all way on to radiator outlet.
 
OMIX does make it now, yes. The one pictured above is indeed NOS Mopar from the 1990s.
 
I've never bought anything Omix or Crown that lasted, fitted or worked right. I buy and restore OEM parts whenever I can.
 
So this OEM Jeep trivia still has me puzzled.

Anyone have the Omix V-8 shroud? Does it have a part # stamped ?

Or and untouched CJ with V-8 ?
 
I am not in front of my 79 or 80 now but I can tell you this was stamped on the nos one from mopar
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My experience is omix doesn't really get away with stamping oem part numbers. One case in point is the NOS weatherstripping and cowl seals
 
Dug thru my inventory today and pulled a few shrouds.

6 cyl CJ has no part # stamped.

6 cyl SJ has no part # stamped.

The 8 cyl CJ that has no ribs has no part # stamped.

So without more info I have concluded OEM shrouds don't have ribs or part #'s.💤


Got winch & brush guard installed for last time 🎅
 
Found another OEM NOS CJ V-8 shroud. It's in Mopar box and has part # stamped.
It's also the same rigid plastic with ribs like the aftermarket shrouds.
So that tells me that Jeep switched to a different supplier who changed shape/design & manufacturing material and stamped part #.
I like the early design as it fits & looks much better.

Still don't know if the aftermarket shrouds have part # stamped.
I took shroud off 83 modified to put on Mud Scrambler.
I can't remember in 1999 if I bought shroud from Quadratec or Jeep dealer.

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Got the winch and brush guard installed.
Also have to mount the tow bar and winch cable.

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Trying to decide which LED lights to use.
I was going to use these Rigid switchable high / low beam lights with relays to operate with stomp switch on headlight circuit.
But they look way to small with the huge space.

The ARB Intensity 7" round are 8 1/4" tall with mounting bracket and only have bit over 8" of room, so don't think they will squeeze in.

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