jeep wrangler

89 Jeep YJ

In order:

1. playing on a rock hill
2. poser driveway shot
3. all muddy
4. no engine, standing in engine compartment
5. hugging new four cylinder before installation

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Psalm 40: 2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

that's the same year as my dad's... he loves it!

I think I'll be buying it from him within the year.

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“Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, about the predictable eclipses of the sun and moon, the cycles of the years and the seasons, about the kinds of animals, shrubs, stones, and so forth, and this knowledge he hold to as being certain from reason and experience. Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn.”

- St. Augustine

coastie.. the 89 came either with the carburated 4.2L inline six, or the 2.5L fuel injected four cylinder. I personally don't work well with carbs, so I wouldn't get a jeep with a carb. From 1991 and after, they were all fuel injected, including the six cylinders.

Jeeps are mega money pits, but tons of fun. So if you buy it, don't use it at a daily driver unless you got wads of cash

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Psalm 40: 2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

Ok, here are some pics from last weekend. A buddy and I installed a 4" suspension lift. We ditched the stock springs, installed new ones, new shocks, sway bar disconnects, and threw out both trac bars.

Here are the before and after photos, pretty cool. I now have seven iches of lift and puny 33" tires

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Psalm 40: 2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

His is the 2.5.

At first we were a little wary about getting a 2.5L, but my dad really wanted the fuel injection for rock crawling (making odd angles not such a gas guzzling venture).

His has been incredibly reliable... just little stuff here and there. The biggest problem he has had with it was with the hubs. It was an easy fix, and it has around 139 thou on it.

It has definately been worth the money.

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“Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, about the predictable eclipses of the sun and moon, the cycles of the years and the seasons, about the kinds of animals, shrubs, stones, and so forth, and this knowledge he hold to as being certain from reason and experience. Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn.”

- St. Augustine

Nice Jeep. Every time we look for new cars we always look at the Jeeps. Some day I have a feeling I will buy one.

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Don't confuse knowlege with wisdom. Just because they seem to talk the talk doesn't mean they walk the walk..

thanks.

I say don't buy it as a daily driver unless you live within biking distance to work

It is a great project vehicle, something fun to tear down and build back up. And when the weather is nice, it is unreal. No top and no doors is a sweet feeling.

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Psalm 40: 2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

cool, so him and I basically have the same Jeep. Mine was a base model, so I don't have power steering, lol. It gets real tough when offroading and having to manually turn the tire over a stump or something

My 2.5 started blowing oil into the air box... then it got worse and oil would blow out of my dipstick tube (I had bad piston rings). So I swapped in a 2.5L from a 97 wrangler. It bolted right in, it was sweet. I just used all my exhaust and injection, wiring, all that, from the old engine. The 2.5 has not changed at all. You can see in that pic when I am hugging the new engine... lol But now I have no leaks, and no oil blow by, which is much much better, that was so annoying. If you want a spare oil pan, or valve cover, I still have the old engine. Shoot, if you live near Detroit, come get the whole thing for free. Oh, and if you ever want to switch to manual steering, I would be happy to trade you

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Psalm 40: 2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

a few more photos

these are both over a year ago.

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Psalm 40: 2
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

the jeep has manual steering too. It was purchased bare bones. We installed a radio but destroyed it with water damage. The Jeep didn't even stutter.

I live in Western Washington, but I'm a California native, just in Washington because that's where the Coast Guard sent me.

I grew up in Oakdale, CA (near Modesto) and about two hours from the rock crawling Mecca of the Sierra Nevada's Rubicon Valley.

I really like the Chrome grill. It doesn't look like you have rocker panels. Do you do much rock crawling?

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“Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, about the predictable eclipses of the sun and moon, the cycles of the years and the seasons, about the kinds of animals, shrubs, stones, and so forth, and this knowledge he hold to as being certain from reason and experience. Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn.”

- St. Augustine