Red, white and blue Jeep collection complete!

Unreal, and before you ask, yes, I admit it, I have a problem....

So for some reason (see reason above) I take a short drive and look at a local Jeep that someone has for sale. It a Jeep MJ, a pickup truck Jeep based on the SUV Jeep XJ's I already have. Everything is the same from the doors forward, but the back end has pick up bed mounted to a beefed up frame. Yes, unibody up from, frame in back, very weird, very different. And it's kinda rare, cause in I think 1989 Chrysler bought them, and they stopped selling these in 1992 because they wanted to focus on Ram pickups. In fact, they only sold around 500 of these MJs in 1992, so they were phased out.

I now own a 4 door Jeep, a 2 door Jeep and a pickup Jeep, in yes, Red, White and Blue. Billbob approved.

https://youtu.be/IthmWikM2lU

Someone help me!!!!!

I am doing a tribute crankbait for you

Out Of Control, but patriotic in the process, I like it.

You're gonna hate me. I say I have Red, White and Blue Jeeps now, but I've been mulling over painting the red one "Army Green", I think it'd look cool. Not a big fan of red vehicles. I did get it started yesterday, it's a runner, yay.

Wow, that was quick to get it running. Good job.

Bad fuses and missing fuel pump relay. It was all wronged up. But works now. I got a video I will share.


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IT'S ALIVE...

https://youtu.be/k2AWHnJ1ifo

Yeah, you fix enough of them and you won't need the books anymore. You are really like me, when I drag something home my wife just shakes her head, laughs if it's real ratty, but that head is shaking all the time. I got that Caddy from a guy nicknamed the "Junk Man" what's that say about us and what we drag home Bud? My Blazer on Ross Barnett was super ratty and had a trailer so bad I towed it home in the rain along a hwy that runs the gulf coast in MS just full of red lights. I was happy to get stopped by each one too because the hubs were smokin'. I would hit the big rain puddles to help cool the bearings. I made it to the house.

Gotta have a great wife if’n a guy is gonna fix junk. She knows I will eventually get the job done, and it keeps me out of her hair!

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Gotta have a great wife if’n a guy is gonna fix junk. She knows I will eventually get the job done, and it keeps me out of her hair!

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I watched the video with the cleanout, seems Jeep floorboards rust if you look at them wrong. What's the plan on filling the hole in?

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I watched the video with the cleanout, seems Jeep floorboards rust if you look at them wrong. What's the plan on filling the hole in?

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Rojo, in that video he found a replacement floor pan. I think he said that metal block looking thing that goes between the seat area and side panel had to be removed to put it in though...right before he was talking about doing the side panel.

That makes sense, I was on the phone and Slab's video was muted. He has more projects going than I do and that's saying something.

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I watched the video with the cleanout, seems Jeep floorboards rust if you look at them wrong. What's the plan on filling the hole in?

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Like our man Dean mentioned, it came with a replacement floorboard. Just have to clean out all the rust and weld her in. You can literally buy anything for these Jeeps. They say you can build a new one from scratch just from auto store parts! lol

And generally, Florida Jeeps don't rust from salt, they rust from leaks. They leak water into their interiors, the water soaks the carpet and sits there forever until its rusts through. Kinda like foam in a boat I know, soaks up water and rots out it's stringers, right! lol

And I'm contemplating not welding the new jeep floorboard in, I may do something crazy like rivet and glue! I can weld, but I don't like how welding creates deep bare metal in crevasse's which are not easily treated/painted.

The running of the red jeep was short lived. I decided to clean it up a bit before starting on the pan and the muffler. I figured it might be the only time I pressure spray it completely, engine, interior and all. So I did such a great job that it dont start no more. Dang

I did some research and digging. I could turn the engine over with the jump wire on the starter that someone previous had installed. Now it looked like we had no ignition. Checked out a couple things, dug into the ignition switch, and found this!

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That one connection in the connector is way fried.

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And this too, that’s not fried, that’s just where someone tied in to the wire. That’s one of the wires going to the ignition switch. Someone been playin’

I ordered a new ignition switch and will have to be doing some reworking. Wish me luck.


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Zero patience so I went to store and got an ignition switch, it seemed to work, I finally got my dash idiot lights back but still no start. Dang it. So I take a flashlight and check out the wires on the crank shaft position sensors. I see copper! Hey what. That’s not right. I giggle them and try starting and you would never guess it, but it worked. Fired right up. Ok then, a new crank shaft position sensor is on order. Yay

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That’s the wires coming out of the sensor. Hey at least they work now at least. For the moment.

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You doing what I'm going to have to do with my F150...Climb over, through and on top of. This has a E4OD trans. with either a short, bad ground that I need to find. Unfortunately, mine will be spring or after till I can get after it. No garage to work in, knee surgery very soon and it didn't help I rolled my other ankle, Opposite the bad knee, yesterday and can't put any weight on it. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any...Good luck on getten 'er done up right.

Good job Slab.

Eric, man what a string of bad luck. Hang in there, it’s gonna get better. If nothing else send your truck to Ed and let him work on it. :Rofl

Looks like the wired cooked on the Crank Position Sensor. I was expecting rodent damage. Also the plug housing for the ignition switch should be replaced. Can you get a new plug body? Looks like it would be very easy to release the wire terminals to swap them to the new plug housing and give you the opportunity to replace the wire terminal that burned.

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You're gonna hate me. I say I have Red, White and Blue Jeeps now, but I've been mulling over painting the red one "Army Green", I think it'd look cool. Not a big fan of red vehicles. I did get it started yesterday, it's a runner, yay.

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Back in about the mid 80s i bought a 79 Jeep Cherokee that needed some help.
Turned out that it needed lots of help.
Anyway i got it all fixed and repainted and it looked very nice.
Our youngest daughter was the primary driver.
Anyway, one day i was driving it and got broadsided at an intersection totaling the vehicle.
I bought it back from the insurance co. and replaced the doors and straightend the rest up as best we could.
Plan was to make a dedicated hunting rig out of it and leave it at our N C Pa. hunting camp.
I bought a case of spray can paint in 3 different camo colors and gave each of my then very young grandsons a different color.
They fought like dogs while they were doing it, and we had a ball watching.
I had to touch up some spots but all in all it turned out pretty well.

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Looks like the wired cooked on the Crank Position Sensor. I was expecting rodent damage. Also the plug housing for the ignition switch should be replaced. Can you get a new plug body? Looks like it would be very easy to release the wire terminals to swap them to the new plug housing and give you the opportunity to replace the wire terminal that burned.

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I'll see if I can get a plug housing, but for now the terminal's been replaced and it's back and working. Funny thing is, the terminal and housing was not pushed on all the way (connection was prolly not even touching, or just barely), and I'm thinking thats one reason it got hot like that.

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Back in about the mid 80s i bought a 79 Jeep Cherokee that needed some help.
Turned out that it needed lots of help.
Anyway i got it all fixed and repainted and it looked very nice.
Our youngest daughter was the primary driver.
Anyway, one day i was driving it and got broadsided at an intersection totaling the vehicle.
I bought it back from the insurance co. and replaced the doors and straightend the rest up as best we could.
Plan was to make a dedicated hunting rig out of it and leave it at our N C Pa. hunting camp.
I bought a case of spray can paint in 3 different camo colors and gave each of my then very young grandsons a different color.
They fought like dogs while they were doing it, and we had a ball watching.
I had to touch up some spots but all in all it turned out pretty well.

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I assume everyone was safe after the accident, I guess these jeeps are pretty tough, huh?

Lots of people in Florida drive them on the beach and even in the water along the beach, so be aware of that.
As for attaching the new floor panels, try 5200, works great.
But you need to allow time for it to cure.

Yes, in that particular case there were no injuries.
However, i had a later very serious accident in a CJ 7 while hunting, where one of my oldest and best friends was killed.
Something you never get over.
I can tell you that all those who think they have a 4 wheel drive vehicle, actually dont.
Unless it is equipped with locking differentials.

So sorry to hear about your friend.

And yeah, open differential in back and open differential in front. This Comanche is only 2wd anyway. Even though I’m into jeeps now, I’m not really a 4wd kinda guy. Only one of my three jeeps is 4wd and I have yet to install the front drive shaft. I eventually will though. At least one of mine gotta have it, right!


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Even full time All wheel drive, only powers 2 wheels at a time. Usually opposite corners one front, one back at a time till all wheels are locked in.

Update, if'n you're bored:

https://youtu.be/IVWj6ogmHp8

I like the black mirrors. They match the other black pieces. Handle, fender, etc… :twocents