'84 CJ7 Expo build

[korisu56]

Thank you for the insight. I would love to move to a hydro clutch and power brakes, but this engine swap and paint/liner (surface rust on PO's mako showing) has drained my jeep account for at least a few months. Luckily, it's simple enough to get back into and will be replaced shortly.

I'm already set on tubes. They're stronger and I like the all metal look. TJ flares ARE indeed a great way to open the wells up though. The tubes will be custom fit to the CJ, so it won't be a bolt on application without my specific CJ in mind.

Again, thanks for the link. Will put it in my folder for the future.

 

[korisu56]

Teaser Pics

Going to get her on Friday.

 

[korisu56]

The extent that Mountain Valley Customs guys take care of their customers. Do I have a story for you guys today....

I'm still supposed to be camping tonight. I drove the 180 miles to MVC on Friday to pick up my CJ and drive another 180 miles NW to Allegheny National Forest. While at MVC, the CJ got a new-to-me 4.2L and a paint job. Pics will be posted in my build thread later. I was there long enough to bleed breaks and drive the CJ off the lift and onto my dolly.

After the 2nd leg of my trip, I pull into the campsite and link up with Zach (j33per on MJ). I still need groceries so we unload the CJ and fire her up. First time fire, purrs like a kitten. I drive 2 miles and start getting a loud tap and lose all oil pressure. Noooooo!

I call Rob, Matt, and Damien (MVC) and they all immediately start the impossible task of tele-trouble shooting an engine problem. Then the ridiculous part starts:

Matt loads his personal jeep up at midnight with his kid brother and his oldest son and drives the 180 miles out to middle of nowhere to change an oil pump in a field.

They work from 0400-0800 with only breaks being to warm their hands up by the fire. When Matt went to pour the oil back in, we took a whiff and smelled fuel. Not good. Fired up, same noise with no pressure. Weak. I go to take a 2 hour nap and prep for the drive back to MVC. When I get back in reception range, I get a text from Rob to call ASAP.

Rob ordered a crate 4.2L to replace the troubled engine. 4 years/1 million mile warranty to make everything right.

If you've read this far, you know that this was not something that they had to do. They could've just bandaged the motor I bought and sent me on my way.

:beer: Here's to you guys.

 

[korisu56]

Sooooooo, items done this time by MVC:

- Paint
- Bedliner the interior
- New 4.2L
- Twin stick knobs thrown on there while it was there
- Mounted the water can mount
- Cut the glove box lid to fit
- Relocated fire extinguisher mounts so they were more accessible
- New clutch

While it was there, I came up and helped out on it a couple of times. A few small things I did were to replace all the gauges and lights with some out of a donor. Everything works great now, and she's hoppin and poppin. Great to be driving her again.

 

[korisu56]

Mountain Valley Custom build

Wow. Been a while since I posted up over here.

It's at MVC getting all new gauges and dash. I need my CJ to be my daily driver and in order for that to happen, I need to know how much gas I have and what the engine temp is. I'm also having the cage done so that I can put a stereo in there and regular seatbelts


the boys at MVC cut away the top three supports for these little guys. The stereo will be mounted here

The space-inefficient X-member was cutout for a simple harness bar

This shows the original setup:

 

[sgt rock]

looks like a great project! love the build!!

 

[korisu56]

Also bought my fridge finally

 

[korisu56]

@sgt rock Thanks buddy! It's a labor of love that will hopefully pick up this winter

 

[wely]

I have been wondering where u were. Please keep us up to date. Remember we luv pics!

 

[korisu56]

Thanks wely, it's been slow going this last year. However, I graduate in 10 weeks and my permanent job starts in November. Christmas will be good to us this year hopefully

After the dash, cage, stereo, seatbelts, fridge....:

1-Tires & one-piece axles. She needs new ones. Same size will suffice until I'm ready to lift/lock/gear
2-Winch, pullpal and front bumper. Not happy with current one
3-Storage. My grandfather is an excellent woodworker and I would like to learn from him. Will capitalize on this opportunity to build lockable and waterproof storage for our jeep.
4-Rock sliders
5- 3" Black Diamond lift, 32" tires, Ox lockers

 

[gunnercarvo]

Bajarack.com doesn't have any CJ or Wrangler racks listed.

 

[jacki666]

Nice build due i really impressed with your work specially red color is very charming attractive for the viewers what is the condition of the tire is you change the tire or not?