My 7 year old already named it
'Mater, bought it this week.
I was actually looking on Craigslist for a specific, different FSJ that I'd seen on the side of the road (84 Honcho) when I came across this. Funny how things work. We've always hated that we had to get rid of the Grand Waggy we had in NC before moving to MI.
Short summary:
154k miles, part time kit in tcase with Warn lockouts on front axle, tow bar setup, spare quadratrac tcase and a spare D20 (for some reason I don't quite understand), Aero tank aux gas tank, aftermarket trailer hitch, a couple boxes full of seals/gears/parts/bearings, a brand new uninstalled set of rear air shocks (he was going to try to help the sagging rear end but never got to them), and more that I'm forgetting.
The only really significant body rust is on the rear quarterpanels behind the rear tires. Through hole on the left, just getting going on the very lower edge of the right.
All of this is in last 20k miles with paperwork:
stock 4-barrel removed-but comes with Jeep, replaced with new Edelbrock that has a new tuning kit with it, new Edelbrock intake, new Mallory HEI not installed, new radiator, new water pump, new plug wires, tires with couple hundred miles max., both axles gone through with bearings/seals, rebuilt tranny, rebuilt tcase, rebuilt 360 but it started having overheating and cam/dizzy gear munching issues (that's what parked it)-we turned it over briefly with starter to check that it wasn't siezed but didn't run it, all brakes redone
York compressor and underdash unit with working fan-but AC isn't complete/working, cruise control, stereo/speakers work, rear electric window works from key in gate and dash switch (needs cleaned/rehabbed badly though), someone had put offroad lights on the roof that are now removed and holes crudely plugged, someone had a towing side view mirror mounted to the drivers door, so there's three holes in it that need to be dealt with somehow.
Pictures
All these pictures suck because I didn't get there to look at it until after work and I was crawling in/under/around it and going through his folder of receipts/paperwork until it was nearly dark and realized I hadn't taken any pictures yet.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1054921278 ... directlink
Seller's ad picture....you had me at "patina"
Brand new old tires (bought in '07, practically no miles, no cracking, still hold air) like everything on this Jeep, the patina on the center caps just made me smile.
Worst rust I could find on the frame and it's just surface rust.
That's his electric fence controller dealio zip tied to the grille. The tow hooks are for a tow bar setup. Might try that out to get it home if AAA won't get it done.
More patina. Not the kind of thing you see much in Michigan. Jeep lived the vast majority of it's live in Sacramento apparently, judging from receipts. Doors/windows seem to have stayed sealed well, very few to no signs of water in the cabin.
Oh YEAH!!! I've always thought this was the coolest factory-applied sticker setup ever.
The one oddity (but I think there's an interesting reason) the rust from gas out of the filler. Someone installed an Aero Tank auxiliary tank in the rear end. It's supposedly connected to the main tank but there's a switch on the dash for main/aux. The seller didn't drive long distance and just left it on main, so he's not sure on the details. I wonder if all that extra gas sloshing between the two tanks didn't often push gas out through the filler.
This is what's in the back end, 29 gallons!!
http://www.aerotanks.com/inventory/1924.html
I freaking LOVE this!
For Michigan, this is SPECTACULAR underbody condition on something this age!!
Game on!
Plan
(Other than all the routine stuff for fluids, checking steering, ball joints, etc.)
Main thing is that this will be a solid good-weather runner, DD, occasional tow rig, not a restoration project or offroader. Tires won't be bigger or more aggressive than they are now (I'd love to be able to just run these for years.)
See what I can do with the stock paint with some elbow grease. Deal with holes in roof/drivers door.
I haven't completely decided, but I'm thinking just start over with a rebult 360 a friend has at a great price and using the good bits off this motor. Not sure if I want to bother putting time into a questionable motor that might have had metal gear bits circulating for who knows how long. Seller changed them twice and I'm not certain I believe him when I asked if he changed oil after they went. His expression said "Oh yeah, probably should have done that."
Pull the Aux tank or possibly use it as the main and pull the stock tank.
2" BJs lift springs or find used setup cheap.
Shocks
Can you put 3-point belts in the back of these?
Clean up/treat/paint rust.
Excited to be back in the FSJ club with squid launchers and all...