1985 Jeep Cj-7 Nut And Bolt Restoration Amc 304 5 Speed on 2040-cars
Hamel, Minnesota, United States
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1985 Jeep cj-7 Renegade Chassis: Taken down to the bare frame. I have pictures. Every nut and bolt was taken off. The frame was sand blasted, then powder coated. I then started the assembly. I made a rolling chassis out of it. Grade 8 bolts where used along with stainless steel. Engine: AMC 304 V8. The motor was out of a 1979 cj7 with 77,000 miles on it. I took the motor into a machinist and had the following done. Both heads redone, New cam, block cleaned and decked. New pistons and rings, seals, D.U.I. distributer, with live wires, Edelbrock intake, along with all the other things Edelbrock makes for the AMC's. The motor was blue printed and balanced. Then put on the dyno for tuning. 255 H.P. at 5500 RPM's. 305 lbs of torque. I wanted a nice driving jeep. About $5500.00 into the motor alone. Exhaust: Stock manifolds, with custom bent dual exhaust. Porter Mufflers where used. It sounds mean. Not super loud. When you rev it up or get on it a little bit, you know there is a V8 under the hood. Transmission: Borg Warner T 5 tranny. I had the tranny rebuilt and the gears and shafts cryogenics coated. They say it should be 40% stronger. Then the tranny was dynoed. Works great. I love the overdrive, on the freeways. 2000 rpm's at 60mph. Transfer Case: Dana 300. Was gone through and put double lip seals on the output shafts and yokes. If ya know anything about Dana 300's they leak just a little bit. This one doesn’t with the double lip seals. Both drive shafts have new u-joints. Those are grease able. Front Axle: Dana 30 front axle. New Moog upper and lower ball joints. New axle u-joints. Yukon 4.10 gears with a Lock-Rite Locker. New wheel bearings and seals. Tie rods and rod ends. Front axle is all gone through and tight. No Cheep overseas parts. Rear Axle: AMC 20. Yukon 1 piece axle shafts. 4.10 gears. Auburn locking rear diff. Rear bearings and seals replaced. Brakes adjusted. Brakes: New master cylinder, NOT a remanufactured one. New Stainless steel hard lines, and flex lines. New parking brake cables. Brakes work great. As they should, everything is new. Fuel Tank: 20 gallon fuel tank, with new sending unit and pick up screen. Sand blasted and painted skid plate. Suspension: Pro Comp 2.5" lift springs. Pro Comp shocks painted black. Daystar towable front shackles. Rear Daystar shackles. Daystar main eye grease able bolts. Greaseable shackle bolts. All polyurethane bushings. The jeep rides really good. New poly sway bar bushing. Quick disconnects. Tires: BF Goodrich All Terrains. 33x12.50R15. Perfect shape with 2000 miles on them. Rims: Factory 15x7 rims. Powder coated Metallic silver. Very nice and clean rims. You can still see the stampings on the back of them. Mcguard, life time lug nuts. Good center caps. I haven't seen perfect center caps yet. Body: The body is nice and clean. You can still see every factory spot weld. Nothing covered up with body filler. Painted, factory Dark Honey Metallic. With PPG paint and clear coat. Phoenix factory replacement graphics installed. They look nice. I wanted to keep the body as stock as possible. Hard top repainted to match. All new weather stripping. Aftermarket bumper tire carrier. I wanted something that doesn’t touch the body. A 33" tire on a factory tire carrier is a little to heavy. The body was flipped upside down, sideways, you name and painted. Just as nice underneath as the top. No spray on bed liner or paint can special here. Super solid floors. Take a look at the pictures, Original metal. Interior: The dash is uncut original. Factory clock that was rebuilt. Factory V8 Tachometer, rebuilt. Speedometer cluster rebuilt. All items where repainted when rebuilt. They look awesome. Tilt steering column rebuilt. All gauges work and all lights work. Factory, original Honey seats. In good shape. Not perfect, but very nice and hard to find In Honey color. Tuffy center console. New Head unit in console. New dash speakers, new rear speakers with sound pods. Carpet kit is not original. I looked for a perfect one. I did not find one, so I installed an aftermarket one. Color is not the greatest. Heater has a new heater core. Blower motor upgrade. Works awesome. Tops: Hard top redone. Pulled out the glass and professionally repainted. Soft top. I have all the hardware for a Bestop Soft top. It was black. So I sold just the canvas. All it needs is new spice colored canvas. I do have a bestop bikini top for it. This is a great jeep. I wanted to keep it Close to stock looking, with some nicely done modifications and add-ons. I have all receipts for the jeep. Air Conditioning would be the only thing I would think about. Otherwise it needs nothing. If you want to look at the jeep or talk more about it, email me through eBay. I will give you my phone number.
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