MountainDevil54

This time a 77 CJ5! 36K Original miles, bought it from the original owner who bought it brand new. The jeep was repainted its original color in '03. It needs a real good buff after sitting in the barn for all these years, but I tested a spot and the color came out really nice. No rust holes or dents. The original owner paid more for the paint job than what we paid for it. Has a 258 6cyl like my blue CJ.



It was said to have a 4 speed, but sadly when we got there, I drove it onto the trailer and noticed that its another 3 speed screamer.


My brother and I spent some time in the shop looking it over. Fuel tank will get drained as it smells pretty sweet. #5 cylinder was misfiring, so we swapped plugs with cylinder 1, and then that cylinder was the one misfiring lol.



We'll get parts for a tune up. Shes just but sitting for a long while since the paint job. In fact, they didn't even install light bulbs for the brakes!



Oh! DISC brakes up front too! My CJ has drums all the way around which makes for some real interesting braking in traffic if you are not careful.


We'll do a tune up, motor flush, radiator flush and start from there. Not much work, just time consuming as always.


No rot to deal with so that is ALWAYS a huge welcome! It will be a fun project.

hunters_life

Don't forget to flush and replace that brake fluid MountainDevil54. I'd rebuild the front calipers or replace them as well as the rear wheel cyl. Sitting long periods of time will eat the piston seal. Going down a mountain trail and your brake pedal hitting the floorboard is not a fun experience.