Heres My Jeep Thing
 

but I dont care.
I got a wheeler for 900
the specs

84 CJ5 I think I'm not sure but I thought the CJ7s had a d44 somewhere and these axles look like d30s or something. this is my first jeep.

2" AAL
1" shackles
SPOA
35s
4.2 straight 6 that purrs like a kitten

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my plans are to take the 2" AAL in the rear out as it sits 3" higher in the rear and flexes like crap. the rear shocks are not correct and have no upwards travel. So I will either make them work and relocate or get the right ones
spool in the rear.
green rattle can paint job.
off road lights
maybe some custom bumpers.
replace the side windows on the hard top or get a soft top

and thats pretty much it.
it will be a property deer recovery tool/bomber

Looks like a great buy for twice the money you spent. Nice find.

From personal experience I'd leave the topper just like it is. It's like that for a reason. Once you fix it, the first time you get into any trees, brush or rocks it's gonna look just like it does now. The sides of this truck are gonna take a beatin, that's just the way it is no matter how carefull you are.

Nice toy. Enjoy...:U:

You got that for 900 bucks?

I hate you bad, really really bad.

That vintage of Jeep probably has a Dana 30 front and a AMC Model 20 rear. The Model 20 has tapered axles so if you have a castle nut out at the brake drum end instead of a flange and a completely round cover on the housing, it's a 20....You can buy one piece flanged shafts and make it stronger than a 44, for the record.

In 1986--last year of the CJ--the 7's had a Dana 44 rear end, IIRC.

Nice Jeep, if it's halfway solid it's worth ~$5,000 up here in the northwest.

the frame is solid. the guy before me welded new floor pans in but other than that it is solid and no serious rust.

I thought about reselling it but it is perfect for what I need.

That is sweet....that would be 3 or 4 times the price here.

pull that diamond plate off the rocker and there will probabyl be rust if it was in the floorpans....

yes there is rust there. like every other jeep of that vintage. but other than that it is real clean.

what makes it nice, if you fix it, those are sooooo easy to weld in.

yeah but it isnt going to be for show. I'd hate to spend the time welding in new metal when it will get trashed. but If I ever decided to redo it it would be easy.
I want to change the transfer case and tranny (manual) fluids. do they just take 80 90 or something else?