I just recently purchased this Jeep from a neighbor for $500. It was originally her father's vehicle and it only has 150K miles on it.
It hasn't been used or run since 2016 and it needs a ton of work because in August of 2016 my neighborhood flooded badly.
The motor had about 3 gallons of water in it and it was seized. I drained the water out of it and filled it with 3+ gallons of diesel mixed with transmission fluid and let it soak for approximately 3 days. I then pulled the spark plugs and sprayed a mixture of 70/30 transmission fluid and acetone on each piston. I let that soak for about 6 hours and I slowly began working the crankshaft back and forth. The next day I drained I pulled the spark plugs back out and began fully rotating the crankshaft. I filled the engine back up with 10w30 motor oil and changed the oil filter. I will not know if the engine has suffered permanent damage until I run it.
I have now dropped the gas tank and I am replacing the fuel pump assembly, fuel filter and I am refurbishing the fuel injectors. The gas tank only had a trace amount of water...
I have also drained the rear differential and I am replacing the cover in order to get rid of the rubber plug. It leaked and allowed water into the rear end.
Next is the transmission and the front differential.
Eventually I am going to convert the rear brakes to disk brakes and replace the leaf springs.
New front suspension to include ball joints and new shocks.
I am going to put in the black vinyl carpet and black seat covers with tan inserts. I am also going to replace the soft-top and go with a black one.
I am going to go with slightly larger tires on black rims.
Finally a new front windshield frame and a new white paint job...
It hasn't been used or run since 2016 and it needs a ton of work because in August of 2016 my neighborhood flooded badly.
The motor had about 3 gallons of water in it and it was seized. I drained the water out of it and filled it with 3+ gallons of diesel mixed with transmission fluid and let it soak for approximately 3 days. I then pulled the spark plugs and sprayed a mixture of 70/30 transmission fluid and acetone on each piston. I let that soak for about 6 hours and I slowly began working the crankshaft back and forth. The next day I drained I pulled the spark plugs back out and began fully rotating the crankshaft. I filled the engine back up with 10w30 motor oil and changed the oil filter. I will not know if the engine has suffered permanent damage until I run it.
I have now dropped the gas tank and I am replacing the fuel pump assembly, fuel filter and I am refurbishing the fuel injectors. The gas tank only had a trace amount of water...
I have also drained the rear differential and I am replacing the cover in order to get rid of the rubber plug. It leaked and allowed water into the rear end.
Next is the transmission and the front differential.
Eventually I am going to convert the rear brakes to disk brakes and replace the leaf springs.
New front suspension to include ball joints and new shocks.
I am going to put in the black vinyl carpet and black seat covers with tan inserts. I am also going to replace the soft-top and go with a black one.
I am going to go with slightly larger tires on black rims.
Finally a new front windshield frame and a new white paint job...