87 AMC Cherokee

[Mad Mike]

Added some new parts to the 87 yesterday. O and to start off my day I got pulled over in Flowery Branch and got a ticket for tint. Bought it tinted and have been driving it for a year and this was the first time I have been pulled over. Just my luck.
Gas tank skid

Transfer case skid

New transmission mount($88 mount)


While I had the cross member out I dropped the transmission and transfer case down a little so I could get the valve cover off and replace the valve cover gasket.


Swapped the bent rim with a new rim then had a spare tire mounted on the bent rim as a full size spare and finally mounted it to the tire carrier.


Lastly I swapped all 24 bolts on my hood louvers to stainless steel ones. The bolts that came with them rusted the first night it rained.

I did all this starting at 9am and got done around 11PM then was up at 6am this morning to drive to Blairsville to go off roading with my Jeep club.


I really need to get a locker for the front axle and swap in the Ford Explore 8.8 rear axle so I can make it up the good stuff. I made it 3/4 to the top before I had to be winched.


I got a ton of GoPro video but my computer is refusing to read my SD card and it wants me to format the card. So no videos.

[Mad Mike]

Did some work to the Jeep yesterday and successfully made my 4x4 a 4x3. Started out by welding my loose trac bar mounts on. No mater how tight you got them the brackets still moved and every time I went off road I would have death wobble until I tightened the hell out of them again. Now there both welded on and can't move.

Now comes the 4x4 to 4x3 part. since we already had the welder out and I needed to change the front diff fluid we went ahead and welded the spiders to lock the axle. I can do this because I have a vacuum disconnect Dana 30 axle. Well after welding it up I backed out of the shop to find the axle was locked and I wasn't in 4wd. After some trouble shooting of the vacuum actuator I pulled it off to find it seized. I forced it into the unlock position and moved the lock collar over and put it back together. So now when I put it in 4wd the passenger side gets no power and the 3 other wheels do. To fix it I bought the posi-lok manual cable actuator last night and then I'll be back in business