02 Liberty Renegade Limited...Resurrection

[JeepCoMJ]

Just so I don't leave any loose ends,

I've finished building the 02 limited that I've been working on.

It's a texas jeep, so damn near no rust.

Was a 2x4, had a bad motor and the po sold the motor and trans. I have fully converted it to 4x4, everything works proper, even the indicator light. It has an nv231 as I did not have a 242 to put in it.

140k miles on the body. The motor, trans, tcase, front diff, front suspension, front k-member, rack and pinion all came out of a renegade with 111k miles on it.

Runs beautiful. Drives great.

has 4 brand new Nokian Vativa 235/70R16's on it on stock alloys, and the spare is same with about 70% tread left.

brakes are damn near new, and have been completely gone through and checked.

Fresh oil change and other fluid maintenance done, as well as tune-up with new plugs and air filter.

New Serpentine belt, tensioner, idler pullies

rebuilt rear driveshaft

New factory upper a-arms

3.73 gears all around.

For options, it has;

Power windows
Power locks
Power heated mirrors
Rear defrost
Rear wiper
Cruise control
A/C
Tilt Column
Sunroof/moon roof (factory, pop-up and power slide)
Leather/heated, though I believe the heating elements are bad. Leather is worn, but still pretty nice considering the mileage and age
Overhead console
Factory CD/Tape deck works great, all surround sound works great
Steering wheel Radio controls
Cargo area retractable cover
Factory Fog lights
Factory Alloy wheels

Full Renegade skid plate package (front, Transfercase, gas tank)
Class 3 rear hitch with factory tow package (7 pin trailer connector)
Factory front tow hook brackets with aftermarket full stainless hooks and retainers

The paint has some scuffing and blemishes. The fuel door doesn't match the vehicle (darker blue) but I have ordered the paint and another fuel door to paint and install once it dries.

This thing is a very nice ride. I took it out for a 70 mile trip today to give her a shakedown run, without issues.


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[Sun Valley]

I'm new to the forum, in fact, this is my first post. I just wanted to say you guys did amazingly nice work. Congrats!

 

[JeepCoMJ]

thanks! and welcome!

 

[Sun Valley]

thanks! and welcome!

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

no problem!

Went and looked at another one the other day. too many variables and issues with trustworthiness of owners and condition of title. motor and trans are locked up.

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Have a guy who rear ended someone who needed some front end parts and subframe parts. Out comes the trusty miller spectrum 625 plasma cutter!

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front brake line assembly and wire harness shroud

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entire front subframe side to side

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crap pic, but the frame only has a few spots where it's 2 layers thick. easy to cut

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That's all I've really done lately, aside from clean shop and tending to my business. Will finish stripping this one this weekend.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

So this is the replacement for my 99 XJ that is selling tomorrow afternoon.

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I'll follow up with more pics tomorrow.

Details

02 Limited 3.7l/auto with NV242.
120k miles
4x4
sun roof (power)
Evic/Otis
charcoal/tan interior
heated power leather seats
cruise control
power windows
power locks
power defrost mirrors
rear defrost
rear wiper
a/c
keyless entry


Motor is seized up tight. oil in coolant, coolant in oil.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

Some more pics of it. I'm picking up another one to sell today, so this one will be on the back burner while I fix the other one. Also have a subaru WRX to remove the aftermarket alarm in and replace all suspension bushings so a buddy can sell it, and an xj to lift and do some other work to (remove abs, etc.). So this one will be a couple weeks off from starting.

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[JeepCoMJ]

aaand one more.

02 Limited
3.7l
auto
2x4
power windows
power locks
power heated mirrors
power heated leather seats
factory tow package
power sunroof
evic/otis
cruise control
radio controls

texas jeep. Motor troubles (of course), but very fixable.

From what I can tell, more than one rocker skipped at once, and they got wedged between the cam and head, pushing out on the cam and breaking two bridges (If that's what they're called) and wrecking the bearing surface of the cam.

Still runs...turned it over with fuel pump relay out, fired right up. I shut it down immediately of course.

Plans;

convert to 4x4
clean in and out, with some paint work to fix scratches
fix engine
new tires and brakes
sell.

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[dude1116]

Wow! I'm surprised you're getting rid of the XJ. You always seemed to like the XJs more than the KJs.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

Well,

Everyone has their price. I got more than I would have wanted for the xj, it's given me alot of use. My money was invested in the stroker that I built for it, but not much else. I had less than half what I got invested in it, and got over a year of use out of it.

I do get bored with vehicles. Two of my Jeeps are MJ's, I've owned one since I was 17, and the other since I was 19. And I haven't put more than 20,000 miles on either of them. I'm 26 now. Those are going nowhere, but there was no sentimentality to the xj.


Way I figure it, the orange one looks great, has the exact options I want interior-wise except for in-dash Navi, has sunroof, only doesn't have a hitch, which is no big deal. It's rated to tow more than an xj, and the dolly does have trailer brakes, so I can use it to tow more KJ's.

Plus, there's way more money in KJ's than XJ's.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

Today's progress:

Finished working on my other brother's 2002 Subaru WRX. Suspension check, new 02 sensor, aftermarket remote start/security system removal.

Then went on to tear this thing apart.

Removed Engine, Trans, Kmember, front suspension, Engine bay wiring, radiator.

Then We;
Removed engine/trans harness from the whole assembly
Removed starter
Removed mechanical fan hub
split the trans from the engine, and drained it.
Removed flex plate
Removed intake manifold and fuel rail
Removed other valve cover
Put engine on stand
threw front suspension and Kmember in scrap pile

Removed timing cover
Removed timing set
Removed heads
Removed Oil pan
Removed pan gasket
Removed oil pickup
Removed oil pump

Laid everything out how it came out.

Tomorrow will be the day to finish teardown, organize parts, clean parts, order new parts.

Then We will pull the Orange liberty in to get it's motor out. If the heads are good on it, I will need them for this motor.

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That's all for today.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

Got some more work done now. Pulled the orange KJ in as I needed the heads off of it. Got to looking, there is a rod through the oil pan on it. Removed everything, popped the valve covers, the cam bearing caps are new, the heads have been beaten up. looks as though it's had the same issue as the motor in the black one, and they fixed it without dropping the pan to clear out debris...I believe that it has to have sucked up some of whatever was left of the old cam bearing caps.

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I'll get this engine in a stand tomorrow, parts all out of the way. I'm going to locate and buy a good head, get the motor that's already apart fixed, get the black one back together.

 

[1BADKJ]

I want your garage...:headbang:

 

[JeepCoMJ]

thanks. I want a nice garage, too.

 

[1BADKJ]

That's not your garage?

 

[JeepCoMJ]

That's not your garage?

It is, but it is by no means "nice"

The roof needs replacement (leaks if we don't shovel the snow off...which I don't like, because the roof needs replacement and I don't trust it to hold my weight), and ceilings are not tall enough for a reasonable car lift.

It's huge, the work you see is only in the heated end...the non-heated end is the same size.

...But, there are 15 snowmobiles, one jeep, one sandrail, and tons of parts in the other end. Likewise 3 more sleds in the heated end where I'm working, plus the jeeps, tons of liberty parts.

concrete is cracked, unlevel, and it's not plumbed for air.

and it's smack dab in the middle of our property...I do not like that.

 

[JeepCoMJ]

And I'm not trying to complain. It's better than my old gravel-floor pole barn, for sure. But I sure wish it didn't have the issues that it's got.

 

[1BADKJ]

its bigger than my old 20x31 chicken coop

 

[JeepCoMJ]

well, we could both have it worse.

Today I just got the trans off the bad block, and slid it back under the jeep, put the motor on a stand, and slid the kmember and suspension back under the jeep.

I had to remove the trans without the torque converter as the motor wouldn't turn far enough to get even 2 converter bolts out. I was able to get them out after the fact, and put the torque converter back in the trans. I had to drain the trans, first.

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here's the hole in the pan from the rod.

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up on the stand

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Everything kicked back under and out of the way.

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Now I'm done on the orange one for awhile. I won't be posting updates on it for a few weeks, but you will all like what I have in store. Let's just say it will have a build thread all of it's own.

Back to the black one for now.

 

[WickedBruce]

I love my non existent garage