Project MJ CRD is born:

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 12:54 pm

Uffe wrote:

Sir Sam wrote:

Jimmy found one for me, and I'm in the process of getting it. It was 100 pounds + tax & shipping.

I'm really happy that it worked out cheap for you, the price I could present for you was horrid.

Well heres another kicker, I could have my US dealer lookup the part and give me a price, $350, but they couldn't order it........like ok?

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 9:27 pm

Since the XJ or TJ gauge cluster lacks a glow plug light, Water In Fuel, or Low coolant light another solution has presented itself nicely:

Its the "Vehicle information center" for the diesel XJs, I'm probably going to try and pick up the little bugger for my swap, though that will probably be a "down-the-road" task as its not necessary for it to run.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Fri May 30, 2008 12:03 am

Well the tow truck arrived today with the MJ, battery was dead so I had to push it up into the driveway.

Put the battery charger on it and after a few hours it cranked enough for it to catch and startup.

Had the battery charger on all day untill about 6:30, took the charger off, started it once, then shut it off. An hour later I came back and it turned over once or twice and then just clicked.

Ran down to sams club and got a new battery, dropped it in and it fired right up. Moved it back and forth a little bit before backing it out of the driveway and going for a quick spin in my culdesac. Drives just fine, brakes feel a little soft.

Oil on the dipstick looks about 2 quarts overfilled(way overfilled), right now after it runs for a little bit oil just spits out from around the valve cover. I will drain some oil, degrease engine, and then take a look at things.

I saw no evidence of coolant leak when I drove it. Who knows.

Oh ya, and the parking brake doesn't work. Also, it was a trip not to find it next to the center console, I wasn't expecting that.

spencevans · **Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:57 am

Looking good Sam, I am in the middle of a diesel build up on my little truck too, I am interested to see how this works out for ya.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:03 am

spencevans wrote:

Looking good Sam, I am in the middle of a diesel build up on my little truck too, I am interested to see how this works out for ya.

Fun stuff. I watched your CRD come up for auction, though I was never able to see what it sold for.

Oh well.

Nice to see ya around again!

spencevans · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:10 pm

Sir Sam wrote:

spencevans wrote:

Looking good Sam, I am in the middle of a diesel build up on my little truck too, I am interested to see how this works out for ya.

Fun stuff. I watched your CRD come up for auction, though I was never able to see what it sold for.

Oh well.

Nice to see ya around again!

It's all good as long as no one got hurt. I am having alot of fun restoring my Mighty Max and I am collecting parts to juice the engine up by upgrading to a ported and polished head, intercooler, watercooled turbo, and of course Propane injection. When it's all said and done I hope to have 150 hp and 300 ft lbs of torque. I am hoping to be done for the most part by the end of the month. I am also having some other stuff done while it's down for repairs. Here's a couple teasers Sam.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:06 pm

Truck looks clean, what rear end is that?

spencevans · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:27 pm

Sir Sam wrote:

Truck looks clean, what rear end is that?

The truck is very, very clean. I bought it 5 years ago out of southern California. There are actually 2 axles in that picture. The crates are stacked on one another. They are both JK Rubicon axles with factory elockers from Mopar Performance. The Front is getting set up on some Fox coilovers and the rear will be a spring over on some Alcan leaf springs. THis is the closest I can come to a JK turbo diesel.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:35 pm

spencevans wrote:

Sir Sam wrote:

Truck looks clean, what rear end is that?

The truck is very, very clean. I bought it 5 years ago out of southern California. There are actually 2 axles in that picture. The crates are stacked on one another. They are both JK Rubicon axles with factory elockers from Mopar Performance. The Front is getting set up on some Fox coilovers and the rear will be a spring over on some Alcan leaf springs. THis is the closest I can come to a JK turbo diesel.

huh, ok, i thought I saw left spring perches, so that threw me off.

spencevans · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:36 pm

Sam, do any work on the MJ lately? I am really excited to see this. Here's my progress this week. Just a few more teasers. I know the tires looks small but they are 32" tires.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:47 pm

spencevans wrote:

Sam, do any work on the MJ lately? I am really excited to see this. Here's my progress this week. Just a few more teasers. I know the tires looks small but they are 32" tires.

Nope, I started it up today when a friend came over, and I grabbed a few parts at the junkyard that I knew I would eventually need. Oh and maybe in like 1.5 weeks I will have my Jeep 2500 parts.

Someone egged my convertible that I have for sale yesterday, the paint was less than a week old on the hood, so I had to spend about 6 hours today refinishing it. Which meant that was 6 hours I couldn't spend working on the mercedes in my garage, which meant that I am 6 hours further away from getting to work on the MJ.

I need the Mercedes out of the way before I can start on the MJ.

And I need to sell my redvert before I have the funds to complete the swap, still need a trans, xfer case, and front end.

Plus all the misc things like hoses, PS lines, etc etc

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:51 am

Some more parts arrived:
Hehehe......return home from my early class, looky whats here at the door:

Now lets get her inside and open her up!

Ohhhhh purdy:

As you can see its just a normal H3 bulb. I'm thinking H4 Xenons for the headlights, and H3 Xenons for the low beams........hehehehe

[QUOTE=xj88superjeep]Looks good zluster! I might get the front clip too. That all black grill is nice! Did you get the entire front clip?[/QUOTE]

I got everything but the "water proof" - it will not work for the MJ.

I decided they would look better out in the sun, so I went and took some more pics. Turns out they are way cooler looking out there:

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:58 am

looks like your fun is about to start!

spencevans · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:54 am

Wow, this is going to be so cool Sam. Those lights and fenders will update the whole look of the truck.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:05 am

bought this NV3550 for my MJ today for $550:

As you can see the bellhousing is broken so I got him down by $50, its the wrong bellhousing for me anyways, pictured next to it is the correct bellhousing for the CRD engine.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:19 am

you must Really like those head and tailights huh?

(lotsa pics of them and closeups to boot!) :lol:

This has got to be one of the coolest projects I have seen in a while. How much shipped to 93535?

BTW, How much did the whole China front end cost when it was all said and done?

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:52 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

:shock: you must Really like those head and tailights huh?

(lotsa pics of them and closeups to boot!) :lol:

This has got to be one of the coolest projects I have seen in a while. How much shipped to 93535?

BTW, How much did the whole China front end cost when it was all said and done?

Little over $300 shipped to my door.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:37 pm

Sir Sam wrote:

JJsKJ wrote:

:shock: you must Really like those head and tailights huh?

(lotsa pics of them and closeups to boot!) :lol:

This has got to be one of the coolest projects I have seen in a while. How much shipped to 93535?

BTW, How much did the whole China front end cost when it was all said and done?

Little over $300 shipped to my door.

What a steal! I am so tempted to just buy the setup in anticipation of finding an MJ or another XJ to convert.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:03 am

MJ gets some new shoes:

Got em for $300 locally, wheels are just about perfect, nar a scratch on them....for now.

Got the master/slave combo out of a 96 today, gonna go back on sunday and grab a NP242.

Here you can see the difference between the 4Liter bellhousing and the CRD bellhousing:

Got the master/slave, plus a bunch of other junk for $26.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:39 pm

Got in my indicator lights, APPS, and ECU.

I only need a new injector top and some diesel before I can start this sucker up!

Project MJ CRD is born:

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