’92 Jeep wrangler frame (Jurassic)

Good evening! dne’ here with a blog on the frame restoration of the ’92 Jeep yj Jurassic.  Now having having a little history with the jeeps in general, this came apart relatively quickly. Once all the heavy things were removed(engine/trans/diffs/EVERYTHING) leaving a bare frame, I needed it blasted ASAP!

The previous owner stated that his mechanic son had just recently replaced the clutch and hydraulics. I really didn’t believe him as really there were no signs that I could see that the transmission had been removed, but when down to the clutch, it was indeed “new”, so it will go back in as it worked fine.

Valve cover leak???

What actually got me on the ball to get this apart was the gas tank started leaking; that was excuse enough to get it down to the bare bones.;)  Another problem is that the jeep had quite a few Brown widow spiders on board! EEEEK!!

I had our pesticide people come out to do what they could. I power washed the jeep, but there were areas where the spiders could hide, so fumigation was used a few times under the dash and other hidden areas.  As I’d see one, they were not healthy by any means, but kept an eye on in my garage for unusual webs.  I haven’t had a problem since;)

The frame isn’t like the earlier jeeps at all, they’re smooth, boxed in and the brake/fuel lines/rails are easily removed as a unit. I did make new brake lines, it’d be dumb to reuse old brake lines.

The fuel filter was original~ total neglect! that’s sad

The rear leaf springs remaining, the main pivot bolts were seized in the bushings. I eventually used a 4.5″ cutoff wheel to cut the bolts out as they would not hammer out. The bolts had no chance! 😉

Not mentioned, but the Tub and a bunch of other parts were blasted at the same time, but for now, you and I are focusing on the frame.  I didn’t see it necessary to put the frame on the rotisserie, besides, the tub is on the rotisserie. I am not fabbing up another rotisserie! 😉

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The front has a grille support which needed to be cut off and a new piece welded in. I took care of that quickly enough before being sent off to the blaster;)

New piece is readily available by many vendors;)

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Using Eastwood.com ceramic black; a two part paint with hardener. The frame came out beautiful!

The new springs came from Quadratec and hardware. It’s stock springs, but should give a lift because the old springs were rusted and had minimal arch for a nice stance.  The bolts which came with the spring kit were cheap so I wound up using the old bolts as they look much better. The pivot bolts which are larger, I luckily sourced on eBay and that was taken care of; paid the price for them, but ” if one’s going to be a bear, best to be a Grizzly!” (my fathers quote from long ago) Thinking of you Dad;)

The differentials, I blasted with dry blasting outside(of course).

This thing is the transmission support, it was blasted and painted with the Eastwood ceramic black at the same time as the frame. I replaced the 6 mounting bolts as they are unique.

This last picture should be included with the brakes blog, but saw this as a logical picture to end this blog;)

Gee, I wasn’t planning on doing another blog today, but I’m excited to get this one out before watching something on TV.

I hope this was good for you and hopefully help others along in their journey!

Goodnight all~ from dne’ 😉