This is a build that will prob. take me a long time. I have had this 89 cherokee in my garage for almost a year. The jeep cought on fire under the hood after being stolen. We bought it from a friend for $200. The trans was supposed to have been rebuilt. Well, I got the head off and cleaned up a lot of the melted crap from the engine bay. Today I got some more time to mess with it. I removed the alt., starter, water pump and almost all the oil pan bolts. took the trac bar loose and the steering from the pitman arm. I am trying to decide if I want to rebuild the motor with it in its place or pull the block to rebuild and install the HO head.

Just the engine bay with a lot removed.


The nasty inside where the water pump goes.

Today I pulled the Crank Pulley, timing chain, Cam and Lifters. I had a video of the Chain, but for some reason it will not play. Guess I'll just replace it. I pulled the motor to this point might as well replace it all. Almost just a bare block sitting there. Should I replace the Freeze Plugs?



Look as the rubber coming out of the Crank Pulley. Guess I need that new too.

Ok so I did a quick hone job to one cylinder to see what was up. There is lip at the top and I was wondering if maybe some was carbon build up. Now, I did not want to pull the block and get it bored but let me know what you think. There is still a lip. Its not hugh but it is there.

man look at the camera phone picture.

exactly why Im checking b/c i dont want to spend the money on new pistons and the bore work to be done.

Odds are the project will no longer continue. I do not really have the money as my wife lost her job last week. I will be scraping the body and holding the money until she gets a new job. Then I will put some more money to it and buy me a newer jeep to build as a daily and us the one I have now as a project for offroad only.