I Bought A RARE 5.9 ZJ

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[elegantwild]

Iro is a nice kit and you're looking at 33s great ideas. I would really like to see it on a 4.5 critical path long arm with rubi take offs and some artec trusses. A touch screen gps for overlanding maybe recover the seats and add a custom suede headliner for durability. The dana 44 has limited options due to its limited run but will be awesome to see what you do to it. Keep it up love your interest in these jeeps and your build quality.

[joshcummings]

Have had 3 zj's. Hands down best vehicles I've owned. Dream rig is the 5.9. Be a permanent member in the garage. Looking forward to this build and future videos

[chaoul]

IRO or Clayton is the way to go. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. I have the same ZJ 5.9 on a 4.5 IRO Lift on 33’s. Good luck with the project. Looking forward to seeing the progress!

[wasntme]

It’s actually in pretty good shape. I got a stock one a few years ago for $500 and it was rust free. The person said it kept losing coolant and thought it was a head gasket so they didn’t want to fix it. I took it home and it ended up being the small hose that goes to the water pump. It ran great but unfortunately I got into a financial pinch and had to sell it. I had one with the 4.0 also and drove it till the frame cracked. Great running Jeep’s some of the better ones made IMO

[jvida]

awesome find. nice to see whoever owned it before you enjoyed it. they did their thing to it and now you're going to do your thing. cant wait to see future vids on this.

[bruceallen]

Have a friend that's a Mopar guy and says those 5.9's are the way to go. Thumb up for sharing it.

[TimmyJoePCTech]

I like where you're going with your videos but you need to work on your presentation. I get you're kinda nervous but we need an intro, talk to the camera at the start, tell us how you found this, why you wanted it, show some excitement. It will take your vids to another level. Great project though. Cool find!

[andrescarrillo_fitness]

Keep the height, clean er up, ride ser like that while you save and get the one tons ready. That way it’s a good weekend only that she’ll be down when you’re swapping the axles instead of a solid couple months. And also that way you have 2 rigs you can use

[WhateverWithWheels]

looks good man. great start for sure! welcome to the ZJ family!
a few notes for ya, if that actually still has the 249 t-case, swap that thing out for a 242 or 231 asap. the 249 is juuunk. also, that does not have a sye like you mentioned, that is just a double cardan drive shaft. that being said, if your going to stick to that height and swap to long arms on the rear, you may and may not need to go to a sye. either way, get rid of that double cardan shaft. thats just one more u joint to fail out on the trail imo. good luck with the build! lmk if you have questions. been in the zj world for quite a few years.

[tkoresto]

sweet! I just got my 5.9 tonight! mines missing the rear speaker sound bar too. mine is an early build date with the 5.9 on the hatch.

[vortecmacs]

Smaller lift on 33’s is where it’s at. I subscribed just to watch this build.

[dtts]

my buddy had a 5.9 but just like 2 weeks ago he got in a bad accident with it the 5.9 front end and engine mounts were wrecked, but he was ok thankfully.

[lVagabondl]

The VIC that’s blinking is a common thing. They all do it. Means nothing. It’s an issue with the board in the VIC. Even my 97 with only 91K miles had a clapped one. What I did with mine is removed the internals from it and used it to mount switches to instead. Much more useful. As far as the moonroof… what a shame. if you’re able to get all that junk off it that they put on it, it’s a fairly simple fix to get it moving again. Sometimes it’s the position switch which is located above your head inside the track of the moonroof. But usually, it’s simply an issue with some solder joints in that little board that’s connected to the moonroof motor. Could also be the motor, but I’d say it’s unlikely. Put power to it manually and you’ll know right away. I may have photos of when I did the repair on mine. Literally a walk in the park since yours already has the headliner out. Lmk. Would be glad to help you figure out the inner workings of a ZJ! Lots of quirks, but they’re amazing.

[TheYellowDart]

I like the idea of smaller lift and 33’s… If they’re Rusty’s arms I’d reuse what you got and just fill in the missing parts of the kit with the actual brackets, upper arms. Etc. + get your steering squared away, I can only imaging how bad the death wobble would be on that.

Either that or just trailer it to the trail and have fun with it as is.

[Ram]

Nice "Save". Love the ZJ 5.9 V8. The 5.9 in it's day, was fun (pre SRT days) I agree that who-ever owned it just hacked it to bits. Shitty workmanship and just drove the crap out of it without any care about fixing it. Ragged on. Glad you have it and will fix it up and make it stand a chance of lasting. All that shitty welding is where a lot of the rust and rot is coming from.

[dirtydubjay]

If it were me, I would make that a trail/beater rig since it’s already in worse shape than the wj, and keep the wj clean. Long arms, lockers, 35’s lights/winch and clean it up a bit.. that’s my plan only I’m going with an xj for my beater..

[davidmyers]

Just a recommendation I wouldn't put my family or drive that on the road till it's completely redone that suspension is a death trap and just a risk for anyone on the person who did that should be banned from ever touching another welder or tools in general

[ianwalker]

If the sunroof is leaking, it's probably because the glass is no-longer bonded to the metal frame. That was the problem on my ZJ. I took the glass and the frame out, 3 bolts each side under the glass and re-bonded the glass and frame together using windscreen bond. You don't need to remove the whole sunroof mechanism, just the glass and frame. Put the sunroof in the tilt position and you should see them. The flashing warnings on the info centre will go away as you fix the problems, one warning light was for the lift hatch not being closed correctly.

[Dadsgonelive]

The suspension is an ultimate hack job. Wow

[Cury]

I love my 5.9. I bought it as a project and ended up daily driving it.