This page is about my CJ-7. It's gotta be one of
the most fun vehicles I've had 
Here is a picture of my Jeep's engine compartment:
Here is a picture of my Jeep's winch:
I should date these updates, so here it is: July 2006. I now have a Tomken winch mount and my Ramsey REP8000 mounted. I'm trying out some 5/8" polyester Samson doublebraid rope on it. Its a tad short at 50 feet, but its breaking strength is a hair over 16,000 #'s. I reconductored the remote with 25 feet of 16 gauge wire, I have an incab switch, and a disconnect right at the winch. I also installed an auxillary fuse block in the cab which currently runs the winch controls, CB, & 2 power ports. I'm trying to build a solid state power supply for my stock fuel and temp gauges(they need 5 volts), but its proving to be a challenge. I finally got a metal valve cover, the 4wd hardware aluminum "258" black cover. I have a powermaster 105 amp plain alternator, they claim 70 amps at idle! I had voltage problems till I realized I'm still using the factory charging wire which only had a 40 amp alternator on it. I installed a #4 gauge charging wire and its much better now. I also found out what some of my driveline problems might be, I got around to measuring some angles on my rear driveline and I have a +5 degree rear pinion angle. ahh....ooops. I'll have to get working on that. The following paragraphs are my older work.
Recent work includes a new Golen Engine Service 4.2L engine, stainless brake lines and hoses, and spring skids front and rear. I installed Doetch Tech 3000 hydraulic shocks, which are quite soft but still provide a very good ride with minimal body roll. I also installed a stock CJ 20 gallon plastic tank with 4XDoctor skid plate made from 3/16 plate steel laser cut and welded, which I Herc-U-Lined the exterior of. I wouldn't have switched to the oddball CJ tank, but that was the best pre-fab skid plate I could find and they didn't make a 15 gallon skid.
I also rerouted heater hoses so heater gets water before the intake manifold. I could not disconnect the manifold because it is a winter vehicle, hence also the heater mod. Other heater helpers included a YJ heater diffuser and early '70's Chevy Blazer heater motor.
I upgraded the ignition to the TFI coil, cap, rotor, and matching wires. This allowed me to open up the spark plug gap from 0.035 to 0.045, and it idles very nice now. I may look at an ignition module upgrade also, but those start getting pricey. This present mod is not much more than a tune up and it is a good start to a better ignition system. If you opt. for the "premium" coil, the price jumps pretty good, but its up to you.
The Jeep has a Skyjacker 2" lift and cut rubber tire homemade body
mounts. Hey, I bought it like that. 
My Jeep has a fiberglass body on it, which is good for as much salt as they use
around here. 
It also has the factory "sport" bar, but it has not been tied to the frame, so
it won't be much help in a serious rollover, so I keep that in mind when I
hillclimb. 
Differential gears are probably 3.07's(a guess) which are quite tall. I currently have 32 X 11.5-15 BFG Mud Terrain T/A KM's for the summer, and P235/75SR15 Michelin 4x4Alpin's for the winter. Some quick calculations suggest that 4.10's would still yield satisfactory highway results, although 3.73's might be low enough and I would not have to change carriers.
Some of the damage I've incurred and repaired include two bent leaf springs, one front and one rear. A spare tire rim was wrecked due to someone elses improper tow point and recovery technique. I also wrecked a rim on the jeep getting a little wild on hard-packed snow trails, punctured a sidewall on the trail, but I've actually had two other flats from just street driving, although they were repairable, damaged hard top and slightly tweaked windshield frame rolling the jeep onto its top, got kinda lucky the damage was low, and other items include bent steering knuckle, bent pitman arm, sheared bolts on steering box mount, bent front bumper, cracked fender, and bent rear bumper also. I have had u-joint failures and other things that are a little more "maintenance" than "damage", but it is not always obvious where the breakdowns can be attributed to.
Some vital stats in list form:
Makes it go:
Makes it stop:
Ride control:
Armament:
What's left:
Interesting statistics:
Here you can see some of my -awesome- articulation(or lack there of). The left is before the JKS quick disconnects, the right is after. Notice I traded in my driving lights for some more usefull tow hooks:
It didn't take me long to test its abilities, I got stuck just 3 days after I bought it! I have learned from it though and pay a little closer attention to where I'm going, and how I'm getting back.
Also, check out my story when I got stuck on the Pipeline!
