To Do List for my 1979 Chief

[wincher]

[wincher]

sorry for the big file size....

[wincher]

[wincher]

Mine has no bushing between seletor lever bracket and the lever.
or the lever bracket is wrong mounted . Frontside with bushing to backside..

Maybe to much clearance without guidance here...

[wiley-moeracing]

Love the modified fuses! at least its better than the .22 bullets I have seen used!

[wincher]

Yes awful.

but is it the right fusepanel for the chief?

looks different as the picture from the TSM
and what is the green round part withe the red wire??

[wiley-moeracing]

That is the correct fuse panel for the truck, as far as the green part, not factory( looks real scary) but is some sort of resistor? What do the wires go to? You need to repair or replace the set up from a generic wiring harness or a specific replacement, both are available. Still thats not the worst I have seen....

[babywag]

Yes awful.

but is it the right fusepanel for the chief?

looks different as the picture from the TSM
and what is the green round part withe the red wire??

79 "should" have blade style fuses but Jeep changed a bunch of minor things that year. yours may have been a very early build?
or someone could have swapped/replaced it?

[wincher]

79 "should" have blade style fuses but Jeep changed a bunch of minor things that year. yours may have been a very early build?
or someone could have swapped/replaced it?

registration date is February 1979..

[wincher]

Still thats not the worst I have seen....

What do you think?

[babywag]

square headlights?
does it have 3 piece bumpers or 1 piece?
are the latches on the doors weird flat "u" shape?

[joe]

registration date is February 1979..

That's the date sold, not the build date.
For US built vehicles model year changeover on the assembly line is generally in July so yours could have been built anywhere between xxJUL78-FEB79 and often previous model year parts were installed in the early days depending on parts inventory.

[wincher]

square headlights?
does it have 3 piece bumpers or 1 piece?
are the latches on the doors weird flat "u" shape?

Bumper Looks like 3 Pieces
VIN Starts J9A17

[wiley-moeracing]

That will be a 78' most likely and the fuse panel would be correct. you can clean up the fuse block and purchase the correct fuses for it and it will be good or change out to the later style with the ato/blade fuses which will make it easier to find replacements, its up to you. ( fix the wiring no matter what!)

[wincher]

That will be a 78' most likely and the fuse panel would be correct. you can clean up the fuse block and purchase the correct fuses for it and it will be good or change out to the later style with the ato/blade fuses which will make it easier to find replacements, its up to you. ( fix the wiring no matter what!)

Yes i will clean it up.
And look for new fuses

Thanks to all of you