I've had one week to survey my wife's CJ-7. Other than being a rolling rust bucket, with nothing that works right, it ain't got no problems at all. The first challenge is to find out why the cloth doors don't fit, or latch, onto the jagged piece of metal acting as a door latch on the body door opening. I did find out that the raggedy top was made by Bestop. I have no idea about the cloth covered doors.
I'll have to get the doors to work right before I can drive it to some self proclaimed Jeep expert to ask him to adjust the clutch pedal and rig up a manual choke for the carburetor. That's just the beginning, and I know it. The ignition switch is harder to turn than stopping a hookin bull with a ping pong ball.
The reason for this post is to pass on a store that carries the original Factory Service Manual for this 1984 CJ-7.
Their name is Bishko Auto Literature; located in Piqua, Ohio.
Their web site is: autobooksbishko.com
They're pricey: the FSM for this 1984 CJ-7 cost $89.00 plus S&H.
I need all the help I can get. I'm too old to do the work myself, and I've run out of cuss words in English, Spanish, Japanese and German.
Enywhey... The above mentioned book store is helpful and they provide exactly as they advertise.
Hope this helps somebody. Matt Phrum Tejas