- Started it for the first time in a month and a half
- Re-plugged a tire that I put a small pin hole in awhile back, it now holds air and is once again round
- Adjusted my passenger rear door latch so my jalopy now has four functioning doors, yay
- Fixed my TRE taper issue on my pitman arm, more on that later, but my steering is gutentight again
- Stared at my rear shock hoops, and brain stormed what it would take for coilovers...
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What did you do to your XJ today
- Thread starter Cherokeefever
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Mtb Jak
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- Location
- Seattle WA
The 3M "adhesive remover" ball that goes on your drill is the best way to get them off.
I do not know where mine went so I used paint thinner and elbow grease. I got a blister on my thumb from it.
muddypunk
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- Location
- Coupeville Whidbey Island washington
Not mine but drove the wheels off of the wife's WJ and man the 4.7 is a fun little V8. It produced 18mpg of 1 tank my XJ gets like 15 so that's not bad.
Mtb Jak
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- Location
- Seattle WA
New Water pump, New T-stat housing.
I never had overheating problems when I filled it up with coolant, but my coolant was disappearing mysteriously.
My thermostat has been seeping for years. I wanted to get things in tip top shape so did a few flushes.
It was CAKED with grease and so dirty. I spent hours cleaning surfaces and the engine block.
I promptly snapped the upper water pump bolt, so i made some room to work in.
PB Blasting away. and we have freedom.
Quick trip to grab new bolts. You need 5/16-18 bolts, 3 bolts at 1 1/8" long and 1 bolt at 1 3/4".
I was very happy with how the project was going at this rate, used 3 razor knife blades and lots of paint thinner and some fine sand paper to get the mating surfaces perfect.
So fresh and clean no drips or water after instal!
I never had overheating problems when I filled it up with coolant, but my coolant was disappearing mysteriously.
My thermostat has been seeping for years. I wanted to get things in tip top shape so did a few flushes.
It was CAKED with grease and so dirty. I spent hours cleaning surfaces and the engine block.
I promptly snapped the upper water pump bolt, so i made some room to work in.
PB Blasting away. and we have freedom.
Quick trip to grab new bolts. You need 5/16-18 bolts, 3 bolts at 1 1/8" long and 1 bolt at 1 3/4".
I was very happy with how the project was going at this rate, used 3 razor knife blades and lots of paint thinner and some fine sand paper to get the mating surfaces perfect.
So fresh and clean no drips or water after instal!
jeepdreamer
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- Location
- Ft Myer, Va
Made my new bumper sad. Guess I welded to much/fast last night and it developed a significant frown. Spent today trying a bunch of ways to get it straight again. Finally used a bunch of relief cuts welded shut with the Miller set to "kill". Looked like it worked perfect... at first. Now the dang thing is slightly smiling. Damn.
paddlernate
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- Location
- Portland, OR
Made my new bumper sad. Guess I welded to much/fast last night and it developed a significant frown. Spent today trying a bunch of ways to get it straight again. Finally used a bunch of relief cuts welded shut with the Miller set to "kill". Looked like it worked perfect... at first. Now the dang thing is slightly smiling. Damn.
Looks aren't everything. Function over form dude. Proceed with paint & mounting. No one would've noticed.
jeepdreamer
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- Location
- Ft Myer, Va
Normally I agree but it was so bad the mounting brackets were a half a hole off. Add to that the fact this is my "nice" jeep and it looked worse than bad. Seriously. I can only have my work looked at as a hack job so much. Haha.
I'm almost done fixing it anyway.
jeepdreamer
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- Location
- Ft Myer, Va
Well... it ain't perfect but it's on and done. Like nate says... it's a bunper. Haha. I'm just glad it's finished so I can move on to the other stuff.
Boxil
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- Location
- Tacoma, Wa
New 3.5" lift, rims, and 31's.
Devilfrog
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- Location
- Duncan, BC
Digging those wheels ... They look bigger than a 15" ... Details?
Boxil
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- Tacoma, Wa
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Boxil
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- Tacoma, Wa
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Mtb Jak
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- Location
- Seattle WA
this weekend...
Some custom rock sliders. Welded to my stiffeners and bolted to the pinch seam for piece of mind.
One of my boxes showed up.
Do these usually come with hardware?
Collecting lots of parts.
Scored some door seals that were in amazing shape, going to clean and treat them and install them with some extra care to get the ride quieter.
The donor was completely unmolested and a 2000 so I went to town for MANY odds and ends, had the same interior of mine.
You forget how many little fasteners and bushings you could collect for this thing.
Already using some of the trim pieces that were missing.
not bad for a total of 40. some of the bushings,trim pieces alone would be that shipped.
Got some painting to do Monday after work and Ill be putting the gas skid on and cleaning up the back for the JCR tire carrier bumper!
Some custom rock sliders. Welded to my stiffeners and bolted to the pinch seam for piece of mind.
One of my boxes showed up.
Do these usually come with hardware?
Collecting lots of parts.
Scored some door seals that were in amazing shape, going to clean and treat them and install them with some extra care to get the ride quieter.
The donor was completely unmolested and a 2000 so I went to town for MANY odds and ends, had the same interior of mine.
You forget how many little fasteners and bushings you could collect for this thing.
Already using some of the trim pieces that were missing.
not bad for a total of 40. some of the bushings,trim pieces alone would be that shipped.
Got some painting to do Monday after work and Ill be putting the gas skid on and cleaning up the back for the JCR tire carrier bumper!
muddypunk
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- Coupeville Whidbey Island washington
Helping a buddy swap motors in his 90 Laredo man having a pit is old school but nice. The motor we pulled fired right up but no oil pressure and no splash of oil so we stuff a good 89 in it.
- Location
- Salem, OR
Drove it to the dentist because my tooth is freakin killing me.
Devilfrog
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- Location
- Duncan, BC
New passenger side wheel hub (pass side seems to eat one every year). Back to Lordco to warranty it ... Free is good.
Swapped in the Chromo shaft I grabbed from Rawk a while back at the same time. Attached the TJ front sway bar with JK disco's and new poly mounts. Seems to be working well so far.
Gonna drop the other side chromo shaft in when I swap the new hub unit on that side.
Swapped in the Chromo shaft I grabbed from Rawk a while back at the same time. Attached the TJ front sway bar with JK disco's and new poly mounts. Seems to be working well so far.
Gonna drop the other side chromo shaft in when I swap the new hub unit on that side.
