Countdown: What do you have to do?

planefixer said:
We're closing it down.Doesn't fit in our budgets anymore.I am eventually going to buy an old gas station with 2-3 bays to work on our junk but thats not for a while yet.If I didn't have all these airplanes in my big(70x55) shop I could just use that but the airplanes pay the bills :)
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Where is my parts washer going? back to me? :)
 
planefixer said:
Move rear shock mounts outbard a little bit.
Make and install a t-case skid plate
Weld plates on LCA axle mounts
Change oil on wife's XJ
And,if time permits,install my cage.
I think thats everything.
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Forgot a couple of things(which are now done as of yesterday)
Installed front diff. guard
Wired winch controls into center console.

Getting ready to head out to the shop to do the shock mounts,t-case skid,LCA bracket skids, and help Led get some more of his list knocked out.
 
JohnJohn said:
Cool, find a home, when I sell this Commando I'll pick it up...or get some tube flares done finally...
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You aint never goona sell that Commando :spin1:
And you were supposed to come down in APRIL to get the flairs done.
 
I hear ya.

I've spent the last three days working on the brakes, and they aren't any different then when I started. Working on the thing is starting to feel like: hasta

Fred
 
Just finished my CO2 tank install tonight so that's a load off.

install a MORE 8.8 ebrake kit, run my rocklights and pickup a new wheel... that's it.

i'm sooo done working on my rig... until next payday. :)
 
formatt said:
Just finished my CO2 tank install tonight so that's a load off.

install a MORE 8.8 ebrake kit, run my rocklights and pickup a new wheel... that's it.

i'm sooo done working on my rig... until next payday. :)
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That's why he's coming over to work on my junk Saturday....... :laugh3:

Thanks Matt!
 
Led said:
Lets see
Cheap Jeep
1. install front locker Done
2.weld caps on front axle
3. swap crossmember Done
4. swap rear hatch
5. make and install front and rear bumpers
6. make and install rock sliders
7 mount balance and install 33s Done
8. fix steering done
9. swap rear add a leafs
White trash
1. finish installing new alloy rear shafts done
2. swap power steering pump done
3. fill front diff done
4. change oil in rear diff done
5. fix t case leak
6. fix lower rad hose leak done
oh yeah one other little task.....
Clear everything out of the shop and make it fit in my 2 car garage!!! not even close
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jrsxj98 said:
lets see

beef up axle lca's
new shocks in frt.
raise rear shock mounts
change ball joints
hope fully get my steering beefed up. cough cough if some one reads this
alloys frt/rear (if everything works right)
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ummmm..yeah all of the above. plus try and figure out why my rear drums are all of the sudden hanging up.
 
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new rear springs are in... gonna break 'em in tomorrow at spring creek.
front shaft back in and everything underneath lubed up.

still more to do this week and next weekend! (though thankfully nothing
like what tom has in front of him!).

terry
 
planefixer said:
All I have left to do (on my rig) is fab and install a t-case skid.
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Done.Dont know how long it will last (MUCH room for improvment) but hell its experimental and last-minute.Just need to change the oil in the wife's XJ and help Led with a few things on his rigs.Other than that I'm done :guitar: :yelclap:
 
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lets see

beef up axle lca's
new shocks in frt/rear-done
raise rear shock mounts-
change ball joints-checked them they should be good for this one
hope fully get my steering beefed up. cough cough if some one reads this-not happening :rattle:
alloys frt/rear (if everything works right)-not gonna happen.:rattle:
Rebuild my rear drums-parts will be in tomorrow.
and figure out why the CB decided to start acting up today.
 
UPDATE:
MMIXJ said:
so far:
installed new shackles
relocated front brake lines
changed diff fluid
had both shafts balanced
new $kid
tightened up front end (think i finally cured DW... knock on wood)
bumpstop adjustments
swapped leaf packs (driver<–>passenger) and new center pins (thanks fatwreck)
take 2: new leaf packs
fixed vent tube leak (hopefully)

yet to do:
finish rear bumper project -- IN PROGRESS
re-install front shaft -- DONE
secret project ;) -- MATERIALS ARRIVED; IN PROGRESS
something else i'm sure i'm forgetting... -- LIMITING STRAPS!
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...plus my "low washer fluid" light came on today, so gotta add that to the list!
;)
 
After replacing 90% of the brake system, and having it power bled, I have a peddle. It still doesn't stop the way I think it should, but it's not bad. It'll stop the heep and kill the engine in 4-lo and first gear and reverse, so there are some brakes.

Replaced the harmonic balancer, idler pulley, and serpentine belt today. The heep is much quieter.

Still need to change the oil and diffs, wire the compressor, and plumb the lockers, but it's looking better. Should be at the Penrose run on Tuesday to watch.

I'm hoping to make it to Buni Wed or Thurs, but I'm not predicting. It's been six years since I've been to CO fest, and the fates have not been kind. :laugh3:

Fred
 
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