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[FlexdXJ]

Trade the thing for an XJ! Glad you are sticking with your comrades. I drift around in the background, but never very far away. Gotta love the MWC.

Ten minutes from me, 10 seconds from where I splattered the Mercedes all over the highway!

 

[IllianaXJ]

Trade the thing for an XJ! Glad you are sticking with your comrades. I drift around in the background, but never very far away. Gotta love the MWC.

Meh, I like the ZJ platform. Bigger interior and it's something different. Definitely a back burner project, if this job change goes through soon I'll start sticking money away for future mods. Doesn't need much to make a decent weekend wheeler.

You can't get rid of me that easily

 

[RedHeep]

6 weeks.

 

[Fore Wheeler]

6 weeks.

...till you're state side?

 

[terrehautian]

Looks like Saturday at the clean up was fun, I will get to one some day. I spent Saturday finishing building a ramp I helped start Saturday before last. I also went to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center for an hour or two.

The camera made this panaranic photo look not straight, but it was. This was the sixth one I helped build. There is still about 20 more to go for this year alone.

Was sorta neat on the ramp, I don't know how long it has been since the lady in the wheel chair had been unable to get out of her home easily, but she went up and down the ramp two or three times in 20 minutes.

 

[RedHeep]

...till you're state side?

I was going to say give or take, but it will definately be just take.

Should be right at 9 months when I get home.

But I work for the government, so who knows.

 

[Fore Wheeler]

It will be nice to have you home, but its a good feeling to know guys like you are doing what you are doing over there.

Take care, see you in March

 

[Big Hank]

So I decided to head out to the garage and throw in the trans mount that I've been putting off.

Normally the cross member bolts like to break off.... Not this time, they came out quite nicely.

I started turning on the large bolts that hold the mount to the trans and boom, the sucker breaks right off. Only one thankfully. Flat sucks, never expected it! Now I sit here as my one and only cordless drill charges so I can continue drilling out the broken bolt.

Things just seemed too perfect! :twak:

 

[Fore Wheeler]

Drilling steel w a cordless sucks.

 

[macgyvr]

only having one vehicle sucks

mac 'need a fleet' gyvr

 

[Jeepm@n]

Sad day in my Jeep lifestyle. One more has gone on to another owner. Did not even get it all together. He heard from a friend about it and came tonight to buy it. Sight unseen he offered me $1500. I told him the rust was bad and it had some things to be done to it, but he wanted it after he seeing how many receipts I had in it for recent parts.

Now to get the 99 together so I can drive it.

Buying a new vehicle and not having the cash upfront to fix it sucks, especially when you can't drive it. So far my online parts total is near $550. Wish I had that much to spend on it. :bawl:

 

[Fore Wheeler]

only having one vehicle sucks

mac 'need a fleet' gyvr

Pull the camper for the winter.

...or get the motor in dads jeep.

 

[macgyvr]

Pull the camper for the winter.

...or get the motor in dads jeep.

was talking about big hank not me

mac 'i blame your meds' gyvr

 

[Big Hank]

It's back together! 3/8 Bit through 1 inch of bolt with a near stock Jeep sitting on it's tires sucked. I pre-drilled with an 1/8. Honestly could have been done in 40 minutes if the one huge, non rusted, bolt wouldn't have broken.

Icing on the cake.... I looked back to notice my left rear wheel cylinder is puking fluid. May turn into an interesting drive to work tomorrow.

Big 'empty pockets' Hank

 

[WB9YZU]

Buying a new vehicle and not having the cash upfront to fix it sucks, especially when you can't drive it. So far my online parts total is near $550. Wish I had that much to spend on it. :bawl:

That is sad. Next time, identify the problems that need repair. Then identify the problems that need immediate repair. Do just the last ones 1st. Keep the long list going, and as you have time and money, check off more items.

Kinda goes back to your "Should I replace" thread. If you don't have the money, and it's a "nice to do", why spend money you don't have on a problem which doesn't exist yet?

This recreation will kill you if you install/replace everything the people on-line tell you to without regard to how you are going to pay for it.

-Ron

 

[Fore Wheeler]

That is sad. Next time, identify the problems that need repair. Then identify the problems that need immediate repair. Do just the last ones 1st. Keep the long list going, and as you have time and money, check off more items.

Kinda goes back to your "Should I replace" thread. If you don't have the money, and it's a "nice to do", why spend money you don't have on a problem which doesn't exist yet?

This recreation will kill you if you install/replace everything the people on-line tell you to without regard to how you are going to pay for it.

-Ron

QFT

This also applies to Monte Carlos.

$1200 total in repairs, so far. Still need 2 tires.

 

[Fore Wheeler]

was talking about big hank not me

mac 'i blame your meds' gyvr

Oh.

Yes, I was stoned last night, legally.

You still need to put that motor in. Wish I lived closer, I work for peanut butter cookies and beer

Fore 'almost Big Country' Wheeler

 

[bmyohn]

I picked up my new baby yesterday afternoon.

2011 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad Cab Big Horn Edition.
89 miles on the clock

It has the luxury package, class IV hitch, 20" chrome clad wheels, beige/brown interior.

I just need to get the bed bedlined and the front windows tinted to match the back now.

On the way home I got pulled over for speeding, but got off with a warning. The officer told me, "Nice truck, oh and new trucks have cruise control. Use it."

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

if you took Byrons purple ZJ and put Dan in it......it would be close enough for us to have a sighting of "BC"

.!..!.

 

[Jeepm@n]

That is sad. Next time, identify the problems that need repair. Then identify the problems that need immediate repair. Do just the last ones 1st. Keep the long list going, and as you have time and money, check off more items.

Kinda goes back to your "Should I replace" thread. If you don't have the money, and it's a "nice to do", why spend money you don't have on a problem which doesn't exist yet?

This recreation will kill you if you install/replace everything the people on-line tell you to without regard to how you are going to pay for it.

-Ron

Ron I totally agree. I did not look close at the brakes. Was planning on replacing hub bearings and u-joints one side at a time. Drivers side u-joint is bad which I did know, but the passenger steering knuckle was toast and did not know this as it drove and sounded good. Error on my part. Was not planning on both needing to be replaced all at once and thought I'd be ahead of the game replacing the original hub bearing while replacing the original u-joint. Now that I need to replace the steering knuckle I figured I might as well replace the ball joints on that side while I'm that far apart. It's going to be expensive either way or I will sit and worry about the parts I did not replace while I was in there.:banghead: