Project "Dirt Cheep XJ II" begins.........

By the way, I would only recommend that for a temporary setup. Over the long haul, with the tire shaking and bouncing up and down, I'm sure there will be negative effects on the bars. They may eventually fail and that would be a bad thing to see a full sized spare bouncing down the road with roof rack bars still attached to it :doh:
 
I have some yakima gutter mounts I may would part with
all you would need is the cross bars
I run a 33 on top that way and just racket strap it to the load bars it works great
also came across a niffty little way to mount your hight lift up there as well using some what yakima calls quick clips it works very good. add a couple bolts washers and wing nuts and it is very secure to the load bars
 
Bought and installed a CB and antenna, reinstalled headliner, trimmed the rear fenders, bled the brakes, and they absolutely blow! Pedal goes all the way to the floor before stopping the XJ, and that's just rolling around in the yard! :scared:

Anyone have any suggestions? Anyone wanna come over and help me rebleed 'em?? Brakes are kinda important, ya know?? :cool:
 
Mike, are you using a vac or pressure bleeder? If not, you may want to try that. Sounds like you've either got lots of air still, or something is sprooched in your MC. Surely you didn't do something dumb like leave the rear spreader bars out of your brakes?
 
Dunno what's going on with the brakes. I didn't really mess with them today. I was building rock rails. It's probably loads of air in the lines, as they were hanging out in the wind with no fluid in them for quite a few weeks. I was using a Mity Vac to bleed them, but goofed up when doing the fronts, and ran the MC dry :doh: I'm pretty sure it's just air because I can pump the brakes and start to get some feel to them, but not what they need to be. I'll get it figured out, even if it's at Crawford's :laugh:
 
No i ment for him, how do they look on your XJ mike? Thats what i was asking, i could care less how they look as long as they give me some sort of protection.... Are you going to help with the long arms tomorrow?
 
Rails are done. Got mine mounted, but didn't paint them yet. I was in a hurry :greensmok

Anyway, yours are done. All drilled and painted ready to be installed (the paint isn't the best stuff in the world, but it'll keep them from rusting for a little while). I also have all the bolts and washers in a bag to install them. I'll most likely have the tools with me needed for the install (14mm & 10mm sockets, and 10mm wrench) , you'll just need to bring a drill and 5/16" & 1/4" drill bits to install them if you're going to install them at Crawford's.
 
Sounds good, what do you think the chances are of us being able to borrow some electricity from one of the full hook up RV camp sites?! I have a drill, but it's not chordless, would that do? Thanks
 
Yeah, everyone's pretty friendly, and will help anyone out in need of anything. It's like one great big old family out there!
:)

Oh, one more thing. make absolutely sure you get a 5/16" drill bit. The 1/4" bit can vary a little on the bigger side, but the 5/16" has to be spot on or the frame rails won't grab the sheet metal bolts tight enough to hold. I tried doing it the way I talked about before, but found out it was way too much hassle for very little gain in holding power. Hope you don't mind. It makes them a ton easier to install, too!
 
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As long as the soybean feild runner isnt involved you can use my site! :cheers: I'll have the welder and all sorts of tools.
 
Georgia Mike said:
Thought it was Tobacco fields?
!!!1
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Tobacco, sotbeans, and corn right now! LOL!
 
Well, I couldn't have been happier with the way the XJ turned out. I only need to do some minor adjustments to it to make it perfect to me, but all in all, I was really impressed with its performance! Here are a few pics of it on Lower 2 on Saturday....

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Thanks to Jeremy for manning the camera for me, and thanks to Glenn for helping me get the brakes bled!

:cheers:
 
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