Weekend is over...what did you get done?

I took a vacation day today and did a little work on the Heep. I swapped in my new T-case that I installed a AA HD SYE and TeraFlex 2-low kit. The new case has 80k on it and my old case has 120k on it so I gained a little bit.

Out with the old, in with the new! It took about an hour and a half then I took a nap:D

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Went to work on a 2004 Grand Prix GTP this morning about 10:00am. Hub/bearing unit went out. Guy tried working on it at one point 4 months ago and had no luck....and from what I gathered he wasn't the most mechanically inclined person, so I assumed that maybe he was missing something and that it wouldn't take long (book calls 1.1 hours labor on this job).....WRONG! The flange is siezed to the bearing (found that out when I bent the flange using a 3-jaw puller trying to separate it) and the whole unit is siezed to the CV Shaft (hence my attempt at pulling the hub and bearing apart). Picked up a CV shaft and was just going to replace the whole shaft along with the hub/bearing...couldn't get the shaft out of the transaxle...can't figure out why it's stuck in there (no lock/snap ring on these). Gave up, put everything back together and as soon as he stops trying to be a cheap ass and takes it to the shop, he'll have it fixed. Just barely got to work on time myself this afternoon because of helping this guy out. In the end I did get a little bit of cash (with promise of more in the future) and a couple of new tools out of it. Plus the good karma will hopefully come back some day.

On the other hand now, I've got the sunburn to match my red Advance Auto shirt. Gettin up at the crack of dawn to do a heater core/evaporator on an XJ in the morning.
 
UNCC, with those cv axles, you gotta take a shortish metal pipe to the bulky metal part closest to the transaxle, and hit the other end of the pipe, to sorta force the axle out. it kinda clicks back in the same way. tis a pain in the arse.:D
 
thechief86 said:
UNCC, with those cv axles, you gotta take a shortish metal pipe to the bulky metal part closest to the transaxle, and hit the other end of the pipe, to sorta force the axle out. it kinda clicks back in the same way. tis a pain in the arse.:D
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Thats what I thought this afternoon...tried it with a pry bar and didn't get anywhere. Also tried beating on it and still couldn't get it to budge. Looking at the new one though I don't see how it "clicks" into anything, even though I could feel it with the little bit of slack it did have.

Stupid front wheel drive cars!
 
Helped 49erRider replace his evap and heater core for the better part of 8-10 hours today. Got everything done and went to recharge the AC...system only pulled half a can and the low side started reading 125psi (maxed out). Knew something wasn't right and shut everything down to hear hissing from the low pressure cut off switch. Took it off and put it back on again tight, still hissing on 2nd recharge attempt. Ran down to the store and got another switch that turned out to be the wrong one.

Should have it recharged this week sometime. Atleast the time consuming parts are out of the way!
 
Left B'ham at 7:30am. Drove 340 miles to Charlotte, NC. Picked up my XJD44 then drove back home. Pulled into the driveway at 9:45pm.... looooooooooong drive.......
 
Worked 10 hours today and did a full tune up on the Jeep when I got home tonight. About 70K since the last tune up I did (back when I first bought the Jeep). The only thing that really looked bad was the cap, noticed it a couple of weeks ago when I had it off and decided it was time.

Working about 4ish hours tomorrow then doing a 130 mile round trip to have Easter dinner with the family.
 
UNCC_99XJ said:
Working about 4ish hours tomorrow then doing a 130 mile round trip to have Easter dinner with the family.
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That's not too bad. I drove my two kids (4 and 6 yrs old) 400 miles to have lunch with some kewl TN jeep guys and their families today. Of course the two Star Wars movies and some Dora, along with beautiful weather and an up close look at a Blackhawk helicoptor helped!:cheers:
 
I had my own Easter Sunrise service in the garage this morning.
I swapped out the rear axle for the new one, took about an hour and then went in for breakfast with the family.

The old 8.25 with the Detroit
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About a half hour later
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My Yukon shafts that will go into the new axle
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And finally the new axle bolted in. I still need to plumb the brakes and remove the stock shafts that I used for set-up and install the Yukons. Many nay-sayers on NAXJA said that my truss would hit the tank skid or the exhaust, note that even at ride height I have plenty of room for flex. My measurements were spot on.
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Dang! What a truss!!! On a side note... I really think you should add a brace to your bump stop plates... one good hit and that will bend. Also, did you take the detroit out in favor of an Aussie? If so, why? The aussies are awesome. Plenty strong and they work well. I was just curious if you were having drive-ability issues with the detroit is the reason I asked.

Amongst all the partying that happened this weekend I was still able to make some more progress on the buggy:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=11242851#post11242851
 
Mounted my transfer case skid plate. Painted my front skid plate in prep for installation. Installed my CB radio.

Also, learned a lesson in checking other people's work...:(

Had a clunk in the front for about 3 days. KGP saw, at the M & G, that I had a loose track bar bolt. Tightened that up and on the interstate back to Brentwood, that clunk came back worse than ever. Stopped 3 or 4 times on the way home to try to find it. Got it in the garage and put it on jack stands. Still couldn't find anything.

As I was getting uyp, I leaned on my drivers side tire and it wobbled. Well, of the 5 lug nuts, 4 were loose and 2 of them were within 2 turns of coming off. Checked the other side and 3 of those 5 were loose. About 10 days ago, I had it in for an alignment at a nearby off road garage. I'm guessing they turned the nuts finger tight on the lift and then never torked them down when it came off the lift.
 
ChuckstrPT said:
That's not too bad. I drove my two kids (4 and 6 yrs old) 400 miles to have lunch with some kewl TN jeep guys and their families today. Of course the two Star Wars movies and some Dora, along with beautiful weather and an up close look at a Blackhawk helicoptor helped!:cheers:
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Now that's a nice little haul! We ended up taking an additional 60ish mile round trip up to the area where I grew up this evening. The area was destroyed by a tornado last Sunday and I wanted to see what the damage looked like. Unbelievable to see the area I grew up in almost flattened. Still have a few friends who live up there...fortunately none of them suffered any damage.
 
Team Willys said:
Dang! What a truss!!! On a side note... I really think you should add a brace to your bump stop plates... one good hit and that will bend. Also, did you take the detroit out in favor of an Aussie? If so, why? The aussies are awesome. Plenty strong and they work well. I was just curious if you were having drive-ability issues with the detroit is the reason I asked.
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I've been running my bump stop plates for 4 years now and no issues so far, they are made from 3/16" which you may not be able to tell from the pics. The truss is a RuffStuff medium duty that in retrospect I should have shaved an inch or 2 from each side to lower it some but it will work just fine like it is. The Detroit is a True-Trac so I'm gaining a much better locker for the trails in the rear with the Aussie and I went with 4.88's vs. the 4.10's that were in there. I'm running 35's. The axles that I'm taking out have been in my rig since it was a daily driver on 31's and 4.10's, I can't wait to go lower for the 35's.

The axles I am taking out will go into my new daily driver, a 1990 XJ with 2" lift and on 30's. The TT will be a better fit for it. My front axle is a trussed D-30 with Longfields and a Aussie although I wish I had gone full case for the front. The stock carrier may be short lived with 35's but I will carry spare parts to get home with if does snap.
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xjtrailrider said:
And finally the new axle bolted in. I still need to plumb the brakes and remove the stock shafts that I used for set-up and install the Yukons. Many nay-sayers on NAXJA said that my truss would hit the tank skid or the exhaust, note that even at ride height I have plenty of room for flex. My measurements were spot on.
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holy truss batman!



i stared at my jeep thinking about all the work i had to do.
 
I ate more hotdogs than I put on the list :shhh:

I now have a bad radiator in the MJ so I'll be replacing the closed system with an open system - mainly because I think there's still a few radiators left at the salvage yard up near us that I can score from newer jeeps.

Also looking around at write-ups and stuff to make sure I get all I need for this project.
 
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