If we were keeping score......
After tonights work party the score would be
Jeep & Suburban 2, Tom ZERO!
Trying to install the fuel tank skid I got from my future son in law and the thing isn't fitting just right. Only has four holes and two do not line up with the nutstrips. The tow hitch for a rear recovery point is a dubious fit, came from my nephew. It does fit without the skid though. So I look at the underside of my DD and the skid is sandwiched between the hitch and uni-body. The DD is OEM stuff.
Well on the 88 no worky that way.
The skid actually has a cut out perpindicular to the ground for the hitch's rails to go back towards the front. and mounts after the hith is on. The skid has four holes only the rear most two sorta line up with the hitch/unibody/nutstrip.
Ok so I'll just grab a butt load of self tapping bolts and drill a few holes and wahlah! it will be installed...guess again Tonto...The tail pipe is in the way on the curbside and I never replaced my right angle drill after it was stolen. May have cross threaded the nut strip also. Mary to the rescue, she's going to the hardware store tomorrow.
Score 1 for the XJ.
So ok I'm at an impasse with the XJ...on to the tow vehicle my wonderful 1990 Suburban. It had blown a rubber trans cooler line a couple of months ago so I replaced the line and while I was at it extended them with formed steel and flare fittings. Well two weeks ago I decided to get fancy and install a temp guage. Cut one of the steel lines and install the tee that came with the JC Witney B&M guage kit (I'm really not sure of the orgin as this thing has sat on my parts shelf for several years, but the box does say B&M). The tee fitting uses compression fittings and well...somewhere between the Sierra Chapter M&G at Farmer Matts they started weeping. I never liked compression fittings. So I take it all apart, remove the lines get a tee with the correct size flare ends, break out the flaring tool, reach onto the shelf and pull down some steel line and fittings and well....I broke my tubing cutter last time out and never replaced it. :doh: Mary to the rescue, she's going to the hardware store tomorrow.
Score 1 for the Suburban.
So vehicles 2, Tom Zero.:looser:
my consulation prize...Ranting here and knowing one week from tonight I'll be in Moab with wonderful scenery and good friends.
Tom
