- Location
- Richardson, TX
Parked mine in my garage at the new place on Friday. 
What was done to YOUR rig(XJ/MJ) today MECHANICALY????
- Thread starter ExTankerGuy
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derrickdrew17
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Duncanville
Ed be happy that yours fits in your garage mine will not.
Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
ask Eflores about how my jeep fit so well in his garage haha
- Location
- Richardson, TX
Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
i detached the "bulk head" and made the fender, hood, radiator support, and radiator structural to the front end
now my battery fits and clears the fan
inner fender
all together for the night
thats were i had to stop for the night, due to a lack of radiator and light
now my battery fits and clears the fan
inner fender
all together for the night
thats were i had to stop for the night, due to a lack of radiator and light
Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
got my welder working so i can weld the new section of inner fender to the jeep
Manic Mechanic
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fort Worth-less, Tx
Well, I installed a cheapo CD player and found that only my passenger door speaker works. So much for being able to jam to some tunes soon. Was actually pretty disappointing, lol.
-Eric
-Eric
magimerlin
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Flatonia, Tx
today we got off early... so i had a chance to tighten the wheel bearing on the DD and find out why my rigs rt frt tire keeps going flat over night... It has not 1 but 6 spots on the bead to rim area that is leaking....lol Most likely bring that in and have it fixed this weekend
DeftwillP
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Round Rock TX
Good job. Get back to work.
Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
bought a radiator, so my total price is just a little under $800 so far.
$600 for the jeep
$100 to Eric for the parts jeep
$28 for a fan belt
$26 for a lower radiator hose
$105 for a radiator
-$50 for selling the tire carrier
-$35 for scrapping off some of the parts jeep
total price is
$744 before 4x4 rebuild
$600 for the jeep
$100 to Eric for the parts jeep
$28 for a fan belt
$26 for a lower radiator hose
$105 for a radiator
-$50 for selling the tire carrier
-$35 for scrapping off some of the parts jeep
total price is
$744 before 4x4 rebuild
Ecomike
NAXJA# 2091
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
Replaced the alternator on the 87, TWICE, :firedevil, in the same day, thanks AHs, oops I mean AZ.
Note to self: Have brand new lifetime warranty $$$$ parts like alternators bench tested before installing them.
Daughter fender-bended the 89 XJ, front corner drivers side yesterday, bent the front end arms on the axle (look like pretzels now).....:rattle:, not sure if the carnage ended there or not. (2WD), pretty much damaged every corner part on the front corner.
85 needs a new throttle cable, and new firewall (Local rust from prior fluid leaks), or custom firewall brackets to hold the clutch MC in one place. Two jeeps now parked next to the Ford, which is getting front end damage repairs itself. Just what I needed, two more repair projects.
2001, Saturn is about go under the scalpel to fix the KMA light, so it can pass gestapo inspection this month. Need to pull the exhaust manifold and clean out the carbon from the itty bitty air injection port holes. So I guess my daughter will be walking 45 miles to work this week.
I have two grown kids in their 20s I will swap for one good horse! LOL! JK
Note to self: Have brand new lifetime warranty $$$$ parts like alternators bench tested before installing them.
Daughter fender-bended the 89 XJ, front corner drivers side yesterday, bent the front end arms on the axle (look like pretzels now).....:rattle:, not sure if the carnage ended there or not. (2WD), pretty much damaged every corner part on the front corner.
85 needs a new throttle cable, and new firewall (Local rust from prior fluid leaks), or custom firewall brackets to hold the clutch MC in one place. Two jeeps now parked next to the Ford, which is getting front end damage repairs itself. Just what I needed, two more repair projects.
2001, Saturn is about go under the scalpel to fix the KMA light, so it can pass gestapo inspection this month. Need to pull the exhaust manifold and clean out the carbon from the itty bitty air injection port holes. So I guess my daughter will be walking 45 miles to work this week.
I have two grown kids in their 20s I will swap for one good horse! LOL! JK
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Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
installed the radiator, and with much rejoice i can proclaim that it fits! and tomorrow once i get everything installed and filled up on fluids, i'll see if it starts and works flawlessly.
Manic Mechanic
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fort Worth-less, Tx
Awesome sauce! I'll try and drop by and check it out. See how thing this rides and drives.
-Eric
-Eric
DeftwillP
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Round Rock TX
Working on replacing my steering box. There's a pinhole leak in the pressure line so I"ll get it too. Broke the return side fitting on the back of the reservoir so I'll need to replace it as well. Pitman arm is currently being a weiner and refusing to be removed.
Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
-$188 for returning a autozone alternator that never worked
brings the new total running price to $556
Ecomike
NAXJA# 2091
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
Jesh, that makes 2 junk NEW alternators in one week from the zone.
- Location
- Richardson, TX
Guess I know where to NOT get an alternator from.
Ecomike
NAXJA# 2091
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
I got 6 years and about 50,000 miles from the first one I bought in 2006, and with lifetime warranty on the 2006, this one was free. My mistake was not having them bench test the new second one this time!!! The third one I got bench tested before I left the store, and it is working fine. The first one had a squeal and peaked at about 50 amps before the voltage dropped, I am guessing it might have been damaged in transit? Or was not 100% QA/QC tested before shipped.
Ecomike
NAXJA# 2091
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
Looks like my daughter turned the front driver's side control arms into pretzels Saturday. The tire is 3" closer to the drivers door now. 
It is a stock 89, 2WD, blue. If any one has any good OEM parts in their junk piles from lift projects I could use some. I will try and get a better look this week end as to how bad the carnage really is. I see a little bent metal damage on the axle matting part to where the control arms attach too, but maybe not enough to panic over (?), don't know yet. I also might be in the market for some front driver's side sheet metal, fender, front nose and corner parts.....If there any being scrapped any time soon.
Looks like those control arms are designed to take most of the damage and keep it away from the body-frame
Near as I can tell once the corner head light and sheet metal was hit the tire took the rest of the hit, and transferred the impact to control arms?
Next question I guess is did the axle get damaged at all?
I'll post some photos this week end.
Oh, and BTW, I checked Craigs list this weekend for 84-96 XJ ads the last 4 weeks, and there none at any price!
It is a stock 89, 2WD, blue. If any one has any good OEM parts in their junk piles from lift projects I could use some. I will try and get a better look this week end as to how bad the carnage really is. I see a little bent metal damage on the axle matting part to where the control arms attach too, but maybe not enough to panic over (?), don't know yet. I also might be in the market for some front driver's side sheet metal, fender, front nose and corner parts.....If there any being scrapped any time soon.
Looks like those control arms are designed to take most of the damage and keep it away from the body-frame
Near as I can tell once the corner head light and sheet metal was hit the tire took the rest of the hit, and transferred the impact to control arms?
Next question I guess is did the axle get damaged at all?
I'll post some photos this week end.
Oh, and BTW, I checked Craigs list this weekend for 84-96 XJ ads the last 4 weeks, and there none at any price!
Swamprat
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- little Tijuana
well the original AZ alternator is probably still on my old 00' XJ. i just cashed out my lifetime warranty with an extra XJ alternator i had. and shortly afterwards when i got the jeep all together i found out the alternator on the jeep was jacked. i guess that is karma telling me not to cheat at my old job....
but anyways i got my jeep running and moving, still need to burp the cooling system and spend a couple hundred at the JY on front end parts.
