Exxon Valdez Jeep
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Temple TX
I replaced a ujoint. Needle bearings were gone in the cap.
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What was done to YOUR rig(XJ/MJ) today MECHANICALY????
- Thread starter ExTankerGuy
- Start date
- Location
- Houston, Tx
Installed the rustys airtube
Played around with the arb compressor, found where I'm gonna put it, just need to build a mount. Think I'm gonna use a battery tray from the junkyard as a base.
Drilled out my new UCA's
Pulled the headliner and scrubbed the backboard clean.
Hooked up a license plate light
More to do tomorrow/Monday
Played around with the arb compressor, found where I'm gonna put it, just need to build a mount. Think I'm gonna use a battery tray from the junkyard as a base.
Drilled out my new UCA's
Pulled the headliner and scrubbed the backboard clean.
Hooked up a license plate light
More to do tomorrow/Monday
- Location
- Richardson, TX
Installed some new battery cables and terminals, IAC valve, TPS, some new valve things on top of the valve cover, and some new vacuum lines.
I broke something on the throttle/accelerator cable, but doesnt seem to have affected anything? Anyone have any ideas on what this spring is for? The housing around it broke. I took the spring off since it was pulling the cable/throttle a tiny bit, making my jeep idle too high. Drives perfectly fine. I have replacement cable here, but it doesnt have the housing/spring on it.
I broke something on the throttle/accelerator cable, but doesnt seem to have affected anything? Anyone have any ideas on what this spring is for? The housing around it broke. I took the spring off since it was pulling the cable/throttle a tiny bit, making my jeep idle too high. Drives perfectly fine. I have replacement cable here, but it doesnt have the housing/spring on it.
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
Crusher, is that the Cruise control cable? Is it an HO rig?
- Location
- Richardson, TX
It did have cruise control at some point. Guessing it might have something to do with that. It is an HO.
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
My bet is it was the cruise control cable.
- Location
- Houston, Tx
I've got a mount plate with my arb as well, but its for a flat surface. I need to make something to mount that to. A battery tray seems like the best starting point
- Location
- Richardson, TX
Cruise control cable isnt installed, I yanked that out a long time ago since it didnt even work. That is the accelerator cable, just wondering what the spring on it is for.
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
OK, on my Renix rigs the Acc cable is on the other side. That is why I thought it must be something else. But on the HO they turned every thing on the throttle body 180 degrees so that makes sense. The spring must be some king of tensioner for the outer cable housing.
- Location
- Houston, Tx
New suede headliner installed. The suede is tougher to work with than the regular fabric... got a few creases in it. Love the look but not happy with my skills. May have a shop redo it at some point. For now at least it's not sagging.
Fixed the ground in my switch panel, now the lights work properly.
Bought a battery tray at the yard. Modded it and mounted it on the drivers side, now I can put my arb compressor somewhere.
Got 1/2 UCA's off. Need to figure out the best way to tilt the axle back to install the new ones shorter and fix my caster
Fixed the ground in my switch panel, now the lights work properly.
Bought a battery tray at the yard. Modded it and mounted it on the drivers side, now I can put my arb compressor somewhere.
Got 1/2 UCA's off. Need to figure out the best way to tilt the axle back to install the new ones shorter and fix my caster
- Location
- Houston, Tx
Also installed an led shop light on my garage so I can see what I'm doing better
iluv83vettes
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Houston
Bottle jack under the coil buckets like when I was over there if there is a way with your new setup
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aww snap! Then the spring might help keep the cable from sticking? Like always applying pressure(pulling) so as to not have a throttle cable "stick"?
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
Looks like my white 4x4, 87 Renix needs front end parts before it becomes a new DD 
. That what I get for greasing the joints, LOL.
The Pitman arm needs to go for sure it looks like. Just put all brand new front end parts on the now totaled 89, but afraid to use them after I tried the one tire/rim that looked OK on the front end, but was not, that caused the death wobble on the 87 last year... For the price I think I will use new parts.
Got the used core 4.0 engine head for my 87 Renix-Wagoneer project from xjintx today, Yahoo!!!!! Now I can plan the spring in January head job LOL. Already in the high 70s here today.
. That what I get for greasing the joints, LOL.The Pitman arm needs to go for sure it looks like. Just put all brand new front end parts on the now totaled 89, but afraid to use them after I tried the one tire/rim that looked OK on the front end, but was not, that caused the death wobble on the 87 last year... For the price I think I will use new parts.
Got the used core 4.0 engine head for my 87 Renix-Wagoneer project from xjintx today, Yahoo!!!!! Now I can plan the spring in January head job LOL. Already in the high 70s here today.
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
Makes sense to me.
dan1977p
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
FWIW, I had mine snap on the 91 and pulled another cable from a newer model (95ish) that didn't have the spring and it works just fine. Indexed the kickdown cable afterward just in case the lengths were a bit different.
denverd1
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Dallas, TX
pulled D30 carrier Monday. Put locker in carrier yesterday. carrier will go back in probably tomorrow. both axles locked. can't wait to test it out
- Location
- MilkyWay Galaxy
What is a carrier?
