Victory. Rear shocks/springs installed = lift completed. While we were down there we installed the new fuel pump. Goes to shop Monday for wheels, tires, alignment and bonus round of new rear stud since the fuckers at the shop torqued the lugs so tight we snapped a stud.
What did you do to your TJ today?
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Not a fan of the fastback top,tjs are already small enough.also since I put my shackles away in the bag,so much happier too.
Mine's nicer!
Everytime I see a smartphone, or even think about one; for some odd reason I think of pistols...
You know its a proper install when you bleed for it!
@Zorba The eye shadow and dot though... LMAO
Fabbed up the bottom bumper-to-frame straps.
Completed straps with square washers AKA spacers...
I drilled most of the holes on my little Harbor Bomber drill press, but the half inchers in the square washers just weren't going through. Time to bring out "old Grandad", my late father's drill which I think dates from the 1930s. NOTHING stops that drill! 1/2", single speed, non-reversing, low speed and very high torque drill!
Trial fitment. Still needs to be bolted to the bumper proper with the temp 1/4" bolts - then off to the welding shop it goes! A better way to do this would have been to heat and bend the strap into a semi-"S" shape and omit the 1/2" of spacers - BUT my little propane torch wasn't doing it so it was time for plan "B".
Completed straps with square washers AKA spacers...
I drilled most of the holes on my little Harbor Bomber drill press, but the half inchers in the square washers just weren't going through. Time to bring out "old Grandad", my late father's drill which I think dates from the 1930s. NOTHING stops that drill! 1/2", single speed, non-reversing, low speed and very high torque drill!
Trial fitment. Still needs to be bolted to the bumper proper with the temp 1/4" bolts - then off to the welding shop it goes! A better way to do this would have been to heat and bend the strap into a semi-"S" shape and omit the 1/2" of spacers - BUT my little propane torch wasn't doing it so it was time for plan "B".
My dad had an old rockwell drill like that. Damn near broke my wrist with it once.
This one is a "Thor", and when you pull the trigger, something is going to rotate. It just might be you!
I think it turned at 500rpm and used a two planetary gear drive. The only time it stopped turning anything was when it had my trigger finger pinched between the trigger and a rafter. Didn’t have a cheater bar on it, just the D handle. Took everything I had to turn against the torque and release the trigger. Ouch.
Oh yea - there's nothing stopping one of those low speed drills. The Thor is 420 RPM, and about 8 amps running current. Goddess knows what the locked rotor current would be...
Fortunately, twirling and spinning are part of dancing!Good thing you can dance
That's why its grounded - and its made of that new fangled Aluminum stuff...
With that said, the ground was inoperative for the entire period of my childhood! My father was an electrician - why would he ground a metal drill?
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Yep,my dad broke them off so they would fit in the (new fangled) outletsThat's why its grounded - and its made of that new fangled Aluminum stuff...
With that said, the ground was inoperative for the entire period of my childhood! My father was an electrician - why would he ground a metal drill?
