What did you do to your TJ today?

Got the drive train put in.

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Can’t wait to see the whole thing! I like the matte finishes


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2005 RHD TJ Sport
2010 BMW 528xi
Finished,, way too humid for painting.. not perfect by any means so don't look too close.

The rest is dirty and i need to do some touch ups..

But it is "Jeep nice" and easy to touch up in the future.

Black bed liner and ultra flat sand camo.

Last Picture below when I got it a year ago ..
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This showed up Friday. I really gotta get that bumper mounted on the Jeep haven’t driven it in over 10 days now.. and wire in the solenoid box.

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Today was the first opportunity I’ve had to do some wrenching on the TJ. I started with the throttle body and cleaned it based on the write-up on this forum. I then rotated the tires, giving me an opportunity to check the front and rear brakes. Finally, the check engine light came on earlier this week, code P0306. I had planned to change the spark plugs anyway and the misfire on cylinder six gave me reason to. Below are a few photos; I took Jerry’s recommendations that I found in another thread and purchased the autolite plugs.

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The paper I used to wipe down the inside of the throttle body. It was covered in deposits.

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Plugs, old and new.

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And the number six plug which was exceptionally fouled.

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I could not believe the difference when I took it for a drive after the throttle body cleaning and new spark plugs. It was so much peppier and drove so much better. Looking forward to doing some other things to get it in top shape. Next on the list is a new oil pan as it is bubbled up and pretty rusty.


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Finished,, way too humid for painting.. not perfect by any means so don't look too close.

The rest is dirty and i need to do some touch ups..

But it is "Jeep nice" and easy to touch up in the future.

Black bed liner and ultra flat sand camo.

Last Picture below when I got it a year ago ..View attachment 50221View attachment 50222View attachment 50223View attachment 50224View attachment 50225

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Looks great...hope at some stage your gonna keep going on the rest of the panels !!
 
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The front fenders are new, the rear quarter full corner wraps, and rockers are new, so not really any More to do
Looks great...hope at some stage your gonna keep going on the rest of the panels !!

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Today was the first opportunity I’ve had to do some wrenching on the TJ. I started with the throttle body and cleaned it based on the write-up on this forum. I then rotated the tires, giving me an opportunity to check the front and rear brakes. Finally, the check engine light came on earlier this week, code P0306. I had planned to change the spark plugs anyway and the misfire on cylinder six gave me reason to. Below are a few photos; I took Jerry’s recommendations that I found in another thread and purchased the autolite plugs.

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The paper I used to wipe down the inside of the throttle body. It was covered in deposits.

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Plugs, old and new.

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And the number six plug which was exceptionally fouled.

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I could not believe the difference when I took it for a drive after the throttle body cleaning and new spark plugs. It was so much peppier and drove so much better. Looking forward to doing some other things to get it in top shape. Next on the list is a new oil pan as it is bubbled up and pretty rusty.


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These plugs will work for both the 2.5L and 4.0 do you know


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Some late night pics. Wrenched all day. Everything under the tub is connected except the 28" of exhaust I need from the collector to the muffler. Picking that up tomorrow.

The donor tub is about ready. Only thing left to remove is the back cage. Gonna try and put it on Tuesday.

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Some late night pics. Wrenched all day. Everything under the tub is connected except the 28" of exhaust I need from the collector to the muffler. Picking that up tomorrow.

The donor tub is about ready. Only thing left to remove is the back cage. Gonna try and put it on Tuesday.
Just a fyi, poly body mounts have a tendency to squeak like a mofo.
 
Finally "finished" my morryde tailgate reinforcement/hinge install so I could put the 33" on the back. I say "finsihed" because the the lower right bolt into the tailgate for the hinge spins freely. I either stripped the threads or whatever bracket the bolt goes into broke free. I'm going to have drill a hole in the back of the tailgate to investigate, I expect I'll be putting a nut on the back of the bolt. I will say this product is built like a tank, really impressive. Closes and opens nicely, well packaged, and all necessary bolts included.

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I’m sorry, but I don’t know. @Jerry Bransford recommended them for the 2000 and newer 4.0, he may be able to chime in. They are Autolite XP985.
As said earlier, the XP985 is find for any model year TJ 2.5 or 4.0 engine. The confusion is from the 2000-2006 being fussier and requiring certain technology plugs to run well. The earlier 1997-99 are decidedly not fussy and can run a much wider assortment of plugs including those recommended for 2000 and newer 2.5/4.0 engines.
 
Spent about 2hours cleaning the engine bay and frame, most of it spent flushing out my frame rails. What a pain, but I got a lot of built-up dirt out of the frame.
However, I put my fingers in the holes (easy now dirty minds) and felt some pretty big metal pieces. I've checked the frame and cannot find any spec of rust/hole/wear, so I'm kind of dumbfounded about this. I don't see anything that would concern me about frame rot, yet I still have these pieces in the frame rails.
 
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