What did you do to your TJ today?

Got the ham radio and its mount bolted up. Decided I might as well relocate the GMRS up here too:
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Wiring and antenna installation yet to come.
 
Results after fully rebuilding everything I can on the front end. I’d really like to fix the camber issue on the front. I see there is a ball joint option or a spacer option. I’ll do my research to see which I should go with.

I just noticed this vacant area on the second picture. Any idea what normally goes there? It’s in the engine compartment below the master cylinder.

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Measuring Tow in has always been in inches to me. I have never herd of Tow in degrees. How much of an inch is 22 degrees?
 
Measuring Tow in has always been in inches to me. I have never herd of Tow in degrees. How much of an inch is 22 degrees?

One inch @ one degree = .017"
1 inch @.017 x those 22 degrees = .374 inches

If you're measuring from the front and rear edges of two 15 inch rims:

That .374 inches x 15 inches = 5.61 inches!😲

Actually if we use .22 degrees that math works out to .0561 inches (just under 1/16") but still over the minimum .18 degrees or .0459 inches.

The farther apart those measurements are taken, the higher the minimum and maximum will be.
If you measure the tow in from the ends of two 36" straight edges:

The minimum of .18 degrees x the .017 x 36 = .110 inches (just under 1/8")
The maximum of .42 degrees x the .17 x 36 = .257 inches (just over 1/4")
 
I just noticed this vacant area on the second picture. Any idea what normally goes there? It’s in the engine compartment below the master cylinder.



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can you take a pic of yours if you can. I’m curious what it looks like.
The tray that came from the factory in that space was for ABS which I dont think a lot of TJs had. Right now I have the tray removed and have found a quart of motor oil and a half gallon milk jug filled with engine coolant fit in there pretty nicely.
 
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The tray that came from the factory in that space was for ABS which I dont think a lot of TJs had. Right now I have the tray removed and have found a quart of motor oil and a half gallon milk jug filled with engine coolant fit in there pretty nicely.
Damn...now I'm on a search for that part number for that reason, lol.

55176141AB
 
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The tray that came from the factory in that space was for ABS which I dont think a lot of TJs had. Right now I have the tray removed and have found a quart of motor oil and a half gallon milk jug filled with engine coolant fit in there pretty nicely.
A while back I read a post on this forum where someone moved the charcoal canister under that tray and mounted a 12v air compressor in the spot previously occupied by the canister.
 
I hope this is the 5th time you have changed your oil and not a milestone for the first.
Not to worry. I'm aware of maintenance needs. I've only owned this TJ for 2000 miles thus far and an oil change was the first thing I did, along with many other things because the jeep had sat in a garage for 10 years while only getting 1K miles put on it in that time frame.