What did you do to your TJ today?

4:88 Gears

1” Body Lift

Motor Mount Lift

Next are painted genright fenders for my @Plumber1 tribute build. (If I can get my nerve up)

Also have a set of beadlocks with mudtires from my ‘03 for it.

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Mechanic is a straight on leaf spring guy- has a 45,000 dollar YJ and did all his own work- he said “that is the best driving jeep I have ever been in.” Pretty cool.
 
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Barni said:
I ALSO NEED TO REPLACE. THIS BRACKET. DO YOU HAVE A DRAWING?
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I don't know the proper way to do it but this is how I'm tackling it.

Lined it up next to the Artec on the tube to figure out the angle

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Then I dimpled on the lower edge of the bracket as a reference to keep that angle. You can see the dimple under the edge of the bracket in the above photo as well.

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Cut off the Artec brackets, which is what I was doing last night when I called it quits.

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Then I intend to use the dimple as an angle reference and align the bracket laterally on the tube reference the spring perches, which should be about 3/8" in board when measured at the inner edge. (assuming the shop that installed the Artec brackets got them in the right place - but they've been working fine)

Figured I'd just set the driver's side at the same angle using an angle finder, and again reference the perch.
 
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I had a few extra minutes before heading to work for the night so I decided to swap out my blower motor for a new one I’ve had sitting around for a couple months. I thought it was going to be a lot harder and more time consuming until I was reading through the FSM and saw that you don’t have to pull the dash lol remove the battery and 5 screws later it’s out. I cleaned a pile of debris out of the vent where the blower sits too so maybe it won’t rain leaves and seeds everywhere when I turn on the heater. Hopefully it will give me the full spectrum of fan speeds too. I’ve previously replaced the resistor and the switch but had no luck with either.

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L J said:
I'm sure he'll allow it ... with a small royalty fee. :geek:
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I hear ya - ya gotta respect a guy who’s not afraid of a pubic hair. ( a plumbers’ kid told his 2nd grade class that once)

It’s actually the nerve to wreck the stock fenders.
 
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Apparition said:
Needed a spring for my ARB compressor. Here it is on the box it arrived in.

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Companies do that so UPS, FedEx and USPS don't crush the part when they throw the box around all day. ;) I've gotten so many free parts using Paypal and having my boxes crushed during shipping, by idiots that don't care.
p.s. I watched the FedEx driver roll my 35" tires mounted on steel wheels over all the packages in his truck instead of picking them up. :rolleyes:
 
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