Project status: Spark-plug delete
- Thread starter DETOUR
- Start date
OP
Agreed, WHY ?!?
• grouse gizzard fried in garlic butter equals yum yum
Ps: Spark plug delete-project missed today’s deadline
Update you folks later, passenger-side shoulder surgery end of may , early June, yes this year
OP
Howdy All
Here’s The latest :
I’m finally healed up after almost 3 years absence from work
•As mentioned initially, I’m swapping in the 4BT, but it is also powering a built automatic 4L60E ( shifting simply with toggle switches , no arguing please
) , instead of a stick tranny.
• at the time when I ordered the built tranny (2019), I was unable to push in the clutch pedal with my damaged hip joint and due to the unforeseeable surgery date we decided to stay with the automatic
• I’m continuing with my current setup of Cooper STT’s 33-12.5-15
on 3.73 gearing for now
• stronger Dana 44 front and regearing to accommodate 35” tires, is pure dream land at this point , my health issues since 2019 cancelled my initial plans and the wallet vacuum recovery after 2 private surgeries on top of a new driver-side hip joint hasn’t happened yet
• back to the beginning last
Tuesday :
•Removed front sheet metal + bumper and eliminated / marked existing wiring for replacement
• miracles still do happen, I DID NOT break or twisted off a single bolt while removing fenders and grill !!!
•We’re certainly are not x posed to the salt belt, our LJ is 2005
%
•installed 1-3/4” booster blocks on front coil springs to compensate for the additional 160 kg the “li’ll Cummins shaker “ puts on the scale
• (3.5” rubicon express lift kit was installed by PO)
•Next update sometime next week after shoehorning engine/tranny/TC between frame rails, including custom fab/modify engine and trannymounts
Here’s The latest :
I’m finally healed up after almost 3 years absence from work
•As mentioned initially, I’m swapping in the 4BT, but it is also powering a built automatic 4L60E ( shifting simply with toggle switches , no arguing please
) , instead of a stick tranny.• at the time when I ordered the built tranny (2019), I was unable to push in the clutch pedal with my damaged hip joint and due to the unforeseeable surgery date we decided to stay with the automatic
• I’m continuing with my current setup of Cooper STT’s 33-12.5-15
on 3.73 gearing for now
• stronger Dana 44 front and regearing to accommodate 35” tires, is pure dream land at this point , my health issues since 2019 cancelled my initial plans and the wallet vacuum recovery after 2 private surgeries on top of a new driver-side hip joint hasn’t happened yet
• back to the beginning last
Tuesday :
•Removed front sheet metal + bumper and eliminated / marked existing wiring for replacement
• miracles still do happen, I DID NOT break or twisted off a single bolt while removing fenders and grill !!!
•We’re certainly are not x posed to the salt belt, our LJ is 2005
%•installed 1-3/4” booster blocks on front coil springs to compensate for the additional 160 kg the “li’ll Cummins shaker “ puts on the scale
• (3.5” rubicon express lift kit was installed by PO)
•Next update sometime next week after shoehorning engine/tranny/TC between frame rails, including custom fab/modify engine and trannymounts
OP
OP
Thx folks for the welcoming !
It’s a Jeep thing - they wouldn’t understand it
• if I learned one thing during my recovery/healing , it’s :
ONE OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND IF CURE !!!
Do yourself a favour and work/play smart NOT hard !
DETOUR
• goin the xtra mile
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it’s never crowded •
OP
Thx NashvilleTJ
NashvilleTJ
I checked out your profile and •Wowee• , what a transformation of your rig !!!
Thx for sharing your organized postings
DETOUR
OP
Howdy All
True to our licence plate “DETOUR”, we’re taking our sweet time with project “SPARKPLUG-Delete” , but we gained some ground in the last couple of days
True to our licence plate “DETOUR”, we’re taking our sweet time with project “SPARKPLUG-Delete” , but we gained some ground in the last couple of days
OP
Finally, spark plugs got deleted and DETOUR is rolling coalHowdy All
True to our licence plate “DETOUR”, we’re taking our sweet time with project “SPARKPLUG-Delete” , but we gained some ground in the last couple of days
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE
Howdy All
True to our licence plate “DETOUR”, we’re taking our sweet time with project “SPARKPLUG-Delete” , but we gained some ground in the last couple of days
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OP
Finally, spark plugs got deleted and DETOUR is rolling coal
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE
Currently Unable to post video of maiden startup
OP
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/68/08/F321F873-0DE7-4C36-92E2-E720401664DC/VIDEO-2023-12-30-18-17-05.mp4
OP
OP
talk about humbling, gut wrenching feeling when you suddenly realize that you didn’t drain the water after the maiden test run of the CUMMINS “paint shaker” and the ambient temperature is at minus 15 Celsius for the last couple of days
