What did you do to your other vehicle today?
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Replaced the weathered headlights, running lights and fog lights on my 2004 Suburban 2500. Headlights and running lights took less than 30 min. Fog lights took the rest of the day. What a pain. Could not get the old brackets off because of my manly hands. Ended disassembling the bucket from the old brackets and installing the new ones. Now I can see where I’m going. Cost around $200 with all new bulbs. Next project is replacing the clutch master on the YJ.
MountaineerTom
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What brand did you go with? I may be looking for some new ones for my '99 Silverado.
Drilled drain holes on the starboard side of my 99. They are just under 1/2", which was the largest bit that I had that would still cut.
I stuck the hose in the hole behind the front tire and to my surprise, no sand, dirt or rust.
I will do the portside holes tomorrow. The back only allows a small amount of twisting a day.
I stuck the hose in the hole behind the front tire and to my surprise, no sand, dirt or rust.
I will do the portside holes tomorrow. The back only allows a small amount of twisting a day.
All the difference in the world. They are as close to stock as possible. I did my 95 F350 a 8 yrs ago and they still look new.
Putting a rear arb in my cousins 92 fj80. Cool rig.rhd and diesel.i was pleasantly surprised the power it has for an older diesel on 33s with no regear.it is an import from japan.no english on the tags and says some stuff in japanese when you start it,lol.
I'm missing a washer from the bulkhead fitting kit #170114
That is easy to get,but moving forward with buying a front arb who has good deals? My cousin got it from a local shop that didn't exactly give him a good deal.
@Blackjack was that west coast differentials in rancho cordova you've recommended a few times?
I'm missing a washer from the bulkhead fitting kit #170114
That is easy to get,but moving forward with buying a front arb who has good deals? My cousin got it from a local shop that didn't exactly give him a good deal.
@Blackjack was that west coast differentials in rancho cordova you've recommended a few times?
MountaineerTom
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Replaced the clutch master in 89 YJ. It was leaking and there was 25 yrs of gunk in it. Also replaced corroded wire connectors on aux light wires to the battery.
Sadly, the source of the clunk appears to be the transmission. It also will only downshift to 4th if I go to third (clutch in) first, so there's something tweaked in the shift shafts. Just further delays for getting started on the LJ project...
I finally had time (really I was dreading cracking it open, so I was looking for any other project to delay "facing the music") to diagnose the 5th to 4th downshift for the 98 Subaru transmission. I had pulled the transmission back out back before Christmas, but I let it sit because I lacked the proper motivation to fix it. After pulling the transfer case off the back of the transmission last weekend (on a Subaru, the transfer case is very much integrated into the transmission), I discovered that the shift shaft for fifth and reverse was very difficult to move into fifth and back to neutral.
This afternoon, I split the cases and found the problem. There's an actuator arm on that shaft that engages the reverse gear lever. It had some damage in the bore that caused just enough friction that moving the shift shaft was quite difficult. I'll hone it next weekend, and hopefully that'll take care of the 5th-to-4th downshift issue.
I still haven't found the source of the "clunk" on deceleration, but I don't think it's internal to the transmission. Just another day in sab's shop trying to get a shitbox to run again.
I need to get this done so that I can start on the long, long, long list of LJ mods lined up. I just added to that list by ordering a SwayLOC and everything needed to add hydro assist to the steering. I think I have dozens of weekends ahead on those mods...