What did you do to your TJ today?
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Out with the old springs, in with the new…..3” in front 2” in back. Measured for shocks and now I gotta do it all over again. NOT looking forward to that! I also cleaned the dried up mud/ sand out of the jounce stop tubes(?)
Core sample from the passenger side
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Used a piece of split flex conduit and some weather stripping to adapt the vacuum cleaner wand. (Don’t tell wifey!)
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Bad angle but she looks good in her high heals
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I used some stoppers from ace(thread somewhere in here)tells the part number.
Ya,I can’t believe we all believed that crap!if you can, watch the documentary (Apollo zero).facts are pretty convincing.
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Relocated the locker pumps to under the hood, got everything done except the front vacuum line for the locker.
Tested and everything works.
Pictures tomorrow when completed.
Here is the locker switches in the cab. I had to offset them due to other wiring behind the panel.
I did mine like @Jerry Bransford he sure was a big help!!!!
Tested and everything works.
Pictures tomorrow when completed.
Here is the locker switches in the cab. I had to offset them due to other wiring behind the panel.
I did mine like @Jerry Bransford he sure was a big help!!!!
I'm thinking if you did that..... you would just have a different kind of person looking to wreck your rig.
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Don't let andy see how dirty it is in there
I think as long as his windshield is clean Andy will give him a pass
Don't let andy see how dirty it is in there
I have got to clean it up!!! Just been so busy lately with life!!!
Locking differentials/axles, so both wheels(per axle) always spin at the same time, locked together. I'm sure there will be more articulate replies.
Not so much what I did...
After over 1.5 years of searching for her and 9 months of ownership, my LJ almost got totaled today. Someone in an SUV decided not to bother with looking left when pulling out from a mall entrance on my right. Had all four locked up howling and smoking, couldn't have been more than a foot between us when everything stopped. She would have teed me in the area of the cowl and I have no doubt it would have written off the Jeep, probably flipped it on its side. Took about 2 hours and a few beers for my BP to drop.
After over 1.5 years of searching for her and 9 months of ownership, my LJ almost got totaled today. Someone in an SUV decided not to bother with looking left when pulling out from a mall entrance on my right. Had all four locked up howling and smoking, couldn't have been more than a foot between us when everything stopped. She would have teed me in the area of the cowl and I have no doubt it would have written off the Jeep, probably flipped it on its side. Took about 2 hours and a few beers for my BP to drop.
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It's really straightforward actually. It can be difficult to lift the head out of there on your own if you don't have an engine hoist or something similar (it's heavy... I want to say 74lbs), but the procedure is cut & dry.
Remove manifolds, remove anything in the way of the head, unhook any sensors, remove valve cover. Take the rocker arms & pushrods out (keep in order if reusing), unbolt & remove head, clean surface, install new head.
Everything goes back in reverse order. Just keep a list of torque values and stuff nearby, remember to put sealant on the threads of the bolt on the driver side front head bolt that goes into a water jacket. I think i have enough pics of when I did it that they could potentially help with any questions (some are in my build thread I think). I can post them up at some point if anyone thinks they would help.
It's really straightforward actually. It can be difficult to lift the head out of there on your own if you don't have an engine hoist or something similar (it's heavy... I want to say 74lbs), but the procedure is cut & dry.
Remove manifolds, remove anything in the way of the head, unhook any sensors, remove valve cover. Take the rocker arms & pushrods out (keep in order if reusing), unbolt & remove head, clean surface, install new head.
Everything goes back in reverse order. Just keep a list of torque values and stuff nearby, remember to put sealant on the threads of the bolt on the driver side front head bolt that goes into a water jacket. I think i have enough pics of when I did it that they could potentially help with any questions (some are in my build thread I think). I can post them up at some point if anyone thinks they would help.
I think about that too. Over a year of looking, got lucky with a LJR and think man someone could just crash into me. What would I do?
I did mine too
Guys- if you wheel, set yourself free and override the 4lo mandatory function and get true selectability. You can start using the lockers the way that you need for your trail situation-
We wheeled hard Saturday. I was so appreciative of @Jerry Bransford s input on this - you
may not think you need it ...once you do you will.
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Glad you made it out unharmed (that message was for your Jeep)
Funny...I had cramp in my right calf for a bit after standing on the brake pedal and it took a good two hours for my asshole to unpucker itself as well...
While she did stop surprisingly fast for the lump she is, had it been wet I would have been fecked. It took heavy application to lock 'em up but I surely would have gone skating once they did.
This has been at the back of my mind since I got her. Tessie's pretty much a daily driver, though I work from home so only put maybe 1.5-2k on her so far....but this is the first time anything like this has happened. No longer at the back of my mind, possibly due to the physics of extreme braking
A member here posted a video of their TJ getting hit in a similar fashion some months ago (believe they got dumped on their side), that clip has been replaying in my head on loop for quite awhile since...