Wildman's TJ is getting a face lift

Wildman said:

Heads will be ready to be picked up this afternoon. They needed some seals I guess and they'll be here today. So this cold has been KICKING my ass but I'm going to my club meeting tonight anyhow so I'll pick them up then. Have to go to the Uof WA tomorrow so I'll get at installing the heads on Saturday hopefully. Once that's done I've still got a few other things I need to finish but the Jeep is ready for a shakedown run.

My biggest issue now will be towing the Jeep over the pass to get it to Reiter. If the weather we are currently having holds it shouldn't be an issue but February has been our stormiest month the last few years. Once I feel it's ready I'll organize a run and we'll all meet at Reiter.

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Wildman said:

Heads will be ready to be picked up this afternoon. They needed some seals I guess and they'll be here today. So this cold has been KICKING my ass but I'm going to my club meeting tonight anyhow so I'll pick them up then. Have to go to the Uof WA tomorrow so I'll get at installing the heads on Saturday hopefully. Once that's done I've still got a few other things I need to finish but the Jeep is ready for a shakedown run.

My biggest issue now will be towing the Jeep over the pass to get it to Reiter. If the weather we are currently having holds it shouldn't be an issue but February has been our stormiest month the last few years. Once I feel it's ready I'll organize a run and we'll all meet at Reiter.

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lBasket said:

Omg it's actually happening I've been following this since I bought my Jeep

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Wildman said:

We all know what I'm doing this weekend.

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They had to do some additional work to the heads but I'm cleared to run the additional lift rocker arms. Seriously hope this cures my driveablity issues.

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Wildman said:

We all know what I'm doing this weekend.

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They had to do some additional work to the heads but I'm cleared to run the additional lift rocker arms. Seriously hope this cures my driveablity issues.

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Wildman said:

We all know what I'm doing this weekend.

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They had to do some additional work to the heads but I'm cleared to run the additional lift rocker arms. Seriously hope this cures my driveablity issues.

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Wildman said:

We all know what I'm doing this weekend.

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They had to do some additional work to the heads but I'm cleared to run the additional lift rocker arms. Seriously hope this cures my driveablity issues.

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Wildman said:

FUCK.... It's always 1 step forward and 2 steps back...

I've been doing a study with the UofWA and was wearing a liner that had sensors implanted in it. We think the liner caused me to develop this blister on the bottom of my leg. So I've got to give it a day or two to try and heal up before I start working on the Jeep.

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Will wait until tomorrow morning and see what it looks like and then I'll decide if I will try going out to the garage or not...

As some of you have said before I need to make sure I take care of ME before trying to do things to the Jeep. Just a little bummed but once I'm OK I'll get at it.

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Wildman said:

FUCK.... It's always 1 step forward and 2 steps back...

I've been doing a study with the UofWA and was wearing a liner that had sensors implanted in it. We think the liner caused me to develop this blister on the bottom of my leg. So I've got to give it a day or two to try and heal up before I start working on the Jeep.

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Will wait until tomorrow morning and see what it looks like and then I'll decide if I will try going out to the garage or not...

As some of you have said before I need to make sure I take care of ME before trying to do things to the Jeep. Just a little bummed but once I'm OK I'll get at it.

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Wildman said:

FUCK.... It's always 1 step forward and 2 steps back...

I've been doing a study with the UofWA and was wearing a liner that had sensors implanted in it. We think the liner caused me to develop this blister on the bottom of my leg. So I've got to give it a day or two to try and heal up before I start working on the Jeep.

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Will wait until tomorrow morning and see what it looks like and then I'll decide if I will try going out to the garage or not...

As some of you have said before I need to make sure I take care of ME before trying to do things to the Jeep. Just a little bummed but once I'm OK I'll get at it.

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Wildman said:

I am finally cleared to get back to work... Had a VA appointment yesterday and they gave me some good news about things that will be happening with my leg in the next few months.

I really thought I was going to have some progress reports before now too but my leg took longer to heal than I thought. Going to work on the Jeep today but then I'm going to be gone until next Thursday. Have an appointment with the Uof WA tomorrow then going to my sisters for the weekend and have another appointment on Tuesday in Seattle so no point in coming back home. Then have an appointment on Wednesday with my prosthesis.
Busy month for me which isn't a normal thing really.

I'm going to take my time as I start assembling the engine as I hope not to have anymore issues.

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