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  1. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Awesome cheers
  2. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Did the coolant flush today. Tightened all the hose clamps and looked underneath and there was a slight leak of coolant... bugger. Traced it up and pretty sure its the water pump. Easy and cheap to fix but unfortunately being from australia means i have to wait two weeks for parts. Anything else...
  3. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Quick question. Which one of these ac compressor hoses is the intake?
  4. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    My plan for the onboard air
  5. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Over flow bottle done
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    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Today i'm going to do a coolant flush, tighten up the hoses, check for leaks, tidy up the engine bay a little and start on my onboard air project
  7. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Thats a great idea!
  8. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Had an overheating problem at one stage too so put an aluminium radiator in and never been hot again. You can also see my front diff breather next to the radiator
  9. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Thanks mate. I live in a town called geraldton. Its basically a fishing town. There is beaches 10min from anywhere. All those photos are not far from my house. Thank goodness. Because long distance travel is not comfortable yet!
  10. Jamin

    Gas costs

    Australia - rural. $3.38US a gallon. Or $1.16AUS a litre. The lowest grade fuel we get here is 91octane. We usually have a choice of 91, 95 or 98 octane as well as E10 and E85
  11. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Cheers. Still got a long way to go but making some progress. A couple of little things: Pit the black onserts in the grill and painted the headlight surrounds And made a switch panel up Also put new speakers in the dash and wired up aome crossovers up to the top to put in tweeters eventually
  12. Jamin

    Can anyone identify this color?

    Shitty picture because it was late at night but here is my gecko green tj next to an orange jk haha
  13. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    And thats where im up to currently. My next jobs are: Finish hard top Turn aircompressor into onboard air Fit a stand alone 12v dc under dash airconditioner Change gear ratios to 4.56 This is the air con system i want to get: http://www.cruisencomfortusa.com/hot-rod/ And i have 3.09 geara in a...
  14. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Tried a roof basket and racks. Looked shit so took it off and sold it Put a flat floor in the back and carpeted it Now ive started the repair job on a hardtop. Plan is to paint it up. Felt line the inside black. Perspex windows made up and all new latches. Bolt on some roof racks and a...
  15. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Then the problems started. First one: Took ages to wind over and start Solution: replaced fuel pressure regulator thing that sits in the fuel tank and fixed it Second one: Sometimes would start, sometimes just wound over till the battery died. Solution: replaced alternator and still did it...
  16. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Next i had the front seats redone in black vinyl. Didnt bother with the back seats because i need all the room i can get for touring And painted up the door cards... which as of now actually looks shithouse and needs repainting. Ill actually be looking at buying black cards in the future...
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    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Then it was onto the paintjob I chose the gecko green colour for something different
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    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Next was the rust and dents and paint prep Look at this shitty hole they did for the snorkle ugh
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    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    Ill get to that shortly :)
  20. Jamin

    Aussie 97 TJ Wrangler Build

    The first thing that happened was i snapped the out put shaft on my np231 transfer case taking off heavily from the beach. Undid the rear tailshaft and babied it home in 4wd. Thought it would be the perfect time to put in an SYE and a tom woods drive shaft This is where it snapped With a...