Wow - haven't updated in a while.
Over the past couple years, I've gotten rid of the major rot spots in the tub, added the Savvy TC shifter, SYE & Tom Woods Driveshaft. Upgrade a few other suspension components but mostly just enjoyed it for most of 2022 up through 2023 so I haven't really felt a need to update here!
This year had some major changes:
Ran into an issue with my brakes a few months ago where anytime I pressed them (even ever so slightly), the rear wheel locked up and squealed. Guess I really needed to do these. Ended up snapping the brake line when I was changing the cylinder, so it's got all new rear brake lines and brakes haha.
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Most notable Update: Until 2 months ago, my 2.4 was getting more and more tired; compression was so low that it wouldn't hold in 1st on even the slightest incline; I'd park my jeep to notice it'd rolled back a few feet when I came back out. Fixing the e-brake ^ helped with that, but in general the jeep was honestly just becoming a drag to drive. Toyed with doing the swap myself or having someone else do it, but I was moving apartments (and living in an apartment doesn't really make this feasible anyways) and I don't have a second car. SO - Reached out on FB and found a super dope looking shop about an hour away.
The heep now has a tasty ls 5.3 in it as of this week - they did incredible work, and worth every penny spent on it.
Before: (Yes, the air filter had fallen off sometime in the previous couple weeks before taking this picture hahaha)
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Now:
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Also, brand new shoes to boot! (I'll be swapping those turn signal indicators for orange ones again, realizing how much I don't like those now haha)
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Driving it is night and day difference. SO much more fun, I didn't realize just how exhausting flooring that 2.4 really was.
Up next: axles!!!! (it never ends.....buuuut my wallet's gotta recover a bit first, so I need to be extra gentle until I upgrade those for sure lol)