You take clearing out the garage to a new level. No better alternative to selling all the spare parts you have on hand than buying another Jeep to install them on.
A lesson learned—keep it light and nimble!
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Nice score. That is so clean. It is exactly what I would do if I did it over again. Get a super clean stock blank slate.
Started small on the TJ today. First, at 180K, I like to know what I'm up against, so I pulled all the spark plugs and replaced them. Thankfully, all 6 cylinders looked good. There was some uneven firing of the plugs, see the picture, but they were all burning clean. Since I have no idea if the gaps were set correctly before, I see nothing to worry about here. On the plus side, at least they were smart enough to install Autolite APP 985 plugs last time.
Second, since the coil pack and intake tube were out of the way for the plugs, I replaced the valve cover gasket. There was good news here as well. The top of the engine had zero sludge and was as clean as you could possibly want.
I also cleaned up the valve cover and replaced the PCV grommets and elbows. What a PIA it is to remove the old ones!
Lastly, I cleaned up and as much as I could for now, installed a new engine air filter, and buttoned everything up. Off course while reassembling everything the hose going from the intake tube to the front PCV elbow disintegrated. Fortunately, I had some 1/2 heater hose that was a perfect substitute.
I still need to do a full under hood de-greasing and cleaning, but that will have to wait for warmer weather!
I also cleaned up the valve cover and replaced the PCV grommets and elbows. What a PIA it is to remove the old ones!
Lastly, I cleaned up and as much as I could for now, installed a new engine air filter, and buttoned everything up. Off course while reassembling everything the hose going from the intake tube to the front PCV elbow disintegrated. Fortunately, I had some 1/2 heater hose that was a perfect substitute.
I still need to do a full under hood de-greasing and cleaning, but that will have to wait for warmer weather!
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Since this is going to be a driver, I have a pristine stock front and rear bumper I'm considering installing. But I also have a new Barnes 4WD aluminum front bumper. Parts, parts, parts!
I think I recall you posting a pic of the Barnes bumper in the "Minimalist bumper" thread. It looked pretty slick. I've never seen one anywhere else.
I’m jealous right now, just because that looks like a fun project.
It's something they made for a short while and I've never seen another one. The only thing I don't like about it is it sticks out a little further, due to the V shape. That said, it's still a nice looking bumper. I'm going to mount it up again and see if the Antirock will fit. It's been a while since I test fit it, so I don't remember if that was an issue.
I did the unthinkable with this one and created a spread sheet. I'm putting every part and $ spent on it in there to see just how bad it gets!
That’s a bad idea. I did that once. Now I have no idea where that spreadsheet is, and I’m not going to go search for it.
I have a spreadsheet on mine at work. It's shocking when you add up every little last part. I'll have to encrypt it to make sure my wife never, ever sees it.
I started keeping spreadsheets for all my project cars a few years back. They're buried deep within the bowels of the hard drive and given a random alpha-numeric title.
I suggest that you password protect that spread sheet. Minimum 35 characters, upper and lower case, special characters, numerics, and some embedded “women will never guess” phrasing.
I thought if you were married you just needed to use the password BlowJob?
